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Weekend Box Office Results (9/26/14 - 9/28/14)

9/29/2014

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Denzel led the pack with The Equalizer this weekend, scoring a solid total of $35 million.  His new action movie is based off of an '80s TV show of the same name that starred Edward Woodward. In the film, Denzel Washington reunites with Antoine Fuqua, the director of Training Day, the film from which he earned his Oscar for Best Actor. The Equalizer is an action-packed thriller about Robert McCall, a retired special agent, who sees more than his share of local crime and injustice, and decides to use his skills to do something about it.

The other big release of the weekend was The Boxtrolls, the animated feature film from the makers of Coraline and ParaNorman. It tells the story of a young orphan boy who is raised by the late-night scavenging,  underground-dwelling Boxtrolls. When the misunderstood Boxtrolls are being hunted  by an evil exterminator, the boy must rise up from the sewers to save his family and friends. The film came in third this week with $17.2 million, putting it just behind last week's winner The Maze Runner, which brought in $17.5 million. With its disappointing debut, The Boxtrolls may have a hard time closing the deficit of its $60 million budget. Although thanks to its positive reviews and family-friendly nature, it may end up sticking around the top ten for a while.

A Walk Among the Tombstones
quickly fell out of the top 5, dropping from its #2 spot last week, while the adult family comedy This Is Where I Leave You finished in 4th place. Lastly, Dolphin Tale 2 retained its 5th place position from last week. Next week will see the releases of Gone Girl and Annabelle, two movies that should certainly start the month of October off on the right foot!
This Week's Top Movies
1.  The Equalizer
2.  The Maze Runner
3.  The Boxtrolls
4.  This Is Where I Leave You
5.  Dolphin Tale 2

Weekend
$35.0M
$17.5M
$17.2M
$7.0M
$4.8M
Total (U.S.)
$35.0M
$58.0M
$17.2M
$22.5M
$33.6M
Worldwide
$52.8M
$148.7M
$34.9M
$22.5M
$36.7M
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Weekend Box Office Results (9/19/14 - 9/21/14)

9/22/2014

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The Maze-Runner crushed the competition this weekend, easily surpassing the earnings of A Walk Among the Tombstones and This Is Where I Leave You combined! With $32.5 million, The Maze Runner has had the most successful weekend since Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' debut early last month. It's a strong showing for a movie without any known stars, and it nearly earned back its production cost of $34 million in just its opening 3 days. Given its great success, its sequel The Maze Runner: Scorch Trials has just been announced for 2015. Liam Neeson's dark new thriller, A Walk Among the Tombstones, failed to perform as well his previous outings, and fell short of my own personal expectations with $13.1 million. The grown-up comedy This Is Where I Leave You took the bronze with $11.9 million, while last week's top 2 movies No Good Deed and Dolphin Tale 2, rounded out the top 5.

Next week will see the release of The Equalizer starring Denzel Washington and The Boxtrolls. Check back next Monday to see how well they fare at the box office!
This Week's Top Movies
1.  The Maze Runner
2.  A Walk Among the Tombstones
3.  This Is Where I Leave You
4.  No Good Deed
5.  Dolphin Tale 2

Weekend
$32.5M
$13.1M
$11.9M
$10.2M
$9.0M
Total (U.S.)
$32.5M
$13.1M
$11.9M
$40.1M
$27.1M
Worldwide
$81.5M
$13.1M
$11.9M
$40.1M
$30.1M
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Weekend Box Office Results (9/12/14 - 9/14/14)

9/16/2014

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This weekend's new releases, No Good Deed and Dolphin Tale 2 both put an end to Guardian of the Galaxy's stellar 4-week run at the top of the box office.  No Good Deed had a remarkably successful debut, reeling in almost double what the film cost to make. The home invasion film features two up-and-coming stars in Idris Elba and Taraji P. Henson who have been putting in respectable work for the last few years. Meanwhile Dolphin Tale 2 had a respectable opening but fell a little short of its predecessor, which opened at $19.1 million back in 2011. Inspired by a true story, the family-friendly film should still have a solid box office run overall. Guardians of the Galaxy grossed the domestic $300 million milestone on Saturday, being the only film that opened this year to reach that goal. Quite an accomplishment considering that a year ago most movie-goers (myself included) had no idea who this rowdy bunch of Marvel heroes even were. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles likely just had its last week in the top 5. I'm curious to see if it will be able to reach the $200 million mark before it's taken out of theaters. Turtles was almost overtaken by Let's Be Cops which snuck back into the top 5, shutting out The Drop which opened in 6th place with $4.1 million.

