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What is basically no surprise over this past weekend, Quentin Tarantino’s latest film Inglorious Basterds takes the box office cake. Blasting in about 37.6 million, the Brad Pitt starring film brings in the audience in time for the end of the summer. Also starring is Eli Roth, Christopher Waltz, Melanie Laurent, Diane Kruger. Surely the numbers will some what continue on strong with the geek worthy word of mouth that echoes around.

Another film that opened this past weekend is the Alexis Bledel comedy Post Grad. Despite the really weird timing the film has being released during the start of school instead of graduation time, it really did not draw much of a crowd. 2.8 million was coughed up proving that proper release and marketing tend to make a world of difference at times.

The same could be some what argued by Robert Rodriguez’ latest creation, Shorts. With its not-so-great reviews pouring in on the goofy family orientated film, it still brought in 6.6 million. There are many parents who will continue to bring their kids to this film, though at the same time it would be quite interesting to see them be ‘educated’ with the Basterds smashing up Nazis.

District 9 still holds up fairly strong, having a grand domestic total of 73.4 million so far in it’s second week alone. The Ugly Truth continues to make itself some big bucks while it’s total so far is 82.8 million. Here below is the rest of the estimates:

Weekend Box Office (August 21-23)

1. Inglorious Basterds  ($37.6 Million)
2. District 9  ($18.9 Million)
3. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra  ($12.5 Million)
4. The Time Traveler’s Wife  ($10 Million)
5. Julie & Julia  ($9 Million)
6. Shorts  ($6.6 Million)
7. G-Force  ($4.2 Million)
8. Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince  ($3.5 Million)
9. The Ugly Truth  ($2.85 Million)
10. Post Grad  ($2.8 Million)

Now it’s onto this upcoming weekend with the latest slate of movies. The set includes Play The Game, Mystery Team, H2: Halloween 2, The Final Destination.