Friday's box office was a little down on last week despite a few new openers and a couple of strong returning films.

The number one film for Friday is LAKEVIEW TERRACE, the new thriller starring Samuel L Jackson. The film took in a decent 5.1 million.

Last Friday's number one film BURN AFTER READING lands in second place with 3.45 million. The Coen brothers comedy has amassed 28.5 million so far from a 37 million budget.

The romantic comedy MY BEST FRIEND'S GIRL opened in third place with 3 million. The new movie from Kate Hudson and Dane Cook hasn't polled very well with viewers so may not do so well for the rest of the weekend.

The new CG-animated flick IGOR from the Weinstein Company opened to 2 million on Friday. The new fantasy comedy GHOST TOWN opened in 8th spot with 1.5 million.

Of the returning films, THE DARK KNIGHT is worthy of note, finally running out of puff and falling to tenth spot with 790,000. The film has taken in a record breaking 520 million.

The North American box office in total took in 23.1 million for the whole of Friday 19th September 2008.