‘Expendables 2′ pummels puny newcomers with $13.5 million

You know you’ve reached the summer box office doldrums when not a single new wide release is able to break $7 million over the Friday-to-Sunday period.

Such was the case this weekend, when the top 12 movies grossed a cumulative $83.4 million, which makes this the least attended frame at the box office since December 9-11, 2011, when the top 12 films earned just $67.8 million.

Once again, “The Expendables 2″ led the chart, dropping 53 percent from its opening frame to $13.5 million — the lowest total for a No. 1 movie since that aforementioned December frame when “New Year’s Eve” topped the chart with a sad $13.0 million.

After 10 days, “The Expendables 2,” which carries a reported $100 million budget, has grossed $52.3 million and is running well behind the total of the original “Expendables,” which had grossed $65.4 million at the same point in its run. The Lionsgate action entry may finish with just under $80 million.

1. The Expendables 2 — $13.5 million

2. The Bourne Legacy — $9.3 million

3. ParaNorman — $8.6 million

4. The Campaign — $7.4 million

5. The Dark Knight Rises — $7.2 million

6. The Odd Life of Timothy Green — $7.1 million

7. Premium Rush — $6.3 million

8. 2016: Obama’s America — $6.2 million

9. Hope Springs — $6.0 million

10. Hit and Run — $4.7 million

11. Sparkle — $4.2 million

12. The Apparition — $3.0 million

See the full article at EW.com.

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