Fury, which stars Brad Pitt ("Meet Joe Black") and was directed by David Ayer ("End of Watch"), will debut in first-place this weekend. The World War II film pulled in $8.8M on Friday and is now estimated to have a total just north of $24M for the weekend. Last week's box office champ, Gone Girl, which stars Ben Affleck ("Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice") and was directed by David Fincher ("Panic Room"), will finish in second-place this weekend with $18M. That'll push its domestic total over $100M. Universal's Dracula Untold took a 65% tumble from last weekend's strong second-place finish. It will end up in sixth-place with only $8.5M to $9.3M. Michael Keaton's Birdman opened in just four theaters this weekend and had a healthy $112K per-screen-average.
1). Fury (SONY), 3,173 theaters / $8.8M Fri. (includes $1.2M latenights)
3-day est. cume $24.3M to $25M / Wk 1
2). Gone Girl (FOX), 3,248 theaters / $5.5M Fri.
3-day cume: $18M to $18.4M / Total cume: $107.7M / Wk 3
3). The Book of Life (FOX), 3,071 theaters / $4.9M Fri. (includes $330K late nights)
3-day cume: $17.8M to $18M / Wk 1
4). Alexander & the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (DIS), 3088 theaters
$3.2M Fri. / 3-day cume: $13M (-29%) / Total cume: $37.8M / Wk 2
5). The Best of Me (REL), 2,936 theaters / $4.1M Fri. (includes $550K late nights)
3-day cume: $10.3M to $10.9M (Relativity thinks $11M to $12M) / Wk 1
6). Dracula Untold (UNI), 2,900 theaters (+13) / $2.9M Fri.
3-day cume: $8.5M to $9.3M (-65%) / Total cume: $39.2M to $40M / Wk 2
7). The Judge (WB), 3003 theaters (0) / $2.45M Fri.
3-day cume: $8M (-38%) / Total cume: $27M / Wk 2
8). Annabelle (WB), 2,878 theaters (-337) / $2.45M Fri.
3-day cume: $7.6M / Total cume: $73.8M / Wk 3
9). The Equalizer (SONY), 2,262 theaters (-885) / $1.5M Fri.
3-day cume: $5.3M / Total cume: $89M / Wk 4
10). The Maze Runner (FOX), 2,155 theaters (-917) / $1.2M Fri.
3-day cume: $4.4M / Total cume: $90.8M / Wk 5
11). Addicted (LGF), 1,037 theaters (+191) / $1.1M Fri.
3-day cume: $3.55M (-53%) / Total cume: $12.9M / Wk 1
15). Meet the Mormons (PUR), 317 theaters (0) / $270K Fri.
3-day cume: $678K (-73%) / Per screen average: $2,000 / Total cume: $4.6M / Wk 2
16). St. Vincent (TWC), 68 theaters (+64) / $187K Fri.
3-day cume: $650K (+491%) / Per screen: $9,556 / Total cume: $802K / Wk 2
18). Kill the Messenger (FOC), 427 theaters (+53) / $145K Fri.
3-day cume: $490K (-48%) / Per screen: $1,150 / Total cume: $1.9M / Wk 2
19). Birdman (FSL), 4 theaters / $136K Fri.
3-day cume: $444K / Per screen: $111,024 / Total cume: $444K / Wk 1
20). Dear White People (RSA), 11 theaters / $126K Fri.
3-day cume: $376K / Per screen: $34,155 / Wk 1
Luke Evans (Fast & Furious 6, Immortals) stars in Dracula Untold, the origin story of the man who became Dracula. Gary Shore directs and Michael De Luca produces the epic action-adventure that co-stars Sarah Gadon, Dominic Cooper, Diarmaid Murtagh and Samantha Barks.
Starring: Luke Evans, Sarah Gadon, Diarmaid Murtagh, Dominic Cooper, Samantha Barks
Directed By Gary Shore * Screenplay By Matt Sazama & Burk Sharpless