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Unknown Leads The Box Office On This Holiday Weekend

In another win for Liam Neeson and his adult fans, Warner Bros. and Dark Castle Entertainment's action-thriller Unknown scored a surprise victory in besting Alex Pettyfer teen sci-fi adventure I Am Number Four at the President's Day box office. But overall, the downturn at the domestic box office continued, with revenues off 30% from President's Day weekend last year (which fell a week earlier). Unknown opened to an estimated $21.8 million from 3,043 theaters through Sunday, according to Rentrak. It's on target to gross around $26 million for the four-day holiday weekend. A resounding 89% of the audience was over the age of 25 -- and 54% over the age of 50. Neeson scored a similar victory with Taken, distributed by Fox. Unknown, which cost $30 million to produce, was fully financed by Joel Silver's Dark Castle. The film also stars Diane Kruger and January Jones . "I'm happy for Joel to have a breakout film. Dark Castle has struggled at the box ...