“Burn After Reading” Tops at Box Office

September 16, 2008

The Coen brothers’ new comedy “Burn After Reading” beat pre-release expectations, taking in an estimated $19.4 million on its debut weekend and topping the Box Office charts for September 12-14, according to The Hollywood Reporter

Below are last weekend’s box-office totals from Nielsen EDI, as well as a full weekend box-office wrap-up from The Hollywood Reporter.

 

RANK FILM STUDIO WEEKEND GROSS
(MILLIONS)
1 Burn After Reading FOCUS FEATURES $19,128,001 $19.1
2 Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys LIONSGATE $17,381,218 $17.4
3 Righteous Kill OVERTURE FILMS $16,288,361 $16.3
4 The Women PICTUREHOUSE $10,115,121 $10.1
5 Tropic Thunder DREAMWORKS/PARAMOUNT $4,183,405 $103.0
6 The House Bunny SONY PICTURES $4,154,427 $42.0
7 The Dark Knight WARNER BROS. $4,128,153 $517.8
8 Bangkok Dangerous LIONSGATE $3,031,307 $10.6
9 Traitor OVERTURE FILMS $2,131,639 $20.7
10 Death Race UNIVERSAL $2,056,415 $33.2
Source: The Hollywood Reporter / Nielsen EDI

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    Brad Pitt can be so funny, as long as he’s not taking himself too seriously… in any case, it’s about time someone made good use of his habitually spastic arm movements

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