LOS ANGELES – Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa topped the weekend box office with $32 million, according to studio estimates Sunday, sinking three-week champ Gravity to second place.
Bad Grandpa stars Johnny Knoxville as an accident-prone grandfather in the hidden-camera comedy.
Gravity, which stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney as astronauts on a troubled spacecraft, has soared since its debut three weeks ago. The space adventure added another $20.3 million to its haul over the weekend, bringing its domestic ticket totals to nearly $200 million.
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High-seas thriller Captain Phillips, starring Tom Hanks, held on to third place with $11.8 million.
An all-star cast including Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz, Penelope Cruz and Michael Fassbender wasn’t enough to draw audiences to The Counselor, which opened in fourth place.
12 Years a Slave, which also stars Pitt, edged into the top 10 — earning the No. 8 spot — despite playing in only 123 theatres.
The made-in-Toronto horror remake Carrie was sixth with nearly $6 million and Quebec director Denis Villeneuve’s drama Prisoners finished in 10th place with another $1 million — enough to put it over the $100 million mark worldwide.
– with files by Global News
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