Conjuring wins weekend

1. The Conjuring - $41.53 million - 1 wk (WB)
 . . . 2903 screens / $14,306 per screen
2. Despicable Me 2 - $25.06 ($276.16) - 3 wks (U) -42.9%
 . . . 3820 / $6560
3. Turbo - $21.5 ($31.2) - 1 wk (Fox)
 . . . 3806 / $5649
4. Grown Ups 2 - $20 ($79.5) - 2 wks (Sony) -51.8%
 . . . 3491 / $5729
5. Red 2 - $18.5 - 1 wk (LG)
 . . . 3016 / $6134
6. Pacific Rim - $15.96 ($68.24) - 2 wks (WB) -57.2%
 . . . 3285 / $4857
7. RIPD - $12.76 - 1 wk (U)
 . . . 2852 / $4475
8. The Heat - $9.33 ($129.29) - 4 wks (Fox) -33.4%
 . . . 2689 / $3468
9. World War Z - $5.2 ($186.94) - 5 wks (Par) -44.2%
 . . . 2066 / $2517
10. Monsters University - $5 ($249) - 5 wks (BV) -52.9%
 . . . 2186 / $2290
11. The Lone Ranger - $4.26 ($81.17) - 3 wks (BV) -63%
 . . . 2273 / $1874
12. White House Down - $2.4 ($68.45) - 4 wks (Sony) -61.1%
 . . . 1454 / $1651
13. The Way Way Back - $2.24 ($4.63) - 3 wks (FS) +99.7%
 . . . 304 / $7368
14. Kevin Hart Let Me Explain - $2.1 ($30.01) - 3 wks (LG) -55.8%
 . . . 748 / $2807
15. Man of Steel - $1.84 ($285.02) - 6 wks (WB) -61%
 . . . 1050 / $1752
16. This Is the End - $1.23 ($94.48) - 6 wks (Sony) -57%
 . . . 622 / $1969
17. Fruitvale Station - $.74 ($1.33) - 2 wks (Wein) +92.1%
 . . . 34 / $21,824

The Conjuring had one of the highest debuts ever for an R-rated original horror flick.  It also had the smallest production budget ($20 million) of any of the new releases.  Turbo is a big disappointment for DreamWorks Animation, so between that and Blue Sky's Epic, Fox had two underperforming animated releases. (Epic, at least, managed to cross the $100 million mark and will be ultimately be profitable once it hits DVD.)

Red 2 opened a little lower than the original. Maybe it should have picked a less crowded weekend.  R.I.P.D. is D.O.A. (har-har!).  It looked like a Men in Black ripoff at first glance, and it's had terrible reviews.

Despicable Me 2 will be the second-highest grossing film of the summer.  Thanksgiving 2014 is when we'll get the Minions movie, and I'm sure DM3 will hit Summer 2016.  Grown Ups 2 justifies Adam Sandler's lack of effort in his last few movies.  Pacific Rim had a worrisome dropoff for its second week.