Box Office: Underworld: Awakening Comes Out On Top
The Underworld franchise continued to show life at the box office, with the fourth installment taking the top spot, Box Office Mojo reports. Underworld: Awakening, starring Kate Beckinsale, grossed an estimated $25.4 million in its first weekend of release. Red Tails, also in its debut weekend, took in $19.1 million to take second place. Catch up on today's latest news Last weekend's No. 1 film, Contraband, fell to third with $12.2 million. At No. 4, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close drew $10.5 million after expanding nationwide on Friday. The weekend's third...
The Underworld franchise continued to show life at the box office, with the fourth installment taking the top spot, Box Office Mojo reports.
Underworld: Awakening, starring Kate Beckinsale, grossed an estimated $25.4 million in its first weekend of release. Red Tails, also in its debut weekend, took in $19.1 million to take second place.
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Last weekend's No. 1 film, Contraband, fell to third with $12.2 million. At No. 4, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close drew $10.5 million after expanding nationwide on Friday. The weekend's third major new release, Haywire, completed the top five, opening to $9 million.
Beauty and the Beast 3D ranked sixth, with $8.5 million. Earning $6.1 million, Joyful Noise followed in seventh place.
Rounding out the top 10: Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol (No. 8, $5.5 million — bringing its total to $197.3 million after six weekends), Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (No. 9, $4.8 million— bringing its total to $178.6 million after six weekends) and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (No. 10, $3.7 million).