4/25/2009

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Obsessed opened in theaters this weekend and came out at the top of ticket sales.

Shaina Wizov

The thriller, starring Beyonce Knowles, racked up a whopping $28.5 million in ticket sales after its release this weekend, according to the Associated Press. *Obsessed* stars Knowles and Idris Elba as a couple whose marriage competes against a temporary employee of Elba's, played by Ali Larter, who begins stalking him.  
  
The movie, which cost about $20 million to make, surpassed industry observers' predictions of opening somewhere in the mid-teen millions, according to Reuters.  
  
Sony Pictures, the company who released *Obsessed*, was very happy with Knowles's transition into a role without any singing involved.  
  
"This is the first film where she didn't perform musically. And what a way to start. I think she's showing there isn't much she can't do," said Sony's head of distribution, Rory Bruer, according to *USA Today*.  
  
The comedy, *17 Again*, starring Zac Efron, fell right under *Obsessed* at the number two spot, bringing in $11.7 million, a 51 percent drop since its debut. *Fighting*, an action flick with Channing Tatum, came in third with $11.4 million, and the Robert Downey, Jr. and Jamie Foxx drama, *The Soloist*, brought in only $9.7 million, putting it in fourth place.