'The Help' puts in overtime at No. 1 with $19M (AP)

The acclaimed drama about Southern black maids speaking out during the civil-rights movement took in $19 million over the long holiday weekend, according to studio estimates Monday.

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That raised the film's domestic total to $123.4 million. "The Help" also has begun rolling out overseas, pulling in $1.7 million in its first international market, Australia. A DreamWorks Pictures release distributed by Disney, "The Help" has been a triumph amid a rush of late-summer duds that ended Hollywood's busiest season. Another batch of new movies this weekend packed in modest to small crowds.

'The Help' puts in overtime at No. 1 with $19M (AP)