For the second week in a row, “The Expendables” was the king of the box-office. The film dropped 53% from its opening last week and still landed in first place, taking in $16.5 million.
The action vehicle held off five new films, including a surprisingly strong debut by the parody, “Vampires Suck.” The film took in $12.2 million over the weekend and has notched over $18 million since it debuted Wednesday.
The Julia Roberts romance “Eat Pray Love” was third with $12 million, followed by the comedy “Lottery Ticket”, which surprised analysts with $11.1 million.
Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg’s “The Other Guys” rounded out the top five with $10.1 million.
The horror film “Piranha 3D” met expectations with $10 million, good for sixth place.
Kurt says
The big winner here is Vampires Suck because it probably cost next to nothing to make. The people behind this can probably make Vampires Suck 2 & 3 with entirely new casts and no one will notice.