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National Treasure: Book of Secrets retained the top spot at the box office for the third consecutive week with a haul of $20.2 million, bringing its domestic gross to a healthy $171 million. The original National Treasure movie, starring the same core cast, earned a total of $173 million domestically, so this sequel is obviously going to blow well past that figure.

Will Smith’s I Am Legend held onto second place, and is now well past the $200 million mark. One Missed Call, a horror film starring Edward Burns and Shannyn Sossamon, debuted with a respectable $13.5 million in ticket sales. This was the only nationwide new release last week.

Here’s a rundown of the complete top 10, as well as estimated figures for the weekend take.

1. National Treasure: Book of Secrets, $20.2 million
2. I Am Legend, $16.4 million
3. Juno, $16.2 million
4. Alvin and the Chipmunks, $16 million
5. One Missed Call, $13.5 million
6. Charlie Wilson’s War, $8.2 million
7. P.S. I Love You, $8 million
8. The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep, $6.3 million
9. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, $5.4 million
10. Atonement, $5.1 million

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