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rottenwatch box office:
98% Gravity
59% Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
08% Runner Runner
80% Prisoners
88% Rush (2013)
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53% Pulling Strings
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n/a Grace Unplugged
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metacritic box office:
Box Office: Gravity Soars With Record $55 Million October Launch. Fox's 'Runner Runner' underperforms with $7.6 million domestic opening
In a record-setting debut, Warner Bros. 3D space epic Gravity scored a starry estimated $55.6 million, of which mega-screen exhib Imax a significant partner on the film, considering the push the studio gave helmer Alfonso Cuarons cutting-edge filmmaking contributed $11.2 million domestically. Both totals were records for October.
The overall three-day gross for Gravity, boosted by a whopping 80% from 3D, eclipsed the months previous record holder, Paranormal Acitvity 3, which earned $52.6 million in 2011.
The weekends other wide release, Foxs Ben Affleck-Justin Timerlake actioner Runner Runner, grossed a meager $7.6 million Stateside. The studio launched the film last weekend internationally; the pics worldwide total so far is $31.1 million.
Despite the benchmark bow for Gravity, weekend totals still trailed this time last year, when Taken 2″ earned $49 million, plus holdover Hotel Transylvania grossed $27 million in its second frame. This year, Sonys family-friendly leftover, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2, grossed $21.5 million in its sophomore outing, lifting its Stateside cume to $60.6 million.
With Gravity, Warners risked trying to achieve a tentpole-sized opening this time of year. The films bow, a significant coup for the studios marketing and distribution teams, became the largest domestic opening for stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, as well as the second-largest for Cuaron, behind Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
Meanwhile, Sonys week-early sneak of Captain Phillips saw enthusiastic responses, according to the studio, with 75% capacity at approximately 800 locations. Many markets were sell-outs including New Yorks Lincoln Square, but also places like Plano, Texas, Minneapolis and Vancouver.
In a record-setting debut, Warner Bros. 3D space epic Gravity scored a starry estimated $55.6 million, of which mega-screen exhib Imax a significant partner on the film, considering the push the studio gave helmer Alfonso Cuarons cutting-edge filmmaking contributed $11.2 million domestically. Both totals were records for October.
The overall three-day gross for Gravity, boosted by a whopping 80% from 3D, eclipsed the months previous record holder, Paranormal Acitvity 3, which earned $52.6 million in 2011.
The weekends other wide release, Foxs Ben Affleck-Justin Timerlake actioner Runner Runner, grossed a meager $7.6 million Stateside. The studio launched the film last weekend internationally; the pics worldwide total so far is $31.1 million.
Despite the benchmark bow for Gravity, weekend totals still trailed this time last year, when Taken 2″ earned $49 million, plus holdover Hotel Transylvania grossed $27 million in its second frame. This year, Sonys family-friendly leftover, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2, grossed $21.5 million in its sophomore outing, lifting its Stateside cume to $60.6 million.
With Gravity, Warners risked trying to achieve a tentpole-sized opening this time of year. The films bow, a significant coup for the studios marketing and distribution teams, became the largest domestic opening for stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, as well as the second-largest for Cuaron, behind Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
Meanwhile, Sonys week-early sneak of Captain Phillips saw enthusiastic responses, according to the studio, with 75% capacity at approximately 800 locations. Many markets were sell-outs including New Yorks Lincoln Square, but also places like Plano, Texas, Minneapolis and Vancouver.
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