UPDATE: ‘The American’ Wins Labor Day Weekend Box Office

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9:00 am, September 5th, 2010

BOX OFFICE

(Focus Features)

George Clooney‘s low-key assassin thriller, The American, tops the box office this Labor Day Weekend with $16.1 million in ticket sales.

The exploitation-style, violence-soaked Machete has narrowly taken second place with $14.7 million in its debut.

Rounding out the top three is Takers, with $14.5 million.

Last week’s big winner, The Last Exorcism, came in fourth with $9.5 million, and newcomer Going The Distance, starring Drew Barrymore and Justin Long, landed in fifth place with $8.5 million.

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