“Lone Survivor,” which expanded from 2 to 2875 theaters this weekend, finished a dominant number one at the box office.<\/p>\n
Directed by Peter Berg and starring Mark Wahlberg, the film earned an estimated $38.5 million. Based on its rare A+ CinemaScore, it also stands a good chance of benefiting from word-of-mouth in the weeks ahead.<\/p>\n
“Frozen,” the number two film, earned less than half of the “Lone Survivor” total. It grossed $15.1 million, which was easily enough to best “The Wolf of Wall Street” ($9 million).<\/p>\n
New release “The Legend of Hercules” did not enjoy the same magic imparted on “Lone Suvivor.” It garnered fourth place with a poor $8.6 million in receipts. “American Hustle” followed with a similar mark.<\/p>\n
Like “Lone Survivor,” previously limited releases “August: Osage County” and “Her” expanded this week. “August,” which broadened from 5 to 905 theaters, claimed seventh with $7.3 million.<\/p>\n
Even though “Her” embarked on a wider expansion to 1729 theaters, it could only manage $5.4 million for an eleventh 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":[1],"tags":[1409,1504,176,1317,1503,1501,1502,1477],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n