#BOXOFFICE: “BAD GRANDPA” GIVES MOVIEGOERS PLENTY OF TRICKS ON HALLOWEEN WEEKEND

Fans of the Jackass Franchise know v. well what they’d  be getting with Jackass: Bad Grandpa, clamouring to the Box Office this Halloween Weekend for some Tricks along with the Treats.  Starring Johnny Knoxville disguised as 86-year-old Irving Zisman, the Comedy debuts easily at number one with $32 million for Paramount Pictures, opening in 3,336 theatres.  Not only did Audiences enjoy it giving it a B CinemaScore,  but Critics gave it fairly positive reviews, tallying-in at 63% on the Tomatometer.

Gravity slips to second spot after an impressive three-week-reign for Warner Bros., earning a still great $20.3 million in its fourth week of release, closing-in on that $200-million mark.

Slipping to third spot is Sony Pictures’ Captain Phillips which makes $11.8 million in this its third week of release.  The Drama is en route to surpassing the $70-million mark domestically.

Although expectations were higher, Sir Ridley Scott‘s latest, The Counselor, manages only a fourth-place debut with $8 million for 20th Century Fox.  Surprisingly, it received a detrimental D CinemaScore from Audiences despite its stellar Cast which includes Michael Fassbender, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz and Rising Star Natalie Dormer.  It opened in 3,044 theatres and had an estimated $25-million Production Budget.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2  finds itself in sixth spot with $5 million, just surpassing the $100-million mark domestically, ahead of the Carrie  Remake in sixth, in this its second week of release.  The Horror garners $5.9 million for Sony Pictures.

Despite it showing only in 123 theatres across North America, Best Picture Contender and TIFF ’13 People’s Choice Award Winner 12 Years a Slave, still manages a placing in eighth for Fox Searchlight, with $2.1 million.  The Slavery-themed Drama from Director Steve McQueen with a whopping 95% rating at Rotten Tomatoes, continues to expand in coming weeks.

Prisoners rounds-out the Top Ten with $1 million for Warner Bros., in its sixth week of release, just shy of the $60-mark in its North American run.