Weekend Movie Earnings – Sept 26 – 28, 2008

Shia LaBeouf dominated the box office with Eagle Eye’s movie earnings of just under $30 million. Spielberg’s exec-produced action thriller had what it took to beat out Richard Gere and Diane Lane’s super-syrupy romance “Nights in Rodanthe” which brought in $13.5 million.

The relatively unknown “Fireproof”, a Christian based film on strengthening marriage, came in fourth with $6.5 million despite its budget of only a half million dollars. If you’re looking for “Choke”, the new film from writer Chuck Palahniuk (”Fight Club”), strongly underperformed as it in came in 14th with only $1.3 million. Yikes!

Domestic box office movie earnings this weekend, Sept 26 – 28, 2008:

1. “Eagle Eye” $29.2 million [$29.2M total]
2. “Nights In Rodanthe” $13.5 million [$13.5M total]
3. “Lakeview Terrace” $7.0 million [$25.7M total]
4. “Fireproof” $6.5 million [$6.5M total]
5. “Burn After Reading” $6.1 million [$45.5M total]
6. “Igor” $5.5 million [$14.3M total]
7. “Righteous Kill” $3.8 million [$34.8M total]
8. “My Best Friend’s Girl” $3.8 million [$14.5M total]
9. “Miracle at St Anna” $3.5 million [$3.5M total]
10. “The Family That Preys” $7.5 million [$28.3M total]

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