The box office movie earnings are in for this weekend and the overall numbers are pretty low. I’m thrilled to see Superbad holding on to the #1 spot with just $18M this weekend as it definitely deserves it. Bourne also managed to stay high in the chase as The Bourne Ultimatum leap frogged over Rush Hour 3 to take the #2 spot, dropping RH3 to #3. Out of the six new movies this weekend only three managed to squirm into the top 10, starting with Mr. Bean at #4 followed by War and then The Nanny Diaries. I talked myself into watching War and while the action, though limited, was fun the story was just awful. I’ll have my full review of War up tomorrow morning. I was surprised by Samuel L. Jackson and Josh Hartnett’s new sports drama, Resurrecting The Champ, as it only earned a little over $1 million this weekend. Perhaps they could have hired a marketing team as this one was a complete unknown rolling into its debut weekend.

Here they are, your box office movie earnings for this weekend: August 24 - 26, 2007. If you missed any of the background on the new releases check out our Weekend Movie Preview with trailers and details.

Box office earnings for movies this weekend, August 24 - 26, 2007:

1. “Superbad” $18.0 million [$68.5M total]
2. “The Bourne Ultimatum” $12.4 million [$185.1M total]
3. “Rush Hour 3″ $12.3 million [$109.3M total]
4. “Mr. Bean’s Holiday” $10.1 million [$10.1M total]
5. “War” $10.0 million [$10.0M total]
6. “The Nanny Diaries” $7.8 million [$7.8M total]
7. “The Simpsons Movie” $4.4 million [$173.4M total]
8. “Stardust” $4 million [$26.4M total]
9. “Hairspray” $3.5 million [$107.4M total]
10. “The Invasion” $3.1 million [$11.5M total]
11. “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” $2.4 million [$283.3M total]
12. “Underdog” $2.2 million [$36.6M total]