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Neill Blomkamp’s “Elysium” — the latest in a string of dystopian epics — won the crowded race, even thought it opened lower than expected, taking in $30.5 million. Family friendly movies like “Planes” and “Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters” suffered from a glut of family product and all failed to gain traction over the others.
The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, August 11, are as follows:
| RANK | TITLE | DISTRIBUTOR NAME | WEEKEND REVENUE | CUME REVENUE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REVENUE | # OF LOCATIONS* | LOC AVG | ||||
| 1 | Elysium | Sony | $30,500,000 | 3,284 | 9,287 | $30,500,000 |
| 2 | We’re The Millers | Warner Bros. | $26,555,000 | 3,260 | 8,145 | $38,043,783 |
| 3 | Planes | Disney | $22,525,000 | 3,702 | 6,084 | $22,525,000 |
| 4 | Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters | 20th Century Fox | $14,600,000 | 3,031 | 4,816 | $23,457,059 |
| 5 | 2 Guns | Universal | $11,127,900 | 3,028 | 3,675 | $48,516,805 |
| 6 | Smurfs 2 | Sony | $9,500,000 | 3,867 | 2,456 | $46,643,503 |
| 7 | Wolverine, The | 20th Century Fox | $8,000,000 | 2,867 | 2,790 | $111,986,170 |
| 8 | Conjuring, The | Warner Bros. | $6,700,000 | 2,650 | 2,528 | $120,744,906 |
| 9 | Despicable Me 2 | Universal | $5,748,000 | 2,395 | 2,400 | $338,314,195 |
| 10 | Grown Ups 2 | Sony | $3,700,000 | 2,102 | 1,760 | $123,840,931 |
| 11 | Blue Jasmine | Sony Pictures Classics | $2,523,355 | 119 | 21,204 | $6,219,194 |
| 12 | Turbo | 20th Century Fox | $2,250,000 | 1,771 | 1,270 | $75,019,954 |
