Not even sequels like Iron Man 3, Despicable Me 2, Fast & Furious 6 or Thor: The Dark World's opening weekend increases on their predecessors can top this: The Best Man Holiday's (2) $30 million gross over last weekend was over three times as high as The Best Man back in 1999, and over twice as high even after adjusting ticket prices for inflation. But Thor held onto that top spot with $36.6 million, dropping a standard 57.3% since the prior weekend. In the wake of that blockbuster and in the path of another (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire), The Best Man Holiday was the weekend's only major new release, though Indian import Ram-Leela (13) cracked $1 million, indeed almost $1.5 million in just 204 locations.
Last Vegas (3) and Free Birds (4) continued their switcheroo between third and fourth place for the third weekend running, each posting light drops. Similarly good holds were recorded by most wide releases over the weekend, even if some of them added screens (Last Vegas, Bad Grandpa (5), 12 Years a Slave (8) and About Time (10) among them). Dallas Buyers Club (12) expanded to moderate release though and shot up to $1.8 million ahead of another significant expansion this coming weekend, and The Book Thief (18) climbed 12 places in adding 25 theatres to last weekend's four. Alexander Payne's Nebraska (26) disappointed with just over $140k from four theatres, whereas Paolo Sorrentino's The Great Beauty (51) took in over $23k in just the one! Venice Golden Lion winner Faust (64) was finally released into US theatres, and failed to ride that limited (and old) festival buzz; Charlie Countryman (69) posted a dismal $532 per-theatre average with its day-and-date VOD release. Christian film The Christmas Candle (37), produced by Rick Santorum, did decently. Despicable Me 2 (19) pulled off its 20th week in the Top 20, the longest for any film in the US since Avatar, and its 20th with over $1,000 per-theatre.
The Winner: Thor: The Dark World ($36,586,016)
Highest Opener: The Best Man Holiday ($30,107,555)
Top Per-Theatre Average: Nebraska ($35,100)
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