#BOXOFFICE: “THE EQUALIZER” DOES BALANCING ACT AT BOX OFFICE

After making a splash at TIFF ’14, The Equalizer balances its way to the top of the Box Office this weekend with an impressive $35 million from 3,236 theatres in its North American debut. Directed by Antoine Fuqua, the Action-Drama reunites the Filmmaker with Denzel Washington after their Oscar-winning success with Training Day.  Although mixed, Reviews were not altogether bad for the Sony Pictures release, garnering 60% on the Tomatometer and an A- CinemaScore which just might help with word of mouth in coming weeks.  The Film, based on the popular ’80s TV Series, was made for approximately $55 million.

In its second week out, 20th Century Fox‘s The Maze Runner finds itself in second spot after a successful debut the weekend prior.  It pulls-in a solid $17.5 million this weekend from 3,638 theatres, cumulatively grossing $58 million domestically thus far.

Moviegoers hungry for some Family content, flocked to see Focus Features/eOne Films’ The Boxtrolls this weekend, earning $17.2 million from 3,464 theatres.  According to CinemaScore, the Animated Feature earns a B+ rating, while Critics gave it a decent 72% on the Tomatometer.  The Movie features the voicework of Ben Kingsley, Elle Fanning  and Toni Collette.

In its second week out, star-studded Dramedy This is Where I Leave You finds itself in fourth spot with $7.2 million for Warner Bros. This brings its two-week tally to $22.2 million, just recouping back its $19 million budget.

Former Champ No Good Deed lands in sixth spot for Sony Pictures with $4.6 million in its third week, just ahead of A Walk Among the Tombstones from Universal Pictures/eOne Films which tallied-in with $4.2 million in its second week out.

A resilient Guardians of the Galaxy is in eighth spot in now its ninth week of release, with $3.7 million earned this weekend.  The Blockbuster from Marvel edges past the $320-million mark in U.S./Canada.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles rounds-out the Top Ten with $1.4 million for Paramount Pictures in its eighth week out.  It edges ever-closer to that $200-million mark.

 

#GIVEAWAY: ENTER TO WIN PASSES TO SEE “A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES” ACROSS CANADA

Mr. Will and eOne Films want to take you and a wild ride to the dark side.  This is your chance to see first A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES Screenings for Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Halifax and Victoria take place on Thursday, September 18, 2014, with the exception of Edmonton on Wednesday, September 17, 2014.

Official Synopsis:

Based on Lawrence Block‘s bestselling series of mystery novels, A Walk Among the Tombstones stars Liam Neeson as Matt Scudder, an ex-NYPD cop who now works as an unlicensed private investigator operating just outside the law. When Scudder reluctantly agrees to help a heroin trafficker (Dan Stevens) hunt down the men who kidnapped and then brutally murdered his wife, the PI learns that this is not the first time these men have committed this sort of twisted crime…nor will it be the last. Blurring the lines between right and wrong, Scudder races to track the deviants through the backstreets of New York City before they kill again. Scott Frank writes and directs.

 

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eOne Films release A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES on Friday, September 19, 2014.

 

(Photo/video credit: eOne Films)