Tuesday, September 16, 2014

THE MAZE RUNNER reaches no. 1!

15 Sep 1204

Singapore - THE MAZE RUNNER clinches the top spot over the weekend with US$1,395,892 from 57 screens (including IMAX) for a mighty US$24,489 screen average. That's the 4th highest amongst films released this year, and the highest for a film that's released on less than 100 screens. MAZE is the 17th film to debut above US$1m this year. Throw in sneaks and it has grossed US$1,397,238 to date.

Box office figures for AFTERIMAGES, the 6th local release of the year is not available. The horror omnibus, which is released on 11 screens probably grossed between US$47,752 and US$75,192.

Other debuts include animated flick THE BOXTROLLS (US$98,272 / 20 screens); comedy ARE YOU HERE starring Owen Wilson (US$14,904 / 7 screens); crime comedy LIFE OF CRIME starring Jennifer Aniston (US$13,401 / 4 screens); thriller THE TWO FACES OF JANUARY (US$9,691 / 2 screens) starring Viggo Mortensen and Kirsten Dunst; and the Hindi romance comedy FINDING FANNY (figures unavailable / 2 screens).

THE PURGE: ANARCHY  sneaked on 23 screens for a US$38,103 bounty. BUT ALWAYS 一生一世 starring Nicholas Tse and Gao Yuanyuan has grossed US$29,468 to date (figures unavailable last weekend).

Overall, the Top 10 Films grossed US$2,308,087, which is a 14.4% increase from the last weekend and a 60.5% increase from the same frame a year ago when Disney's PLANES ascended to the no. 1 spot in its 2nd weekend.

Source: Box Office Mojo and Cinema Online

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