The Coen Bros. helped give the box office a needed Autumn boost with their comedy
Burn After Reading, which debuted at No. 1 with an estimated $19.4 million.
Even though
The Dark Knight has gone above and beyond the line of duty at
the box office, earning an estimated $512 million domestically, Warner Bros. has announced
it will get a re-release in January 2009. The Hollywood Reporter notes:Warner Bros.
Well, the Fall movie season came in with a whimper.
According to Variety, "The first weekend after Labor Day is always sluggish, but this year the frame was affected by the start of the NFL football season and was particularly dreary."
Bangkok Dangerous came in at No.
Labor Day weekend officially signals the close of the Summer box office season, and this year's ended on, as
Variety described it, "a whimper" as opposed to a bang.
Tropic Thunder landed in the top spot for the third weekend in a row, pulling in an estimated $14.3 million over four days. The second spot went to
Babylon A.D. which earned an estimated $12 million.
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