Update 9/7: Weekend Box Office Results: ‘The Help’ #1 For a Third Consecutive Weekend

Here are the top ten movies at the box office for the weekend of September 2-5.  The Help won for a third straight weekend.  There was not a whole lot of competition for The Help as the summer box office boom quickly fizzled with sub par new releases revolving around franchises no one has heard of

1. The Help – (Week 4) – $19.9 M
2. The Debt - (NEW) – $12.9 M
3. Apollo 18 - (NEW) – $10.7 M
4. Rise of the Planet of the Apes - (Week 5) – $10.3 M
5. Shark Night 3D - (NEW) – $10.1 M
6. Colombiana - (Week 2) – $9.6 M
7. Our Idiot Brother - (Week 2) – $7 M
8. Spy Kids 4 – (Week 3) – $6.8 M
9. Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark - (Week 2) – $6.4 M
10. The Smurfs - (Week 6) – $5.7 M

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