It was not an excitable weekend at the box office, allowing long-awaited “Wall Street” sequel “Money Never Sleeps” to claim a victory in its opening weekend with less than $20 million in receipts.
According to early estimates, “Wall Street” garnered $19 million in its debut, topping the $16.3 million for new release “Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole.” Other top five performers included “The Town” ($16 million), “Easy A” ($10.7 million) and new release “You Again” ($8.3 million).
On the platform limited front, solid performers included “You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger” ($163,474 for a $27,246/screen average), “Waiting for ‘Superman'” ($141,000 for a $35,250/screen average) and “Buried” ($104,500 for a $9500/screen average).
Weekend Top Ten:
1) Wall Street – $19M
2) Legend of the Guardians – $16.3M
3) The Town – $16M ($49.1M)
4) Easy A – $10.7M ($32.8M)
5) You Again – $8.3M
6) Devil – $6.5M ($21.8M)
7) Resident Evil: Afterlife – $4.9M ($52M)
8) Alpha and Omega – $4.7M ($15.1M)
9) Takers – $1.7M ($54.9M)
10) The Other Guys – $1M ($117M)