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Monday, September 30, 2013

Box office

CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF BOX OFFICE: Three debuts made the Top 5, led by Sony’s sure thing, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2, which took in a solid if not spectacular $35m.The harrowing Prisoners hung around in its second weekend, edging Ron Howard’s Formula One film Rush, which, while not technically a debut, opened in only five theaters the previous weekend. Urban rom-com Baggage Claim won the battle for #4 by just $300k over Don Jon, Joseph Gordon-Leavitt’s provocative directorial review.

1. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (Sony) – $35m, 4,001/$8,748 average (debut)
2. Prisoners (WB) – $11.3m (-45.9%), 3,290/$3,426 average (week 2)
3. Rush (Uni.) – $10.3m (+5,407%), 2,297/$4,490 average (week 2)
4. Baggage Claim (Fox Searchlight) – $9.3m, 2,027/$4,588 average (debut)
5. Don Jon (Relativity) –$9m, 2,422/$3,716 average (debut)

As for the movie you care about, Metallica Through the Never (Picturehouse) earned just under $1.7m, averaging $5,482 on 305 screens. (9/30a)

 
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