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Takers takes over box office

Although early counts showed the new horror film The Last Exorcism as the top movie at the weekend box office, the final count shows that another new release, Takers, was the top movie in North America with $20.5 million and a Tribute Viewer Rating of 3 out of 5 stars.

The Last Exorcism was close behind with $20.4 million and a Tribute Viewer Rating of 2.5 stars. 

Last weekend’s top film The Expendables dropped to third place, earning an additional $9.5 million and a Tribute Viewer rating of 4 out of 5 stars.

Julia RobertsEat Pray Love dropped a spot to fourth, taking in $6.8 million and earning a Tribute Viewer Rating of 3.7 stars.

Rounding out the top five again was the action comedy The Other Guys, starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, with an additional $6.3 million in receipts (Tribute Viewer Rating 3.4 stars) for a four-week total of $99 million, just short of the coveted $100 million mark.

The Canadian box office showed very different standings for the above movies. The Last Exorcism was the top movie with $1.2 million, while The Expendables was close behind with $1.15 million. Eat Pray Love was third with $880,000. Takers landed in fourth place with $828,748. The Other Guys was the only movie to be in the same spot as it held in the American numbers — fifth, earning $629,017.