“Thor: The Dark World” Tops Weekend Box Office with $38.5 Million
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Kevin Winter/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Superhero flick Thor: The Dark World led the weekend box office once again, bringing in $38.5 million between Friday and Sunday.
Although it kept its first-place spot from last weekend, the earnings for the Chris Hemsworth action film slipped. Last week, in its opening weekend, Thor: The Dark World earned over $85 million.
In second place at this weekend’s box office was The Best Man Holiday, which earned $30.6 million. This was the opening weekend for the comedy/drama, which stars Taye Diggs and Morris Chestnut.
Both of the top films from this weekend’s box office are sequels. Thor: The Dark World is a follow-up to 2011’s Thor, while The Best Man Holiday is a sequel to the 1999 comedy The Best Man.
Here are the weekend’s top ten films according to boxofficemojo.com:
1. Thor: The Dark World: $38.5 million
2. The Best Man Holiday: $30.6 million
3. Last Vegas: $8.9 million
4. Free Birds: $8.3 milion
5. Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa: $7.7 million
6. Gravity: $6.3 million
7. Ender’s Game: $6.2 million
8. 12 Years a Slave: $4.7 million
9. Captain Phillips: $4.5 million
10. About Time: $3.5 million
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