FIRST BOX OFFICE: 'Last Exorcism' Takes 'The Takers' Because Of 668 More Runs

FRIDAY PM: Sources are giving me these very early North American grosses. I'll be refining numbers and writing an analysis shortly:

1. The Last Exorcism (Lionsgate) NEW [2,874 Theaters]
Friday $8.5M, Estimated Weekend $23.2M

2. The Takers (Screen Gems/Sony) NEW [2,206 Theaters]
Friday $7.2M, Estimated Weekend $20.3M

3. The Expendables (Lionsgate) Week 3 [3,398 Theaters]
Friday $2.5M (-51%), Estimated Weekend $8.2M, Estimated Cume $81M

4. Eat Pray Love (Sony) Week 3 [3,108 Theaters]
Friday $2.0M (-46%), Estimated Weekend $6.4M, Estimated Cume $60.5M

5. The Other Guys (Sony) Week 4 [3,181 Theaters]
Friday $1.8M (-40%), Estimated Weekend $5.8M, Estimated Cume $99M

You might want to see Takers a few more times this weekend to make it number 1. Some other sites are saying it'll only make $14-15 mil. I thought it was entertaining and fun to watch myself. I think they want it it to make at least $25 mil to consider it a big success.