Hercules pushes to the top of the box office in first weekend

Alex Hayes

July 28, 2014 4:25

Hercules muscled its way to the top of the box office charts this week with Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s new film grabbing $3.514m in its opening weekend to knock Dawn of the Planet of the Apes into second spot.

Bawdy comedy Mrs Brown, based on the sitcom Mrs Brown’s Boys, grabbed third place with $1.789m since opening last Thursday on just 293 screens. Hercules is playing on 441 screens.

Heavily promoted rom com Sex Tape was pushed down to fourth taking $1.437m in its second week on 288 screens, whilst Dawn of the Planet of the Apes now has a total takings of $15.496m, taking $1.81m this weekend.

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Alex Hayes

Alex Hayes worked for Mumbrella from 2013 to 2017 in roles including editor and head of Mumbrella Bespoke.

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