Just Like Heaven did some heavenly business last weekend--but the devil still hung around.

Reese Witherspoon's love-from-beyond-the-grave romance debuted with $16.4 million, according to studio figures Monday, enough to exorcise The Exorcism of Emily Rose from the top slot and help push overall weekend receipts higher than this time last year.

Despite leading the box office, Heaven, which costars Mark Ruffalo as the flesh-and-blood love interest, wasn't close to a personal best for Witherspoon, whose Sweet Home Alabama still holds the September record with a $35.6 million debut in 2002.

Although The Exorcism of Emily Rose dropped a slot to second place, distributor Screen Gems called its performance "a terrific hold," with the film dropping 51 percent with $14.9 million.

Top Box Office (Spet. 19, 2005)PositionMovie1Just Like Heaven2The Exorcism of Emily Rose3Lord of War4The 40-Year-Old Virgin 5Cry Wolf 6Transporter 27The Constant Gardener8Red Eye9March of the Penguins

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