For a moment, it looked as if this week's only wide-release debut, Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones, would be winning 2014's first weekend box office. Not so fast. Disney's animated feature Frozen took advantage of a wintry weekend to reclaim the top spot well over a month after its release. Other 2013 blockbuster holdovers The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire are still going strong, with the year's end releases filling out the rest of the list.
While it sets a debut-weekend box office low for the Paranormal Activity franchise, the spin-off still managed to bring in over $18 million on a reported budget of only $5 million, and without a Halloween release date to boost sales. As a financial polar opposite, the Universal write-down 47 Ronin has fallen out of the top ten after another dismal showing. Here's the top ten films from this weekend's box office:
|
Title |
Weekend |
Total |
|
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1. |
Frozen |
$20,722,000 |
$297.8 |
|
2. |
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones |
$18,200,000 |
$18.2 |
|
3. |
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug |
$16,250,000 |
$229.6 |
|
4. |
The Wolf of Wall Street |
$13,400,000 |
$63.3 |
|
5. |
American Hustle |
$13,200,000 |
$88.7 |
|
6. |
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues |
$11,100,000 |
$109.2 |
|
7. |
Saving Mr. Banks |
$9,057,000 |
$59.3 |
|
8. |
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty |
$8,200,000 |
$45.7 |
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9. |
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire |
$7,400,000 |
$407.5 |
|
10. |
Grudge Match |
$5,410,000 |
$25.0 |