Contagion
Steven Soderbergh's virus outbreak thriller Contagion fittingly topped what was a pretty sickly weekend box office.
The film, which stars Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jude Law, pulled in $23.1 million, according to Box Office Mojo. That was enough to topple three-time champ The Help, which fell to second place with an additional $8.7 million (for a total of $137 million after five weeks).
All told, the box office gross for the weekend's top 10 films was only $66.4 million, the lowest weekend gross this year....
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Viola Davis
The Help continued to dominate the box office over Labor Day weekend, taking in another $19 million, according to Box Office Mojo.
Staying at No. 1 for the third week in a row, the film starring Emma Stone and Viola Davis has earned a total of...
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Viola Davis
The Help scored the top spot during a weekend that wound up as the movie box office's second-slowest of the year because of Hurricane Irene.
The drama starring Emma Stone managed to bring in $14.3 million, down from last weekend's $20.5 million, according to Box Office Mojo, which noted that only Super Bowl weekend was slower overall. The film's three-week gross totals $96.6 million.
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Emma Stone
Four new movies proved to be no match for The Help and Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
In its second weekend, The Help rose one spot to top the weekend box office with $20.5 million, Box Office Mojo reports. The drama, starring Emma Stone and Viola Davis, dropped only 21 percent and its cumulative total now stands at $71.8 million.
After two weeks at No. 1, Apes slipped to No. 2 with $16.3 million. The film has grossed $133.8 million so far.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes stays on top; The Help surprises
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World fared best among the newcomers, nabbing third place with $12 million, slightly ahead ...
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