The American George Clooney Tops Machete at the Boxoffice

George Clooney is back and he’s taking the top of the Box office with his new blockbuster “The American“. The Focus Features film topped the top 10 box office for the long Labor Day weekend with $16.4 million debut, making $19.5 million since opening on Wednesday.

On the other hand “Machete” didn’t succeed in taking The American’s No. 1 spot, a R-rated and low-budget movie with George Clooney. You can blame it on Clooney’s charm, on his adventurous love life with gorgeous Elisabetta Canalis or you can say Robert Rodriguez doesn’t have what it’s got to beat George Clooney in the box office.

“Machete“, a 20th Century Fox movie battled with John Luessenhop’s heist movie “Takers” (Sony) for the second place this weekend. In the end it was “Machete” that made it on the second place with $14 million while “Takers” got a rough $13.5 million ending on the third place and making a total of $40 million in 10 days of screenings. Keep in mind that on Tuesday, when the final data are being published, the places might change.

Drew Barrymore‘s latest flick “Going the Distance” opened up over the weekend making only $8.6 million in this long Labor Day Weekend.

Here is the Top 10 Box Office for Labor Day Weekend 2010: (estimations)

1. The American – $16,400,000
2. Machete – $14,000,000
3. Takers – $13,500,000
4. The Last Exorcism – $8,845,000
5. Going the Distance – $8,600,000
6. The Expendables – $8,500,000
7. The Other Guys – $6,700,000
8. Eat Pray Love – $6,300,000
9. Inception – $5,900,000
10. Nanny McPhee Returns – $4,700,000