The September 10-12 weekend brought to the box office only one new notable wide release, and that made for a significantly less-dramatic showdown than we've been experiencing in past weeks. However, many eyes were on said release, as the future of a franchise potentially rested on its performance.

The Labor Day weekend brought a face-off between George Clooney's The American and Danny Trejo's The Mexican - I mean, Machete. Looking to play spoiler, the lightweight comedy Going the Distance would try to sneak in and take some dough away from the two feuding badboys. So how did things turn out?