Blame it on the Republican National Convention, Hurricanes or the NFL season kick-off. No matter which way you dice it up, the box office threw up a major stinker this past weekend.
The remake of Bangkok Dangerous starring Nicholas Cage was the only big new film opening and was expected to come in somewhere between $10 and $20 million. Instead, it barely squeaked past Tropic Thunder with $7.8 versus $7.5 million, a difference of only $300,000.
Dark Knight and House Bunny continue to flip flop in the three and four spot, with House Bunny scoring the three with $5.9 million versus Batman’s $5.7 million. With that take, The Dark Knight has crossed the $512 million mark domestically.
The remaining lackluster top 10 plays out as follows.
- 1. Bangkok Dangerous: $7.8m
- 2. Tropic Thunder: $7.5m
- 3. The House Bunny: $5.9m
- 4. The Dark Knight: $5.7m
- 5. Traitor: $4.6
- 6. Babylon A.D.: $6.2m
- 7. Death Race: $3.6m
- 8. Disaster Movie: $3.3m
- 9. Mamma Mia!: $2.7m
- 10. Pineapple Express: $2.4m
Next week will shake up the rankings as four news films debut with between 2000 and 3000 screens each: Burn After Reading, Righteous Kill, Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys and The Women (2008).
