HOLLYWOOD – October 5, 2015 (Gephardt Daily) — Early box office results have 20th Century Fox reporting an estimated $55 million weekend for “The Martian.” The Matt Damon sci-fi film opened this weekend.
In a comfortable second place is the animated film “Hotel Transylvania 2” bringing in just over $33 million its second week in theaters. The Adam Sandler voiced film has scared up a total of $90.5 million.
In third place is Emily Blunt’s “Sicario” opening a bit soft, but experts are predicting the film may be a steady climber and do a bit better with word of mouth advertising. The gritty action thriller also stars Josh Brolin and Benicio del Toro.
“The Intern,” starring Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway, looks like it also will be in the top five again next week. The film is an audience pleaser with some bounce back business expected this coming week. The generation-gap comedy has earned a total of $36.5 million in its two week run.
In fifth place “Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials” is teetering a bit, the film earned $7.6 million in its third week. The sequel to “Maze Runner” has a total take of $63.2 million domestically.
Finally, a special mention for Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s “The Walk,” which tells the tail of Philippe Petit and his attempt to walk a rope between the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers in 1974.
Hopefully movie audiences will find this film before it is gone. “The Walk” will be released to over two-thousand theaters this week, breaking out of the IMAX-only showcase it has been in. Right now “The Walk” is in elevtth place with a frustrating $1.5 million in ticket sales.
The Weekend Breakdown:
“The Martian” $55.0 million
“Hotel Transylvania 2” $33.0 million
“Sicario” $12.3 million
“The Intern” $11.6 million
“Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials” $ 7.6 million
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