The Help continues to rule the US box office

For third straight weekend, the black maids drama The Help cruised to the top of the US box office, earning an estimated 19 million over the four-day US labour- day holiday, raising its over all taking to 123.4 million.
Helen Mirren’s thriller The Debt, which opened last Wednesday, was the runner-up with an estimated earning of 12.8 million. Directed by John Madden, the film tells the story of the kidnapping of a former Nazi by Mossad agents in 1960s East Berlin.
Sci-fi picture Apollo 18 premiered in third place, with 10.7, followed by Shark Night 3D which debuted in the fourth spot, with 10.3 million.