Expected to earn roughly $45-50 million based on its Friday bow, critically-acclaimed “Gravity” accelerated its pace for a whopping $55.6 million weekend debut.<\/p>\n
Far stronger than anticipated, the dominant total befits the film’s rave reviews and resonant marketing. George Clooney and Sandra Bullock, its pair of A-list stars, certainly did not adversely affect the film’s appeal.<\/p>\n
And if word-of-mouth is tantamount to a long shelf life in this day and age, “Gravity”‘s A- CinemaScore suggests it has a strong chance of showing off those legs.<\/p>\n
Down 37% from last week’s chart-leading bow, “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2” claimed second place with $21.5 million.<\/p>\n
Distantly behind was critically-panned new release “Runner Runner.” That one, highlighted by a pairing between Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake, flopped with an abysmal $7.6 million in receipts. Holdovers “Prisoners” ($5.7 million) and “Rush” ($4.4 million) completed the top five.<\/p>\n
On the semi-wide front, new release “Pulling Strings” earned $2.5 million from 387 screens for a ninth-place finish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[36,3],"tags":[885,927,855,933,926,888],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n