Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More Despite an onslaught of new releases, “The Help” easily topped the box office for the third week, making it the first file since “Inception” to do so. The movie easilt beat newcomers “Shark Night,” “Apollo 18,” and “The Debt.”
The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, September 4, 2011 are as follows:
| Rank | Film Name | Distributor Name | Weekend Revenue | Cume Revenue | Locs | Loc Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Help, The | Disney | 14,209,000 | 118,599,553 | 2,843 | 4,997 |
| 2 | Debt, The | Focus Features | 9,677,278 | 11,579,068 | 1,826 | 5,299 |
| 3 | Apollo 18 | The Weinstein Company | 8,700,000 | 8,700,000 | 3,328 | 2,614 |
| 4 | Shark Night 3D | Relativity Media | 8,640,000 | 8,640,000 | 2,806 | 3,079 |
| 5 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | 20th Century Fox | 7,800,000 | 160,024,693 | 3,193 | 2,442 |
| 6 | Colombiana | Sony | 7,400,000 | 21,962,122 | 2,614 | 2,830 |
| 7 | Our Idiot Brother | The Weinstein Company | 5,182,000 | 15,417,344 | 2,555 | 2,028 |
| 8 | Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark | FilmDistrict | 4,941,355 | 16,381,544 | 2,780 | 1,777 |
| 9 | Spy Kids: All The Time In The World | The Weinstein Company | 4,637,000 | 29,036,305 | 3,007 | 1,542 |
| 10 | Smurfs, The | Sony | 4,000,000 | 131,952,612 | 2,706 | 1,478 |
| 11 | Crazy, Stupid, Love | Warner Bros. | 3,220,000 | 74,427,519 | 1,450 | 2,220 |
| 12 | Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows II | Warner Bros. | 2,425,000 | 374,579,889 | 1,092 | 2,220 |
