By Scott Bowles, USA TODAY
Hollywood is stumbling into fall.
After a record $4.2 billion in movie ticket sales this summer, the industry suffered its worst weekend in seven years, with the top movie at the box office doing less than $8 million.
The auspicious honor goes to the Nicolas Cage assassin flick Bangkok Dangerous, which managed to take the No. 1 spot with just $7.8 million, according to studio estimates from box office tracking firm Nielsen EDI.
Despite the weak debut, it was enough to knock the Hollywood spoof Tropic Thunder from the top spot after three weeks at No. 1. Thunder has done $96.8 million and should reach blockbuster status next weekend.
The House Bunny was third with $5.9 million while The Dark Knight remained in the top 5 two months after its release, taking fourth place with $5.7 million. The Batman sequel has racked up $512 million.
The espionage thriller Traitor was fifth with $4.7 million, lifting its overall sales to $17.7 million.
The weekend after Labor Day is traditionally one of Hollywood's slowest, thanks to kids returning to school and the start of the college and pro football seasons.
But a particularly weak slate of films left ticket sales for the top 10 movies at just $47.6 million, the lowest since Sept. 21-23, 2001.
Ticket sales were down 23% from the same weekend last year.
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Did you ever notice that Nicolas Cage is kinda like Zoolander, he only has one look.
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