Sony's vampire horror pic "30 Days of Night" won the weekend at the domestic box office during its debut, with an estimated gross of $16 million from 2,855 locations.

The second, third and fourth spots went to "Why Did I Get Married?," "The Game Plan" and "Michael Clayton" respectively.

"Gone Baby Gone," another newcomer and Ben Affleck's feature directorial debut, was able to take the fifth spot with $6 million from 1,713 theaters. Right behind "Gone," was the Fox Atomic's sports spoof "The Comebacks," took in $5.8 million from 2,812 locations.

Taking the eighth spot was Disney's holiday re-release "Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas in Disney Digital 3-D." Film grossed an estimated $5.1 million from just 564 screens for great per screen average of $9,122.

New Line's new political drama "Rendition," starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep and Reese Witherspoon, placed number nine, grossing an estimated $4.2 million from 2,250 theaters for a per location average of $1,856. The film's debut underperformed most predictions.

DreamWorks-Paramount suffered its second box office disappointment this month with the debut of awards hopeful "Things We Lost in the Fire," which couldn't crack the top ten films of the weekend. The Halle Berry-Benicio Del Toro starrer grossed $1.6 million from 1,142 theaters for a per screen average of $1,197.