The Maze Runner kicked things off
late Thursday evening with
$1.1M and then followed that up with a
$9.9M Friday. That puts 20th Century Fox's film on pace for an opening weekend north of
$30M. Those estimates give it a shot of making back its
$34M+ production budget right out of the gate. That's gotta be music to the ears of Fox executives. The film is based on a best-selling young-adult novel and stars
Dylan O’Brien from
MTV’s Teen Wolf. Audiences seemed to have liked it as they gave it a solid
'A-' CinemaScore.
Also opening this weekend, was
Liam Neeson’s A Walk Among the Tombstones. It'll finish in second with a lackluster
$14M - falling well short of the recent
$19M prediction. On the upside, the film only
cost $23M. On the downside, audiences didn't seem to care for the R-rated flick as they only gave it a
'B-' CinemaScore. For comparison, last February Neeson's Hitchcockian thriller
Non-Stop opened with $28.8M and in January of 2012 his man vs. nature film
The Grey opened with
$19.6M.
1). The Maze Runner (FOX), 3,064 theaters / $11M to $11.5M Fri.
3-day est. cume: $30M to $32M / Wk 1
2). A Walk Among the Tombstones (UNI), 2,712 theaters / $4.75M Fri.
3-day cume: $13.9M to $14M / Wk 1
3). This is Where I Leave You (WB), 2,868 theaters / $4M Fri.
3-day cume: $11.7M / Wk 1
4). No Good Deed (SONY), 2,175 theaters (0) / $2.8M to $3M Fri.
3-day cume: $9.5M to $10M (-67%) / Total cume: $39M to $40M / Wk 2
5). Dolphin Tale 2 (WB), 3,656 theaters (0) / $2.1M Fri.
3-day cume: $8.2M to $8.5M (-48%) / Total cume: $26.3M / Wk 2
6). Guardians of the Galaxy (DIS), 2,846 theaters (-258) / $1.39M Fri.
3-day cume: $5.3M / Total cume: $313.9M / Wk 8
7/8). Let’s Be Cops (FOX), 2,312 theaters (-443) / $750K Fri.
3-day cume: $2.5M / Total cume: $77M / Wk 6
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PAR), 2,348 theaters (-609) / $650K Friday
3-day cume: $2.75M / Total cume: $185M / Wk 7
9). The Drop (FSL), 1,192 theaters (+383) / $675K Fri.
3-day cume: $2.13M (-52%) / Total cume: $7.7M / Wk 2
10). If I Stay (WB), 2,371 theaters (-669) / $550K Fri.
3-day cume: $1.85M / Total cume: $48M / Wk 5
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When Thomas (O'Brien) wakes up trapped in a massive maze with a group of other boys, he has no memory of the outside world other than strange dreams about a mysterious organization known as W.C.K.D. Only by piecing together fragments of his past with clues he discovers in the maze can Thomas hope to uncover his true purpose and a way to escape. Based on the best-selling novel by James Dashner.