Box Office: Sept. 19 – 22, 2008

Everyone loves to watch Samuel L. Jackson go ballistic, don’t they? That’s probably why his thriller Lakeview Terrace was tops in the box office this weekend. The Coen brothers’ comedy Burn After Reading came in second, with My Best Friend’s Girl bowing third. Check out the numbers from Box Office Mojo:

1-Lakeview Terrace, $15.0M

2-Burn After Reading, $11.02M

3-My Best Friend’s Girl, $8.26M

4-Igor, $7.80M

5-Righteous Kill, $7.42M

6-Tyler Perry’s the Family That Preys, $7.27M

7-The Women, $5.41M

8-Ghost Town, $5.01M

9-The Dark Knight, $2.91M

10-The House Bunny, $2.66M

Image: Lakeview Terrace, Sony Pictures, 2008