Gravity may pull in about $32 million over the weekend, which would bring its total to an incredible $171 million after just 17 days.
Gravity can not be stopped not by a telekinetic teenager, not by a WikiLeaks hacker, not even by the hulking threat of Arnold Schwarznegger and Sylvester Stallone.
Warner Bros.’ $100 million drama starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney drew another $9. 1 million on Friday, marking a scant 28 percent drop from last Friday. Gravity may pull in about $32 million over the weekend, which would bring its total to an incredible $171 million after just 17 days.
In second place, Screen Gems and MGM’s $30 million horror remake Carrie stumbled out of the gate with $6. 6 million. Since horror movies are typically quite frontloaded, the film will likely finish the frame with about $16 million well below predictions that had the film earning at least $20 million.
Captain Phillips finished in third place with $5. 2 million, but it may surpass Carrie by Sunday night and finish the weekend in second place with about $17 million. Sony’s $55 million Tom Hanks drama will have accrued about $53 million after ten days.
Summit’s Stallone/Schwarznegger action entry, Escape Plan, which cost a reported $70 million to produce, only locked up $3. 6 million on its opening day. The prison-escape movie could earn only $9. 5 million in its opening weekend joining the ranks of the stars’ recent flops Bullet to the Head and The Last Stand.
At least Escape Plan fared better than Benedict Cumberbatch’s WikiLeaks drama The Fifth Estate, which earned an anemic $587,000 from 1,769 theaters, yielding an awful $332 daily per theater average. The film may earn about $1. 5 million total over the weekend. Ouch.
1. Gravity-$9. 1 million
2. Carrie-$6. 6 million
3. Captain Phillips-$5. 2 million
4. Escape Plan-$3. 6 million
5. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2-$2. 6 million
Check back tomorrow for the full box office report.