Prisoners
This week’sbox officefeatured a clean winner , but the battle for spots 2 - 5 was pretty airless .
In at bit 1 isCloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2(read our review ) with a topnotch - sized $ 35 million opening . As well , the solid food - centrical sequel amend upon its predecessor ’s $ 30 million scuttle .
Admittedly , the film still has some ground to cover to make back its $ 78 million budget , butCloudy 2is sure enough on the veracious track . It also holds the rubric of fourth best curtain raising weekend for September .
Prisonersdrops to the number 2 spot this weekend with $ 11.2 million , bringing its domesticated total up to $ 38 million . Despite solid word of sassing , the film dropped a fairly substantial 45 % from calendar week 1 to workweek 2 . Even so , Prisonersis still on pace to exceed its $ 46 million budget and then some .
Now in wide release , Rush(read our inspection ) parachute up to the number 3 spot with $ 10.3 million , which brings its domesticated sum up to $ 10.5 million . AlthoughRushhas the appeal of sensation Chris Hemsworth and director Ron Howard going for it , the Formula 1 cannonball along subject matter may have been a tough sell to mainstream audiences . It seems pretty likely that the film will make back its $ 38 million budget , but above that it ’s toilsome to tell .
come in at number 4 isBaggage Claim(read our review ) with $ 9.3 million . Although not as inviolable of an possible action as former romanticistic comedies , Baggage Claimstill did well against its competition with a solid $ 4,558 / filmdom average .
Joseph Gordon - Levitt ’s directorial debut , Don Jon(read our review article ) , opens in the number 5 blot with $ 9 million . While not a huge opening weekend , Don Jondid well than some other directorial debuts , like Ben Affleck’sGone Baby Gone($5 million ) and Drew Barrymore’sWhip It($4 million ) . As a subject of fact , the picture show has already made back its $ 6 million budget . Mostly positive reviews merge with a solid opening leads us to believe there ’s a future in conduct for this Gordon - Levitt fellow .
In at number 6 isInsidious Chapter 2with $ 6.7 million . Now at $ 69 million to - date , Insidious 2is director James Wan ’s second high grossing moving picture - behind his other 2013 releaseThe Conjuring($136 million ) . Those rankings will certainly change do 2014 , though , as Wan is helm the next entrance in the extremely lucrativeFast and Furiousfranchise .
Falling to figure 7 this weekend isThe Familywith $ 3.6 million . The Robert DeNiro action / drollery has now eclipsed its $ 30 MB budget with $ 31 million total .
operating instructions Not Includedis the number 8 film this weekend with $ 3.3 million . Although its bit have taper off a bit , the plastic film is now the gamey grossing Spanish - language film in the States ( ahead ofPan ’s Labyrinth ) and the fourth highest grossing extraneous nomenclature film .
In at number 9 isWe’re the Millerswith $ 2.8 million . The R - blackleg raunch - com is up to $ 142 million in domestic dollars .
Rounding out the top 10 isLee Daniels ' The Butlerwith $ 2.4 million . The Oscar - contending cinema is now up to $ 110 million .
Outside the top 10 : the concert / narrative filmMetallica Through the Never , which starsAmazing Spider - Man 2 ’s Dane DeHaan , opened with $ 1.6 million on 305 screens .
[ musical note : These are only weekend box part appraisal - based on Friday and Saturday ticket sales mate with adjusted prospect for Sunday . prescribed weekend box office results will be turn on Monday , September 30th - at which time we ’ll update this post with any changes . ]
Source : Box Office Mojo
