Final box office shows 'Takers' grabbing top spot

Director of the movie Daniel Stamm poses at the premiere of ''The Last Exorcism'' at the Arclight theatre in Hollywood, California August 24, 2010.[Photo/Agencies]

Sony Picture's heist film "Takers" grabbed the No. 1 spot at North American box offices over the weekend, overtaking psychological thriller "The Last Exorcism" in a turnabout from early studio estimates.

Final box office figures released on Monday showed "Takers" raking in $20.51 million, just edging out Lionsgate's "Last Exorcism," which had a haul of $20.36.

Sunday's estimates put "Last Exorcism" at $21.3 million, a slim $300,000 advantage over "Takers" with $21 million.

Elsewhere, the remaining top five stayed in the same position. Last week's No. 1, "The Expendables," slipped to No. 3 with $9.5 million, taking the total for the all-star mercenary action saga to $82 million after three weeks.

Julia Roberts' romantic travelogue "Eat Pray Love" fell one spot to No. 4 with $7 million in its third weekend, while Will Ferrell cop comedy "The Other Guys" was steady at No. 5 with $6.6 million. Their respective totals stand at $60.7 million and $99.3 million.

Lionsgate is a unit of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. Sony Pictures is part of Sony Corp.