With no competition from the newcomers, Lionsgate’s The Expendables 2 topped the weekend box office for a second straight time. The action sequel added an estimated $13.5 million domestically, a drop of 53% in ticket sales, for a two-week total of $52.3 million. Budgeted at $100 million, the film is the first R-rated action film to repeat for a second weekend as box office champion since the first Expendables in 2010. The Expendables 2 enjoyed a 45% increase from Friday to Saturday. Also keeping its second place from last week, Universal’s The Bourne Legacy earned $9.3 million (a drop of 45.5%) to push its three-week total to $85.5 million. Internationally, the $125 million film has collected $43.9 million so far. Focus Features’ ParaNorman dropped just 39.3% in ticket sales and came in at No. 3 again with $8.5 million. The animated film has reached $28.3 million after two weeks. The comedy The Campaign also remained in fourth place with $7.4 million this weekend and $64.5 million after three weeks. Moving up a spot into fifth place was Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises, which brought in another $7.2 million its sixth weekend in theaters. Produced for $250 million, Nolan’s third and final Batman movie has earned $422.2 million domestically and $519 million internationally for a worldwide total of $941.2 million. Disney’s The Odd Life of Timothy Green enjoyed a drop of just 34.2% from its first weekend in theaters, adding $7.1 million in the sixth spot to take its total to $27.1 million so far. Out of the new releases, Sony’s Premium Rush came out on top in seventh place with only $6.3 million from 2,255 theaters, an average of $2,794 per location. Receiving a B CinemaScore, the film starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt was made for $35 million. The biggest surprise at the box office came from Rocky Mountain Pictures documentary 2016 Obama’s America, which expanded to 1,091 screens and earned $6.2 million in eighth place, an average of $5,718 per location. Ninth place belonged to Sony’s comedy Hope Springs, which earned $6 million and has collected $45 million after three weeks. Dax Shepard’s new action-comedy Hit and Run opened in 10th place with just $4.7 million from 2,870 theaters. The Open Road Films release cost only $2 million to make, however, and it has brought in $5.9 million since opening on Wednesday. The other new wide release, Warner Bros. supernatural thriller The Apparition, debuted out of the top 10 in the 12th spot with just $2.955 million from 810 theaters. The Todd Lincoln film, starring Ashley Greene (“The Twilight Saga”), was made for $17 million. In limited release, Ron Fricke and Mark Magidson’s Samsara opened in two theaters where it made a strong $73,800, while Mike Birbiglia’s Sleepwalk With Me opened to $65,000 at New York’s IFC Center breaking the house record! Click here for the full box office results of the top 12 films. Show Comments |
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