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Tag: The Butler

  • Weekend Box Office- August 30- September 2, 2014

    Photo courtesy craveonline.com
    Photo courtesy craveonline.com

    Ok, so We’re the Millers didn’t finish on top, but I don’t want to post another picture of Forest Whitaker on here and damn if I am going to have One Direction up there.

    So Labor Day is summer’s last hoorah and people took advantage of the holiday weekend to give every movie a boost. Lee Daniels’ The Butler took first again for the third week in a close race with the One Direction movie, This is Us.

    The weekend’s other big release, Getaway, was lost in the shuffle. It had to have been hard to market a kidnapped wife/racing movie starring Ethan Hawke and Selena Gomez. Yeah, it is even hard to type.

    1. The Butler- $20.0 million/ $79.2 million

    2. One Direction- $18.0/ $18.0

    3. We’re the Millers- $15.9/ $112.8

    4. Planes- $10.6/ $73.7

    5. Instructions Not Included- $10.0/ $10.0

    6. Elysium- $8.3/ $80.4

    7. The Mortal Instruments- $6.8/ $24.2

    8. Percy Jackson- $6.0/ $56.5

    9. Getaway- $5.5/ $5.5

    10. Blue Jasmine- $5.3/ $21.7

  • Weekend Box Office- August 23-25, 2013

    Photo courtesy thetimes.co.uk
    Photo courtesy thetimes.co.uk

    It was a repeat winner at the box office this weekend as Lee Daniels’ The Butler only fell off 30% and took the top spot with $17 million. We’re the Millers came in second with $13.5 million and is headed towards the $100 million mark next week.

    The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones proved to be another pretender to the Twilight “tween” throne only grossing $9.3 million and $14 million since last Wednesday.

    The World’s End was the big winner of all the new releases. Even though it only grossed $8.9 million, it did so in half the theaters (1,500) of the other big releases. It will certainly have a big take overseas just like Hot Fuzz back in 2007.

    1. The Butler- $17.0 million/ $52.2 million

    2. We’re the Millers- $13.5/ $91.7

    3. The Mortal Instruments- $9.3/ $14.0

    4. The World’s End- $8.9/ $8.9

    5. Planes- $8.5/ $59.5

    6. Elysium- $7.1/ $69.0

    7. You’re Next- $7.0/ $7.0

    8. Percy Jackson- $5.2/ $48.3

    9. Blue Jasmine- $4.3/ $14.7

    10. Kick-Ass 2- $4.3/ $22.4

  • Weekend Box Office- August 16-18, 2013

    Photo courtesy nydailynews.com
    Photo courtesy nydailynews.com

    Kick-Ass and Hit Girl were no match. For this week they faced the wrath of The Butler. Lee Daniels’ film about Cecil Gaines and his life of serving under eight presidents easily took the top spot with $25 million. We’re the Millers and Elysium had strong second weekend showings which left Kick-Ass 2 coming up with only $13.5 million which is even below the low expectations of $17-19 million. I guess Jim Carrey really didn’t have anything to worry about with the vilence of the movie since not a lot of people are going to see it in the first place.

    1. The Butler- $25.0 million/ $25.0 million

    2. We’re the Millers- $17.7/ $69.5

    3. Elysium- $13.6/ $55.9

    4. Kick-Ass 2- $13.5/ $13.5

    5. Planes- $13.1/ $45.0

    6. Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters- $8.3/ $38.9

    7. Jobs- $6.7/ $6.7

    8. 2 Guns- $5.6/ $59.2

    9. The Smurfs 2- $4.6/ $56.9

    10. The Wolverine- $4.4/ $120.4