It was pretty clear that the Neill Blomkamp sci-fi thriller, Elysium, would be #1 at the Box Office this weekend. What maybe couldn’t be predicted, was just how little the film made. It opened up to tepid reviews, and the $30mil pull at the Box Office is the result of that.
Elysium also was going up against We’re the Millers, Planes, and Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters all this weekend. The all graced the Top 5, along with 2 Guns. The biggest success would have to go to Millers, because the film was projected to pull in only $20mil and probably cost about the same.
I’m hoping that the failure of Planes gives Disney the insight to STOP MAKING CARS/PLANES MOVIES. No one cares. John Lasseter, I don’t care about the Matchbox Cars and model trains you played with as a kid, this has to end. Both Cars 2 and Planes have bombed out, just give it up and convince Brad Bird to make Incredibles 2. End of Rant. Below, are the rest of the Top 10 numbers.
| Title | Weekend | Total | |
| 1. | Elysium | $30,500,000 | $30.5 |
| 2. | We’re the Millers | $26,555,000 | $38 |
| 3. | Planes | $22,525,000 | $22.5 |
| 4. | Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters | $14,600,000 | $23.4 |
| 5. | 2 Guns | $11,128,000 | $48.5 |
| 6. | Smurfs 2 | $9,500,000 | $46.6 |
| 7. | The Wolverine | $8,000,000 | $111.9 |
| 8. | The Conjuring | $6,700,000 | $120.7 |
| 9. | Despicable Me 2 | $5,700,000 | $338.2 |
| 10. | Grown Ups 2 | $3,700,000 | $123.8 |
Stay Tuned for next week, when Kick-Ass 2 hopefully takes the top spot and makes $60mil. A geek can dream right?
~Chaz
