“The Town” Tops the Box Office

"The Town" Tops the Box Office

Heist films are doing big business this year. First it was “Inception,” then “Takers” and now “The Town.”

“The Town” held off an impressive array of new comers to take the top spot at the box-office with $23.9 million. Directed by and starring Ben Affleck, the movie rode a wave of solid critical reviews to the top spot and exceeding Hollywood insider predictions for the opening weekend receipts.

In second was the comedy, “Easy A,” taking in $18.2 million. Starring Emma Stone, the comedy took in $5 million more than projected.

Third place went to “Devil,” the M. Night Shaymalan produced film, whose preview created laughter among audiences this summer (when Shaymalan’s name came up).

In fourth was last week’s top movie, “Resident Evil: Afterlife” and rounding out the top five was the animated “Alpha and Omega.”

TW	LW	Title (click to view)	Studio	Weekend Gross	% Change	Theater Count / Change		Average	Total Gross	Budget*	Week #
1	N	The Town	WB	$23,800,000	-	2,861	-	$8,319	$23,800,000	$37	1
2	N	Easy A	SGem	$18,200,000	-	2,856	-	$6,373	$18,200,000	$8	1
3	N	Devil	Uni.	$12,584,000	-	2,809	-	$4,480	$12,584,000	-	1
4	1	Resident Evil: Afterlife	SGem	$10,100,000	-62.1%	3,209	+6	$3,147	$43,991,000	$60	2
5	N	Alpha and Omega	LGF	$9,200,000	-	2,625	-	$3,505	$9,200,000	-	1
6	2	Takers	SGem	$3,000,000	-47.1%	2,139	-52	$1,403	$52,346,000	$32	4
7	3	The American	Focus	$2,756,000	-51.4%	2,457	-376	$1,122	$32,856,000	$20	3
8	10	Inception	WB	$2,015,000	-28.1%	1,305	-278	$1,544	$285,178,000	$160	10
9	6	The Other Guys	Sony	$2,000,000	-40.3%	1,827	-419	$1,095	$115,431,000	$100	7
10	4	Machete	Fox	$1,700,000	-60.4%	1,704	-974	$998	$24,336,000	$20	3
11	9	Eat Pray Love	Sony	$1,700,000	-41.9%	1,668	-671	$1,019	$77,686,000	$60	6
12	8	The Expendables	LGF	$1,400,000	-56.6%	1,854	-1,204	$755	$101,050,000	$80	6