A reimagining of the classic horror tale about Carrie White (Chloe Grace Moretz), a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother (Julianne Moore), who unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom. Based on the best-selling novel by Stephen King, Carrie is directed by Kimberly Peirce with a screenplay by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. Carrie on Amazon
Animation once again reigned supreme as ‘Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2’ came in first place very easily with $35 Million. Last week’s number 1 film ‘Prisoners’ dropped 45% to come in second place with $11 Million. Ron Howard’s latest ‘Rush’ didn’t race away with fan interest as it came in 3rd place with $10 Million. Indie films ‘Baggage Claim’ and ‘Don Jon’, a film written, directed and starring Joseph Gordon Levitt rounded out the top 5 with $9.3 and $9 Million respectively. See the entire list of top 10 films for the weekend of September 27 to 29th below.
#1 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 $35,000,000 (Total Gross $35,000,000)
#2 Prisoners $11,270,000 (Total Gross $38,954,000)
#3 Rush $10,314,000 (Total Gross $10,574,000)
#4 Baggage Claim $9,300,000 (Total Gross $9,300,000)
#5 Don Jon $9,000,000 (Total Gross $9,000,000)
#6 Insidious Chapter 2 $6,747,000 (Total Gross $69,544,000)
#7 The Family $3,674,000 (Total Gross $31,696,000)
#8 Instructions Not Included $3,380,000 (Total Gross $38,567,000)
#9 We’re the Millers $2,865,000 (Total Gross $142,418,000)
#10 Lee Daniels’ The Butler $2,417,000 (Total Gross $110,281,000)
#1 Iron Man 3 ($409,013,994)
#2 Despicable Me 2 ($361,756,000)
#3 Man of Steel ($291,045,518)
#4 Monsters University ($265,910,125)
#5 Fast & Furious 6 ($238,679,850)
#6 Oz The Great and Powerful ($234,911,825)
#7 Star Trek Into Darkness ($228,778,661)
#8 World War Z ($202,281,000)
#9 The Croods ($187,168,425)
#10 The Heat ($158,765,527)
#1 Buena Vista (Disney) $909,835,944
#2 Universal $600,435,850
#3 Paramount $431,059,661
#4 Fox $345,933,952
#5 Warner Bros. $291,045,518
Hugh Jackman proved that he can do more than hack and slash as his latest film ‘Prisoners’ took first place at the box office this weekend with $21 Million. ‘Insidious Chapter 2’ took a massive dive from last week, down 64% to end up in second place with $14.5 Million, ‘The Family’ was well behind the first two with $7 Million. ‘Instructions Not Included’ and the newbie film ‘Battle of the Year’ rounded out the top 5 films of the weekend with $5.7 and $5 Million respectively. See the entire top 10 list films from the past weekend below.
#1 Prisoners $21,430,000 (Total Gross $21,430,000)
#2 Insidious Chapter 2 $14,500,000 (Total Gross $60,855,000)
#3 The Family $7,000,000 (Total Gross $25,641,000)
#4 Instructions Not Included $5,700,000 (Total Gross $34,262,000)
#5 Battle of the Year $5,000,000 (Total Gross $5,000,000)
#6 We’re the Millers $4,670,000 (Total Gross $138,176,000)
#7 Lee Daniels’ The Butler $4,304,000 (Total Gross $106,452,000)
#8 Riddick $3,672,000 (Total Gross $37,180,000)
#9 The Wizard of Oz (3D/IMAX) $3,022,000 (Total Gross $3,022,000)
#10 Planes $2,861,000 (Total Gross $86,543,000)
#1 Iron Man 3 ($409,013,9940)
#2 Despicable Me 2 ($360,746,000)
#3 Man of Steel ($291,045,518)
#4 Monsters University ($265,537,030)
#5 Fast & Furious 6 ($238,679,850)
#6 Oz The Great and Powerful ($234,911,825)
#7 Star Trek Into Darkness ($228,778,661)
#8 World War Z ($202,139,000)
#9 The Croods ($187,168,425)
#10 The Heat ($158,400,132)
#1 Buena Vista (Disney) $909,462,849
#2 Universal $599,425,850
#3 Paramount $430,917,661
#4 Fox $345,568,557
#5 Warner Bros. $291,045,518
Creepy things that go bump in the night and a Friday the 13th opening seemed go hand in hand for ‘Insidious Chapter 2’ as it took the number one spot easily with $41 Million this weekend. Second place was the mafia-comedy with Robert DeNiro ‘The Family’ at a far-back $14 Million. Last week’s winner ‘Riddick’ dropped a big 63% and ended up in 3rd place with $7 Million, ‘The Butler’ is still hanging on and took in $5.5 Million this weekend, the total gross now crossing the $100 Million dollar mark at the same time. Meanwhile ‘We’re the Millers’ seems to be doing well with an additional $5.4 Million. The rest of the top 10 films at the box office are listed below.
