Thompson on Hollywood: Weekend Box Office Top Ten: 'The Purge' Beats Big-Budget Rivals

Thompson on Hollywood Thompson on Hollywood from IndieWire

Weekend Box Office Top Ten: 'The Purge' Beats Big-Budget Rivals Jun 9th 2013, 17:12 Ethan Hawke is smiling. "The Purge" kicked its rivals to the curb with a surprise $36 million opening. After two weekends that pulled ahead of last year's numbers (a rare occurrence in 2013), grosses slipped back to their customary falloff. The top 10 totaled around $145 million, down $25 million from last year. That's because there were no top-end new releases (next week "Man of Steel" will challenge "Iron Man 3"'s record as the summer's biggest opener), but it's not a good sign. Universal's continuing to deliver at the box office as "Purge" joins Lionsgate/Summit "Now You See Me" as a strong unheralded overperformer, ending up an easy #1, grossing in the mid-$30 million range, great for its cost, but at the low end for a summertime #1. Fox' "The Internship" fell short of two holdovers for a more modest $18 million. 1. Purge (Universal) NEW - Cinemascore: C; Criticwire grade: C+; Metacritic score: 43 $36,400,000 in 2,536 theaters; PSA (per screen average): $14,353,000;... Media files: the-purge.jpg (image/jpeg)

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