It's hard to compete with a horror film in the pre-Halloween weekend, which is why "Ouija" had little competition this week. The PG-13 flick earned $20 million in its first three days and it could continue its solid run throughout the Halloween weekend.
However, the High Achiever of the Week Award belongs to "John Wick", Keanu Reeves's highly acclaimed return to action form. The film opened in second place with $14 million, a modest sum, but more than was initially predicted. While the film didn't have much of a publicity campaign, it did receive plenty of glowing reviews and it's currently rated 8,3 on IMdB.com, which could translate to a solid word-of-mouth advantage in the following week, as opposed to "Ouija" which is scored 4,3 on the same website.
"Fury" maintained a solid second week in third place, earning another $13 million this weekend, which brings its domestic total to $46 million, not a lot when compared to its $68 million budget. "Gone Girl" follows close behind with $11 million. David Fincher's thriller is enjoying a more comfortable box-office performance with a worldwide total of $242 million split roughly even between domestic and foreign markets.
The top 5 is rounded up by "The Book of Life" which only fell 29% from the previous weekend, raising another $9.8 million for a $29.9 million domestic total.
New Wide Releases: "John Wick", "Ouija".
Biggest Drop : "Dracula Untold" (-56%)
Smallest Drop : "Gone Girl" (-36%)
Biggest Drop : "Dracula Untold" (-56%)
Smallest Drop : "Gone Girl" (-36%)
| Rank | Title | Weekend | Domestic | Foreign | Budget | Days |
1
|
Ouija
|
$20M
|
$20M
|
$1.3M
|
N/A
|
3
|
2
|
John Wick
|
$14M
|
$14M
|
N/A
|
$20M
|
3
|
3
|
Fury
|
$13M
|
$46M
|
$11M
|
$68M
|
10
|
4
|
Gone Girl
|
$11M
|
$124M
|
$118M
|
$61M
|
24
|
5
|
The Book of Life
|
$9.8M
|
$29.9M
|
$17M
|
$50M
|
10
|
6
|
St Vincent
|
$8M
|
$9.1M
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
17
|
7
|
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
|
$7M
|
$45M
|
$11M
|
$28M
|
17
|
8
|
The Best of Me
|
$4.7M
|
$17.6M
|
$1.9M
|
$26M
|
10
|
9
|
The Judge
|
$4.3M
|
$34M
|
$8.7M
|
$50M
|
17
|
10
|
Dracula Untold
|
$4.3M
|
$48M
|
$117M
|
$70M
|
17
|
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