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Weekend Box Office: Aug 2-Aug 4

#1 2 Guns from Universal opened at #1 with a gross of $27.1 million in 3,025 theaters.  Budget was $61 million.

#2 The Wolverine from 20th Century Fox fell from #1 to #2 with a gross of $21.3 million (-59.9%) in 3,924 theaters.  Total gross to date is $94.6 million.  Budget was $120 million.

#3 The Smurfs 2 from Sony/Columbia opened at #3 with a gross of $17.5 million in 3,866 theaters.  Total gross to date is $27.1 million.  Budget was $105 million.

#4 The Conjuring from Warner Bros. fell from #2 to #4 with a gross of $13 million (-41.3%) in 3,115 theaters (+93).  Total gross to date is $108 million.  Budget was $20 million.

#5 Despicable Me 2 from Universal fell from #3 to #5 with a gross of $10.1 million (-38.3%) in 3,207 theaters (-269).  Total gross to date is $326.4 million.  Budget was $76 million.

#6 Grown Ups 2 from Sony/Columbia fell from #5 to #6 with a gross of $7.9 million (-31.5%) in 3,075 theaters (-183).  Total gross to date is $116.2 million.  Budget was $80 million.

#7 Turbo from 20th Century Fox fell from #4 to #7 with a gross of $6.2 million (-54.7%) in 2,985 theaters (-824).  Total gross to date is $69.3 million.  Budget was $135 million.

#8 Red 2 from Lionsgate fell from #6 to #8 with a gross of $5.6 million (-40.5%) in 2,755 theaters (-261).  Total gross to date is $45.1 million.  Budget was $84 million.

#9 The Heat from 20th Century Fox fell from #8 to #9 with a gross of $4.6 million (-33.1%) in 2,074 theaters (-310).  Total gross to date is $149.5 million.  Budget was $43 million.

#10 Pacific Rim from Warner Bros. fell from #7 to #10 with a gross of $4.5 million (-41.7%) in 1,803 theaters (-799).  Total gross to date is $92.9 million.  Budget was $190 million.

#11 The Way, Way Back from Fox Searchlight held at #11 with a gross of $2.7 million (-20.8%) in 1,001 theaters (+115).  Total gross to date is $13.6 million.  Budget was unknown.

#10 Fruitvale Station from Weinstein Company fell from #10 to #12 with a gross of $2.6 million (-43.3%) in 1,086 theaters (+22).  Total gross to date is $10.9 million.  Budget was unknown.

The combined gross of the top 12 movies this weekend was $123.3 million.

Sources:
Box Office Mojo

 

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Back Seat Producers Season 08 Shows

BSP Episode 281: π (Pi)

Release date – 7/10/1998

Artisan Entertainment

 

Directed by and screenplay written by

  • Darren Aronofsky

Produced by

  • Darren Aronofsky
  • Eric Watson
  • Scott Vogel

Story by

  • Darren Aronofsky
  • Sean Gullette
  • Eric Watson

 

Cast

  • Sean Gullette – Maximillian Cohen
  • Mark Margolis – Sol Robeson
  • Ben Shenkman – Lenny Meyer

 

  • The science of Back to the Future.
  • “It is appropriately offensive to all of the senses.”
  • Or… was he just crazy?
  • Great editing and music.
  • Not sure if the Wall St. story line was strong enough.
  • Is he hallucinating or is he seeing what he thinks he’s seeing?
  • Comparing the compulsive ideas of Super and Pi
  • There was religion and business… it would have been interesting to add a political story, as well.
  • Or is Sol the political line?
  • “This is guerilla filmmaking at its best.”
  • Props to Fatbeats.
  • Condoleeza Rice.

Trivial Bits:

  • This movie cost $60,000 to make, which was mostly raised by individual $100 contributions from the Aronofsky’s family and friends.  When it was bought by Artisan Entertainment, every contributor received a $150 return on their investment.

 

Your Producers for this episode were:

  • Tony
  • Darrell
  • David

This episode was recorded:  7/31/13