Tyler Perry’s latest Madea Goes to Jail easily took the #1 spot this weekend, while sophomoric comedy, Fired Up fizzled out, debuting in ninth place.

Madea Goes to Jail was Tyler Perry’s best debut ever, grossing $41.1 over the weekend and easily outpacing his previous record holder, Madea’s Family Reunion, which debuted to $30M, 3 years ago. Madea’s weekend take was way above my $26M prediction. The most impressive thing about Madea’s debut was the per screen average. Madea made approximately $20,000 per screen, 4 times its closest competition, Coraline, which made $5,000 per screen.

High School cheerleading comedy, Fired Up, debuted in ninth place with $6M, exactly as I thought. The movie should finish its run with about $17M, but may have a future on DVD or cable. 

Friday the 13^th plummeted 80% in its second outing, grossing $7.8M, bringing its total to $55M. This has got to be the biggest drop I’ve ever seen. I thought my prediction of a 70% drop was an aggressive one. Boy was I wrong. Without the help of Valentine’s Day, He’s Just Not That Into You dropped 56% and Confessions of a Shopaholic dropped 53%. 

It wasn’t all bad news for holdovers, however. Slumdog Millionaire was up 10% in anticipation of the Oscars. Kid flick Coraline eased off 25% to bring its total to $53.3M after 3 weeks. Liam Neeson’s action flick, Taken, fell an understandable 40% in its fourth week of release and should pass the $100M mark in a few short days. To see how the rest of my predictions fared, check out the chart below.