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Finishing third is last weekend's runner up The Kingdom, with Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Garner. After getting off to an only okay start last weekend ($17.1 million opening), The Kingdom found no hold this weekend, as the action flick settled for $9.3 million from 2,802 venues. It was off a crippling 45%. This Universal effort should have been bigger, and with this drop, the $80 million Michael Mann-produced, Peter Berg-directed flick is going to finish below $60 million. Its current total is $31.4 million.

Fourth spot, only due to a lack of quality films in the top ten, goes to Resident Evil: Extinction. The former number one film grossed an estimated $4.3 million, and follows last weekend's 66% plunge with a drop of 46%. Extinction should finish with a similar total of that of the second film in the series, Apocalypse, which ended its run with $50 million. Currently, the Milla Jovovich zombie hunt has earned $43.5 million.

Finishing down in fifth place is Fox and Walden Media's The Seeker: The Dark is Rising. The live action kid's fantasy got embarrassed this weekend, earning only $3.7 million from a way too high venue count of 3,141 venues. It had a laughable average of $1,186. Walden and Fox forgot to market their product - and why they released it to such a ridiculous amount of venues is a complete mystery to me. It would have cost much more to make all those prints than this one earned in opening weekend. The Seeker had all sorts of problems heading into release - the writer of the original material, Susan Cooper, wasn't happy with the changes to the book, the title was changed weeks before the release date, and advanced screenings were cancelled. Then reviews started to come in, which was the death knell for this effort. From the 53 critics polled at RottenTomatoes, The Seeker received a rotten rating of 17%, which piled on the doom. While probably made on the cheap, the first Fox Walden picture is officially a disaster.

Somehow still managing to finish sixth is Good Luck Chuck, the comedy with Jessica Alba and Dane Cook. Down two spots from last weekend, Chuck earned $3.5 million this weekend, off 44% from last weekend. So far, Chuck has swindled $29.1 million.

Seventh spot goes to Feel the Noise, a film I didn't even realize was being released this weekend. Out to only 1,015 venues, Feel the Noise earned $3.4 million and had a venue average of $3,350. It will be long gone by next weekend.

The slow weekend gives 3:10 to Yuma another weekend in the top ten, as Russell Crowe and Christian Bale roped in another $3.0 million. Yuma was off 28% from last weekend, and has now earned $4.9 million.

Jodie Foster's The Brave One also finds another week in the top ten courtesy of a weak outing from openers the past two weeks. The Brave One earned $2.3 million, off another 39% from its previous frame. The cumulative total for the revenge flick is $2.3 million.

Tenth spot goes to Mr. Woodcock, the Billy Bob Thornton comedy. The New Line film was able to cross the $20 million mark this weekend (woo!) with a gross of $2.2 million. It was off 31% and has now earned $22.3 million.

Overall, the top 12 films disappointed in a very large way. Last year, The Departed got off to a great start with $26.9 million, and torture-porn spectacular The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning debuted with $18.5 million, leading the top 12 at the box office to $100.9 million. This year, the top 12 could only muster $65.7 million, a staggering 35% drop from the same weekend last year.

Top Weekend Box Office for 10/5/07-10/7/07 (Actuals)
Rank	Film	Distributor	Estimated Gross	Actual Gross	Weekly Change	Running Total
1	The Game Plan	Walt Disney Pictures	$16,262,000	$16,609,377	- 27.6%	$43,158,823
2	The Heartbreak Kid	DreamWorks	$14,031,000	$14,022,105	New	$14,022,105
3	The Kingdom	Universal	$9,344,670	$9,722,940	- 43.3%	$31,746,270
4	Resident Evil: Extinction	Sony/Screen Gems	$4,300,000	$4,521,301	- 43.7%	$43,695,477
5	The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising		$3,725,000	$3,745,315	New	$3,745,315
6	Good Luck Chuck	Lionsgate	$3,500,000	$3,657,516	- 41.4%	$29,255,442
7	3:10 to Yuma	Lionsgate	$3,040,000	$3,215,469	- 23.6%	$48,728,753
8	Feel the Noise	Sony BMG	$3,400,000	$3,187,153	New	$3,187,153
9	Mr. Woodcock	New Line Cinema	$2,025,000	$2,331,445	- 20.9%	$22,613,590
10	The Brave One	Warner Bros.	$2,260,000	$2,321,359	- 37.6%	$34,380,387
11	Eastern Promises	Focus Features	$1,967,394	$2,079,579	- 29.2%	$14,455,384
12	Across the Universe	Sony/Revolution Studios	$1,850,000	$1,945,219	- 3.5%	$8,078,951
	Also Opening/Notables
	Michael Clayton	Warner Bros.	$704,000	$719,910	New	$719,910
	Blade Runner: The Final Cut	Warner Bros.	$95,000	$89,150	New	$89,150
	My Kid Could Paint That	Sony Pictures Classics	$28,285	$26,290	New	$26,290
	The Good Night	Yari Film Group	$12,708	$12,377	New	$12,377
	Finishing the Game	IFC Films	N/A	$11,903	New	$11,903
	Kurt Cobain About a Son	Balcony Releasing	N/A	$10,749	New	$15,184
	For the Bible Tells Me So	First Run Features	N/A	$9,438	New	$18,236
	Weirdsville	Magnolia	N/A	$2,862	New	$2,862
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Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations

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