#1 Insidious Chapter 2 $41,050,000 (Total Gross $41,050,000)
#2 The Family $14,500,000 (Total Gross $14,500,000)
#3 Riddick $7,013,000 (Total Gross $31,280,000)
#4 Lee Daniels’ The Butler $5,582,000 (Total Gross $100,041,000)
#5 We’re the Millers $5,415,000 (Total Gross $131,602,000)
#6 Instructions Not Included $4,250,000 (Total Gross $26,581,000)
#7 Planes $3,066,000 (Total Gross $82,984,000)
#8 One Direction: This is Us $2,400,000 (Total Gross $26,887,000)
#9 Elysium $2,050,000 (Total Gross $88,388,000)
#10 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters $1,825,000 (Total Gross $62,035,000)
#1 Iron Man 3 ($409,013,994)
#2 Despicable Me 2 ($359,044,000)
#3 Man of Steel ($290,960,548)
#4 Monsters University ($265,400,000)
#5 Fast & Furious 6 ($238,679,850)
#6 Oz The Great and Powerful ($234,911,825)
#7 Star Trek Into Darkness ($228,778,661)
#8 World War Z ($201,824,000)
#9 The Croods ($187,153,646)
#10 The Heat ($158,015,132)
#1 Buena Vista (Disney) $909,325,819
#2 Universal $597,723,850
#3 Paramount $430,602,661
#4 Fox $345,168,778
#5 Warner Bros. $290,960,548
‘Riddick’ (gladly) took down last weekends box office champ ‘One Direction: This is Us’ with a fairly impressive $18 Million dollar weekend (impressive considering the reported budget was $38 Million). ‘The Butler’ is still holding on to second place with $8.9 Million while ‘Instructions Not Included’ raised their theatre count and took in an estimated $8.1 Million. ‘We’re the Millers it holding on strong in fourth place with $7.9 Million, the film has scored an estimated $129 Million dollars at the box office and may just crack the top 10 grossing films of 2013 (so far). ‘Planes’ is still flying high with $4.2 Million to round out the top five. See the entire list of top 10 films for the weekend below.
#1 Riddick $18,673,000 (Total Gross $18,673,000)
#2 Lee Daniels’ The Butler $8,900,000 (Total Gross $91,901,000)
#3 Instructions Not Included $8,100,000 (Total Gross $20,312,000)
#4 We’re the Millers $7,925,000 (Total Gross $123,844,000)
#5 Planes $4,274,000 (Total Gross $79,279,000)
#6 One Direction: This is Us $4,100,000 (Total Gross $23,991,000)
#7 Elysium $3,100,000 (Total Gross $85,077,000)
#8 Blue Jasmine $2,688,000 (Total Gross $25,449,000)
#9 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters $2,500,000 (Total Gross $59,848,000)
#10 The World’s End $2,302,000 (Total Gross $21,737,000)
#1 Iron Man 3 $408,913,036
#2 Despicable Me 2 $357,537,000
#3 Man of Steel $290,804,657
#4 Monsters University $265,002,000
#5 Fast & Furious 6 $238,679,850
#6 Oz The Great and Powerful $234,911,825
#7 Star Trek Into Darkness $228,759,000
#8 World War Z $201,344,000
#9 The Croods $187,136,275
#10 The Heat $157,531,986
#1 Buena Vista (Disney) $908,826,861
#2 Universal $596,216,850
#3 Paramount $430,103,000
#4 Fox $344,668,261
#5 Warner Bros. $290,804,657
For the first time in 3 weeks ‘The Butler’ didn’t do it as ‘One Direction: This is Us’ took the top spot this weekend with $17 Million. ‘The Butler’ came in second followed by ‘We’re the Millers’ with $14.7 and 12.6 Million respectively. ‘Planes’ still seems to have wings with $7.7 Millions while newbie ‘Instructions Not Included’ rounded out the top 5 with $7.5 Million. One of the other newbie films, ‘The Getaway’ did not seem to entice moviegoers and ended in 9th place with an unimpressive $4.5 Million. See the entire top ten for the weekend below.
#1 One Direction: This is Us $17,000,000 (Total Gross $17,000,000)
#2 Lee Daniels’ The Butler $14,742,000 (Total Gross $74,007,000)
#3 We’re the Millers $12,610,000 (Total Gross $109,565,000)
#4 Planes $7,756,000 (Total Gross $70,844,000)
#5 Instructions Not Included $7,500,000 (Total Gross $7,500,000)
#6 Elysium $6,300,000 (Total Gross $78,404,000)
#7 The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones $5,200,000 (Total Gross $22,654,000)
#8 The World’s End $4,759,000 (Total Gross $16,568,000)
#9 Getaway $4,505,000 (Total Gross $4,505,000)
#10 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters $4,425,000 (Total Gross $54,965,000)
#1 Iron Man 3 $408,643,923
#2 Despicable Me 2 $354,635,000
#3 Man of Steel $290,327,998
#4 Monsters University $263,478,000
#5 Fast & Furious 6 $238,660,700
#6 Oz The Great and Powerful $234,911,825
#7 Star Trek Into Darkness $228,261,000
#8 World War Z $200,265,000
#9 The Croods $187,087,070
#10 The Heat $157,256,000
#1 Buena Vista (Disney) $907,033,748
#2 Universal $593,295,700
#3 Fox $455,354,080
#4 Paramount $428,526,000
#5 Warner Bros. $290,327,998
‘Lee Daniels’ The Butler’ won a weaker than expected box office weekend with $17 Million, ‘We’re the Millers’ surprised by moving up in its third weekend in theatres. Newbies ‘The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones’ and ‘The World’s End’ both disappointed by raking in $9.3 and $8.9 Million respectively. Disney’s ‘Planes’ rounded out the top 5 with $8.5 Million. Last week’s number 2 film ‘Kick Ass 2’ was anything but with an almost 70% nosedive in box office returns to end up at the very bottom of the top 10 box office for the weekend.
