An overwhelmingly positive response from festival screenings turned Gravity into a box office powerhouse, with it earning $55.5 million in its opening weekend. With a estimated production budget of around $100 million, Gravity should have no problem getting out of the red over the next couple of weeks. Early Oscar buzz and the lead actors being household names should also keep this movie in the top ten for quite some time.
Aside from Cloudy with A Chance of Meatballs 2, none of the other films in the top ten managed to reach $10 million. In general, things tend to be slow around this time of year, so it's not unexpected. October is really light on horror movies this month, so Insidious Chapter 2 is still hanging in there. The movie was produced for $5 million and is nearing the $75 million mark in US ticket sales.
Next week sees the wide release of Captain Phillips and Machete Kills. Here are the top ten results for this weekend.
1. Gravity - $55,550,000
2. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 - $21,500,000
3. Runner Runner - $7,600,000
4. Prisoners - $5,700,000
5. Rush - $4,408,000
6. Don Jon - $4,160,000
7. Baggage Claim - $4,125,000
8. Insidious Chapter 2 - $3,876,000
9. Pulling Strings - $2,500,000
10. Enough Said - $2,150,000
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