Director James Wan continues his winning streak with the debut of his horror sequel "Insidious: Chapter 2". The film, which garnered mixed reviews, performed extremely well and occupied the top spot in force with a gross of $41 million in three days. Even more amazing for the filmmaker, and the studio backing him, is that the sequel only cost $5 million to make. By comparison, the first "Insidious" opened with $13 million and ended up grossing $97 million worldwide, versus a $1.5 million budget. Wan's other haunted house horror released this year, "The Conjuring", was also wildly successful and earned an identical $41 million in its opening weekend and a total worldwide gross of $270 million. Even though his horror skills have turned out to be extremely profitable, James Wan is now moving on to a different kind of franchise. He is currently set to direct "Fast & Furious 7".
The R-rated mob action comedy "The Family" starring Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer and Dianna Agron, did not perform so well. The film managed to take second place in its opening weekend with a gross of $14 million. The Luc Besson film has a budget of $30 million to recover, but it shouldn't be that difficult to reach that milestone and maybe even turn a profit in the long run. The film has not yet been released overseas.
More box-office details and the complete top 10, after the jump.
The R-rated mob action comedy "The Family" starring Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer and Dianna Agron, did not perform so well. The film managed to take second place in its opening weekend with a gross of $14 million. The Luc Besson film has a budget of $30 million to recover, but it shouldn't be that difficult to reach that milestone and maybe even turn a profit in the long run. The film has not yet been released overseas.
More box-office details and the complete top 10, after the jump.
New Wide Releases: "Insidious: Chapter 2", "The Family".
Biggest Drop : "Riddick" (-63%)
Smallest Drop : "Blue Jasmine" (-23%)
Biggest Drop : "Riddick" (-63%)
Smallest Drop : "Blue Jasmine" (-23%)
| Rank | Title | Weekend | Domestic | Foreign | Budget | Days |
1
|
Insidious: Chapter 2
|
$41M
|
$41M
|
N/A
|
$5M
|
3
|
2
|
The Family
|
$14.5M
|
$14.5M
|
N/A
|
$30M
|
3
|
3
|
Riddick
|
$7M
|
$31M
|
$22M
|
$38M
|
10
|
4
|
Lee Daniels' The Butler
|
$5.5M
|
$100M
|
N/A
|
$30M
|
31
|
5
|
We're the Millers
|
$5.4M
|
$131M
|
$69M
|
$37M
|
40
|
6
|
Instructions Not Included
|
$4.2M
|
$26M
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
17
|
7
|
Planes
|
$3M
|
$82M
|
$55M
|
$50M
|
38
|
8
|
One Direction: This is Us
|
$2.4M
|
$26M
|
$31M
|
$10M
|
17
|
9
|
Elysium
|
$2M
|
$88M
|
$144M
|
$115M
|
38
|
10
|
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
|
$1.8M
|
$62M
|
$102M
|
$90M
|
40
|
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