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.
US horror film Deliver us From Evil was fifth best in its first week taking $999,680 in its first weekend on 152 screens.
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| Title (Distributor) |
Weekend B/O |
Screens |
Total B/O |
|---|
| Hercules (Paramount) |
$3,514,576 |
441 |
$3,535,595 |
| Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (Fox) |
$1,810,416 |
513 |
$15,496,710 |
| Mrs. Brown (Universal) |
$1,789,246 |
293 |
$1,873,372 |
| Sex Tape (Sony) |
$1,437,376 |
288 |
$4,768,077 |
| Deliver Us From Evil (Sony) |
$999,680 |
152 |
$1,011,634 |
| Jersey Boys (Wb) |
$528,093 |
0 |
$6,651,702 |
| Transformers: Age Of Extinction (Paramount) |
$506,409 |
0 |
$26,358,702 |
| 22 Jump Street (Sony) |
$437,027 |
184 |
$22,206,700 |
| How To Train Your Dragon 2 (Fox) |
$415,737 |
256 |
$25,538,946 |
| Kick (Mindblowing Films) |
$259,734 |
24 |
$259,734 |
| Calvary (Paramount) |
$253,593 |
0 |
$1,726,599 |
| Rio 2 (Fox) |
$247,891 |
202 |
$11,642,699 |
| The Lunchbox (Madman) |
$184,846 |
30 |
$833,259 |
| Still Life (Palace) |
$114,157 |
14 |
$197,498 |
| Charlie's Country (Eone) |
$108,055 |
33 |
$313,760 |
| Tinkerbell: The Pirate Fairy (Disney) |
$99,551 |
172 |
$3,662,400 |
| Maleficent (Disney) |
$67,102 |
69 |
$16,433,313 |
| Words & Pictures (Umbrella Ent.) |
$58,100 |
27 |
$173,728 |
| Snowpiercer (Roadshow) |
$52,412 |
2 |
$96,632 |
| Two Faces Of January (Studiocanal) |
$43,106 |
44 |
$1,178,792 |