In honor of the recent Tim Burton film 9 we're spotlighting numerals and numbers in film. What they have contributed to movies over the years goes beyond simply differentiating an original from a sequel.

CENTURY CITY, Calif. - Savage swordsmen bent on death and destruction clash with the iron-willed protectors of a new world in Pathfinder, the heroic action-adventure filled with intense battle scenes and breathless, primal violence.

Inspired by a true story, Eight Below follows the adventures of two Antarctic explorers who leave their team of sled dogs behind as they fend for their lives. The dogs struggle to survive alone in the frozen wilderness for over six months. In The Hills Have Eyes, a family is attacked by people who were deformed by radiation during nuclear testing. George Clooney plays a CIA agent in Syriana.

Diary Of A Mad Black Woman star Tyler Perry's latest movie, Madea's Family Reunion, shot straight to the top of the box office with $30.25 million in takings over the weekend. Based on Perry's stage play, Madea's Family Reunion depicts a dysfunctional family preparing for a family reunion. Eight Below, featuring a pack of sled dogs in Antarctica, slipped to second place with $15.7 million.

* Matthew McConaughey has his girlfriend Penelope Cruz so hooked on road trips across America, she's applying for her driver's license so she can get behind the wheel. Free-spirited McConaughey treated the Spanish actress to her first proper roadtrip last year when he took her traveling in his beloved Airstream trailer - and now she can't wait for their next adventure.

Disney has served up another shock at the box office by taking Eight Below to the top. The Paul Walker-starring adventure narrowly took the top spot this weekend - beating comedy spoof Date Movie - with an opening $19.85 million haul.

Paul Walker had to quickly learn to distinguish between his canine co-stars in his new movie Eight Below after he was attacked by one of the dogs. The actor plays a guide at a scientific research center in Antarctica who is forced to leave his beloved sled dog team behind when a massive storm strikes the area.