Here Comes the Boom debuted in fifth with an estimated $12 million, the film not doing much for critics, but whether the Kevin James comedy about a teacher who enters the MMA fighting circuit remains to be seen whether it will be a success, considering it has a $42 million budget to cover. Meanwhile, Pitch Perfect, Frankenweenie, and Looper do decent return business, Pitch Perfect already a winner at $36.1 million domestic with an estimated $9.3 million this weekend, Frankenweenie struggling at $22 million domestic with an estimated $7 million, and Looper making good with $51.4 million domestic with an estimated $6.3 million. While not burning up the box office like Taken or Hotel Transylvania, only Frankenweenie, like ParaNorman before it, the stop-motion film cannot seem to make up its $39 million production costs, despite good reviews.
The ninthand tenthspots belong to a debut and a new-to-wide-release title. Seven Psychopaths appears to be making good with critics and audiences, but its box office take is less than stellar, the crime-comedy ensemble earning an estimated $4.3 million, a low take even on its relatively scant $15 million budget. The Perks of Being a Wallflower, based on the 1999 novel and produced by John Malkovich, starts its fourth week on what is likely to be a success on its own terms; while it has no available budget numbers, the Summit Entertainment production earned an estimated $2.2 million and $6.2 million domestically.
Weekend Box-Office (October 12th – October 14th)
- Taken 2…$22.5 million
- Argo…$20.1 million
- Sinister…$18.3 million
- Hotel Transylvania…$17.3 million
- Here Comes the Boom…$12 million
- Pitch Perfect…$9.3 million
- Frankenweenie…$7 million
- Looper…$6.3 million
- Seven Psychopaths…$4.3 million
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower…$2.2 million
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