{"id":65560,"date":"2014-10-13T09:00:09","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T16:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/?p=65560"},"modified":"2014-10-13T07:11:51","modified_gmt":"2014-10-13T14:11:51","slug":"boxoffice-oct-13-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/boxoffice-oct-13-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Box Office: ‘Gone’ Definitely Not Forgotten"},"content":{"rendered":"

Even with four new nationwide releases offering (somewhat) stiff competition, great reviews and stellar word of mouth kept David Fincher’s ‘Gone Girl’ at the top of the box office again.
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With a very mild 29% drop-off, ‘Gone Girl<\/strong>‘ locked in the #1 spot with a $26.8 million second weekend. After ten days, the sick and twisted (and awesome) marital thriller has pulled in $78.2 million and just might outgross Fincher’s biggest domestic title to date (‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button<\/a>‘ at $127.5 million).<\/p>\n

Second place went to ‘Dracula Untold<\/strong>‘, Universal’s first Classic Monster reboot. Without a single big-name star, the vampire origin tale opened to a better-than-expected $23.4 million. The film is also doing pretty solid business overseas. After ten days in some foreign markets, the movie has earned $62.6 million, giving it a worldwide total of $86 million already.<\/p>\n

Although it should have offered perfect counter-programming, Disney’s absurdly titled ‘Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day<\/strong>‘ was a bit of a disappointment. The family flick debuted in the #3 spot with $19.1 million. Considering that the picture was shot on a $28 million budget, it’s not a flop, but it’s certainly not the big success that the studio hoped for.<\/p>\n

Last week’s ‘Annabelle<\/strong>‘ slipped 56% in its second weekend. That’s about on par with most horror movies, especially of the R-rated variety. The ‘Conjuring<\/a>‘ spin-off added $16.3 million to its pocket, giving it a ten-day total of $62.1 million. That’s actually huge when you take into account that it was shot with a mere $6.5 million budget.<\/p>\n

Rounding out the Top 5 was Robert Downey, Jr’.s blatant Oscar bid, ‘The Judge<\/strong>‘. The buzz surrounding ‘Gone Girl’ must have stolen away a great percentage of the adult audience, because ‘The Judge’ debuted to just $13.3 million. With a lot of competition on the horizon, it’s hard to foresee this movie doing much long-term business. <\/p>\n

Lionsgate’s barely-marketed infidelity thriller ‘Addicted<\/strong>‘ had a great opening with a per-screen average actually higher than any other movie in the Top 10. From 846 screens, ‘Addicted’ pulled in $7.6 million and landed in the #7 spot.<\/p>\n

Surprising everyone, documentary ‘Meet the Mormons<\/strong>‘ closed out the Top 10. From 317 locations, the faith-based picture pulled in $3 million. Independent label Purdie Distribution plans to push the film’s expansion after its first week. <\/p>\n

Focus Features must not be feeling too great about ‘Kill the Messenger<\/strong>‘ right now. The based-on-a-true-story thriller starring Jeremy Renner only pulled in $939,000 from 374 locations, for a per-screen average of $2,511. That’s probably going to dampen the studio’s expansion plans.<\/p>\n

On the flipside, Sony Pictures Classics and The Weinstein Company’s limited releases did very well this weekend. Sony’s ‘Whiplash<\/strong>‘ scored $144,000 from six screens and Weinstein’s ‘St. Vincent<\/strong>‘ grossed $121,000 from four locations. Both have planned expansions in the works, but ‘St. Vincent’ is said to be getting a pretty big release starting this coming weekend.<\/p>\n

Weekend numbers have yet to be released for ‘Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead’.<\/p>\n

Top 10:<\/h2>\n

1. ‘Gone Girl’ (Fox) – $26,800,000<\/p>\n

2. ‘Dracula Untold’ (Universal) – $23,457,000<\/p>\n

3. ‘Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day’ (Buena Vista) – $19,100,000<\/p>\n

4. ‘Annabelle’ (Warner Bros.) – $16,365,000<\/p>\n

5. ‘The Judge’ (Warner Bros.) – $13,330,000<\/p>\n

6. ‘The Equalizer’ (Sony) – $9,725,000<\/p>\n

7. ‘Addicted’ (Lionsgate) – $7,600,000<\/p>\n

8. ‘The Maze Runner’ (Fox) – $7,500,000<\/p>\n

9. ‘The BoxTrolls’ (Focus) – $6,676,000<\/p>\n

10. ‘Meet the Mormons’ (Purdie) – $3,000,000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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