The box-office figures for the massive Labor Day weekend in the US are in, and when we say massive, we mean luke-ish warm. The George Clooney starrer The American beat off everything over the four day weekend to accumilate $12.9m bagging it the numero uno spot ahead on Takers, which was positioned at the top spot last week. Machete, the highly anticipated film from Robert Rodriguez from his faux Grindhouse trailer managed to bring in $11.3 in green, positioning it at number three.
The Last Exorcism managed $7.5 million over the weekend in its second week out there, while this week’s other new entry, the comedy Going The Distance, made it into the top five at five.
We have a fairly detailed report for the entire top ten below (courtesy of Rentrak).
Take a look.
| Rank | Film Name | Distributor Name | Weekend Revenue | Cume Revenue | Locs | Loc Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American, The | Focus Features | 12,968,744 | 16,112,529 | 2,823 | 4,593 |
| 2 | Takers | Sony | 11,450,000 | 37,900,825 | 2,206 | 5,190 |
| 3 | Machete | 20th Century Fox | 11,300,000 | 11,300,000 | 2,670 | 4,232 |
| 4 | Last Exorcism, The | Lionsgate | 7,550,000 | 32,322,384 | 2,874 | 2,627 |
| 5 | Going The Distance | Warner Bros. | 6,885,000 | 6,885,000 | 3,030 | 2,272 |
| 6 | Expendables, The | Lionsgate | 6,750,000 | 92,317,770 | 3,398 | 1,986 |
| 7 | Other Guys, The | Sony | 5,400,000 | 106,866,211 | 2,607 | 2,071 |
| 8 | Eat Pray Love | Sony | 4,850,000 | 68,954,034 | 2,663 | 1,821 |
| 9 | Nanny McPhee Returns | Universal | 4,574,560 | 23,440,535 | 2,708 | 1,689 |
| 10 | Inception | Warner Bros. | 4,530,000 | 277,103,254 | 1,704 | 2,658 |
| 11 | Switch, The | Miramax | 3,068,000 | 21,443,140 | 1,885 | 1,627 |
| 12 | Vampires Suck | 20th Century Fox | 3,000,000 | 32,298,657 | 2,434 | 1,232 |
