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Close race for no. 1 between "Unstoppable" and "Megamind" for the weekend after the Tony Scott thriller takes the top spot Friday with $8.5 million.

A trio of new releases propelled the box office to a record weekend, and DreamWorks Animation’s and Paramount Pictures’ Megamind led the way with $47.7 million, according to studio estimates. The $130 million CG-animated comedy starring Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt, and Tina Fey got off to a slightly underwhelming $12.5 million start on Friday. But the superhero flick skyrocketed 65 percent on Saturday as parents, starved for a family film to take their tots to, stormed the local multiplex.

FRIDAY 4:30 PM: Early North American box office reports reaching me indicate that DreamWorks Animation's Megamind 3D may be underperforming with an estimated $42M weekend from a giant release of 3,944 theaters with 2,634 of them 3D-equipped, Warner Bros' Due Date grossing on target with an estimated $35M from 3,355 theaters, and Lionsgate's For Colored Girls overperforming for an estimated $28M from 2,127 theaters.