Joel and Ethan Coens spy comedy Burn After Reading helped the fall box office get back on track after a terrible opening a week ago outselling three other newcomers to take the weekends top spotAccording to Variety Reading which stars Brad Pitt George Clooney John Malkovich and Frances McDormand took in 196 million this weekend marking the Coen Brothers largest opening ever While that number pales in comparison to the huge openings brought in by some of the summers blockbusters this weekends top films Burn Tyler Perrys The Family That Preys with 18 million and the Robert De Niro and Al Pacino reuniting Righteous Kill with 165 million combined for a 35 percent increase in sales from the same weekend a year agoThe weekends other new release The Women landed in fourth place with 10 million and The House Bunny rounded out the Top 5 with 43 million Last weekends top-grossing flick Bangkok Dangerous dropped a staggering 69 percent and fell to eighth place
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Bangkok Dangerous proved to be anything but at the box office over the weekendThe Nicolas Cage starrer earned top honors but only reeled in a paltry 78 million to lead the slowest fall box office kick-off in years Variety reportsTropic Thunder after three straight weeks at No 1 tumbled to the runner-up spot with 75 million putting it about 3 million shy of the 100 million mark House Bunny Anna Faris laughed her way to third place with 59 millionTotal sales are estimated at 64 million to 66 million making it the worst post-Labor Day weekend since 2003 Should figures hold the outing will fall 17 percent from last years weekend intake which was buoyed by the critically acclaimed and 14 million-opening 310 to Yuma Joyce Eng
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In a Labor Day weekend that boasted five little-buzzed-about new releases Tropic Thunder managed to hold on to its place at the top of the domestic box office for the third week in a row According to Variety Ben Stillers Hollywood-spoofing comedy earned 115 million dollars bringing its total haul to 838 million Newcomer sci-fi action flick and Vin Diesel starrer Babylon AD came in at No 2 with 98 millionThe Dark Knight bounced back up to No 3 this week taking in another 88 million to pass the 500 million mark the only movie except Titanic to accomplish such a feat The House Bunnys 83 million took fourth and Don Cheadles Traitor rounded out the Top 5 with 79 millionTheater traffic was slow overall despite five new releases Though the final four-day weekend numbers are still forthcoming it seems this summers final outing will fall well short of last years take when Rob Zombies Halloween remake earned 306 million as the top movie Adam Br
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In a slow box office weekend compared to others in this very lucrative summer movie season Ben Stillers Tropic Thunder managed to hang onto its top slot outhopping The House Bunny and outrunning Death RaceAccording to Variety Thunder edged out both newcomers with a very strong Saturday earning 161 million for the weekend and becoming only the third movie this summer alongside Iron Man and The Dark Knight to hold the top spot for a second week The Anna Faris starrer House Bunny earned 151 million for second place and Universals Death Race remake took third with 123 millionDark Knight brought its overall take to 489 million with fourth-place showing of 103 million and Star Wars The Clone Wars rounded out the Top 5 with a 61 percent drop to 57 million Adam Bryant
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Sorority sisters across the country are jumping and yipping as we speak because Idol alum Katharine McPhee has created a new theme song that's, like, totally hot. McPhee teamed up with her House Bunny co-stars Emma Stone and Kiely Williams to put a hip-hop twist on the '80s hit "I Know What Boys Like," complete with rapping. The film's cast, including Anna Faris and Rumer Willis, will debut the video Wednesday on TRL. OMG, we can barely contain our girl shrieks!
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