Image Credit: Giles KeyteWith one more day to go, it appearsThe Americanwill end up triumphant for the four-day Labor Day weekend.
Early estimates have the George Clooney thriller pulling in just under $13 million for its Friday through Sunday gross, which translates to around $16.1 million total since its opening on Wednesday.
By Monday, it should reach roughly $16 million for the four-day holiday, and $20 million total.
Last weekends top drawTakers, meanwhile, slipped into second place with an estimated $11.5 million, which will likely inch up close to $14 million for the holiday, putting the heist thriller near a $40 million total.
Hot on its heels, though, is the weekends other solid debut, the exploitation revenge thrillerMachete, which banked $11.3 million for the three-day weekend en route to a likely $14 million four-day total.
In fourth place,The Last Exorcismmade roughly $7.5 million for the three-day holiday, and should close in on $9 million through Labor Day, which would put its total near $34 million.Going the Distancelanded at a distant fifth place, opening to $6.8 million through Sunday; it wont likely make more than $8.5 million for the four-day weekend.
Check back here tomorrow for the full Box Office Report, including my mea culpa for a truly awful attempt at predicting this weekends box office winners.
