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In a sizable victory for Sony, 3D cartoon “Hotel Transylvania” debuted to an estimated $43 million — the biggest opening since “The Dark Knight” Rises and the top September bow ever. It’s also the best performance to date for the studio’s animation unit. Time travel/action film “Looper” also performed well, bringing in $21.2 million.
The top 12 films based on data collected on Sunday, September 30 is as follows:
| RANK | TITLE | DISTRIBUTOR NAME | WEEKEND REVENUE | CUME REVENUE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REVENUE | # OF LOCATIONS* | LOC AVG | ||||
| 1 | Hotel Transylvania | Sony | $43,000,000 | 3,349 | 12,839 | $43,000,000 |
| 2 | Looper | Sony | $21,200,000 | 2,992 | 7,085 | $21,200,000 |
| 3 | End Of Watch | Open Road | $8,000,265 | 2,780 | 2,877 | $26,168,897 |
| 4 | Trouble with the Curve | Warner Bros. | $7,530,000 | 3,212 | 2,344 | $23,725,962 |
| 5 | House At The End Of The Street | Relativity Media | $7,154,000 | 3,083 | 2,320 | $22,224,969 |
| 6 | Pitch Perfect | Universal | $5,212,600 | 335 | 15,560 | $5,212,600 |
| 7 | Finding Nemo | Disney | $4,066,000 | 2,639 | 1,540 | $36,475,000 |
| 8 | Resident Evil: Retribution | Sony | $3,000,000 | 2,381 | 1,259 | $38,704,933 |
| 9 | Master, The | The Weinstein Company | $2,745,000 | 856 | 3,206 | $9,633,070 |
| 10 | Won’t Back Down | 20th Century Fox | $2,700,000 | 2,515 | 1,073 | $2,700,000 |
| 11 | Dredd | Lionsgate | $2,280,000 | 2,557 | 891 | $10,864,607 |
| 12 | Possession, The | Lionsgate | $1,441,000 | 1,618 | 890 | $47,490,318 |
