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At The Movies: 'The Last Exorcism' Scary Enough To Dethrone 'The Expendables'
By Tim Boswell ♦ Published 08/30/2010

The Last Exorcism movieSylvester Stallone's "The Expendables" has been the #1 flick at the box office for two weekends, but that streak ended this weekend when the new fright flick "The Last Exorcism" dethroned the action flick to take the #1 slot.

The Lionsgate horror film just barely edged out Sony's heist thriller "Takers," pulling in $21.3 million during his debut weekend.

"Takers" was right behind it, in at #2, with $21 million. It stars Chris Brown, Hayden Christensen, Matt Dillion, Idris Elba, Jay Hernandez and Paul Walker.

"The Expendables" slipped to third place with $9.5 million, raising its total to $82 million; while "Eat Pray Love" slipped one spot to #4 with $7 million.

And, closing out the top 5 this weekend was "The Other Guys," holding strong at that position with $6.6 million.

In a narrow release, the 3D special edition of "Avatar" pulled in $4 million, placing it at #12, and lifting its domestic total to $753.8 million. The new version of the 20th Century Fox blockbuster adds nine minutes of footage. It played in just 812 theaters.

That wraps things up this weekend. Next weekend, look out for the release of George Clooney's drama thriller "The American," the Drew Barrymore and Justin Long romantic comedy "Going The Distance," and Danny Trejo's action parody "Machete."

This weekend's top 10 is as follows:

1 - "The Last Exorcism," $21.3 million.
2 - "Takers," $21 million.
3 - "The Expendables," $9.5 million.
4 - "Eat Pray Love," $7 million.
5 - "The Other Guys," $6.6 million.
6 - "Vampires Suck," $5.3 million.
7 - "Inception," $5.1 million.
8 - "Nanny McPhee Returns," $4.74 million
9 - "The Switch," $4.7 million.
10 - "Piranha 3D," $4.3 million.

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  • WTFever

    THIS IS BUULSH*T TAKERS SHOULD HAVE BEEN #1! What the white media won't say is that Takers appeared in fewer theaters and "Exoricism" opened on Thursday night while Takers started a day later. TAKERS SHOULD BE THE NEW #1 BOXOFFICE SMASH!Black ppl you should have supported your own this weekend.

  • just someone

    Black people should support a woman beater? WTFever you are an idiot.

  • Marisol

    This was not a Movie but a documentry!!! Not at all what I was expecting, I wanted a scary movie.!!!

    Learned alot though..... creep... Do you believe in spirits????

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