While Disney and Marvel’s "The Avengers" continues to smash box office records domestically ($200.3 million) and overseas ($440 million), there are still nine other features jockeying for dominance on the box office charts.
While Disney and Marvel’s The Avengers continues to smash box office records domestically ($200.3 million) and overseas ($440 million), there are still nine other features jockeying for dominance on the box office charts:
Ensemble comedy Think Like a Man, adapted from Steve Harvey'sbest-selling advice book Act Like a Lady, came in second this weekend, bringing in $8 million for a total of $73 million.
Lionsgate's blockbuster The Hunger Games held on at number three in its seventh week out, earning $5.7 million for a total of $380.7 million.
At number four, the Warner Bros. film adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' The Lucky One, starring Zac Efron, brought in $5.5 million for a total of $40 million.
The stop-motion animated The Pirates! Band of Misfits, from Sony and Aardman, came in fifth, bringing in $5.4 million for a total of $18.6 million.
Universal’s Five Year Engagement, starring Jason Segel and Emily Blunt, slid down to sixth place on its second weekend out, earning $5.1 million for a total of $19.3 million.
Relativity’s The Raven, directed by James McTeigue (V for Vendetta) and starring John Cusack as Edgar Allen Poe, came in seventh place for the second week in a row, making $2.5 million for a total of $12 million.
Lionsgate’s Safe moved down to eighth place this weekend, the film’s second week out, bringing in $2.5 million for a total of $12.9 million.
In ninth place, Disney’s nature documentary The Chimpanzee brought in $2.4 million for a total of $23 million.
Rounding out the list at number 10, the Farrelly Brothers adaptation of The Three Stooges earned $1.8 million for a total of $39.6 million.
Box office numbers were obtained on boxofficemojo.com.
Formerly Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network, Jennifer Wolfe has worked in the Media & Entertainment industry as a writer and PR professional since 2003.
