Well, the Fall movie season came in with a whimper. According to Variety [1], "The first weekend after Labor Day is always sluggish, but this year the frame was affected by the start of the NFL football season and was particularly dreary." Bangkok Dangerous [2] came in at No. 1, but it only earned an estimated $7.8 million and narrowly beat Tropic Thunder [3], which earned an estimated $7.5 million.

The House Bunny [4] came in third place, followed by The Dark Knight [5] in fourth and Don Cheadle's thriller Traitor [6] in fifth place. Interestingly, Hamlet 2 [7], which received major buzz at this year's Sundance Film Festival [8], is not doing too well in theaters and has only grossed an estimated $4.3 million over the two weekends it's been out.

Kind of a bummer of a weekend, but don't worry—next week The Women [9] and Burn After Reading [10] hit theaters! Who's excited?

Photo courtesy of Lionsgate [11]