One of this weekend’s new movies hit the ground running. The others, not so much.
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It appears that YA adaptations aren’t about to die off yet. ‘The Maze Runner<\/strong>‘ opened with $32.5 million. That was strong enough to score not only the top spot at the box office, but also a sequel. Striking while the iron is hot, Fox has already announced that a speedy follow-up will hit theaters exactly one year from now. The movie’s also doing well internationally. After a head-start debut that kicked off last week, ‘Maze Runner’ has pulled in $49 million overseas. With many major markets to go, the film will only keep climbing.<\/p>\n Liam Neeson’s ‘A Walk Among the Tombstones<\/strong>‘ didn’t fare as well as his other recent action thrillers, which is most likely due to the gritty R rating. While February’s ‘Non-Stop<\/a>‘ opened just under $30 million, ‘Tombstones’ only scraped together $13.1 million in its first weekend. When you take into account that the movie only cost $23 million to make, ‘Tombstones’ isn’t exactly a flop, but it’s certainly not the sure thing that the studio hoped for.<\/p>\n Shawn Levy’s ‘This Is Where I Leave You<\/strong>‘ came in just behind that at third place. Despite the mixed critical response, the R-rated ensemble dramedy debuted to $11.8 million. With strong Saturday numbers, next weekend ought to hold over well.<\/p>\n Last weekend’s top movie, ‘No Good Deed<\/strong>‘, dropped a steep 58%. Its $10.2 million second weekend only landed in the #4 spot, but still gave the thriller a ten-day total of $40.1 million total.<\/p>\n Rounding out the Top 5 was ‘Dolphin Tale 2<\/strong>‘. The family-friendly sequel slipped 43% with a $9 million sophomore weekend. Its ten-day total is just $27 million.<\/p>\n