Lakeview Terrace [1], a thriller starring Samuel L. Jackson, came in at No. 1 at the box office [2] over the weekend and performed relatively well with an estimated $15.6 million. Second place went to the Coen brothers' comedy Burn After Reading [3] which continues to also do well at the box office, earning an estimated $36.4 million over its first ten days.

Around the No. 3 spot on this weekend's box office report things start to look a little gloomy, starting with the Dane Cook-Kate Hudson comedy My Best Friend's Girl [4]. The movie only earned about $8.3 million, perhaps a result of some harsh reviews [5] (or maybe it was just the poster, as Cook whined [6], that drove audiences away).

The animated family film, Igor [7], came in fourth place followed by Righteous Kill [8] in fifth. Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys [9] and The Women [10] rounded out the sixth and seventh place respectively, and a movie I enjoyed, Ghost Town [11], opened at No. 8.

Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures [12]