'Gravity' Continues To Dominate The Box Office For 3 Weeks Straight
Oct 21, 2013, 16:06 IST
Second weekend: $43.2 million
Third weekend: $31 million Though it probably helps that most people are seeing the film in 3D or IMAX 3D, we're not sure the last time a film has had that strong a hold with audiences at theaters. The Warner Bros. film is now on its way to $300 million overseas. Knocked out of the top ten this week were Ron Howard's racing car film "Rush" ($72 million), bomb "Machete Kills" ($6.4 million), Joseph Gordon-Levitt's directorial debut "Don Jon" ($24 million), and Fox Searchlight's romcom, "Baggage Claim" ($20 million). Here are this week's winners and losers in Hollywood: 10. "Insidious 2" rounds out the top ten with $1.5 million. This has been a long run in the top ten for a horror film that's been out for six weeks. Worldwide, the film has now made $118 million. That's officially more than the original movie made from two years ago. 9. Gambling bomb "Runner Runner" holds on in its third weekend making $1.6 million. The Fox movie which cost an estimated $30 million has picked up overseas making 68% of its total gross there. 8. WikiLeaks' movie "The Fifth Estate" narrowly missed making the top ten this week with an awful $1.7 million opening weekend. The DreamWorks / Disney collaboration starring Benedict Cumberbatch bombed. It cost an estimated $28 million to put out. Don't count on overseas gross to carry this film. It's performing just as bad there. 7. James Gandolfini's "Enough Said" jumped up four spots this weekend making $1.8 million after being added in 151 theaters. The Fox Searchlight film has made $10.8 million. 6. Hugh Jackman's "Prisoners" performance continues to keep him in the top ten earning $2 million. After five weekends, the film has stalled around $60 million domestically. After a lot of buzz, the movie is really close to breaking $100 million worldwide. 5. "Escape Plan" starring Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger took in an underwhelming $9.8 million. The movie is being fairly-well received by moviegoers, however, it just seems like the film was really released in the wrong decade. Though the two stars would never have been caught dead working together in the '80s, that's when this film would have shined. Today, unless these two stars are working on "Rocky" or "Terminator" films, they better stick to the "Expendables" franchise. 4. Sony's animated picture "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2" continues to sit at the top of the box office with another $10 million. Since no other kid films are out until November ("Free Bird"), it's easy for "Cloudy 2" to stay in a peak spot. 3. The Kimberly Peirce "Carrie" remake made $17 million opening weekend. Compared to other horror films this year - "The Conjuring" / "Insidious 2" - that's kind of low. The movie was a well-done update of the classic Stephen King novel that sent across a poignant message about bullying to today's teens. 2. Tom Hanks and "Captain Phillips" just barely steal second from "Scary Carrie" earning $17.3 million. The Sony picture has made $62 million worldwide in its two weeks. 1. What else is there to say about "Gravity"? For the third week in a row the Warner Bros.' film has killed it at the box office making $31 million. Next week, the film will be going up against Ridley Scott's "The Counselor" and "Bad Grandpa" so it most likely has at least one more good weekend in it before the November onslaught of films arrives.