Sunday, 30 March 2014
'Noah' stays dry to top US cinema box office
Saturday, 22 March 2014
Prediction: Top Ten Movies Of 2014
Friday, 21 March 2014
Box Office Catch
Wednesday, 12 March 2014
Top 10 movies over the weekend
Monday, 10 March 2014
300: Rise of an Empire action film assaults US box office
Sunday, 9 March 2014
Box Office: 'Grand Budapest Hotel' Checks In …
Related: Box Office: '300: Rise Of An Empire' Commands $45M; 'Budapest' Per Screen Stuns
Last year, animated feature Frozen opened with a $243,490 PTA, but this weekend's Budapest numbers outgross another 2013 box office juggernaut, American Hustle, which opened in six theaters in December, grossing more than $740K for a $123,409 PTA. It has grossed $148.43M to date. Budapest also debuted this weekend in the UK, Germany and Belgium. The film's profile is sky-high in Germany and elsewhere in Europe after its world premiere as opening-night film last month in Berlin.
Related: Specialty B.O. Preview: 'Grand Budapest Hotel' & More
Anderson's 2001 feature The Royal Tenenbaums remains his highest-grossing film, taking in more than $52.36M domestically, followed by Moonrise and his 2004 pic, The Life Aquatic, at $24M. Incidentally, this is also the biggest weekend opener for Fox Searchlight in terms of screen average. Terrence Malick's The Tree Of Life was the distributor's previous record-holder, opening in May 2011 in four theaters, grossing nearly $373 for a $93,230 PTA.
Anderson is bringing Budapest to his native Texas tomorrow, screening the film at SXSW, and will be in Austin for the festivities. Searchlight will expand the film to 17 new markets on Friday bringing its total to 65-75 theaters. "We will take the film to markets that we know are good for Anderson next week," said Rodriguez, adding the film will expand in New York and L.A. as well. Rodriguez said Budapest will likely be in 800-1,000 theaters in six weeks. "I have a feeling the film will cross over to the mainstream as we move forward."
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300: Rise of An Empire claims top spot at US box office
300: Rise of An Empire has debuted in the number one spot at the US box office.
The Noam Murro-directed sequel - starring Sullivan Stapleton, Lena Headey, Eva Green and Rodrigo Santoro - took $45m on its first weekend.
300: Rise of An Empire is a follow-up to 2006 movie 300, which starred Gerard Butler, Michael Fassbender, Heady and Santoro.
The animated movie Mr Peabody & Sherman debuted in second place with $32.5m.
The two new releases knocked Liam Neeson's Non-Stop off the number one spot. Non-Stop slipped to third place with $15.3m, earning a total of $52.1m.
The thriller is followed by The Lego Movie in fourth place with $11m, with a total gross of $224.9m. The computer generated film is the first of 2014 to pass $200m at the box office.
The biblical movie Son of God slipped from second place to fifth place on its second week with $10m. Its total gross is now $41.4m.
12 Years a Slave made an impressive jump from 18th place to ninth with $2.1m. Last weekend, the drama took home Best Supporting Actress and Best Picture Oscars.
The Monuments Men, 3 Days to Kill, Frozen and Ride Along round out the top ten.
The US weekend box office top ten for March 9 (studio estimates, all figures in US dollars) is as follows:
Watch the trailer for 300: Rise of An Empire below:
300: Rise of An Empire claims top spot at US box office
300: Rise of An Empire has debuted in the number one spot at the US box office.
The Noam Murro-directed sequel - starring Sullivan Stapleton, Lena Headey, Eva Green and Rodrigo Santoro - took $45m on its first weekend.
300: Rise of An Empire is a follow-up to 2006 movie 300, which starred Gerard Butler, Michael Fassbender, Heady and Santoro.
The animated movie Mr Peabody & Sherman debuted in second place with $32.5m.
The two new releases knocked Liam Neeson's Non-Stop off the number one spot. Non-Stop slipped to third place with $15.3m, earning a total of $52.1m.
The thriller is followed by The Lego Movie in fourth place with $11m, with a total gross of $224.9m. The computer generated film is the first of 2014 to pass $200m at the box office.
The biblical movie Son of God slipped from second place to fifth place on its second week with $10m. Its total gross is now $41.4m.
