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Sixth spot goes to Vampires Suck, last weekend's number two film. The spoof film earned $5.3 million this weekend and dropped 57%. Unfortunately, this one has now made more than its $20 million production budget, so we will likely see many more of these truly hideous spoof comedies. Give Suck $27.9 million so far.

Seventh goes to Inception, now in its seventh weekend (time flies for good movies). The Chris Nolan early Oscar contender earned $5.1 million and was off only 35%. Inception has now earned $270.7 million domestically, and is approaching $400 million overseas.

Nanny McPhee Returns finishes eighth, as Emma Thompson can't find the magic she found with the original Nanny - at least in North America. After opening to $8.4 million last weekend, Nanny McPhee Returns failed to behave much like a kids movie, dropping 44% and grossing only $4.7 million. It isn't an ugly flop, though. Despite a North American gross so far of $17 million, it has already earned $63 million overseas against a budget of only $35 million.

The Switch lands in ninth, as the Jennifer Aniston rom-com really failed to click. The Switch earned $4.7 million from what used to be Miramax, and dropped 45% compared to last weekend. Its now earned $16.5 million.

Piranha 3D, despite some really good reviews, finishes tenth after coming in sixth last weekend when it opened. This soon-to-be cult classic earned $4.3 million in its second weekend and falls 57% from its $10.1 million debut in the previous frame. Luckily, this one cost Dimension Films only $24 million to make, so the bottom line won't be that bad. It has a running total so far of $18.3 million.

The Avatar re-release didn't turn into much this weekend, so be aware that James Cameron may just hide in the movie theater bathroom and steal the rest of your money that way. Avatar: The Cash Grab earned another $4 million, bringing the total for the Fox behemoth up to $753.8 million.

Overall this weekend, things were fairly typical for late-August. Strong openers propped things up a bit, but a general malaise around the holdovers couldn't keep the top 12 above $100 million. Last year, The "Final" Destination opened to $27.4 million and the re-imagining of Halloween found $16.3 million. Add to that some strong holdovers and you have a top 12 that took in $110 million. Last year was an anomaly, as the same weekend in 2008 brought in $74 million and 2007 saw $89 million. This year, the top 12 brought in $97.5 million. Next weekend could be interesting. Danny Trejo opens Machete, George Clooney appears in The American (on Wednesday), and Drew Barrymore shows up in Going the Distance. Check back to BOP next weekend and see how it all rolls out.

Top Weekend Box Office for 8/27/10-8/29/10 (Actuals)
Rank	Film	Distributor	Estimated Gross	Actual Gross	Weekly Change	Running Total
1	Takers	Screen Gems (Sony)	$21,000,000	$20,512,304	New	$20,512,304
2	The Last Exorcism	Lionsgate	$21,300,000	$20,366,613	New	$21,300,000
3	The Expendables	Lionsgate	$9,500,000	$9,527,937	- 42.3%	$82,040,183
4	Eat Pray Love	Sony/Columbia	$7,000,000	$6,815,555	- 43.2%	$60,531,326
5	The Other Guys	Columbia Pictures (Sony)	$6,600,000	$6,285,712	- 37.8%	$99,018,172
6	Vampires Suck	Fox	$5,300,000	$5,221,780	New	$27,834,256
7	Inception	Warner Bros. Pictures	$5,105,000	$4,876,356	- 36.3%	$270,519,920
8	Nanny McPhee Returns	Universal Pictures	$4,742,610	$4,714,215	- 43.3%	$16,991,285
9	The Switch	Miramax	$4,658,000	$4,583,481	- 43.4%	$16,410,009
10	Piranha 3D	Dimension Films	$4,308,000	$4,302,878	- 57.1%	$18,266,889
11	Avatar	20th Century Fox	N/A	$4,007,750	New	$753,773,889
12	Lottery Ticket	Warner Bros. Pictures	$4,010,000	$3,854,303	- 65.4%	$17,284,691
	Also Opening/Notables
	Mesrine: Killer Instinct	Music Box Films	$150,000	$152,873	New	$152,873
	Centurion		$45,000	$42,826	New	$42,826
	Change of Plans	IFC Films	N/A	$15,378	New	$15,378
	The Milk of Sorrow	Olive Films	N/A	$1,914	New	$1,914
	Daniel & Ana	Strand	N/A	$1,400	New	$1,400
	Mao's Last Dancer	Samuel Goldwyn/ato	$299,300	$299,691	New	$1,193,813
	The Tillman Story	Weinstein Co.	$32,290	$31,670	New	$108,085
	A Film Unfinished	Oscilloscope	$21,315	$20,296	New	$91,498
	Scott Pilgrim vs. the World	Universal	$2,466,450	$2,505,555	- 50.2%	$26,166,945
	Animal Kingdom	Sony Classics	$135,595	$123,594	New	$372,511
	Get Low		$1,747,829	$1,640,176	+116.0%	$3,633,451
	Step Up 3D	Touchstone Pictures	$1,266,000	$1,227,816	- 58.2%	$39,715,304
	Dinner for Schmucks	Paramount Pictures	$1,800,000	$1,779,540	- 49.2%	$69,204,372
	Salt	Columbia Pictures (Sony)	$1,925,000	$1,883,890	- 44.6%	$113,260,644
	Despicable Me	Universal Pictures	$2,685,345	$2,859,680	- 34.1%	$236,276,085
	Toy Story 3	Walt Disney Pictures	$1,078,000	$1,010,710	- 30.2%	$405,659,221
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Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations

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