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Posted February 3, 2014 by Seth Paul in News
 
 

Box Office Weekend: Ride Along Keeps Pace With Third Week on Top


Ride Along may not have appeared to be a likely candidate to break a box office record or hold the first-place spot for three weeks (considering its critical reception), but it certainly has done so, and with an estimated $12.3 million pushes close to the $100 million domestic mark, leaving the door closed shut on any other new debuts. It was the only film in the line-up this week to make it into the double digits, with Frozen jumping up the list to second with an estimated $9.3 million (and a hefty $360 million domestic take to boot), and the Zac Efron starring R-rated romantic comedy That Awkward Moment debuting at $9 million. While that $9 million start would normally not bode well for a new release, the $8 million budgeted comedy has already turned a profit; even the critical backlash cannot stop it from being at least a mild success.

Ride AlongThe Nut Job took a lead against Lone Survivor (estimated $7.6 against estimated $7.2 million, respectively), and though both films turned out to be profitable, Lone Survivor still leads through domestic gross with $104.9 million. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit has faltered on the domestic front, its estimated $5.4 million only adding up to $39 million on domestic earnings, but outside the United States it has done much better, and in worldwide sales has broken the $100 million mark. But all three are still doing a long sight better than Labor Day. The Jason Reitman directed romantic drama not only scored poorly with critics, its estimated $5.3 million is not a good start against its $18 million budget.

In the last three spots, American Hustle chugs along just fine, its $4.3 million estimate adding to a fine $132.1 million domestic box office, and The Wolf of Wall Street broke even domestically with its estimated $3.6 million (though the Scorsese effort has been striking it rich worldwide). However, the biggest flop of the weekend has to be I, Frankenstein. Failing to find an audience anywhere, the $65 million action blockbuster took in only an estimated $3.5 million for the weekend, and has not even earned back half its costs in worldwide ticket sales.

Weekend Box Office (January 31st – February 2nd)

  1. Ride Along…$12.3 million
  2. Frozen…$9.3 million
  3. That Awkward Moment…$9 million
  4. The Nut Job…$7.6 million
  5. Lone Survivor…$7.2 million
  6. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit…$5.4 million
  7. Labor Day…$5.3 million
  8. American Hustle…$4.3 million
  9. The Wolf of Wall Street…$3.6 million
  10. I, Frankenstein…$3.5 million
Seth Paul

Seth Paul

When not failing to write novels and screenplays, box-office guru Seth writes humorous comedy tracks for films under the name "The One Man Band" that can be found at Rifftrax.com. Although, he has recently succeeded in writing the novella "Jack Alan and the Case of the Not-Exactly Rocket Scientists," available as an eBook on Amazon. He is also the English voice of Zak in "Zak McKracken: Between Time and Space."