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Mark Wahlberg and Denzel Washington‘s R-rated action pic 2 Guns easily won the North American box office race with a solid $27.4 million, while Sony’s The Smurfs 2 limped to a third-place finish as Hollywood overcrowds the box office with family films.
The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, August 4, are as follows:
| RANK | TITLE | DISTRIBUTOR NAME | WEEKEND REVENUE | CUME REVENUE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REVENUE | # OF LOCATIONS* | LOC AVG | ||||
| 1 | 2 Guns | Universal | $27,361,125 | 3,025 | 9,045 | $27,361,125 |
| 2 | Wolverine, The | 20th Century Fox | $21,725,000 | 3,924 | 5,536 | $95,038,850 |
| 3 | Smurfs 2 | Sony | $18,200,000 | 3,866 | 4,707 | $27,760,871 |
| 4 | Conjuring, The | Warner Bros. | $13,660,000 | 3,115 | 4,385 | $108,589,753 |
| 5 | Despicable Me 2 | Universal | $10,390,680 | 3,207 | 3,240 | $326,668,145 |
| 6 | Grown Ups 2 | Sony | $8,100,000 | 3,075 | 2,634 | $116,350,206 |
| 7 | Turbo | 20th Century Fox | $6,400,000 | 2,985 | 2,144 | $69,478,643 |
| 8 | Red 2 | Lionsgate | $5,650,000 | 2,755 | 2,050 | $45,153,139 |
| 9 | Heat, The | 20th Century Fox | $4,750,000 | 2,074 | 2,290 | $149,591,062 |
| 10 | Pacific Rim | Warner Bros. | $4,570,000 | 1,803 | 2,534 | $92,960,718 |
| 11 | Way, Way Back, The | Fox Searchlight | $2,850,000 | 1,001 | 2,847 | $13,672,327 |
| 12 | Fruitvale Station | The Weinstein Company | $2,700,000 | 1,086 | 2,486 | $10,951,904 |
