Box Office Report: 'The Butler' Looking to Top Weekend with $25 Million; 'Kick-Ass 2,' 'Jobs' Projected Low [TRAILERS]
Lee Daniels' The Butler is looking to win the weekend at the box office, based on early estimates.
The civil rights historical drama, whose all-star cast includes Oprah Winfrey, Forrest Whitaker and Robin Williams, is expected to gross about $25 million this weekend, putting it at No. 1. It made $8.3 million on Friday, making it the highest grossing movie of the day.
We're the Millers is looking to have a relatively strong second weekend with an estimated $16 million gross. The Jennifer Aniston comedy made $5.4 million Friday and is projected to come in at No. 2 overall this weekend.
Violence-heavy action film Kick-Ass 2 is expected to debut slightly lower than expectations with a $5.8 million gross on Friday. The action sequel, which features such actors as Jim Carrey and Chloe Grace Moretz, is expected to take the No. 3 slot this weekend with just under $16 million.
Expected to come in the No. 4 and 5 range are last week's No. 1 film, Elysium and Disney's Cars spinoff Planes. Each film made about $4 million Friday and is projected to gross between $11 and $12 million over the weekend.
Another wide release expected to disappoint this weekend is Jobs. The Ashton Kutcher-starring biopic about Apple founder Steve Jobs only made $2.5 million on Friday and is expected to gross between $7.5 and $8 million this weekend. This puts it at No. 6 or 7 for the weekend.
Three previously released films are looking to beat the weekend's final wide release, Paranoia. Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, 2 Guns and The Smurfs 2 are projected to be in the No. 7-9 range overall. Meanwhile, Paranoia, which stars Liam Hemsworth and Harrison Ford made only $1.3 million Friday and is projected at a low $4 million over the weekend.
