Box Office Update: 'The Help,' 'Colombiana' Battle for No. 1 and No. 2 as Hurricane Batters Both

11:42 PM PDT 8/26/2011 by Pamela McClintock

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The domestic box office is facing big losses because of the massive storm.

Hurricane Irene is already taking a direct hit on the domestic box office, which is facing the second worst weekend of the year after Super Bowl in terms of ticket sales.

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By some estimates, Hollywood could forfeit as much as $30 million in box office revenues as a result of the storm, which is sparking theater closures all along the East Coast.

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DreamWorks and Participant Media’s The Help continued to claim the No. 1 position on Friday, but was expected to earn only $3.8 million to $4.3 million for the day, putting it on course for a weekend total of $12 million to $13 million -- short of its expected $15 million.

Coming in No. 2 on Friday was the Luc Besson-produced action pic Colombiana, starring Zoe Saldana. Distributed by TriStar, the action movie was on course to gross $3.5 million to $4 million on Friday for a weekend total of perhaps $11 million.

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Horror pic Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, produced by Guillermo Del Toro, looked to come in No. 3 on Friday with roughly $3 million, followed by holdover Rise of the Planet of the Apes and new entry Our Idiot Brother at roughly $2.5 million each.

The Weinstein Co. is distributing Idiot Brother, the latest R-rated comedy to hit the box office and starring Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel and Emily Mortimer.