Michael Jackson is 'It' at box office with $23.2 million weekend

Nov 3rd, 2009 - cleveland

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Michael Jackson is 'It' at box office with $23.2 million weekend

LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Michael Jackson's This Is It" danced to the head of the box office, debuting with $23.2 million domestically in its first weekend.

"This Is It," featuring performances Jackson rehearsed for a marathon concert stand planned before his death in June, took in $103 million worldwide in its first five days.

The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Hollywood.com:

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