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Burn After Reading Leads In Debut

Brad Pitt stars in Burn After Reading. (AP Image)"]

In a weekend that saw four debut movies top the highest grossing movie list, Brad Pitt and George Clooney led the way in Burn After Reading.

With a box office-leading $19.4M on the weekend, Burn After Reading revolves around two gym workers who happen upon the memoirs of a former CIA agent.

Also in its debut weekend, Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys tallied an impressive $18M giving it the slight edge over Righteous Kill which came in at $16.5M.

Both Robert De Niro and Al Pacino star in the New York City crime flick, along with Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson and John Leguizamo.

Silently, the star-studded cast of The Women placed fourth over the weekend, garnering more than $10M in the process.

Meg Ryan, Annette Benning, Eva Mendes, Jada Pinkett Smith, Bette Midler and Candice Bergen all star in the movie about a society of women at a resort.

Rounding out the top five was The House Bunny at $4.3M and $42.2M overall.