Weekend Box Office Update

Holiday weekends usually result in big ticket sales, but that wasn't necessarily the case this time. Earning an estimated $17 million, One Direction: This Is Us was able to take the top spot away from The Butler.

As we focus on genre movies, we're going to move right to Elysium in 6th place. Although the movie didn't have a huge opening weekend, there have been decent ticket sales each week and the movie has earned a total of $78.4 million in the US. While it won't be as successful as District 9, Elysium's staying power in the US and international ticket sales should be enough to keep this movie in the black.

The World's End brought in $4.7 million in its second weekend and has earned a total of $16.5 million in the US since opening. With an estimated production budget of only $20 million, this isn't bad for the R-rated genre movie and it should perform better than Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead did during their US theatrical run.

Universal picked a great weekend for Riddick, which opens next Friday and is the only major studio release. Here are the top ten results for this weekend:

1. One Direction: This Is Us - $17,000,000
2. Lee Daniels’ The Butler - $14,742,000
3. We’re The Millers - $12,610,000
4. Planes - $7,756,000
5. Instructions Not Included - $7,500,000
6. Elysium - $6,300,000
7. The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones - $5,200,000
8. The World’s End - $4,759,000
9. Getaway - $4,505,000
10. Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters - $4,425,000