LOS ANGELES – The bloody World War II drama Fury blew past Gone Girl at theatres this weekend.
Gone Girl was tops at the box office for two weeks before Brad Pitt and his rag-tag group of tank mates in Fury blasted the film to second place. Fury captured $23.5 million in ticket sales during its opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. Gone Girl followed with $17.8 million.
READ MORE: What the critics are saying about Fury
The animated feature The Book of Life opened in third place with $17 million, followed by Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day with $12 million.
Another new film rounds out the top five: Nicholas Sparks romance The Best of Me, starring Michelle Monaghan and James Marsden, debuted with $10.2 million.
Birdman, the Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu drama starring Michael Keaton, opened in just four theatres and boasted a per-screen average of $103, 750. It opens in additional locations next week.
Comments