12 Years a Slave made an impressive jump from 18th place to ninth with $2.1m. Last weekend, the drama took home Best Supporting Actress and Best Picture Oscars.
The Monuments Men, 3 Days to Kill, Frozen and Ride Along round out the top ten.
The US weekend box office top ten for March 9 (studio estimates, all figures in US dollars) is as follows:
Watch the trailer for 300: Rise of An Empire below:
Saturday, 8 March 2014
Intl Box Office: '300: Rise Of An …
On Friday, Rise Of An Empire scored a No. 1 opening in the UK with an estimated $1.6M from 955 screens for 44% of the top five market share. Spain, which has less disposable income than it did at the time of the 2007 original, was also a No. 1 debut with $1.1M from 611 screens. Korea was a big No. 1, adding $1.46M for a two-day haul of $2.1M. Germany, which clocked $1.4M on its opening Thursday, continued at No. 1 on Friday with an additional $1.25M on 582 screens for an estimated total of $2.6M. Italy has an estimated total of $1.1M after adding $600K on Friday on 471 screens. Outside the leading territories for the original, Russia, where one might think the public has other things than movies on its mind, scored an estimated $1.5M on 1,441 screens, continuing at No. 1 with 60% of the market share. The cume there is $2.8M. Mexico opened to $1.4M on 1,780 screens, to rank as the 3rd biggest March opening of all time, ahead of Alice In Wonderland and Ice Age 2. Brazil opened to $1.3M for Warner's biggest opening day with a 16-rated film. France on Friday added $1.07M from 454 screens for a $4M cume. Australia added $626K from 467 screens and a $1.2M cume. Taiwan and Greece also opened. The former provided $400K on Friday and in the latter, the cume after two days is $693K.
PREVIOUS, FRIDAY AM: Warner Bros' 300: Rise Of An Empire is off to a strong start as it begins its international rollout. It hit France, Belgium and French-speaking Switzerland on Wednesday. It also bowed in Australia and kicked off in Germany, Russia and Italy on Thursday. In France, the Noam Murro-directed sequel took $1.83M on 454 screens on its opening day where it was No.1 even faced with the 2nd frame of hitmaker Dany Boon's Supercondriaque. Rise Of An 
Rise Of An Empire, which follows Greek general Themistokles (Sullivan Stapleton) as he leads the charge against invading Persian forces led by mortal-turned-god Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) and Artemisia (Eva Green), the vengeful commander of the Persian navy, goes out in 58 countries this weekend. It's also bowing Stateside where it's tracking at $40-$45M. The original 2007 film, directed by Zack Snyder, grossed $210.6M domestically and added a further $245.5M overseas. It's likely the sequel will best that international tally. Contrary to the first film, it is being released in IMAX and 3D. The first time around, 300 's top ex-U.S. market was the UK, followed by Spain, Korea, Germany and Italy making those key territories to watch this weekend.
A word about France: 
Tuesday, 4 March 2014
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AFP HOLLYWOOD -Liam Neeson soared to the top of the North American box office with his plane thriller "Non-Stop," raking in $28.9 million on Oscars weekend, industry figures have showed.Neeson pipped another new entry, "Son of God," into second, according to box office tracker Exhibitor Relations, which said the controversial film about the life and times of Jesus pulled in $25.6 million."The Lego Movie," the Warner Bros animated film, was relegated to third after a short stint in prime position. It earned $20.8 million for a total $209.1 million since opening last month.It was far ahead of action thriller "3 Days to Kill," starring Kevin Costner as a secret agent tasked with one final deadly mission, which earned a relatively modest $5 million. Just a whisker behind in fifth place was George Clooney's "The Monuments Men," starring Bill Murray, Matt Damon and Oscar-winning Cate Blanchett, among others, which earned $4.9 million. The latest incarnation of cult classic "Robocop" was in sixth spot, with $4.5 million. Set in 2028 Detroit, it tells the story of a policeman injured in the line of duty, returning to the force as part-man, part-robot. Seventh was "Pompeii," with $4.3 million, about a lovelorn slave-turned-gladiator in 79 AD. It was followed by Disney smash and animated Oscar winner "Frozen," with $3.6 million, loosely based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale."Frozen" has had ticket sales of $388.8 million since its debut in late November. Rounding out the 10 most popular movies in the United States and Canada were "About Last Night" ($3.4 million) and "Ride Along" ($3 million).
