Bangkok Dangerous

Well, the Fall movie season came in with a whimper. According to Variety, "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 came in at No. 1, but it only earned an estimated $7.8 million and narrowly beat Tropic Thunder, which earned an estimated $7.5 million.

The House Bunny came in third place, followed by The Dark Knight in fourth and Don Cheadle's thriller Traitor in fifth place. Interestingly, Hamlet 2, which received major buzz at this year's Sundance Film Festival, 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 and Burn After Reading hit theaters! Who's excited?

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• Channing Tatum got engaged to girlfriend Jenna Dewan in Maui over the weekend, surprising her by proposing with a Neil Lane ring in front of their close friends. — People
• Nicolas Cage's Bangkok Dangerous was top at this weekend's slow box office with $7.8 million, and Tropic Thunder came in a close second with $7.5 million. — BuzzSugar
• Tom Brady badly hurt his knee during Sunday's season opener against the Kansas City Chiefs; the severity of the injury has not been announced, but he may be out for the season. — Yahoo Sports
• Silent screen actress Anita Page passed away in her sleep at age 98 early Saturday morning in LA. — AP
• KT Tunstall married her boyfriend and her band's drummer, Luke Bullen, on Scotland's Isle of Skye on Saturday. — Daily Mail
• Tommy Lee Jones is suing Paramount Pictures for over $10 million that he says the studio owes him from "box office bonuses" promised in his No Country For Old Men contract. — San Antonio Express
• Rent closed its curtain for the last time on Sunday after its 12-year run on Broadway. — AP

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