The American takes the box-office

Focus Features’ The American may have came debuted in second on Friday, but was able to come back and dominate the weekend box-office. Twentieth Century Fox’s Machete previously debuted at number 1, but has since dropped the third.

Here’s the top ten from Box-office Mojo:

1. The American ($13mil)

2. Takers ($11.4mil)

3. Machete ($11.3mil)

4. The Last Exorcism ($7.6mil)

5. Going the Distance ($6.9mil)

6. The Expendables ($6.6mil)

7. The Other Guys ($5.4mill)

8. Eat Pray Love ($4.8)

9. Inception ($4.5mil)

10. Nanny McPhee Returns ($3.6)

This week will see the release of Resident Evil: Afterlife (September 10), Bran Nue Dae (Limited), Heartbreaker (Limited), I’m Still Here (Limited), Legendary (Limited), Lovely, Still (Limited), The Romantics (Limited), and The Virginity Hit (Limited).