'this Is It' Leads Friday Boxoffice

By Carl DiOrio, Hollywood Reporter Film News
Sat, 10/31/2009 - 9:18am

Sony's Michael Jackson documentary "This Is It" topped the Friday boxoffice with an estimated $7.9 million in U.S. and Canadian coin.

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