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Box Office Review: That's a Wrap!
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As the only major studio film released on Friday, it's no wonder that the middling Resident Evil: Afterlife topped the box office this weekend. The tired zombie flick brought in $27.7M to easily smash the rest of the competition. The resilient Takers was a distant second, but is proving to be a solid hit for Screen Gems ($6.1M | $48.1M). Last week's champ, The American, slipped to third ($5.8M | $26.7M) but was still able to top Machete ($4.2M | $20.8M). The sad Going the Distance rounded out the top 5 ($3.8M | $14M).
Will Ferrell's The Other Guys continues to print money ($3.6M | $112.6M) and just managed to edge The Last Exorcism ($3.4M | $38.1M) and The Expendables ($3.2M | $98.4M). The super Inception ($3M | $282.4M) and the un-super Eat Pray Love ($2.9M | $74.6M) rounded out the top 10. In limited release, The Romantics had a great start ($22,000 per theater), as did Ahead of Time ($11,700). River Phoenix's suicidal I'm Still Here was okay ($5,500) while Bran Nue Dae went nowhere ($1,681).
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On a personal note, this is my last column as the film editor for LAist. In the last few years, I've written over 700 articles on this site and am very proud of at least 20 of them. It's been a thrilling few years here at LAist, and I would like to sincerely thank everyone on the staff for all of their hard work and consideration. Everyone has always been happy to help me out with any issue or request. That's rare, I think, and should be noted.
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