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Box Office Tally

Weekend box office

Global grosses

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE ESTIMATES
		Gross	Cume
1.	The American	16.4	19.5
2.	Machete	14	14
3.	Takers	13.5	40
4.	The Last Exorcism	8.8	33.6
5.	Going the Distance	8.6	8.6
Weekend of Sept. 3-6. Figures in $ mil.

"Inception"
	Release	Wknd. B.O.	Cume B.O.
1.	Inception	24.4	418.0
2.	The Expendables	21.0	118.0
3.	The Last Airbender	9.4	139.6
4.	Salt	8.7	146.7
5.	The Karate Kid	8.3	157.8
Figures in millions. Weekend of Sept. 3-5, 2010

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