Tyler Perry banks it with 'Madea'

Los Angeles -- Tyler Perry was on top of the U.S. box office chart this weekend with his new comedy "Madea Goes to Jail," Box Office Mojo figures showed Sunday.

The story about the pistol-packing grandma -- written, directed and starring Perry -- piled up an estimated $41.12 million in ticket sales in its first weekend in U.S. theaters.

"Taken" moved up one spot this week to No. 2 with $11.4 million in estimated gate receipts, while the animated "Coraline" climbed two places to No. 3 with $11.03 million.

Coming in at No. 4 was "He's Just Not That Into You," which was second last weekend, at $8.54 million, while Oscar-nominated "Slumdog Millionaire" jumped back up from ninth to No. 5 with $8.05 million in ticket sales.

Last week's top-grossing film, "Friday the 13th (2009)," fell all the way to No. 6 with $7.83 million, followed by "Confessions of a Shopaholic" with $7.02 million and "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" with $7 million.

Another new movie, "Fired Up," a comedy starring Nicholas D'Agosto, Eric Christian Olsen, Sarah Roemer and Molly Sims, came in at No. 9 with $6 million.

Filling in the 10th spot was "The International" at $4.45 million.
Dropping out of the top tier were "The Pink Panther" and "Push."

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