Box Office Game — August 21, 2026 Answer

Here is the Box Office Game answer for Friday, August 21, 2026 (day #1632 of the game): the weekend of November 6, 2009 — a 2009 box office chart. The clues the game gives you (distributor, last week’s rank, weeks in release and the grosses) are shown for all five films; the titles and posters stay blurred until you tap reveal.

Top 5 answer · Day #1632
The weekend to guessNovember 6, 2009Friday — top 5 at the US box office
1
Poster of the #1 movie
A Christmas Carol
Walt DisneyNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$30,051,075Total$30,051,075
2
Poster of the #2 movie
This Is It
Sony PicturesLast week #1Week 2 in release-43.4% vs last week
Weekend$13,157,944Total$57,013,286
3
Poster of the #3 movie
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Overture FilmsNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$12,706,654Total$12,706,654
4
Poster of the #4 movie
The Fourth Kind
UniversalNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$12,231,160Total$12,231,160
5
Poster of the #5 movie
Paranormal Activity
ParamountLast week #2Week 7 in release-49.5% vs last week
Weekend$8,278,605Total$97,108,475

No spoilers — titles and posters stay blurred until you tap.

About the five films

A Christmas Carol poster

#1 A Christmas Carol IMDb →

“It only takes one night to change your life.”

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

Director: Robert Zemeckis · Starring: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth · Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy · Budget: $200,000,000 · Worldwide: $325,286,646 · Domestic total: $137,855,863
This Is It poster

#2 This Is It IMDb →

“Like You've Never Seen Him Before”

A compilation of interviews, rehearsals and backstage footage of Michael Jackson as he prepared for his series of sold-out shows in London.

Director: Kenny Ortega · Starring: Michael Jackson, Orianthi, Kenny Ortega · Genre: Music, Documentary · Budget: $60,000,000 · Worldwide: $261,200,000 · Domestic total: $72,091,016
The Men Who Stare at Goats poster

#3 The Men Who Stare at Goats IMDb →

“No goats. No glory.”

A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New Earth Army, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions.

Director: Grant Heslov · Starring: George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges · Genre: Comedy, War · Budget: $24,000,000 · Worldwide: $68,729,358 · Domestic total: $32,428,195
The Fourth Kind poster

#4 The Fourth Kind IMDb →

“There are four kinds of alien encounters. The fourth kind is abduction.”

Since the 1960s, a disproportionate number of the population in and around Nome, Alaska, have gone missing. Despite FBI investigations, the disappearances remain a mystery. Dr. Abigail Tyler, a psychologist, may be on the verge of blowing the unsolved cases wide open when, during the course of treating her patients, she finds evidence of alien abductions.

Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi · Starring: Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas, Will Patton · Genre: Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller · Budget: $10,000,000 · Worldwide: $47,709,193 · Domestic total: $25,486,040
Paranormal Activity poster

#5 Paranormal Activity IMDb →

“What happens when you sleep?”

After a young, middle-class couple moves into what seems like a typical suburban house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be demonic but is certainly the most active in the middle of the night.

Director: Oren Peli · Starring: Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Mark Fredrichs · Genre: Horror, Mystery · Budget: $15,000 · Worldwide: $193,355,800 · Domestic total: $107,918,810

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Box Office Game (boxofficega.me) hands you one weekend from box office history and asks you to name the five highest-grossing films from that weekend, in order. You start with only the weekend date and each film’s weekend gross; every clue you buy (distributor, last week’s rank, total gross, budget, director, cast and so on) costs points off your score. The page above lists exactly those clues for each slot so you can match your own guesses before revealing. This page is part of our complete daily archive, updated every morning.

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