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)

Now Playing- September 2

Avoid the movie theater if you are looking to see a new release because it seems that Hollywood has laid a big, steamy turd on the movie-going public this weekend. This weekend's crop of movies is full of crap and films I have heard nothing about, so here are your choices of new releases (that I've heard about).

Shark Night 3D- Another 3D stinker. I thought that Hollywood has received the hint about 3D by now. This movie is strictly here because of 'Piranha 3D.' I could write a better script and I would only charge half of what the writers of 'Shark Night 3D' got paid.

Apollo 18- This movie is getting terrible reviews on Rotten Tomatoes including my favorite from New York Daily News reviewer, Joe Neumaier; "no thrills, no chills, no scares and contains a villain, or several of them, actually, that will turn you to stone- from boredom."

A Good Old Fashioned Orgy- This film is being panned by critics. Apparently nobody likes Jason Sudeikis as a leading man. This film has a decent premise, but a lazy script has doomed this movie to fail. I don't see it lasting in theaters for very long.

If these movies don't entice you, I am releasing a special weekend edition of "What to Watch Tonight" later in the day to make up for my lack of posts this week.

(via Rotten Tomatoes)