Weekend Report, August 12, 2013
Neill Blomkamp's much anticipated follow-up to 2009's District 9, Elysium, does not appear to be poised to change the world, but it had a fair start, all things considered. Treading similar territory to District 9, but this time with more movie stars and fewer bug-like aliens, the film managed a first place finish, while four other new releases cracked the top five. We're the Millers came in second for the weekend, but made an impressive showing nonetheless, capitalizing on a dirth of broad comedies this summer. You could argue that Planes and Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters were disappointments, but the August release suggests expectations may not have been sky-high to begin with.
Elysium: $30.4M
Neill Blomkamp
WME - Phil D'Amecourt
Matt Damon
WME - Patrick Whitesell
Jodie Foster
ICM Partners - Joe Funicello
We're the Millers: $26.6M
Rawson Marshall Thurber
CAA - Gregory McKnight
Jason Sudeikis
CAA - Jason Heyman
Brillstein Entertainment Partners - Geoff Cheddy
Jennifer Aniston
CAA - Kevin Huvane
Brillstein Entertainment Partners - Aleen Keshishian
Planes: $22.5M
Dane Cook
UTA - Chris Hart
Stacy Keach
Lionel Larner Ltd. - Lionel Larner
Binder & Associates - Chuck Binder
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
CAA - Michael Rosenfeld
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters: $14.6M
Thor Freudenthal
Resolution - Abram Nalibotsky
Gotham Group - Peter McHugh
Logan Lerman
CAA - Kami Putnam-Heist
Alexandra Daddario
UTA - Chris Hart
McKeon-Myones Management - Mel McKeon and Laura Myones
2 Guns: $11.1M
Baltasar Kormakur
WME - Rich Cook
Management 360 - Jill McElroy
Denzel Washington
WME - Patrick Whitesell
Mark Wahlberg
WME - Ari Emanuel
Leverage - Stephen Levinson
Source: Box Office Mojo