The Kevin Hart-Ice Cube comedy “Ride Along” cruised to a repeat win at the weekend box office, rolling up just over $21 million in its second lap.
In the process, it blew the doors off the weekend’s only wide opener, “I, Frankenstein,” the special effects-heavy remake of Mary Shelley’s horror classic starring Aaron Eckhart, which finished sixth with a weak $8.2 million three-day total.
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The runner-up movie was the Afghan War drama “Lone Survivor” with $12 million, giving Universal Pictures the top two movies for the second week in a row and its third straight weekend win. “Ride Along” upped its domestic total to $75 million total and the Mark Wahlberg battle saga has taken in $93 million since opening at No. 1 three weeks ago.
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The animated family film “The Nut Job” wasn’t far behind in third, with an $11.7 million three-day total that raised its domestic haul to nearly $40 million after two weeks for Open Road.
“Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” and Disney’s blockbuster “Frozen” were close for fourth, with just under $9 million.
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That was good news for “Frozen,” which is showing incredible staying power – it was off just 19 percent from last week despite dropping 212 theaters – and has raised its domestic total to $347 million after 10 weeks in release.
But it wasn’t so good for “Shadow Recruit.” Paramount had hoped to reboot its franchise based on Tom Clancy’s novels with Chris Pine as the lead, but its failure to break out, so-so second week and $30 million domestic total make that a long shot.
More to come …
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