
BURN AFTER READING, from the Cohen Brothers, debuted at the top of the box office with an estimated $19.4 million in ticket sales.
In second place was TYLER PERRY'S FAMILY THAT PREYS with $18 million, followed by RIGHTEOUS KILL with $16.5 million in the third position.
THE WOMEN took fourth with an estimated $10 million and rounding out the top five was THE HOUSE BUNNY with $4.3 million from in ticket sales.
DreamWorks/Paramount’s TROPIC THUNDER moved over the $100 million mark with a $4.2 million take from 2,927 theaters. THE DARK KNIGHT continued its run with another $4 million pushing KNIGHT's gross to just over $517 million.
BANGKOK DANGEROUS grabbed up an estimated $2.4 million, while DEATH RACE closed out the top 10 with only $2 million for a total box office to date of $33.2 million.
Here are the box office weekend estimates:
1. Burn After Reading - $19.4 million
2. Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys - $18 million
3. Righteous Kill Over - $16.5 million
4. The Women (2008) - $10 million
5. The House Bunny - $4.3 million ($42.2 million)
6. Tropic Thunder - $4.2 million ($103 million)
7. The Dark Knight - $4 million ($517.7 million)
8. Bangkok Dangerous - $2.4 million ($12.5 million)
9. Traitor Over - $2 million ($20.7 million)
10. Death Race Uni. $2 million ($33.2 million)
(Due to the hurricane in Texas, this will be an abbreviated version of the box office report, until Jarrod returns.)