Denzel Washington’s ‘The Equalizer’ Debuts This Weekend With $36 Million, ‘Maze Runner’ In 2nd, New Movie, ‘The Boxtroll’ A Close Third
This weekend's box office is topped by Denzel Washington's movie, 'The Equalizer,' which is raking in Sony Pictures $36 million, Deadline.com reported.
The Equalizer, which debuted this week, is this weekend's top grossing film and is expected to earn more cinemagoers to see the film.
On Friday, the crime story earned $12.5 million Friday, a review of the movie by The Guardian described it as a "people's choice for entertainingly senseless violence," with other reviews praising as always Denzel's acting.
Denzel plays a former operative who now lives a quiet life until he helped a young girl, which makes him have to deal with Russia mobsters. It is based on the 1980's television series with the same name.
'Maze Runner 'which now have $58 million since its debut last week. However was outrun by The Equalizer, making the no.2 box office this weekend.
Maze Runner,' is an adaptation of James Dashner novel set on a maze and are running away from monsters, its pull was 'Teen Wolf' Dylan O' Brien. On Friday it raked in $5 Million.
Not far was the new release 'The Boxtroll,' a youth film that grossed $4.8 Million on Friday and is estimated to earn $16.5 Million this weekend.
Liam Neeson's, 'A Walk Among The Tombstones,' meanwhile made over $1 Million Friday and made $21 Million in two weeks.
Tina Fey and Jane Fonda's comedy meanwhile, 'This Is Where I Leave You,' is slightly doing better than Neeson's thriller with $22.5 Million earnings in two weeks.
'Dolphin Tale 2' is at number 5 with total earnings of $33 Million in its third week and hauled $1.3 Million Friday and $5 Million total this weekend.
Another thriller,' No Good Deed' which debuted three weeks ago, grossed a total of $46 million and was No. 6 Friday with $1.2 Million earnings.
'Guardians of The Galaxy' is still making some money on its 9th week with $1 Million Friday and total earnings in America of $319 Million.