'Machete' Slices Competition At Friday Box Office

'The American' is hot on the heels of the action flick.By Mawuse Ziegbe Jessica Alba in "Machete" Photo: 20th Century Fox The Box-Office Top Five #1 "Machete" ($3.9 million) #2 "The American" ($3.8 million) #3 "Takers" ($3 million) #4 "The Last Exorcism" ($2.3 million) #5 "Going the Distance" ($2.2 million) "Machete" was a cut above the competition in a close Friday box-office race crowded with new releases. According toreports, the sexed-up, action-packed Robert Rodriguez-direc...

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