While it has still made out big and done massive business, the audience and critical favorite Lone Survivor fell to second place at the box office with an estimated $23.2 million. Its successor? The buddy cop comedy Ride Along, which did not make the critics happy, but did some nice business for itself with an estimated $41.2 million at the box office…especially nice business considering that is the highest opening domestic weekend of any January release. Third-place finisher The Nut Job (estimated $20.6 million) fell short of being profitable (or of being critically acclaimed), but did surprisingly well against its own $42 million costs. However, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, while it did score well enough with critics, was only able to pick up an estimated $17.2 million against a much higher $60 million budget.
Despite a tumble to fifth, Frozen can still draw a crowd, even after nine weeks, earning an estimated $12 million and the title of box office smash with its $332.6 million domestic total. American Hustle is not looking too shabby, either, its $10.6 million estimate adding extra flair to a film that has already broken the $100 million barrier. Not likely to reach that lofty height is Devil’s Due, but even at an $8.5 million estimate the found footage horror flick has already made a profit (though a razor thin one compared to the past performance of similar films; Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones has reached $31.2 million for its third week).
August: Osage County moved up in the rankings and in earnings, picking up wider release and an estimated $7.6 million at the same time. The Wolf of Wall Street sank with an estimated $7.5 million, but the Martin Scorsese film is still likely to break even domestically, having earned $90.3 million in four weeks and broken the $100 million barrier counting its worldwide sales. But leave it to Walt Disney to once again go out a box office winner, even when Disney is the subject and not solely the producer; Saving Mr. Banks, with an estimated $4.1 million, has so far earned $75.4 million on a $35 million budget.
[box_light]Weekend Box Office (January 17th – January 19th)
- Ride Along…$41.2 million
- Lone Survivor…$23.2 million
- The Nut Job…$20.6 million
- Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit…$17.2 million
- Frozen…$12 million
- American Hustle…$10.6 million
- Devil’s Due…$8.5 million
- August: Osage County…$7.6 million
- The Wolf of Wall Street…$7.5 million
- Saving Mr. Banks…$4.1 million
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