First place was taken, surprisingly, by the true story drama "The Butler", directed by Lee Daniels ("Precious") and starring Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey alongside a huge cast of stars. The film grossed $25 million in three days versus a 30 million budget.
The comic book adaptation sequel "Kick-Ass 2" failed to impress at the box-office. Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloe Grace Moretz and Jim Carrey, the ultra-violent action comedy grossed $13 million and claimed fourth place in its opening weekend. The first film opened with $19 million and went on to gross $96 million worldwide. Not big money, but it was expected that the sequel would perform at least slightly better. Anyway, "Kick-Ass 2" is low budget flick ($28 million), so it shouldn't have any trouble recouperating its costs.
The Steve Jobs biopic "Jobs" tanked. The Ashton Kutcher starrer only grossed 6.7 million. On a positive note, the film only cost $12 million to make, so there won't be any problems on the investment side of things.
The corporate thriller "Paranoia" starring Liam Hemsworth, Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman and Amber Heard proved to be an even more spectacular failure. The film grossed $3.5 million in its first three days and did not make it in the top 10.
More box-office details and the complete top 10, after the jump.
New Wide Releases: "Lee Daniels' The Butler", "Kick-Ass 2", "Jobs", "Paranoia".
Biggest Drop : "Elysium" (-54%)
Smallest Drop : "We're the Millers" (-32%)
Biggest Drop : "Elysium" (-54%)
Smallest Drop : "We're the Millers" (-32%)
| Rank | Title | Weekend | Domestic | Foreign | Budget | Days |
1
|
Lee Daniels' The Butler
|
$25M
|
$25M
|
N/A
|
$30M
|
3
|
2
|
We're the Millers
|
$17.7M
|
$69M
|
N/A
|
$37M
|
12
|
3
|
Elysium
|
$13.6M
|
$55M
|
$37M
|
$115M
|
10
|
4
|
Kick-Ass 2
|
$13.5M
|
$13.5M
|
$6.3M
|
$28M
|
3
|
5
|
Planes
|
$13M
|
$45M
|
$7M
|
$50M
|
10
|
6
|
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
|
$8M
|
$38M
|
$36M
|
$90M
|
12
|
7
|
Jobs
|
$6.7M
|
$6.7M
|
N/A
|
$12M
|
3
|
8
|
2 Guns
|
$5.5M
|
$59M
|
N/A
|
$61M
|
17
|
9
|
The Smurfs 2
|
$4.6M
|
$56M
|
$150M
|
$105M
|
19
|
10
|
The Wolverine
|
$4.4M
|
$120M
|
$214M
|
$120M
|
24
|
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