Sunday, 2 March 2014
Universal’s Non-Stop, starring Liam Neeson, surged ahead to take the lead in the weekend box office, snagging the spot from The Lego Movie, according to Forbes.
Universal’s Non-Stop, starring Liam Neeson, surged ahead to take the lead in the weekend box office, snagging the spot from The Lego Movie, according to Forbes.
Along with Neeson, the film stars Julianna Moore and 12 Years a Slave’s Oscar-nominated Lupita Nyong’o. The action thriller is set to bring in around $30 million over the course of this weekend. The Los Angeles Times reported that the action-packed film is expected to bring in $20 million over the course of the weekend.
20th Century Fox’s biblical film Son of God took the second spot and brought in $9.4 million. According to Forbes, half of that money ($4.5 million) was earned from advanced ticket sales made before the weekend. The film’s advertising was targeted more specifically at the religious movie-going market. Son of God was developed from the History Channel’s hit television miniseries, The Bible. According to The Los Angeles Times, churches and religious organizations have helped build hype and earnings for the film by renting out theaters and buying bulk amounts of tickets. The movie could possibly pass up Non-Stop for the top spot this weekend, and it is expected to break even (it cost $22 million to make).
“It feels like around $12 million, maybe $15 million,” said Chris Aronson, head of distribution at Fox in regards to Son of God’s possible box office success. ”But honestly, because of the faith-based element, we just don’t know, so it wouldn’t shock me if it did $25 million.”
The Lego Movie, with voice work done by Chris Pratt, Will Arnett and Elizabeth Banks, fell to third place with $4.4 million. Despite its fall, the comedy still fell less than 50% as compared to its box office performance last week. The family movie will likely pass the $200 million mark this Sunday, according to Forbes.
Kevin Costner’s recent film, 3 Days to Kill, grabbed the fourth spot and raked in only $1.45 million. The thriller was easily overpowered by Neeson’s Non-Stop and fell over 60% from last week’s performance. So far, the film has grossed $17.2 million.
The Monuments Men, starring Matt Damon, George Clooney, John Goodman and Bill Murray, took fifth place with $1.44 million. The film just edged out the disaster film Pompeii that brought in $1.2 million and has earned only $14.6 million total. According to Forbes, this was a 63% drop from last Friday for the film.
News Source: www.statecolumn.com
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