Fall season opens with two bangs and two blips at box office

“Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself” continues the success of all movies with the Director/Actor’s name in the title, earning at least $10 million on opening weekend.   The highly promoted animated action movie “9″ gained $15 million… not a ton considering that includes its Wednesday opening and Thursday box office returns.

Last weekend’s top 3 (”The Final Destination”, “Inglourious Basterds”, “All About Steve”) changed spots but out grossed newcomers “Soroity Row” and “Whiteout”.   Overall, the first weekend of fall was down just 4% from the last weekend of the summer season.

 TOP MOVIES AT WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (estimated results):
1. “Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself” – $24.03 million (1st week)

2. “9″ – $10.86 million (1st week)

3. “Inglourious Basterds” – $6.55 million
(4th week, was #3 last week, lost 44% of audience from last week)

4. “All About Steve” - $5.80 million
(2nd week, was #4 last week, lost 48% from last week)

5. “The Final Destination” – $5.50 million
(3rd week, was #1 last week, lost 56% from last week)

6. “Sorority Row” – $5.27 million (1st week)

7. “Whiteout” – $5.10 million (1st week) 

8. “District 9″ - $3.60 million
(5th week, was #5 last week, lost 49% from last week)

9. “Julie & Julia” – $3.30 million
(6th week, was #7 last week, lost 38% from last week)

10. “Gamer” – $3.15 million
(2nd week, was #4 last week, lost 66% from last week)

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11. “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” – $2.53 million
(6th week, was #8 last week, lost 51% from last week)

14. “Extract” – $2.33 million
(2nd week, was #9 last week, lost 49% from last week)

16. “(500) Days of Summer” - $1.23 million
(9th week, was #13 last week, lost 34% from last week)

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“I Can Do Bad All By Myself” poster courtesy Lionsgate

Box Office numbers courtesy Box Office Mojo