Facebook Movie “The Social Network” Makes $23 Million Worth Of “Friends” At Box Office

The story of the founding of Facebook made a lot of “friends” at the box office this weekend. The Social Network was tops with moviegoers at the North American box office this weekend, taking in an estimated $23 million since hitting theaters on Friday.

The Social Network, a new movie about one of the web’s most popular social networking websites, Facebook, finished in the top slot at the weekend box office this weekend.

The film — directed by David Fincher and produced by Sony/Columbia Productions — took in $23 million at the domestic box office, according to early estimates from Hollywood.com. The Social Network co-stars Jesse Eisenberg as Facebook’s allegedly dubious founder Mark Zuckerberg and Justin Timberlake as Napster.com chief Sean Parker. The pic managed to stir controversy in the months and weeks prior to its release for its exploration of claims that Zuckerberg stole the concept for Facebook from two classmates. Disney’s Brenda Song, Andrew Garfield, who has been cast to play Spider-Man in the film franchise, and Rooney Mara, who will play the title role in the eagerly-anticipated film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, co-star.

Here’s how the Top 10 rounded out, according to early estimated ticket sales at US and Canadian theaters. Final figures will be released Monday.

1. The Social Network: $23 million.

2. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole: $10.9 million.

3. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps: $10.1 million.

4. The Town: $10 million.

5. Easy A: $7 million.

6. You Again: $5.6 million.

7. Case 39: $5.35 million.

8. Let Me In: $5.3 million.

9. Devil: $3.7 million.

10. Alpha and Omega: $3 million.