Winners of the Weekend Box Office Race- 9/5

'The Help' won the race for the third week in a row. This should come as a surprise to nobody who reads my blog. As I mentioned on Friday, this week's offerings were thin. 'The Help' had to compete with two "frightening" movies in 'Shark Night 3D' and 'Apollo 18'. Coming in at number two was 'The Debt', a film starring Helen Mirren and Sam Worthington, written by Matthew Vaughn, and directed by John Madden. This movie could have had a better release if it had any press at all. Am I the only one who heard nothing about this film? 

TW		LW	Title (click to view)	Weekend Gross	Total Gross	Budget*	Week #
1	1		The Help	$14,606,000	$118,997,000	$25	4
2	N		The Debt	$9,916,000	$11,818,000	-	1
3	N		Apollo 18	$8,700,000	$8,700,000	-	1
4	N		Shark Night 3D	$8,390,000	$8,390,000	-	1
5	3		Rise of the Planet of the Apes	$7,900,000	$160,125,000	$93	5
6	2		Colombiana	$7,450,000	$22,012,000	$40	2
7	5		Our Idiot Brother	$5,465,000	$15,700,000	$5	2
8	4		Don't Be Afraid of the Dark	$5,144,000	$16,584,000	$25	2
9	6		Spy Kids: All the Time in the World	$4,821,000	$29,220,000	$27	3
10	7		The Smurfs	$4,100,000	$132,053,000	$110	6

These are the 3-day weekend results. These do not include the Labor Day holiday. 

(via Box Office Mojo)