Weekend Box Office: Expendables Implode As Ninja Turtles Hold Number One

The new competition this weekend was no competition at all, leaving the box office to begin sloughing through its slow, steady chain of mostly sleepy stuff that fills in the gap between the end of summer and the beginning of the holiday bonanza. Let's Be Cops was the highest grossing newcomer, but only managed a distant third place with $17 million. From a cash flow stand point it's not bad for a movie made on a $17 million budget. It's also not bad for a movie that took two funny actors and gen...