Weekend Box Office Update

After holding off the competition for the past few weeks it was Bad Grandpa that bumped Gravity off the top spot at the US box office. The Jackass spinoff carried a production budget of only $15 million and earned an estimated $32 million this weekend.  Gravity held onto second place, adding another $20 million to its total. The movie is just shy of the $200 mark, having earned $199.8 in the US since opening.

There isn't anything else too exciting to report about in the top ten, with the exception of 12 Years a Slave. The movie managed to earn $2.1 million and take eighth place on only 123 screens. This is a movie that will continue to gain momentum and increase its screen count over the coming months as it should be a major Oscar contender. Looking at horror at the box office, Carrie is the last major horror theatrical release for the year and it had a pretty weak second weekend, earning only $5.6 million and taking sixth place. To date, the movie has made $26 million in the US.

Next weekend sees the release of Ender's Game, Free Birds, and Last Vegas. Here are the top ten results for this weekend:

1. Bad Grandpa - $32,000,000
2. Gravity - $20,300,000
3. Captain Phillips - $11,800,000
4. The Counselor - $8,000,000
5. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 - $6,100,000
6. Carrie - $5,900,000
7. Escape Plan - $4,340,000
8. 12 Years a Slave - $2,150,000
9. Enough Said - $1,555,000
10. Prisoners - $1,063,000