Not surprisingly, “Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D” had an easy ride to the top of this weekend’s box office charts. As the only new major release of the week, the film took in a total of $28M to top number two “Takers” which made $5.9M. The rest of the top ten were tepid holdovers, still hanging in after last week’s Labor Day surge. George Clooney’s “The American” was down 56% for $5.8M, while “Machete” dropped 63% for $4.3M.

The rest of the top ten were: “Going the Distance ($3.8M), “The Other Guys” ($3.7), “The Last Exorcism” ($3.5M), “The Expendables” ($3.3), “Eat, Pray, Love” ($3M) and “Inception” ($2.9M). Things don’t look especially promising for next week’s crop of new films, which includes “Never Let Me Go,” “Easy A,” “The Town,” “Devil” and “Jack Goes Boating.”