Expendables 2 is #1 again

For the weekend of August 24-26.


1.  The Expendables 2 - $13.5 million ($52.31) - 2 wks (LG) -52.8%
 . . . 3355 screens / $4024 per screen
2.  The Bourne Legacy - $9.3 ($85.5) - 3 wks (U) -45.5%
 . . . 3654 / $2545
3.  ParaNorman - $8.55 ($28.27) - 2 wks (Foc) -39.3%
 . . . 3455 / $2474
4.  The Campaign - $7.44 ($64.54) - 3 wks (WB) -43.3%
 . . . 3302 / $2253
5.  The Dark Knight Rises - $7.15 ($422.19) - 6 wks (WB) -35.1%
 . . . 2606 / $2744
6.  The Odd Life of Timothy Green - $7.13 ($27.08) - 2 wks (BV) -34.2%
 . . . 2598 / $2742
7.  Premium Rush - $6.3 - 1 wk (Sony)
 . . . 2255 / $2794
8.  2016 Obama's America - $6.24 ($9.08) - 7 wks (RM) +401.2%
 . . . 1091 / $5718
9.  Hope Springs - $6 ($45) - 3 wks (Sony) -34.1%
 . . . 2402 / $2498
10. Hit & Run - $4.68 ($5.87) - 1 wk (OR)
 . . . 2870 / $1629
11. Sparkle - $4.2 ($18.9) - 2 wks (Tri) -63.9%
 . . . 2244 / $1872
12. The Apparition - $2.96 - 1 wk (WB)
 . . . 810 / $3648

The end-of-August slump has kicked into full gear.  Premium Rush, Hit & Run and The Apparition were the three big releases, and they'll all disappear quickly.  The best per-screen average of the Top 12 goes to the conservative documentary 2016 Obama's America, which expanded this week.  As far as political documentaries go, it's on pace to be the most successful non-Michael Moore doc in history.  Well, it'll be close to see if it passed An Inconvenient PowerPoint.

The Bourne Legacy is going to be the last summer movie to cross the $100 million mark.  The Expendables 2 won't quite pull off what the first one did, despite Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis having bigger roles, and Jean-Claude Van Damme and Chuck Norris being added to the cast. (I picture Mickey Rourke and Steve Austin saying, "It's because we're not in it!")  If the overseas haul is big enough, I guess Expendables 3 is justified, with word floating around they want to add The Rock and Wesley Snipes. (Dang, it sucks that Patrick Swayze is dead.)