With many Americans celebrating the end of summer, it appears that going to the movie wasn’t high on the agenda.
The top box-office earner was George Clooney’s new feature, “The American,” taking in $16.3 million over the weekend. It was followed closely by “Machete,” taking in $14 million.
Holding in at a solid third was “Takers” followed by “The Last Exorcism” and “Going the Distance.”
The weekend closed out the books for the summer season and while ticket sales were up to $4.35 billion, the highest total ever for a summer season, overall attendance was down. Attendance this summer was 552 million, the lowest total since 1997.