Quality equals box office quanity: after 2 slow “weak”-ends “Burn After Reading” comes out on top of the 4 new movies this weekend

Joel and Ethan Cohen’s new comedy-drama “Burn After Reading” leads a pack of 4 new movies that includes “Righteous Kill”, “The Family That Preys”, and “The Women”…

…as expected “Bangkok Dangerous” drops from #1 to #8 in its 2nd week, following the downward trend of “Babylon A.D.” and its drop from #2 to #6 to #11 in just 3 weeks.   “Tropic Thunder” and “The Dark Knight” are still hanging around, merely pushed down 4 spots by the 4 new movies.

Top 10 Weekend Box Office list this week (stuido estimates):

1. “Burn After Reading” - $19.40 million (1st week)

2. “The Family That Preys” - $18.02 million (1st week)

3. “Righteous Kill” - $16.50 million (1st week)

4. “The Women” - $10.09 million (1st week)

5. “The House Bunny” - $4.30 million
(4th week, was #4 last week, lost 22% of its audience from last week)

6. “Tropic Thunder” - $4.18 million
(5th week, was #2 last week, lost 42% from last week)

7. “The Dark Knight” – $4.02 million (total gross: $517.68 million)
(9th week, was #3 last week, lost 27% of its audience from last week)

8. “Bangkok Dangerous” - $2.40 million
(2nd week, was #1 last week, lost 69% from last week)

9. “Traitor” - $2.13 million
(3rd week, was #5 last week, lost 50% of its audience from last week)

10. “Death Race” - $2.02 million
(4th week, was #7 last week, lost 46% of its audience from last week)

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Chasing History:

“The Dark Knight” continues to (more…)

“Bangkok Dangerous” was the top movie, but it was the only new movie in wide release and none earned more than $10 million

The fall trend continues… last weekend, only “Tropic Thunder” made more than $10 million, the week before 4 movies made more than $10 million, now this past weekend none of the movies even came close to that mark, setting up a very interesting weekend ahead…

Top 10 Weekend Box Office list this week (actual results):

1. “Bangkok Dangerous” - $7.78 million (1st week)

2. “Tropic Thunder” - $7.23 million
(4th week, was #1 last week, lost 37% from last week)

3. “The Dark Knight” – $5.52 million (total gross: $511.99 million)
(8th week, was #3 last week, lost 36% of its audience from last week)

4. “The House Bunny” - $5.51 million
(3rd week, was #4 last week, lost 33% of its audience from last week)

5. “Traitor” - $4.27 million
(2nd week, was #5 last week, lost 45% of its audience from last week) (more…)