Insidious: Chapter 2 Wins Box Office With Second-Best Horror Opening of 2013

12:03 pm, September 15th, 2013

BOX OFFICE

(FilmDistrict)

Insidious: Chapter 2 easily scared up enough cash to win the weekend box office — and set some records in the process.

The sequel earned $41 million, making it the second-biggest horror opening of 2013 and September’s second-highest movie opening ever.

In second place was The Family, the dark mob comedy starring Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer, which raked in $14.5 million.

Riddick landed in third with $7 million.

Lee Daniels’ The Butler took in $5.6 million for fourth place, while We’re The Millers was just behind with $5.4 million.

Rounding out the Top 10 were: Instructions Not Included ($4.1 million), Planes is looking at $2.9 million, One Direction: This Is Us ($2.4 million), Elysium ($2.2 million) and Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters ($1.8 million).

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Riddick Beats Butler For Weekend Crown

11:45 am, September 8th, 2013

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(Universal)

The Vin Diesel sci-fi action flick Riddick cruised toward a box office victory during a slow weekend.

The movie earned $18.8 million to top three-time winner Lee Daniels’ The Butler, which came in second place with $8.9 million.

Pot smuggling comedy We’re The Millers landed at #3 at $7.9.

The Spanish-language film Instructions Not Included came in fourth place with $7.4 million, followed by Planes in fifth with $4.1 million.

Rounding out the Top 10 were One Direction: This Is Us ($4 million), Elysium ($3 million), Blue Jasmine and Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters ($2.3 million), and The World’s End ($2.2 million).

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Riddick Trailer: Watch Vin Diesel Kill Stuff On Scary Planet

9:21 am, August 3rd, 2013

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(Universal)

Riddick stars Vin Diesel as an interstellar escaped convict left for dead on a scary-looking planet, forced to fight the bounty hunters who come looking for him and the creatures who threaten everyone.

The movie serves as a follow-up to the hits Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick.

It opens in September.

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