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Though far from a runaway hit, &#8220;Phillips&#8221; did provide Tom Hanks&#8217; best opening weekend since 2009.  It, like &#8220;Gravity,&#8221; received rave reviews from critics and moviegoers.<\/p>\n<p>Holdover &#8220;Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2&#8221; slipped to number 3, besting the disaster that was &#8220;Machete Kills.&#8221;  The tepidly-rated film garnered just $3.8 million for a fourth place finish.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Runner Runner&#8221; earned $3.7 million for fifth.<\/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":[966,885,927,967,926],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Gravity&quot; Wins, &quot;Captain Phillips&quot; Kills &quot;Machete&quot; at Box Office<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Buzzworthy &quot;Gravity&quot; demonstrated the value of word-of-mouth this weekend. 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