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“Lee Daniels’ The Butler” took the top spot at the North American box office, taking in an estimated $25 million in a slow weekend. The Weinstein Company release, starring Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey, easily out-performed the weekend’s three other new wide releases. “Kick Ass 2” did the best of the remaining new releases, taking fourth place for the weekend.
The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, August 18, are as follows:
| RANK | TITLE | DISTRIBUTOR NAME | WEEKEND REVENUE | CUME REVENUE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REVENUE | # OF LOCATIONS* | LOC AVG | ||||
| 1 | Lee Daniels’ The Butler | The Weinstein Company | $25,010,000 | 2,933 | 8,527 | $25,010,000 |
| 2 | We’re The Millers | Warner Bros. | $17,780,000 | 3,325 | 5,347 | $69,513,485 |
| 3 | Elysium | Sony | $13,600,000 | 3,284 | 4,141 | $55,914,306 |
| 4 | Kick-Ass 2 | Universal | $13,568,100 | 2,940 | 4,615 | $13,568,100 |
| 5 | Planes | Disney | $13,141,000 | 3,716 | 3,536 | $45,090,000 |
| 6 | Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters | 20th Century Fox | $8,375,000 | 3,080 | 2,719 | $38,903,658 |
| 7 | Jobs | Open Road | $6,700,000 | 2,381 | 2,813 | $6,700,000 |
| 8 | 2 Guns | Universal | $5,572,105 | 2,471 | 2,255 | $59,221,450 |
| 9 | Smurfs 2 | Sony | $4,600,000 | 2,349 | 1,958 | $56,912,189 |
| 10 | Wolverine, The | 20th Century Fox | $4,425,000 | 2,058 | 2,150 | $120,458,156 |
| 11 | Conjuring, The | Warner Bros. | $3,910,000 | 2,001 | 1,954 | $127,862,870 |
| 12 | Despicable Me 2 | Universal | $3,781,440 | 1,818 | 2,080 | $345,987,560 |
