Chronicle Beats The Woman in Black at Box Office

Chronicle Daniel Radcliffe Drew Barrymore Liam Neeson The Woman In Black

3:30 pm, February 5th, 2012

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The weekend box office battle between unexpected superheroes and the man behind the world’s most famous wizard ended in an upset.

Chronicle, a video diary-style movie following three high schoolers who are suddenly imbued with superpowers, edged out The Woman in Black, starring Harry Potter himself, Daniel Radcliffe.

Estimates put Chronicle at $22 million, while The Woman in Black took in $21 million.

The Grey (Liam Neeson and wolves) earned $9.5 million to beat Big Miracle (Drew Barrymore and whales) and its $8.1 million for third place.

Underworld: Awakening ($5.5 million) finished at #5.

The chart gets extremely packed after that.

Five films – One for the Money, Red Tails, Man on a Ledge, The Descendants and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close – are projected to earn $4.5 million or so.

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