Box Office Report: 'The Butler' No. 1 as 'The World's End,' 'Mortal Instruments,' 'You're Next' Debut [TRAILERS]
Lee Daniels' The Butler is looking to win the weekend box office for the second straight week, according to Deadline.
The civil rights drama, starring Oprah Winfrey and Forrest Whitaker, make $4.7 million on Friday and is projected to make $15.4 million this weekend, topping all other movies. The film won the weekend box office last week with $24.5 million.
The Jennifer Aniston comedy We're the Millers is expected to have a relatively well third week. The comedy took in $4 million on Friday and is expected to gross $13.1 million over the weekend, its third consecutive weekend in the no. 2 slot.
The World's End, the latest comedy from Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, is projected to debut at at no. 3 this weekend. The apocalyptic comedy is only debuting in 1,549 theaters but made $3.4 million Friday and is expected to make just under $10 million this weekend.
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, the latest young-adult novel turned film adaptation, is expected to disappoint this weekend. The film only made $3.4 million on Friday and is expected to debut at no. 4 this weekend with $8.9 million.
Rounding out the top 5 is another debut: horror film You're Next. The film, which is opening in 2,437 theaters, made $2.4 million Friday. It has a weekend projection at $8 million, meaning it will debut at no. 5 this weekend.
The rest of the top 10 consists of films that have already debuted. Planes and Elysium are expected to take the no. 6 and 7 slots with about $7-8 million. Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters and Kick-Ass 2 will get between $3 and $5 million in their third and second weeks, respectively. Blue Jasmine is expected to make the top 10 for the first time after expanding to over 1,500 theaters with a weekend gross of $4 million.
