Bangkok Dangerous Leads Slowest Fall Box-Office Start in Years
Nicolas Cage in Bangkok Dangerous courtesy Lionsgate
Bangkok Dangerous
proved to be anything but at the box office over the weekend.
The
Nicolas Cage starrer earned top honors, but only reeled in a paltry $7.8 million to lead the slowest fall box office kick-off in years,
Variety reports.
Tropic Thunder, after three straight weeks at No. 1, tumbled to the runner-up spot with $7.5 million, putting it about $3 million shy of the $100 million mark.
House Bunny Anna Faris laughed her way to third place with $5.9 million.
Total 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 year's weekend intake, which was buoyed by the critically acclaimed and $14 million-opening
3:10 to Yuma. -
Joyce Eng
