@Me -- If you checked out the links and comments I'd just-post, you'd see, right there-and-then, that Zac Gille is bias, and therefore, not credible! For 'Machete' he's using deadline.com as reference, but for 'Takers' he's using his own $60Million-to-make-back-$32Million "squishy-logic..!!"
Look, I've just shown that Zac Gille's arithmetics to-be-nothing-short-of ..."suspect". Better you use boxofficeguru.com/weekend.htm:

"Holding up relatively well in its second weekend, the crime thriller Takers dropped to third with an estimated $13.5M falling 47% from its top spot debut when comparing the three-day periods. Sony's PG-13 offering has taken in a better-than-expected $40M in its first 11 days of release and could be looking at a final take of around $60M."

"2X the production budget to be truly profitable," eh? Well, that'd mean ONLY 3-films, in current-wide release, would have made any money! ... NOT-including Inception/The Other Guys/The Expendables! Have a look: boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/

And that 'Tom Clocker dude from the Baltimore Examiner', I read what he wrote. That article was written, just 6-days-shy, a year ago. You did see where HE gave rave reviews for 'Machete', right? I was looking to see if he'd post some retraction 'bout 'Takers', but I think he might have used a "sick-day" -- that humble pie, it goes-down-hard and doesn't agree with most people, you know?

Oh, BTW, for 'Takers' opening day, here's THE BEST write-up, I've YET seen, and note the source: bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-30/lions-gate-s-last-exorcism-is-top-weekend-movie-with-21-3-million-sales.html

I'll close with this -- I did leave that Zac Gillen person a comment. Let's see if HE gets back to me; that $60-million figure has my curiosity peaked; amped-up and just-giddy with anticipation...!!!

X,Y,"and Z" -- OUT..!!