After a few lackluster weekends at the box office, it looks like fall has another smash with Disney’s new animated video-game comedy Wreck It Ralph. The well-reviewed film is not only a front-runner for an Animated Picture Oscar nom, but it took in a bigger than expected $49 million. It held off another strong debut from Denzel Washington‘s fantastic and Oscar worthy new drama Flight which pulled in $25 million. That is a giant number for a studio drama these days by the way and deservedly so. I gave the film an “A” grade… The final new film debuting this week was Universal’s action film The Man With the Iron Fists starring Russell Crowe, Lucy Liu and writer/director RZA which opened to a blah $ 8 million…. For more info on all the numbers, head to Box Office Mojo here and check out the new top ten below.
TW LW Title (click to view) Studio Weekend Gross % Change Theater Count / Change Average Total Gross Budget* Week #
1 N Wreck-It Ralph BV $49,100,000 – 3,752 – $13,086 $49,100,000 $165 1
2 N Flight Par. $25,010,000 – 1,884 – $13,275 $25,010,000 $31 1
3 1 Argo WB $10,245,000 -15.2% 2,774 -81 $3,693 $75,896,000 $44.5 4
4 N The Man with the Iron Fists Uni. $8,219,000 – 1,868 – $4,400 $8,219,000 $15 1
5 6 Taken 2 Fox $6,000,000 -22.2% 2,639 -356 $2,274 $125,667,000 $45 5
6 2 Cloud Atlas WB $5,250,000 -45.4% 2,013 +5 $2,608 $18,262,000 – 2
7 3 Hotel Transylvania Sony $4,500,000 -52.4% 2,922 -354 $1,540 $137,568,000 $85 6
8 4 Paranormal Activity 4 Par. $4,300,000 -49.5% 3,006 -406 $1,430 $49,577,000 $5 3
9 7 Here Comes the Boom Sony $3,600,000 -30.9% 2,314 -177 $1,556 $35,572,000 – 4
10 5 Silent Hill: Revelation 3D ORF $3,300,000 -58.9% 2,933 – $1,125 $13,900,000 $20 2