Next week will see three new big releases coming out; Liam Neeson's action-thriller A Walk Among the Tombstones, the teenage action-adventure The Maze Runner, and the house arrest family-comedy This Is Where I Leave You. I expect these three films to perform pretty well and to help pull us out of the current box office slump. Check back later in the week for the return of Movie Kombat when A Walk Among the Tombstones and The Maze Runner battle it out for the box office throne.
This Week's Top Movies
1.  No Good Deed
2.  Dolphin Tale 2
3.  Guardians of the Galaxy
4.  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
5.  Let's Be Cops

Weekend
$24.5M
$16.6M
$8.0M
$4.8M
$4.3M
Total (U.S.)
$24.5M
$16.6M
$305M
$181M
$73M
Worldwide
$24.5M
$17.8M
$611.5M
$319.9M
$94.5M
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Weekend Box Office Results (9/5/14 - 9/7/14)

9/9/2014

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Another weekend at #1 for Guardians of the Galaxy. This is its 4th week at the top spot, putting it in good company as it becomes one of only 4 films from the last decade to accomplish having 4 weeks or more atop the box office. Those other 3 films include The Dark Knight (4 weeks), The Hunger Games (4 weeks), and Avatar (7 weeks). I think the most remarkable thing about this streak is that while Guardians has won a total of 4 weeks, they were not consecutive. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles managed to steal the crown and hold onto it for two weeks, before Guardians came back to take the lead, which it has has since held onto it for three straight weeks, demonstrating its remarkable staying power and resilience.

While Guardians still has a sizable lead over the rest of the pack, it looks like its run may be coming to an end this weekend when No Good Deed and Dolphin Tale 2 are released. Then again, I thought it would have been topped two weeks ago by As Above, So Below and The November Man, but they each had luckluster debuts.

This week's biggest new release was The Identical, which wasn't expected to make much of a splash, and it sure didn't. The film opened in 12th place with a paltry $1.5 million. This weekend was also the 20th year anniversary of Forrest Gump, which was remastered and released exclusively for IMAX. While the film looked better than ever, it seems most people weren't willing to spend the extra cash to see it on the big screen when they likely already own the film at home. It was only able to reel in a total of $381,000 over 337 theaters. Check back next week to see if Guardians can stave off next week's newcomers to retain its title!
This Week's Top Movies
1.  Guardians of the Galaxy
2.  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
3.  If I Stay
4.  Let's Be Cops
5.  The November Man

Weekend
$10.2M
$6.5M
$5.8M
$5.4M
$4.2M
Total (U.S.)
$
294.6M
$174.6M
$39.7M
$66.6M
$17.9M
Worldwide
$586.2M
$300.2M
$50.4M
$83.7M
$17.9M
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Weekend Box Office Results (8/29/14 - 9/1/14)

9/2/2014

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Guardians of the Galaxy continues its hot streak, staying atop the box office during this 4-day holiday weekend, while also surpassing Captain America: The Winter Soldier's $260 million to become the highest grossing domestic film of the year. Marvel's blockbuster film of lesser-known comic book heroes has been an incredible success and is soon to pass the $300 million mark. It also looks to easily hold onto its position next week, with weak competition being released. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles remains in 2nd place, raising its total to $166 million nationwide. If I Stay and Let's Be Cops also hold onto their same positions as last week, while the found-footage horror film As Above, So Below ($10.3M) just narrowly beat out The November Man ($10.2M) for the 5th spot, in our closest Movie Kombat battle yet! Without a strong release coming out later this week, I expect next week's box office results to look awfully similar to this week's. Though with Forrest Gump being rereleased on IMAX for its 20-year anniversary, perhaps Forrest might be able to run his way into the top 5!
This Week's Top Movies
1.  Guardians of the Galaxy
2.  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
3.  If I Stay
4.  Let's Be Cops
5.  As Above, So Below

Weekend
$22.2M
$15.7M
$11.6M
$10.6M
$10.3M
Total (U.S.)
$280.5M
$166.4M
 $32.2M
 $59.7M
 $10.3M
Worldwide
$553.5M
$278.4M
$36.7M
$69.0M
$12.7M
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