This weekend saw a strong finish to September as Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 snagged a strong first place, banking $35 million. That's a step up from the first mutated food adventure which had an opening weekend of $30 million in 2009.
Ron Howard's Rush expanded into wide release after a highly successful small opening last weekend, earning over $10 million. Internationally the movie has already earned $13 million, but even against a $38 million budget it's not set to rank among Howard's bigger box office earners.
Baggage Claim just eeked out fourth place over Don Jon, both of which came in at the $9 million range. That's good news for Don Jon writer/director/actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt who bank rolled his directorial debut for just $6 million.
Metallica Through the Never only opened in 300 theaters but it managed over $5,000 per screen. It fell short of making the top ten, but with an $18 million price tag it will have to maintain that level of success in wide release to turn a profit worthy of the band whose name it bears.
For the full weekend top ten, check out the chart below:
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 *
$35,000,000Total: $35,000,000LW: N
THTRS: 4,001
Prisoners
$11,270,000Total: $38,954,000LW: 1
THTRS: 3,290
Rush (2013)
$10,314,000Total: $10,574,000LW: 38
THTRS: 2,297
Baggage Claim *
$9,300,000Total: $9,300,000LW: N
THTRS: 2,027
Don Jon *
$9,000,000Total: $9,000,000LW: N
THTRS: 2,422
Insidious Chapter 2
$6,747,000Total: $69,544,000LW: 2
THTRS: 3,120
The Family (2013)
$3,674,000Total: $31,696,000LW: 3
THTRS: 2,894
| 8. | Instructions Not Included | $3,380,000 | Total: $38,567,000 | LW: 4THTRS: 948 |
We're the Millers
$2,865,000Total: $142,418,000LW: 6
THTRS: 2,405
Lee Daniels' The Butler
$2,417,000Total: $110,281,000LW: 7
THTRS: 2,062
