Maybe people can make good decisions when they go see movies. Proof of that happened this weekend with Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity. Riding a wave of stellar reviews, the film set a new October record with $55.5 million beating Paranormal Activity 3’s $52.5 million in 2011. Estimates were expecting it to gross in the mid-30’s so this may be a huge surprise to some.
Since audiences were spending time in space it meant that Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake were left with scraps. Runner Runner could only manage $7.6 million.
1. Gravity- $55.5 million/ $55.5 million
2. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2- $21.5/ $61.5
3. Runner Runner- $7.6/ $7.6
4. Prisoners- $5.7/ $47.8
5. Rush- $4.4/ $18.0
6. Don Jon- $4.1/ $16.0
7. Baggage Claim- $4.1/ $15.1
8. Insidious Chapter 2- $3.8/ $74.7
9. Pulling Strings- $2.5/ $2.5
10. Enough Said- $2.1/ $5.1