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Steppin' up the box office



*on 30 Aug 2010.

30 Aug – "Step Up 3" pop-and-locks in top position, knocking "The Expendables" off its two-week reign over the Malaysian weekend box office (26-29 Aug). Directed by former dancer John Chu, the third instalment to the successful "Step Up" franchise easily battled against 11 other new releases namely "Old Cow Vs Tender Grass", "Avatar: Special Edition", "Stool Pigeon", "Vampires Suck", "Phua Chu Kang The Movie", "Aftershock", and "Grown Ups".


"Step Up 3" tops in Malaysia.

According to Cinema Online's "Hot Movie Checks', "The Expendables" remained the top showtimes check on the site for three weeks straight, followed by "Step Up 3", "Phua Chu Kang The Movie", "City Under Siege", and "Avatar: Special Edition".

Over in the United States, Box Office Mojo reports that documentary-style horror "The Last Exorcism" and crime action "Takers" starring Chris Brown, T.I. and Zoe Saldana were neck-and-neck for the weekend top spot, each delivering sizable debuts of an estimated US$21.3 million and US$21 million, respectively. Meanwhile, "Avatar" didn't quite blast off again with its Special Edition as it landed in twelfth position with an estimated US$4 million.

Box office takings for the weekend just gone
(26 - 29 Aug)
Malaysia
1) Step Up 3
2) Grown Ups
3) The Expendables
4) Vampires Suck
5) Phua Chu Kang The Movie
6) Avatar Special Edition
7) Stool Pigeon
8) Naan Mahaan Alla
9) Adventure Of The King
10) City Under Siege
Singapore
1) Step Up 3D
2) Grown Ups
3) The Expendables
4) The Stool Pigeon
5) Avatar Special Edition 3D
6) The King of Fighters
7) Inception
8) Salt
9) Heartbreaker
10) Aftershock

Related Movies:
The Expendables (13 Aug 2010)
The Last Airbender (05 Aug 2010)
Stool Pigeon (Cantonese) (26 Aug 2010)
Step Up 3 (26 Aug 2010)
Aftershock (Mandarin) (26 Aug 2010)
Phua Chu Kang The Movie (26 Aug 2010)
Adventure Of The King (Cantonese) (19 Aug 2010)
City Under Siege (Cantonese) (19 Aug 2010)
Vampires Suck (26 Aug 2010)
Old Cow Vs Tender Grass (Mandarin) (02 Sep 2010)
Avatar: Special Edition (3D) (26 Aug 2010)
Inidhu Inidhu (Tamil) (27 Aug 2010)
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