Lee Daniels’ The Butler,
starring Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey, scored a huge victory in one of the
last weekends of the busy summer movie season. The true story, that in The Butler review
it is tagged a must-see movie, was up against some stiff competition this
weekend as more movies opened this past Friday than in any other weekend this
summer.
Not faring so well was another new
release, Kick-Ass 2. The sequel to Kick-Ass didn’t really kick
too much butt and landed in fourth place with $13.57 million… just barely
finishing behind the third place film, Elysium.
Coming in second and pulling in
strong numbers for its second week in release was the Jennifer Aniston-starring We’re the Millers.
That film banked $17.8 million, bringing its total to $69.5 million. Closing
out the top five was the Disney hit Planes. Despite never topping the
box office and barely making it into the top five two weeks in a row, the Cars
spin-off has earned a total of $45 million in two weeks.
Another new film to debut, the Steve
Jobs biopic Jobs landed in seventh place with $6.7 million. And nowhere
on this list and totally disappointing is Paranoia. The Harrison
Ford-starring thriller made a paltry $3 million.
Weekend box office:
1. The Butler, $25 million
2. We’re the Millers, $17.8 million
3. Elysium, $13.6 million
4. Kick-Ass 2, $13.57 million
5. Planes, $13.1 million
6. Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, $8.4 million
7. Jobs, $6.7 million
8. 2 Guns, $5.6 million
9. The Smurfs 2, $4.6 million
10. The Wolverine, $4.4 million
1. The Butler, $25 million
2. We’re the Millers, $17.8 million
3. Elysium, $13.6 million
4. Kick-Ass 2, $13.57 million
5. Planes, $13.1 million
6. Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, $8.4 million
7. Jobs, $6.7 million
8. 2 Guns, $5.6 million
9. The Smurfs 2, $4.6 million
10. The Wolverine, $4.4 million
