Home-invasion horror just received a major boost at the box-office as the genre flick "The Purge", starring Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey, surged to the top spot this weekend with an unexpected gross of $36M, which is more than great considering that the movie cost only $3M to make. Initial expectations placed the movie somewhere in the vicinity of $20M, but after it grossed $16M on Friday alone, it was clear that "The Purge" would be a sleeper hit. "The Internship" which re-teamed Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn for the first time since 2005's "The Wedding Crashers", couldn't make much of a box-office dent. The comedy opened at #4 with a weak $18M versus a $58M budget.
"Fast & Furious 6" had to drop down to second place, but it's still going strong with $19.7M over the weekend and a worldwide total that is close to the $600M mark. M. Night Shyamalan's box-office bomb "After Earth" sank to #7 after last week's disappointing opening weekend and only managed to rake in a total of $46M domestically and another $48M internationally. Sony was hoping that the sci-fi adventure could reedem itself internationally, but even though the studio will eventually recoup their investment, they won't make much of a profit and the outlook for the planned trilogy is grim.
More box-office details and the complete top 10, after the jump.
New Wide Releases: "The Purge", "The Internship".
Biggest Drop : "After Earth" (-59%)
Smallest Drop : "Epic" (-27%)
Biggest Drop : "After Earth" (-59%)
Smallest Drop : "Epic" (-27%)
| Rank | Title | Weekend | Domestic | Foreign | Budget | Days |
1
|
The Purge
|
$36M
|
$36M
|
$3M
|
$3M
|
3
|
2
|
Fast & Furious 6
|
$19.7M
|
$202M
|
$381M
|
$160M
|
17
|
3
|
Now You See Me
|
$19.5M
|
$61M
|
$3M
|
$75M
|
10
|
4
|
The Internship
|
$18M
|
$18M
|
N/A
|
$58M
|
3
|
5
|
Epic
|
$12M
|
$84M
|
$105M
|
$100M
|
17
|
6
|
Star Trek Into Darkness
|
$11.7M
|
$200M
|
$176M
|
$190M
|
25
|
7
|
After Earth
|
$11.2M
|
$46M
|
$48M
|
$130M
|
10
|
8
|
The Hangover Part III
|
$7M
|
$102M
|
$110M
|
$103M
|
18
|
9
|
Iron Man 3
|
$5.7M
|
$394M
|
$802M
|
$200M
|
38
|
10
|
The Great Gatsby
|
$4M
|
$136M
|
$120M
|
$105M
|
31
|
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