September 23, 2013 – Back Seat Producers

Weekend Box Office: Sep 20-Sep 22

#1 Prisoners from Warner Bros. opened at #1 with a gross of $20.8 million in 3,260 theaters. Budget was $46 million.

#2 Insidious Chapter 2 from FilmDistrict fell from #1 to #2 with a gross of $13.8 million (-65.7%) in 3,155 theaters (+106). Total gross to date is $60.2 million. Budget was $5 million.

#3 The Family from Relativity fell from #2 to #3 with a gross of $7 million (-50.1%) in 3,091 theaters. Total gross to date is $25.6 million. Budget was $30 million.

#4 Instructions Not Included from Lionsgate rose from #6 to #4 with a gross of $5.4 million (+11%) in 978 theaters (+45). Total gross to date is $34 million. Budget was unknown.

#5 Battle of the Year from Sony/Screen Gems opened at #5 with a gross of $4.6 million in 2,008 theaters. Budget was $20 million.

#6 We’re The Millers from Warner Bros. fell from #5 to #6 with a gross of $4.56 million (-15.7%) in 3,003 theaters (-235). Total gross to date is $138.1 million. Budget was $37 million.

#7 Lee Daniels’ The Butler from Weinstein Company fell from #4 to #7 with a gross of $4.2 million (-24.4%) in 2,931 theaters (-308). Total gross to date is $106.3 million. Budget was $30 million.

#8 Riddick from Universal fell from #3 to #8 with a gross of $3.7 million (-46.6%) in 3,022 theaters (-95). Total gross to date is $37.2 million. Budget was $38 million.

#9 The Wizard of Oz (3D/IMAX) from Warner Bros. opened at #9 with a gross of $3.1 million in 318 theaters. Budget was unknown.

#10 Planes from Buena Vista fell from #7 to #10 with a gross of $2.7 million (-12.9%) in 2,446 theaters (-293). Total gross to date is $86.4 million. Budget was $50 million.

#11 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters from 20^th Century Fox fell from #10 to #11 with a gross of $1.8 million (-5.7%) in 1,473 theaters (-165). Total gross to date is $64.2 million. Budget was $90 million.

#12 Elysium from TriStar fell from #9 to #12 with a gross of $1.5 million (-30.4%) in 1,392 theaters (-328). Total gross to date is $90.8 million. Budget was $115 million.

The combined gross of the top 12 movies this weekend was $73.1 million.

Sources:
Box Office Mojo

BSP Episode 288: Dredd

Release date – 9/7/2012

Lionsgate

Directed

Pete Travis

Produced

Alex Garland
Andrew MacDonald
Allon Reich

Written

Alex Garland

Based on Judge Dredd by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra

Cast

Karl Urban – Judge Dredd
Olivia Thirlby – Judge Cassandra Anderson
Wood Harris – Kay
Lena Headey – Ma-Ma

Dresden audio books.
Harry is a dick.
If you start as an a-hole and you stay an a-hole and is a-holish in the same ways…
Bless you, Darrell.
Again, Darrell.
Dredd.
Best interpretation based on the comic books.
Karl Urban had the frown!
Great cinematography.
The life and times of Lena Headey.
Red eye… Kitt and cylons.
Some of the action went to ridiculous places.
A good way to spend a rainy afternoon if you’re looking for an action movie.
Can someone get Darrell a lozenge?
The comic book is written in real time.
This movie felt like a pilot. A good pilot.
New comedy TV pilots.
Man of Steel & Superman.
Superman’s mullet.
Cat poop.
Batman can’t stop thinking about sex.
There’s very few causes better than boobs.

Trivial bits & pieces:

Some of Ma-Ma’s tattoos are Lena Headey’s actual tattoos, that were expanded by the make-up artists.
Body count: 102
The graffiti throughout Peach Trees has names of characters from the Judge Dredd strip, such as Chopper and Kenny Who?

Your Producers for this episode were:

Tony
Darrell
David

This episode was recorded: 9/18/13

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