Monday, October 21, 2013

Weekend Box Office Wrap Up: October 20, 2013

The first (and only) horror release of October makes a play for the top spot, while its fellow new releases flounder at the box office.

For the third weekend in a row, the number 1 film is Gravity with $31 million. As if three straight weeks at number 1 wasn’t enough, Gravity is now the 10th highest grossing film of 2013 with $170 million. More importantly, the film is showing no signs of letting up, and could conceivably work its way into the top 5.

In at number 2 for the second week is Captain Phillips with $17.3 million. Despite some questions about the authenticity of the picture, the Tom Hanks drama retained a good part of its audience – dropping only 32% – and is just below its $55 million budget with $53 million in domestic grosses.