[Weekend Box Office] 'Ride Along' Cruises Up To Number 1
Although the winter season brings upon quite a film drought, the box office this weekend shows much success amongst this weekend's released films. Ride Along, starring Ice Cube and Kevin Hart, stole the lead for the number one slot with $41,236,555. This weekend's second place film earnings went to Lone Survivor at $23,239,475 on its fourth weekend, beating out last week's second place holder, Frozen. The Nut Job sneaks into third place at $20,550,000 on its debut weekend, with fellow weekend opener Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit earning a mere fourth place standing at $17,200,000.
You can read the full weekend box office numbers below.
1. Ride Along - $41,236,555
2. Lone Survivor - $23,239,475
3. The Nut Job - $20,550,000
4. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit - $17,200,000
5. Frozen - $11,971,000
6. American Hustle - $10,600,000
7. Devil's Due - $8,500,000
8. The Wolf of Wall Street - $7,500,000
9. Saving Mr. Banks - $4,147,000
10. Her - $4,065,000
[Weekend Box Office] Frozen heats up the box office
With temperatures plunging across the country, it's only fitting that Disney's latest animated film, Frozen, topped the box office this weekend. With a return of $20.7m, five weeks after its theatrical release. As I've said before, the power of the animated family film always triumphs at the box office. In second is the Paranormal Activity spin-off, The Marked Ones, with $18.2m in its first weekend. Desolation of Smaug rounds out the Top 3 with a $16.2m weekend. You can read the rest of the weekend box office numbers below.
1. Frozen - $20,722,000
2. Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones - $18,200,000
3. The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug - $16,250,000
4. The Wolf of Wall Street - $13,400,000
5. American Hustle - $13,200,000
6. Anchorman 2 - $11,100,000
7. Saving Mr. Banks - $9,057,000
8. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - $8,200,000
9. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - $7,400,000
10. Grudge Match - $5,410,000
[via Rentrak]
[Weekend Box Office] The Hobbit tames The Wolf of Wall Street
Holiday weekends are typically box office goldmines as families love spending time together at the theater. Christmas 2013 was no exception, with seven films opening last week. However, fantasy prevailed as The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug topped the box office with $29.8m. The week's biggest new release, The Wolf of Wall Street, opened in the fifth spot with a solid $18.5m. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and 47 Ronin opened in 7th and 9th places, respectively. You can read the rest of this weekend's box office numbers below.
1. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - $29,850,000
2. Frozen - $28,845,000
3. Anchorman 2 - $20,150,000
4. American Hustle - $19,550,000
5. The Wolf of Wall Street - $18,500,000
6. Saving Mr. Banks - $14,021,000
7. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - $13,000,000
8. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - $10,200,000
9. 47 Ronin - $9,868,630
10. Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas - $7,400,000
[via Rentrak]
[Weekend Box Office] The Hobbit stays strong against Anchorman 2
Despite a stream of new releases this weekend, The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug had a strong box office showing, staying in the top spot with $31.4m. This weekend's best new release was Anchorman 2 with a solid $26.7m take. Frozen rounds out the Top 3 with $19m. Newcomers American Hustle and Saving Mr. Banks sat in 4th and 5th place, respectively. The children-friendly Walking with Dinosaurs opened in 8th with $7.3m.
You can read the full weekend box office numbers below.
1. The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug - $31,455,000
2. Anchorman 2 - $26,776,000
3. Frozen - $19,163,000
4. American Hustle - $19,100,000
5. Saving Mr. Banks - $9,321,000
6. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - $8,750,000
7. Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas - $8,510,000
8. Walking With Dinosaurs - $7,300,000
9. Dhoom 3 - $3,305,000
10. Thor: The Dark World - $1,328,000
[Weekend Box Office] The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug tops box office
People love their hairy feet and dragons as The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug topped the box office this weekend with a solid $73.6m take. Following up is last week's top film, Frozen, with $22m. In the third spot is this weekend's other new release, A Madea Christmas, with an even $16m. You can read the rest of this weekend's box office numbers below.
1. The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug - $73,675,000
2. Frozen - $22,184,000
3. Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas - $16,000,000
4. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - $13,150,000
5. Thor: The Dark World - $2,700,000
6. Out Of The Furnace - $2,320,000
7. Delivery Man - $1,872,000
8. Philomena - $1,756,000
9. The Book Thief - $1,675,000
10. Homefront - $1,637,000
[via Rentrak]
[Weekend Box Office] Frozen freezes The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
A week after flirting with the top spot, Disney's Frozen has overtaken The Hunger Games: Catching Fire in the weekend box office, making $31.6m. Catching Fire fell to second place with an even $27m. It's no secret that there's a special power about animated children's films that will always overtake the box office. The allure over kids is real in Hollywood. Last weekend's new release, Out of the Furnace, follows in third place with $5.3m. Expect these standings to be all mixed up this weekend with the release of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. For now, you can check out this weekend's box office numbers below.
1. Frozen - $31,641,000
2. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - $27,000,000
3. Out of the Furnace - $5,300,000
4. Thor: The Dark World - $4,740,000
5. Delivery Man - $3,775,000
6. Homefront - $3,384,000
7. The Book Thief - $2,700,000
8. The Best Man Holiday - $2,673,000
9. Philomena - $2,282,000
10. Dallas Buyers Club - $1,458,000
[via Rentrak]
[Weekend Box Office] Catching Fire won't be caught Frozen
For the second week in a row, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire topped the weekend box office with another $74.5m showing. However, it received strong competition from Disney's animated film Frozen's $66.7m. Following in third place is Thor: The Dark World with $11.1m. The Jason Statham and James Franco-starring Homefront opened to a solid $6.97m over the holiday weekend, placing it in 5th place. With Out of the Furnace the only wide release this week, Catching Fire should continue to reign over the box office. However, if word of mouth spreads over Frozen, I can see it overcoming the film this weekend.
You can read the rest of this weekend's box office numbers below.
1. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - $74,500,000
2. Frozen - $66,713,000
3. Thor: The Dark World - $11,108,000
4. The Best Man Holiday - $8,490,565
5. Homefront - $6,970,000
6. Delivery Man - $6,931,000
7. The Book Thief - $4,850,000
8. Black Nativity - $3,880,000
9. Philomena - $3,789,000
10. Last Vegas - $2,785,000
[via Rentrak]
[Weekend Box Office] The Hunger Games: Catching Fire sets box office record opening
Holy hell. We all knew The Hunger Games: Catching Fire was gonna have an amazing weekend debut, but not this amazing. The film sequel of the popular young adult novel series' adaptation opened to an astounding $161 million weekend opening. The amount sets the film as the highest-grossing November release of all-time. To give it even more of a perspective, Thor: The Dark World, the top film for the past two weekends, has only made close to $168 million domestically. Aren't box office statistics so interesting?!
The rest of this weekend's box office numbers are below.
1. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - $161,125,000
2. Thor: The Dark World - $14,117,000
3. The Best Man Holiday - $12,521,535
4. Delivery Man - $8,215,000
5. Free Birds - $5,300,000
6. Last Vegas - $4,400,000
7. Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa - $3,450,000
8. Gravity - $3,305,000
9. 12 Years a Slave - $2,800,000
10. Dallas Buyers Club - $2,769,989
[via Rentrak]