Liam Neeson thriller 'Non
Credit: Reuters/Fred Prouser
Actor Liam Neeson poses at the premiere of his new film ''Non-Stop'' in Los Angeles February 24, 2014.
It swept the week's other new film, "Son of God", into second place with $26.5 million in sales during a strong box office weekend which coincided with Sunday's bestowing of its annual Oscars, Hollywood's biggest night.
"Son of God" is based on "The Bible" television mini-series produced by "Survivor" producer Mark Burnett and his wife, Roma Downey.
"The Lego Movie", which led the box office for three consecutive weeks, was third in ticket sales at U.S. and Canadian theaters with $21 million, according to studio estimates compiled by tracking firm Rentrak.
"Non-Stop" is the latest film to feature Neeson in an action role, following his hit thriller "Taken 2" in 2012.
The voice of the 61-year-old Irish former amateur boxing champion is also featured in the animated "Lego Movie," which "stars" characters based on the colorful plastic toy blocks.
That has racked up nearly $210 million at the box office since its February 7 release.
Universal released "Non-Stop" during the same part of the year as Neeson's 2009 hit "Taken", which opened in late January, and the move paid off handsomely as the film far surpassed studio projections for a total of about $19-21 million.
"This was a great result for the weekend," said Nikki Rocco, president for domestic distribution at Universal Pictures, which released "Non-Stop".
"Liam has become a bonafide star, but we saw a little more diffuse audience than we've seen for his previous films."
BEATING FORECASTS
She said more than one-third of ticket buyers were under 25, and prospects for the film looked strong in coming weeks as his films tended to have box office "longevity".
"Son of God", which stars Portuguese actor and former model Diogo Morgado as Jesus Christ, features scenes not used in the History Channel mini-series that was nominated for three Emmy nominations.
The movie received generally poor reviews, getting "rotten" reviews from 37 of 50 critics tallied on the site Rotten Tomatoes, although 82 percent of audience members liked it.
"It's a phenomenal opening," said Chris Aronson, president of domestic distribution for Fox, which distributed the movie.
He said forecasting the fortunes for the religious-themed movie "defied all conventional wisdom".
"I thought if we were in the $12 million to $15 million range we'd be in great shape," he said.
"But I'm not at all surprised it did more than that."
"The Lego Movie", which also features the voices of Will Ferrell, Will Arnett and Morgan Freeman, was the fourth film since October to lead the box office over three straight weekends.
It followed on the heels of "Gravity" in October and "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" in December, according to Box Office Mojo. "Ride Along" also led the box office for three consecutive weekends in January.
Rounding out the top five, the George Clooney World War Two-era film "The Monuments Men" took in $5 million, while "3 Days to Kill", starring Kevin Costner as an over-the-hill international spy, was fifth with $4.9 million in ticket sales.
Warner Brothers, a unit of Time Warner, released the film "The Lego Movie". Universal Pictures, a unit of Comcast's NBC Universal division, distributed "Non-Stop".
"Son of God" was released by Fox, a unit of Twenty-First Century Fox.
Relativity distributed "3 Days to Kill". "The Monuments Men" was released by Sony's Columbia Pictures.
(Reporting by Ronald Grover and Chris Michaud; Editing by Paul Simao and Sophie Hares)
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Non-Stop has stormed to the top of the U.S. box office, as Liam Neeson returned to the big screen.
Neeson is back in another action role as he reunites with filmmaker Jaume Collet-Serra: their first project together was Unknown.
The film took just over $30 million on its opening weekend to end the reign of The Lego Movie.
Son of God was the second and final new entry inside the top ten, as it opened at number two.
The Lego Movie fell two places from one to three this week, while The Monuments Men was up at four.
3 Days to Kill rounded off the top five as it dropped three places to two to five.
RoboCop was out of the top five this week as is dropped two places to six.
Pompeii was this week's biggest faller as it dropped four spots from three to seven. There was no move for Frozen as it stayed put at eight.
About Last Night was down three at nine, while Ride Along was also a three place faller at ten.
1. (-) Non-Stop - $30,019,0002. (-) Son of God - $26,500,0003. (1) The Lego Movie - $21,015,0004. (5) The Monuments Men - $5,000,0005. (2) 3 Days to Kill - $4,900,0006. (4) RoboCop - $4,500,0007. (3) Pompeii - $4,300,000 8. (8) Frozen - $3,611,0009. (6) About Last Night - $3,400,00010. (7) Ride Along - $3,065,000
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Liam Neeson v Roma Downey: Derry and Ballymena movie stars go head to ...
