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Box Office Recap: ‘Gravity’ & ‘Captain Phillips’ Sink ‘Machete Kills’

Gravity, starring George Clooney and Sandra Bullock, was the big winner at the weekend box office for the second week in a row.  The Warner Bros’ $100 million sci-fi thriller earned $44 million over the weekend, bringing its box office total to $123 million.

Tom Hank’s Somalian piracy thriller, Captain Phillips, earned a respectable $26 million in its debut weekend.  Although the film earned $18 million less than Gravity, Captain Phillips is receiving excellent reviews and a TON of Oscar buzz, being compared to last year’s Oscar contender Flight starring Denzel Washington.  Captain Phillips is Tom Hank’s biggest live-action debut since Angels & Demons back in 2009.

Without any competition at the box office in the “family-friendly” genre, Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 earned $14 million over the weekend.  The film has matched its budget with $78 million in total earnings.  Machete Kills 2 earned a pathetic $3.79 million over the weekend, making it Robert Rodriguez’s lowest-grossing wide opening in his career.

Top 10 Films at Weekend Box Office:

  1. Gravity – $44.2 million
  2. Captain Phillips – $26 million
  3. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 – $14.2 million
  4. Machete Kills – $3.79 million
  5. Runner Runner – $3.73 million
  6. Prisoners – $3.67 million
  7. Insidious Chapter 2 – $2.65 million
  8. Rush – $2.36 million
  9. Don Jon – $2.34 million
  10. Baggage Claim – $2.08 million

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