#1 Lee Daniels’ The Butler $17,018,000 (Total Gross $52,275,000)
#2 We’re the Millers $13,500,000 (Total Gross $91,740,000)
#3 The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones $9,300,000 (Total Gross $14,051,000)
#4 The World’s End $8,942,000 (Total Gross $8,942,000)
#5 Planes $8,567,000 (Total Gross $59,591,000)
#6 Elysium $7,100,000 (Total Gross $69,054,000)
#7 You’re Next $7,050,000 (Total Gross $7,050,000)
#8 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters $5,200,000 (Total Gross $48,346,000)
#9 Blue Jasmine $4,300,000 (Total Gross $14,799,000)
#10 Kick-Ass 2 $4,270,000 (Total Gross $22,423,000)
#1 Iron Man 3 $408,351,942
#2 Despicable Me 2 $350,659,000
#3 Man of Steel $289,875,976
#4 Monsters University $261,796,000
#5 Fast & Furious 6 $238,546,400
#6 Oz The Great and Powerful $234,911,825
#7 Star Trek Into Darkness $227,379,000
#8 World War Z $198,854,000
#9 The Croods $187,033,567
#10 The Heat $156,378,000
#1 Buena Vista (Disney) $905,059,767
#2 Universal $589,205,400
#3 Paramount $426,233,000
#4 Fox $343,411,567
#5 Warner Bros. $289,875,976
Proving Oprah Winfrey is still the Queen of (almost) all media, ‘The Butler’ took in an impressive $25 Million dollars this weekend. The feat is particularly impressive when ‘Kick-Ass 2’ was the odds on winner to take the weekend, at least until the weak Friday numbers came in. The gross-out comedy ‘We’re the Millers’ took in $17.7 Million to hold on to second place for a second weekend in a row. Last week’s winner ‘Elysium’ is in a tight race with newbie ‘Kick-Ass 2’ for 3rd place, until the numbers are examined in more details this week we won’t know who won. Disney’s disappointing ‘Planes’ rounds out the top 5. Take a look at the top 10 movies below.
#1 Lee Daniels’ The Butler $25,010,000 (Total Gross $25,010,000)
#2 We’re the Millers $17,780,000 (Total Gross $69,513,000)
#3 Elysium $13,600,000 (Total Gross $55,914,000)
#4 Kick-Ass 2 $13,568,000 (Total Gross $13,568,000)
#5 Planes $13,141,000 (Total Gross $45,090,000)
#6 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters $8,375,000 (Total Gross $38,904,000)
#7 Jobs $6,700,000 (Total Gross $6,700,000)
#8 2 Guns $5,572,000 (Total Gross $59,221,000)
#9 The Smurfs 2 $4,600,000 (Total Gross $56,912,000)
#10 The Wolverine $4,425,000 (Total Gross $120,458,000)
#1 Iron Man 3 $407,880,990
#2 Despicable Me 2 $345,988,000
#3 Man of Steel $289,121,541
#4 Monsters University $261,100,000
#5 Fast & Furious 6 $238,447,100
#6 Oz The Great and Powerful $234,911,825
#7 Star Trek Into Darkness $227,161,000
#8 World War Z $198,300,000
#9 The Croods $186,917,813
#10 The Heat $155,472,000
#1 Buena Vista (Disney) $668,902,815
#2 Universal $584,435,100
#3 Paramount $425,461,000
#4 Fox $342,389,813
#5 Warner Bros. $289,121,541
Kick-Ass, Hit Girl and Red Mist return for the follow-up to 2010’s irreverent global hit: Kick-Ass 2. After Kick-Ass’ (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders, led by the badass Colonel Stars and Stripes (Jim Carrey), our hero joins them on patrol. When these amateur superheroes are hunted down by Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse)—reborn as The Mother F%&*^r—only the blade-wielding Hit Girl (Chloë Grace Moretz) can prevent their annihilation. With graduation looming and uncertain what to do, Dave decides to start the world’s first superhero team with Mindy. Unfortunately, when Mindy is busted for sneaking out as Hit Girl, she’s forced to retire. With no one left to turn to, Dave joins forces with Justice Forever, run by a born-again ex-mobster named Colonel Stars and Stripes.
Director: Jeff Wadlow
Cast: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Morris Chestnut, John Leguizamo, Donald Faison, and Jim Carrey
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