It's the lucrative battle of the American blockbusters - with the might of Ballymena taking on Londonderry.
On the influential Oscars weekend, two major movies have been fighting it out to top the US box office takings chart over the past few days.
In one corner was Liam Neeson's action film Non-Stop, while in the other, his fellow countrywoman Roma Downey was also raking in the millions with Son of God, which she produced and stars in.
By last night, it looked like Neeson's latest release had pulled in an estimated $30m (£18m) in ticket sales on its opening weekend to top the box office.
This impressive outing only narrowly edged Fox's Biblical drama Son of God, produced by Downey and husband Mark Burnett, into second place.
It was heading towards the $29m (£17.3m) mark for its first weekend of trade.
Estimates also predicted the hugely popular LEGO movie - which also stars Neeson - was ranking third in box office takings for America.
Movie website BoxOffice.com said the race between the two couldn't be closer.
"BoxOffice projects the film (Non-Stop) will total $30m for its opening weekend, a strong start for the Liam Neeson thriller," it said. "Meanwhile, Son of God is off to an impressive start itself."
The movies couldn't be any more different.
Downey, from the Bogside in Derry, plays Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, in Son of God. Meanwhile, Ballymena's Neeson is in tough guy mode once again in Non-Stop. He plays an air marshal who springs into action during a transatlantic flight, after receiving a series of text messages that put his fellow passengers at risk, unless the airline transfers $150m into an off-shore account.
According to Variety Magazine, the studio Universal has pitched Non-Stop to the public as a Neeson action-thriller along the lines of 2009's hugely successful Taken.
Meanwhile, Son of God has seen strong online ticket sales, according to both Fandango and Movietickets.com, and Downey and Burnett are said to have campaigned aggressively for the project. Son of God has, however, received mixed reviews and it is not yet clear if it will be screened in the Middle East. The story chronicles the life of Jesus Christ, portrayed by Portuguese actor Diogo Morgado. It was made using footage from Downey and Burnett's hit 10-hour television mini-series, The Bible.
PROFILES
Roma Downey: US-based Roma Downey (53), from the Bogside in Derry, is an actress and producer with an estimated wealth of more than $200m. In 1997, Roma was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. She is married to influential television producer Mark Burnett.
Liam Neeson: US-based actor Liam Neeson (61) is from Ballymena. He is best known for playing Michael Collins, Oskar Schindler in Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List, Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn in Star Wars and former CIA operative Bryan Mills in Taken. His wife, Natasha Richardson, died in 2009 after a skiing accident in Montreal.
Box Office: Liam Neeson's 'Non
As an action star, Liam Neeson can do no wrong.
The actor's latest pic, Universal's " Non-Stop," estimated $30 million in its opening frame, enough to beat Fox's overperformer " Son of God," with $26.5 million, and Warner Bros.' former box office champ " The Lego Movie," which grossed $21 million through Sunday.
Making global headlines in the run-up to Sunday's Oscarcast, Disney's two-time nominated toon "Frozen" crossed the $1 billion mark, making it only the second 2013 release to do so - coincidentally, the Mouse had the other: "Iron Man 3."
Another Oscar-nominated film to hit a milestone this weekend, Fox Searchlight's best picture hopeful "12 Years a Slave" crossed the $50 million domestic mark after more than four months in theaters.
In limited release, Lionsgate-CodeBlack Films' urban-targeted Forest Whitaker pic "Repentance" failed to attract much of its core demo, grossing just $530,000 from 152 locations, averaging $3,487 per screen.
The Metropolitan Opera celebrated its 75th live transmission this weekend, with Borodin's Russian epic "Prince Igor" grossing $1.61 million. Attendance reached an estimated 70,000 in North America alone from more than 900 screens. An additional 88,000 people watched the live feed on more than 900 screens in 33 countries outside the U.S.
The domestic box office saw a healthy injection, up more than 15% over this same weekend last year, when the top grosser was the pricey B.O. disaster "Jack the Giant Slayer," with $27 million.
