Disney remake Race to Witch Mountain made a solid debut over the weekend, according to studio estimates released on Sunday morning. The adventure movie picked up about $25 million, enough for a comfortable first place. Watchmen, which was widely tipped to earn a second weekend on top, dropped 67% to $18.07 million, not far ahead of Universal remake Last House on the Left, which earned a decent $14.86 million opening.

Miss March was the big miss of the week, earning $2.3 million in 1,742 theaters, and only just making the top 10.

In limited release, Sunshine Cleaning made the best debut of a movie so far this year with a stellar $214,000 in just four theaters. We'll be watching its expansion closely over the next few weeks.

Date posted: 2009-03-15