No. 1 at the box office this weekend was THE DEPARTED (Warner Bros.) bringing in an estimated $27,015,000.

No. 2 was THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE BEGINNING (New Line Cinema) bringing in $19,150,000 in it’s first bloody weekend.

No. 3 was the animated film OPEN SEASON (Sony) bringing in another $16,000,000, and taking it’s total to $44,129,000.

No. 4 was EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH (Lionsgate) bringing in $11,800,000 in it’s first weekend.

No. 5 was THE GUARDIAN (Buena Vista) bringing in another $9,643,000, taking it’s total to $32,394,000.