BOX OFFICE: GRAVITY Wins The Weekend With $44.3 Mil; Dropping Just 21%

BOX OFFICE: GRAVITY Wins The Weekend With $44.3 Mil; Dropping Just 21%

Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity opened with a surprising, $55 million. This past weekend, the film continued its strong performance, only dropping 21%, earning a robust $44.3 million. Hit the jump to see how Robert Rodriguez's Machete Kills fared.

By nailbiter111 - Oct 13, 2013 11:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Sci-Fi
Source: deadline



When Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity, which stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, opened last weekend, it set a new October opening weekend record (beating Paranormal Activity 3), and this weekend the film has set another new record. During a non-holiday weekend, no other film (domestically) that opened to more than $55 million, has had such a small decline in it's second weekend. Gravity only experienced a decline of 21 percent, as compared to the previous record holder, The Incredibles which had a 29 percent drop in their second weekend.

The film also set a best second weekend ever at IMAX, with $9 million, besting Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises record of $8.9 million. Overall Gravity has pulled in $191 million at the worldwide box office, $123 million of that is domestic and $68 million is from the international market.

It's getting a huge boost from 3D sales, they make up a whopping 82 percent of the receipts. Warner Bros. was shrewd, adding another 85 locations, with a total of 3,660 theaters. The film should have great legs, with repeat costumers making up 6 percent of the moviegoers.

Tom Hank's Captain Phillips opened with three-day haul of $26 million. It's the best opening for a live-action Tom Hanks film since 2009's Angels and Demons. The film, which was directed by Paul Greengrass, should also have great legs, it earned a rare ‘A’ CinemaScore, which usually indicates good word-of-mouth.

Also opening this weekend was Robert Rodriguez's Machete Kills, which got slaughtered, only pulling in a paltry $3.8 million. It's the worst opening for a Robert Rodriguez film. The few that did go see it, gave it a ‘B-’ CinemaScore.


Plot Summary: Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney) in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone--tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth...and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space.


GRAVITY was directed By Alfonso Cuarón ("Children Of Men") and the screenplay was written by him, Jonas Cuarón and Rodrigo García. The cast includes: Sandra Bullock as Ryan Stone, George Clooney as Matt Kowalsky and Basher Savage as space station captain. Coming out later this year!
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Grayson7954
Grayson7954 - 10/13/2013, 11:47 AM
21% drop? thats crazy, most films drop 50% or more in their second weekend statistically, thats awesome news
SuperCat
SuperCat - 10/13/2013, 11:57 AM
Think "Carrie" will take the number 1 spot next weekend?
Reasonnnn
Reasonnnn - 10/13/2013, 12:01 PM
@SotoJuiceMan Yeah... he passed up doing more Harry Potter films after setting the darker tone in PoA.
SupermanP33v3
SupermanP33v3 - 10/13/2013, 12:01 PM
I love Alfonso Cuaron as a director (I think he lacks alittle in his writing but more then makes up for it in his directing. When I saw Gravity I thought "What comic book movie would I want him to direct." He has such a personalized style that it was hard for me to come up with one. The only one I could think of was Y: The Last Man however, I have no idea what he is capable of and would pretty much watch him do anything, comic book or not. I'd like to see him tackle a DC Comic just to see how he would do it... but doing his own thing is sweet too!
CoolantTech
CoolantTech - 10/13/2013, 12:03 PM
Man... maybe I should check this out
MCUsDarkKnight
MCUsDarkKnight - 10/13/2013, 12:11 PM
Yeah Gravity was the best movie of the year so far i myself loved it and gave it a 9.5.
ChanchoMcGrady
ChanchoMcGrady - 10/13/2013, 12:14 PM
@nailbiter111
Grammar nitpick:
Wrong form of the word "fared" in the teaser.
3DWitchHunt
3DWitchHunt - 10/13/2013, 12:16 PM
Great movie. Favorite this year, so far
Werent some people on here calling this a flop after watching a couple of trailers? LOL
ATrueHero1987
ATrueHero1987 - 10/13/2013, 12:28 PM
A great movie and a movie that made great use of the 3D effects!
Thecoldknight16
Thecoldknight16 - 10/13/2013, 12:33 PM
Probably the best special effects ive seen in my life.
FreedomFreeLife
FreedomFreeLife - 10/13/2013, 12:47 PM
"WBs what a quality studio."
READING AT "MOS"

