This was a record-setting weekend at the box office, reports Eonline:
Hollywood slogged through its worst weekend of the year, per studio estimates compiled today by Exhibitor Relations. The weekend was distinguished, if not defined, by Bangkok Dangerous, the new Nicolas Cage action movie, which finished first with the lowest gross for a No. 1 movie in five years ($7.8 million).
 
It probably didn’t help that Nic Cage couldn’t tell the two directors of Bangkok Dangerous apart.  And the ending may have ensured no positive word-of-mouth (click here for a huge spoiler).
 
At least it’ll help Nic Cage pay off those back taxes: 
      

[Nic Cage] has agreed to pay substantial back taxes and penalties to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, which said that for years he improperly deducted personal expenses.
In papers filed in U.S. Tax Court, Cage and his Los Angeles-headquartered Saturn Productions said they would pay $666,000, plus unspecified interest. Nearly one-fifth of the base amount, or $99,000, is an “accuracy-related” penalty.
 
Can we impose accuracy-related penalties for on screen performances as well?
 
– RoboPanda 
 
1. Bangkok Dangerous, $7.8 million
2. Tropic Thunder, $7.5 million
3. The House Bunny, $5.9 million
4. The Dark Knight, $5.7 million
5. Traitor, $4.7 million
6. Babylon A.D., $4 million
7. Death Race, $3.6 million
8. Disaster Movie, $3.3 million
9. Mamma Mia! $2.7 million
10. Pineapple Express, $2.4 million