Lee Daniels’ The Butler easily took the top spot in its opening weekend with $25 million. The weekend’s other two new releases, Kick-Ass 2 and Jobs didn’t even earn $25 million combined. The comedy, We’re the Millers, had another good weekend and held onto the #2 spot, while last week’s #1, Elysium, slid to third.
Here is The Top 10 for the weekend of August 16 – 18, 2013:
1. Lee Daniels’ The Butler ($25,010,000)
2. We’re the Millers ($17,780,000)
3. Elysium ($13,600,000)
4. Kick-Ass 2 ($13,568,000)
5. Planes ($13,141,000)
6. Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters ($8,375,000)
7. Jobs ($6,700,000)
8. 2 Guns ($5,572,000)
9. The Smurfs 2 ($4,600,000)
10. The Wolverine ($4,425,000)
New Movies in bold.
Figures from Box Office Mojo
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