Variety reports the top movies, in terms of box office take, for the week of 19-25 September 2008. SF genres’ hold on the summer months seems to be waning as autumn arrives. The top grossing genre film for the week was new release Igor, which opened in the #5 spot, bringing in $8.8 million. Ghost Town, also in its first week in release, came in at #8, with a box office take of $6.3 million. The Dark Knight is down from #6 to #9 (although with four premieres ranking above it, losing only three places means it’s still an incredibly strong showing) taking in another $3.8 million, for a ten-week total box office take of nearly $523 million.
Death Race fell from #10 to #13, bringing in $1.3 million, for a five-week total of $35.2 million. Babylon A.D. dropped from #12 to #17, grossing a shade under $1 million, for a four-week total of $21.9 million. Journey to the Center of the Earth was down from #17 to #18, earning $950 thousand, for an eleven-week total of $99.3 million. Fly Me to the Moon is hieaded back down, this week from #14 to #19, earning $900 thousand, for a six-week total of $11.1 million. Mirrors dropped from #18 to #22, bringing in $600 thousand, for a six-week total of $30.0 million. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor was down from #20 to #23, grossing $500 thousand, for an eight-week total of $102.3 million. Star Wars: The Clone Wars dropped from #19 to #24, taking in more than $450 thousand, for a six-week total of $34.6 million. Get Smart, which reappeared last week at #24, this week was down to #25, with a box office take of $400 thousand, for a fourteen-week total of $129.6 million.
WALL-E dropped out of the top 25 (barely, to #26) in its thirteenth week in release, from last week’s #22.