Contagion Infects The US Box Office

Warrior punches into thirdAfter three weeks spent ruling the top of the US box office charts, The Help has finally been felled by a nasty virus that spread across America this weekend via Contagion. Steven Soderbergh's take on Irwin Allen disaster films won the weekend with $23. 1 million. But the Viola Davis/Emma Stone-starring, racially charged period piece still held on well, dropping to second with $8. 6 million. That meant the Tom Hardy/Joel Edgerton MMA drama Warrior had to settle for third, earning a slightly disappointing $5. 6 million. The Debt fell to fourth place, making $4. 9 million, while Zoe Saldana's revenge thriller Colombiana actually jumped back up one place to fifth with $4 million. Rise of the Planet of the Apes was down one to sixth, taking $3. 8 million, ahead of Shark Night 3D, which fell from fourth to seventh and earned $3. 5 million. Apollo 18 began a quick slide down the charts, crash landing at eighth with $2. 9 million, and Our Idiot Brother was ninth with a weekend haul of $2. 7 million. Finally, in 10th place, Spy Kids: All The Time in the World took in $2. 5 million. To fight infection using chart statistics, point your browser at Box Office Mojo.

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