Falling from the top spot for the first time in four weeks, Warner and Village Roadshow's "The Lego Movie" dropped just 33% in three days, giving the hit toon enough momentum to surge past $200 million at the domestic box office. The limited drop for "Lego" this weekend is impressive considering both "Non-Stop" and "Son of God" dipped into the toon's core demos - adult men and families - the latter, though, attracting a concentrated family segment of Christian auds.
And while "Non-Stop" earned a sizable portion of its opening from men, the film actually played slightly better with women, contributing 51% of the debut gross. The film did skew mostly toward adult auds, with 65% over 25.
"Kudos to our marketing department, who completely nailed it, and kudos to (producer) Joel Silver for casting Liam, who has - let's face it - become quite a sensation at the box office," said Universal domestic distribution prexy Nikki Rocco.
"Non-Stop," which Universal paid $13 million for North American rights, cost $50 million to produce by StudioCanal and Joel Silver. Alex Heineman and Andrew Rona co-produced along with Silver. The film received a solid 'A-' CinemaScore.
Fox, meanwhile, gave "Son of God" a significant push in the Latino markets, even going so far as to release a Spanish-langauge dubbed version of the film at 200-plus locations. The film ultimately earned 22% of its opening weekend from Hispanic auds.
"Son of God" is a pared-down version of Mark Burnett and Roma Downey's 10-hour miniseries "The Bible," which aired last March on History to an average of 15 million-plus viewers for its five two-hour installments. The film version runs two hours and 15 minutes and is a complete re-edit of the Jesus storyline from the mini, with supplemental outtakes.
The film scored an above average 80% rating among auds who would definitely recommend the film, a composite of polling done over two days.
"Son of God" sold roughly $5 million worth of advanced tickets, of which $1.2 million were redeemed for Thursday evening shows. Without those added to the opening day gross, the film actually was up 13% on Saturday.
"I don't feel this film is frontloaded in any way," said Fox distribution topper Chris Aronson. "If you look back to faith-based films, which played in this corridor, they all tend to have long tails."
Monday, 3 March 2014
Liam Neeson's 'Non
Bloomberg News
"Non-Stop," featuring Liam Neeson as a sky marshal battling a ransom-seeking terrorist in-flight, opened as the top-grossing film in U.S. and Canadian cinemas, toppling "The Lego Movie" from a three-weekend run as No. 1.
The thriller, from 's Universal Pictures, collected $28.9 million in weekend sales, Rentrak Corp. today said in an e-mailed statement. "Son of God," retelling the story of Jesus, was the only other new film in wide release. It placed second with $25.6 million. "The Lego Movie," from Warner Bros., took in $20.8 million to place third.
Neeson has demonstrated flair as an action hero since he starred as an ex-CIA agent rescuing his daughter in the January 2009 hit "Taken," which took in $227 million worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo. A 2012 sequel produced $376 million. Tonight's live telecast of the 86th Academy Awards in Los Angeles may draw some fans away from theaters.
Neeson "has rebranded himself as the thinking man's action hero, so he's filled a void left by Harrison Ford from many years back," Gitesh Pandya, chief executive officer at Boxofficeguru.com, said in a telephone interview. "There's definitely a demand for that."
Neeson, 61, plays air marshal Bill Marks on a trans-Atlantic flight. He receives text messages demanding he instruct the airline to transfer $150 million into an offshore account. Until he secures the money, a passenger will be killed every 20 minutes.
The picture co-stars Julianne Moore, along with Michelle Dockery from "Downton Abbey," and Lupita Nyong'o, who is nominated for an Oscar for her role in "12 Years a Slave."
Greatest Story
BoxOffice.com, another industry researcher, predicted weekend sales of $28.5 million for "Non-Stop." The film cost about $50 million to produce, according to Box Office Mojo, and garnered a 58 percent favorable rating at RottenTomatoes.com, which aggregates reviews from critics.
"Son of God," distributed by , brings to the big screen an epic from the team that created "The Bible" for cable TV's History Channel, including the writers and producer Mark Burnett. Portuguese actor Diogo Morgado plays Jesus as the film covers his birth, teachings, crucifixion and resurrection.
"Son of God" marks the first motion picture about Jesus' life since "The Passion of the Christ" 10 years ago, according to the film's website. That movie, from director Mel Gibson, generated $612 million in worldwide ticket sales, according to Box Office Mojo.
