In this film publicity image released by The Weinstein Co., Brad Pitt is shown in a scene from, "Inglourious Basterds." |
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Brad Pitt and Quentin Tarantino have landed their history lesson on World War II at the top of the box office.
Their war epic "Inglourious Basterds" took in $37.6 million over its first weekend to continue a late-summer revenue boost for Hollywood.
The haul for "Inglourious Basterds" was more than twice the receipts for the No. 1 movie over the same weekend last year, "Tropic Thunder."
Hollywood's busy season had been sliding for a month compared to last year, when the Batman blockbuster "The Dark Knight" dominated the second half of summer.
But this was the second-straight weekend that revenues rose, with "Inglourious Basterds" following a strong debut a week earlier from the sci-fi thriller "District 9."