'Cloverfield' Clobbers MLK Record

After months of hype, Cloverfield lumbered to the top of the weekend
box office, raking in an estimated $46 million over the four-day Martin
Luther King, Jr. weekend.

On approximately 4,300 screens at 3,411 locations, Cloverfield's
estimated $40 million Friday to Sunday was the highest grossing January
opening weekend ever, soaring past an eleven-year-old benchmark set by
Star Wars (Special Edition).

However, Star Wars' $35 million would equal over $53 million adjusted
for ticket price inflation, making it the real champion.