BoxOffice.com predicted $17.5 million in weekend sales. The film attracted favorable ratings of 22 percent from critics at Rottentomatoes.com, while 83 percent of fans like it.
Returning Films
Among returning films, "The Lego Movie," in its fourth week, almost matched BoxOffice.com's estimate for three-day sales of $21 million. The picture, based on the children's building blocks, has produced $330 million worldwide for film unit, according to Box Office Mojo.
"3 Days to Kill," featuring Kevin Costner, fell to fourth place from second with sales of $5 million for the independent studio Relativity Media LLC.
Costner plays an international spy, Ethan Renner, who is giving up his life of intrigue to build a closer relationship with his estranged daughter.
"Monuments Men," directed by and starring George Clooney, moved stayed at fifth, with $4.9 million of sales for this weekend, according to Rentrak Corp.
Also starring Matt Damon and Bill Murray, the film is based on the true story of a World War II platoon comprised of museum directors and curators that rescued art trapped behind enemy lines.
Rising Revenue
Weekend revenue for the top 10 films rose 19 percent to $104.1 million from a year earlier, Rentrak said. Domestic box-office sales year to date are $1.68 billion, up 9.7 percent from a year earlier.
The following table has U.S. movie box-office figures provided by studios to Rentrak. The amounts are based on gross ticket sales for Feb. 28 to March 2.
Rev. Pct. Avg./ Total Movie (mln) Chg. Theaters Theater (mln) Wks ================================================================ 1 Non-Stop $28.9 -- 3,090 $9,345 $28.9 1 2 Son Of God 25.6 -- 3,260 7,853 25.6 1 3 Lego Movie, The 20.8 -33 3,770 5,525 209.1 4 4 3 Days To Kill 5.0 -60 2,872 1,724 20.8 2 5 Monuments Men 4.9 -38 3,002 1,646 65.6 4 6 RoboCop 4.5 -54 2,885 1,563 51.2 3 7 Pompeii 4.3 -58 2,658 1,630 17.8 2 8 Frozen 3.6 -18 1,746 2,080 388.8 15 9 About Last Night 3.4 -55 1,804 1,875 43.7 3 10 Ride Along 3.0 -34 1,869 1,625 127.2 7 Top 10 Films Grosses This Week Year Ago Pct. (mln) (mln) Chg. =================================== $104.1 $87.8 +19 Year-to-date Revenue 2014 2013 YTD YTD Pct. (mln) (mln) Chg. =================================== $1,677 $1,528 9.7 Source: Rentrak Corp.
To contact the reporter on this story: Rob Golum in Los Angeles at rgolum@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Anthony Palazzo at apalazzo@bloomberg.net
Liam Neeson's Non
Liam Neeson's latest thriller Non-Stop, in which he plays a federal air marshal, has landed at the top of the North American box office chart.
Neeson's character must stop a string of murders on an international flight.
The film took $30m (£18m) at US and Canadian cinemas between Friday and Sunday, according to studio estimates.
Son of God took £26.5m (£16m) to reach second place. The film is adapted from the History Channel's mini-series The Bible, about the life of Jesus.
The film, which surpassed box office predictions, stars Portuguese actor Diogo Morgado as Jesus and was made by reality TV producer Mark Burnett.
The success of Non-Stop and Son of God pushed The Lego Movie down to third place after three weeks in the top spot.
The toy franchise spin-off made $21m (£12.5m) over the weekend, taking its North American box office total to $209m (£125m).
George Clooney's World War II drama The Monuments Men was a distant fourth, earning $5m (£3m).
It was followed by 3 Days to Kill, in which Kevin Costner plays an over-the-hill international spy, which took $4.9m (£2.9m).
Sunday, 2 March 2014
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LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Liam Neeson soared to the top of the North American box office with his plane thriller Non-Stop, raking in US$30 million (S$38 million) on Oscars weekend, industry estimates showed on Sunday.
Neeson pipped another new entry, Son Of God, into second, according to box office tracker Exhibitor Relations. It said the controversial film about the life and times of Jesus pulled in US$26.5 million.
The Lego Movie, the Warner Bros animation film, was relegated to third after a short stint in prime position. It earned US$21 million for a total US$209.3 million since opening last month.
It was far ahead of George Clooney's The Monuments Men, starring Bill Murray, which earned a relatively paltry US$5 million in estimated ticket sales between Friday and Sunday.
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