STOPPED READING, YOU FAIL!
patrat18
patrat18 - 10/13/2013, 12:47 PM
How do you guys respond to someone that mentions you on this site? Do you keep coming back to see if someone responded or by email?
FreedomFreeLife
FreedomFreeLife - 10/13/2013, 12:47 PM
Captain Phillip and Gravity are both highest rated movies this year. Both quality movies.

If we take action sci-fi movies, then Star Trek is better than Man of Steel and Pacific Rim.
FreedomFreeLife
FreedomFreeLife - 10/13/2013, 12:48 PM
Gravity is all worth of this money!!!
PLUSH
PLUSH - 10/13/2013, 12:53 PM
Good for them.
Ocelot
Ocelot - 10/13/2013, 12:53 PM
This will be the only movie this year, that i'll bother to watch in 3D.

It will take more than $$$$ being thrown to get Alfonso Cuaron to do a film. Good to see that this is doing well, I really liked Children of Men, this sounds just as good.


CaptainAmerica31
CaptainAmerica31 - 10/13/2013, 12:56 PM
Damn I really want to see this, but I'm going to see Cap. Phillips. I heard Cap. phillips is really good so I'm okay. But my friends don't wanna see gravity cause they think it looks boring, I really wanted to strangle them
UlisesMX
UlisesMX - 10/13/2013, 12:57 PM
Sorry to see how Machete crashed and burned...
CaptainAmerica31
CaptainAmerica31 - 10/13/2013, 1:00 PM
Alfonso would do DC before Marvel if he ever decided to do a CBM. WB allows for more creative directors to do their thing. Marvel, not so much
FreedomFreeLife
FreedomFreeLife - 10/13/2013, 1:00 PM
vincentvega, look at imdb score, look at rotten, star trek highest rated action movie this year. YOU FAIL !
FreedomFreeLife
FreedomFreeLife - 10/13/2013, 1:03 PM
Star Trek Into Darkness
imdb: 7.9
metascore: 72/100
rotten tomatoes: 87% by critics, 90% by audience


Man of Steel
imdb: 7.6
metascore: 55/100
rotten tomateoes: 56% by critics, 76% by audience
FreedomFreeLife
FreedomFreeLife - 10/13/2013, 1:07 PM
Man of Steel
imdb: 7.6
metascore: 55/100
rotten tomateoes: 56% by critics, 76% by audience

Iron Man 3
imdb: 7.4
metascore: 62/10
rotten tomatoes: 79% by critics, 81% by audience


Even Iron Man 3 is higher rated than man of creep. man of crap is biggest crap i ever seen.
3DWitchHunt
3DWitchHunt - 10/13/2013, 1:11 PM
If we took IMDB, RT, or MC as the end-all, be-all dictators of good movies, then TDKR would be one the the greatest CBMs ever, and I know how much some of you will disagree with that, so STFU FreedomFreeLife
Kyos
Kyos - 10/13/2013, 1:15 PM
Stop the fighting guys! Let's just be happy about Gravity's well-deserved success, and mourn Machete's crash landing.
ATrueHero1987
ATrueHero1987 - 10/13/2013, 1:17 PM
lol, there's always 1 or 2 people on here that will somehow relate it to Marvel & DC. smdh, y'all are something...
flames809
flames809 - 10/13/2013, 1:26 PM
he would be a perfect director for green lantern seeing how gravity is in space.. just imagine a movie of green lantern all being in space? how awesome would that be or even a justice league movie directed by this guy would be good.
flames809
flames809 - 10/13/2013, 1:32 PM
vv is right of wb making the best sci fi movies this year.
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