{"id":7958,"date":"2010-08-29T17:56:13","date_gmt":"2010-08-29T22:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=7958"},"modified":"2010-08-29T17:56:13","modified_gmt":"2010-08-29T22:56:13","slug":"last-exorcism-edges-takers-avatar-returns-at-weekend-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/08\/29\/last-exorcism-edges-takers-avatar-returns-at-weekend-box-office\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Last Exorcism&#8221; Edges &#8220;Takers,&#8221; &#8220;Avatar&#8221; Returns at Weekend Box Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The final weekend of the summer movie season fell in favor of &#8220;The Last Exorcism,&#8221; which narrowly edged &#8220;Takers&#8221; at the box office, according to early estimates.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:left;margin-right:5px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/entertainment\/the-palazzo-after-party\/image\/9589819?term=takers\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/view4.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/image\/9589819\/the-palazzo-after-party\/the-palazzo-after-party.jpg?size=234&#038;imageId=9589819\" border=\"0\" width=\"234\" title=\"The Palazzo After Party For Sony Pictures Entertainment's Takers\" height=\"390\" oncontextmenu=\"return false;\" ondrag=\"return false;\" onmousedown=\"return false;\" alt=\"LAS VEGAS - AUGUST 17: Rapper and actor Tip 'T.I.' Harris arrives at the after party for a screening of the movie 'Takers' at Lagasse's Stadium at The Palazzo August 17, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The film opens nationwide in the United States on August 27. (Photo by Ethan Miller\/Getty Images)\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/\/JavaScripts\/OTIjs.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Exorcism&#8221; grossed $21.3 million, which, if estimates hold up, will give it the close victory over &#8220;Takers&#8221; ($21 million).  &#8220;The Expendables,&#8221; which had won the two prior weekends, slipped to third with $9.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Eat Pray Love&#8221; ($7 million) and &#8220;The Other Guys&#8221; ($6.6 million) rounded out the top five.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to &#8220;Exorcism&#8221; and &#8220;Takers,&#8221; &#8220;Avatar: Special Edition&#8221; also opened at the box office.  On 812 screens (about 1\/3 of a normal wide release), the film earned $4 million in box office receipts, good enough for a twelfth place finish.<\/p>\n<p><B>Weekend Top Ten:<\/b><br \/>\n1)   The Last Exorcism &#8211; $21.3M<br \/>\n2)   Takers &#8211; $21M<br \/>\n3)   The Expendables &#8211; $9.5M ($82M)<br \/>\n4)   Eat Pray Love &#8211; $7M ($60.7M)<br \/>\n5)   The Other Guys &#8211; $6.6M ($99.3M)<br \/>\n6)   Vampires Suck &#8211; $5.3M ($27.9M)<br \/>\n7)   Inception &#8211; $5.1M ($270.7M)<br \/>\n8)   Nanny McPhee Returns &#8211; $4.7M ($17M)<br \/>\n9)   The Switch &#8211; $4.7M ($16.5M)<br \/>\n10)  Piranha 3D &#8211; $4.3M ($18.3M)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Last Exorcism&quot; 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