The sci-fi adventure "Ender's Game" was this weekend's top movie, earning $28 million. The film is an adaptation of Orson Scott Card's classic sci-fi novel and was considered for years a book that is impossible to adapt for the big screen. So far, the Gavin Hood directed epic is off to a good start, but it will be extremely hard for the movie to earn back its $110 million budget, especially since the foreign gross is not very impressive, so far ($9 million).
Dropping down to No. 2 is the Jackass comedy "Bad Grandpa" which has managed a strong hold, dropping only 36% in its second weekend and bringing its total gross to $79 million worldwide versus a budget of just $15 million. The R-rated comedy is definitely one of the year's big hits.
The comedy "Last Vegas", boasting big stars like Robert De Niro, Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Kline, opened at No. 3 with $16.5 million, much better than most expected. The film only cost $28 million, so it should be able to recouperate the costs and even turn a profit.
The other new release of the week, the animated feature "Free Birds" did not perform so well. The film grossed $16 million versus a budget of $55 million, which is definitely not good.
"Gravity" rounds up the top 5, still strong with $13 million grossed over the weekend, which brings its amazing total to $426 million worldwide.
More box-office details and the complete top 10, after the jump.
New Wide Releases: "Ender's Game", "Last Vegas", "Free Birds".
Biggest Drop : "The Counselor" (-58%)
Smallest Drop : "Captain Phillips" (-27%)
Biggest Drop : "The Counselor" (-58%)
Smallest Drop : "Captain Phillips" (-27%)
| Rank | Title | Weekend | Domestic | Foreign | Budget | Days |
1
|
Ender's Game
|
$28M
|
$28M
|
$9M
|
$110M
|
3
|
2
|
Bad Grandpa
|
$20.5M
|
$62M
|
$17M
|
$15M
|
10
|
3
|
Last Vegas
|
$16.5M
|
$16.5M
|
N/A
|
$28M
|
3
|
4
|
Free Birds
|
$16M
|
$16M
|
N/A
|
$55M
|
3
|
5
|
Gravity
|
$13M
|
$219M
|
$207M
|
$100M
|
31
|
6
|
Captain Phillips
|
$8.5M
|
$82M
|
$26M
|
$55M
|
24
|
7
|
12 Years a Slave
|
$4.6M
|
$8.7M
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
17
|
8
|
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
|
$4M
|
$106M
|
$49M
|
$78M
|
38
|
9
|
Carrie
|
$3.4M
|
$31M
|
$3M
|
$30M
|
17
|
10
|
The Counselor
|
$3.2M
|
$13M
|
$3.4M
|
$25M
|
10
|
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