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Fueled by older adults and strong reviews, Denis Villeneuve‘s dark crime thriller Prisoners — starring Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal — topped the North American box office with a solid $21.4 million opening as the industry slows down from the summer blockbusters.
The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, September 22, are as follows:
| RANK | TITLE | DISTRIBUTOR NAME | WEEKEND REVENUE | CUME REVENUE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REVENUE | # OF LOCATIONS* | LOC AVG | ||||
| 1 | Prisoners | Warner Bros. | $21,430,000 | 3,260 | 6,573 | $21,430,000 |
| 2 | Insidious Chapter 2 | FilmDistrict | $14,500,000 | 3,155 | 4,595 | $60,855,260 |
| 3 | Family, The | Relativity Media | $7,000,000 | 3,091 | 2,264 | $25,640,522 |
| 4 | Instructions Not Included | Lionsgate | $5,700,000 | 978 | 5,828 | $34,261,725 |
| 5 | Battle Of The Year | Sony | $5,000,000 | 2,008 | 2,490 | $5,000,000 |
| 6 | We’re The Millers | Warner Bros. | $4,670,000 | 3,003 | 1,555 | $138,176,297 |
| 7 | Lee Daniels’ The Butler | The Weinstein Company | $4,304,000 | 2,931 | 1,468 | $106,452,114 |
| 8 | Riddick | Universal | $3,671,730 | 3,022 | 1,215 | $37,180,020 |
| 9 | Wizard of Oz: An IMAX 3D Experience, The | Warner Bros. | $3,022,000 | 318 | 9,503 | $3,022,000 |
| 10 | Planes | Disney | $2,861,000 | 2,446 | 1,169 | $86,543,293 |
| 11 | Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters | 20th Century Fox | $1,800,000 | 1,473 | 1,221 | $64,271,811 |
| 12 | Elysium | Sony | $1,500,000 | 1,392 | 1,077 | $90,823,709 |
