Paranormal Activity 3' Breaks Records!
The former reigning two week champ, Real Steel from Disney drops to second place with $11.3 million in its third weekend of release against a 31% drop and a total domestic take of $67.2 million by Sunday night. Hugh Jackman stars in this story of an underdog robot boxing champ that goes back into the ring for a shot at redemption.
Paramount’s Footloose dances into its second weekend after a second place debut last weekend and with solid numbers that have placed among the top earners in the mid-week contest. This re-make of the 1984 blockbuster takes third place with $10.8 million and will finish out the weekend with around $31 million in total revenue.
Another newcomer jumps into the fourth spot as Summit Entertainment’s The Three Musketeers in 3-D slashed its way to a soft $8.8 million debut. The latest in a long line of big screen adaptations of the Alexandre Dumas classic, this PG-13 version stars Milla Jovavich and Matthew Macfadyen and had appeal to those looking for a bit of old school swashbuckling action at the multi-plex.
Fifth place goes to critical darling The Ides of March from Sony Starring Ryan Gosling and George Clooney. The political drama drew another $4.9 million in its third weekend of release and its domestic cumulative nears $30 million.
Johnny English Reborn from Universal starring British comedic actor Rowan Atkinson as a bungling secret agent debuted in eighth place with just $3.8 million. The film is the sequel to the 2003 spy comedy Johnny English.
The overall weekend was down about 7% despite the enormous and record-breaking debut of Paranormal Activity 3, but we should get a nice boost this coming weekend with Puss N Boots, The Rum Diary and In Time all set to hit theaters.
Weekend Box Office
Top Movies for Weekend of October 21, 2011 (Estimates)
Movie Weekend Gross Total to Date
1 Paranormal Activity 3 (NR) $54.0M $54.0M
2 Real Steel (PG13) $11.3M $67.2M
3 Footloose (PG-13) $10.85M $30.9M
4 The Three Musketeers (PG13) $8,8M $8.8M
5 The Ides of March (R) $4.9M $29.1M
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