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Gordon Gekko proved to still be a commodity after all of these years, but the weekend closing bell rang on a bearish note for upstarts Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole and You Again. Overall business was up four percent over the same weekend last year, when Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs was on top. Michael Douglas

On Friday, Gordon Gekko proved to still be a commodity after all of these years, claiming nearly as much as the combined grosses of modest upstarts Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole and You Again. Overall business was up over the same Friday last year.

After topping the weekend box office, The Town played well throughout the week to maintain a commanding lead. In second place, Easy A also had a strong debut for its genre, while Devil was middling and Alpha and Omega was soft. Overall business was comparable to the same week last year, when Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs debuted to $35.4 million.Emma StoneM. Night Shyamalan

Thanks to a handful of solid openings, Resident Evil: Afterlife had no trouble dominating the international box office for the second straight weekend. Umizaru 3 (The Last Message) managed to finish in second thanks to its impressive debut in its native Japan, while Inception extended its stellar foreign run. M. Night ShyamalanWill FerrellMark Wahlberg

The Motion Picture Association of America's Classification and Ratings Administration released ratings for Megamind and The Next Three Days in their weekly ratings bulletin today. Will FerrellBrad PittTina FeyJonah HillTodd PhillipsPaul HaggisRussell CroweElizabeth BanksKevin Spacey

Get Low managed to once again lead all limited releases despite seeing its fortunes fade. Among new releases, Catfish and Never Let Me Go led the way with solid per theater averages, while Jack Goes Boating and Leaves of Grass underwhelmed at just a handful of venues. Robert DuvallBill MurrayRob ReinerJoaquin PhoenixMark RomanekKeira KnightleyCarey MulliganAndrew GarfieldEdward Norton

The Town was the talk of the box office over the weekend, Easy A received a lot of attention, Devil wasn't elevated, and Alpha and Omega didn't hunt. Overall business was a bit lower than the same weekend last year when Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs led. M. Night Shyamalan

On Friday, The Town was the talk of the box office, Easy A received some attention, Devil wasn't elevated, and Alpha and Omega was a dog. Overall business was a bit higher than the same Friday last year when Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs debuted.

Resident Evil: Afterlife shot to the top this week with the highest-grossing start in its franchise. The rest of the field didn't fare so well: after receiving Labor Day boosts last week, holdovers The American, Takers and Machete all fell more than 50 percent. Overall, the week was down nearly 11 percent from the same timeframe last year when I Can Do Bad All By Myself led the way. George ClooneySylvester Stallone

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Debuting in over 30 territories, Resident Evil: Afterlife shot to the top of the foreign box office over the weekend. Inception dropped to second, but an excellent hold in China indicated that its overseas run is far from over. The rest of the field dipped below $10 million, suggesting that the rollicking box office returns from summer are finally starting to slow down. Sylvester StalloneAngelina Jolie

The Motion Picture Association of America's Classification and Ratings Administration released their weekly ratings bulletin this morning, which included ratings for The Social Network and Morning Glory along with Weinstein Company festival favorites The King's Speech and The Company Men. Justin TimberlakeDavid FincherAaron SorkinRachel McAdamsHarrison FordJ.J. AbramsColin FirthGeoffrey RushHelena Bonham CarterBen AffleckTommy Lee JonesKevin CostnerChris Cooper

For the fifth straight weekend, Get Low maintained the top spot among limited releases. Bollywood action thriller Dabangg placed second in its opening with an impressive per theater average, while Flipped finally expanded and had its highest-grossing weekend yet. New releases Legendary and I'm Still Here failed to make much of an impression, while Heartbreaker and The Romantics saw substantial attendance in just a handful of theaters. Robert DuvallBill MurrayRob ReinerJohn CenaJoaquin PhoenixKatie HolmesJosh DuhamelAnna PaquinGeoffrey Rush

Resident Evil: Afterlife was the only new game in town and easily dominated the weekend box office, logging the seventh highest-grossing September opening ever. Not much else was going on below it, and overall business was typically quiet for the post-Labor Day session and down 11 percent from the same weekend last year, when there were four new releases, led by I Can Do Bad All By Myself. George Clooney

On Friday, Resident Evil: Afterlife was the only new game in town, and it easily dominated the box office with an opening day within the normal range of its series. Overall business was down from the same Friday last year, when there were more new releases, and was typically quiet for a post-Labor Day session. George Clooney

With the summer officially ending on Monday, the box office slowed to a crawl for the remainder of the week. In fact, Wednesday was the first day since April 29 where no movie made over $1 million, and The American's $723,544 Thursday gross was the lowest for a first place finisher since Tropic Thunder led with $542,954 on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008. Still, the week was up three percent over last year, when The Final Desination led.

This weekend, Resident Evil: Afterlife is the sole new nationwide release and will handily claim the top spot, striking approximately 4,700 screens at 3,203 locations. That includes 2,062 locations showing the picture in the regular 3D illusion and 141 in IMAX 3D, ranking as one of the larger 3D releases. Milla Jovovich

After spending a few weeks trailing The Expendables, Inception leveraged a massive debut in China to reclaim first place at the foreign box office over the weekend. Toy Story 3 and Shrek Forever After reached noteworthy milestones, while Avatar officially passed $2 billion. Christopher NolanM. Night ShyamalanAngelina Jolie

Get Low claimed the top spot among limited releases for the fourth weekend in a row, which is the year's longest streak. Runner-up Mao's Last Dancer added theaters and received a bump, while We Are Family opened below most recent Bollywood movies.

The summer movie season came to a typically quiet close over the four-day Labor Day weekend. The American led the way with a standard-issue George Clooney debut, Machete had an average late summer action movie launch, while Going the Distance stalled. Overall business, though, was up nearly seven percent from the same timeframe last year.