GRAVITY Number One At Box Office For Second Week In A Row

For the second consecutive weekend, the heart-pounding thriller GRAVITY is the No. 1 film in the world with an estimated weekend gross of $72.3 million from 39 markets. Its global total is now a staggering $191.4 million.

This is only a 27% drop from the previous weekend where it broke a number of box office records, including those for the biggest October opening for any film, the largest IMAX opening in October ($11.8 million), and the highest opening weekend ever for stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney.

The film was directed by Oscar nominee Alfonso Cuarón (“Children of Men”).

Other newcomers this weekend were Sony Pictures’ CAPTAIN PHILLIPS starring Tom Hanks and Open Road Films’ MACHETE KILLS.

The Paul Greengrass film came in 2nd place with $26 million, while Robert Rodriguez’s star-studded movie only took in $3.8 million.

Also, PLANES has crossed the $100 million mark overseas.

1. Gravity – Warner Bros. – $44.3M
2. Captain Phillips – Sony – $26.0M
3. Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2 – Sony – $14.2M
4. Machete Kills – Open Road – $3.8M
5. Runner Runner – 20th Century Fox – $3.7M
6. Prisoners – Warner Bros. – $3.7M
7. Insidious Chapter 2 – FilmDistrict – $2.6M
8. Rush – Universal – $2.4M
9. Don Jon – Relativity Media – $2.3M
10. Baggage Claim – Fox Searchlight – $2.1M
11. Enough Said – Fox Searchlight – $1.9M
12. Pulling Strings – Lionsgate – $1.1M

Next week’s offerings are ESCAPE PLAN (Summit Entertainment), THE FIFTH ESTATE (Disney Pictures) and CARRIE (Screen Gems).