BOX OFFICE: RED 2 And R.I.P.D. Top Open At #4 And #7; PACIFIC RIM Drops To #6
The Conjuring looks set for a solid weekend at the box office, but everything else? Not so much. Hit the jump for details on how big new releases like Red 2 and R.I.P.D. are set to perform this weekend as well as an update on Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim.
With a lot of comic book fans glued to their laptops for Comic-Con updates or actually at the event in San Diego, it looks set to be a pretty quiet weekend at the North American box office. However, that may have more to do with how uninterested the majority seem to be in these two movies! Red 2 has a decent enough 'B+' CinemaScore, so it could perform a little better than expected, but lousy reviews and a 'C+' score for R.I.P.D. mean that it looks set to be the latest big budget 2013 flop. The main reason that it looks set to be such a disaster is down to the ridiculously high budget as it cost over $150 million (after production rebates). Meanwhile, Pacific Rim may now end up eventually reaching $100 million domestically, but it's going to have to perform VERY well overseas if it hopes to be anything other than a disappointment for Warner Bros. Here's the Top 10 in full:
1. The Conjuring (New Line/Warner Bros) NEW [Runs 2,903] R
Friday $16.5M, Weekend $39.0M
2. Despicable Me 2 (Illumination/Universal) Week 3 [Runs 3,820] PG
Friday $7.5M (-44%), Weekend $24.0M, Cume $275.0M
3. Grown Ups 2 (Columbia/Sony) Week 2 [Runs 3,491] PG13
Friday $6.5M (-60%), Weekend $20.0M, Cume $79.5M
4. Red 2 (Summit/Lionsgate) NEW [Runs 3,016] PG13
Friday $6.2M, Weekend $18.0M
5. Turbo (DreamWorks Animation/Fox) Week [Runs 3,806] PG
Friday $6.0M, Weekend $19.0M, Cume $27.7M
6. Pacific Rim (Legendary/Warner Bros) Week 2 [Runs 3,285] PG13
Friday $4.8M, Weekend $16.0M, Cume $68.0M
7. R.I.P.D. (Universal) NEW [Runs 2,852] PG13
Friday $4.8M, Weekend $12.0M
8. The Heat (Twentieth Century Fox) Week 4 [Runs 2,689] R
Friday $2.9M, Weekend $9.5M, Cume $129.5M
9. Monsters University (Pixar/Disney) Week 5 [Runs 2,186] G
Friday $1.6M, Weekend $5.3M, Cume $249.3M
10. World War Z (Paramount) Week 5 [Runs 2,066] PG13
Friday $1.5M, Weekend $5.0M, Cume $186.8M
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