DIVERGENT Takes No. 1 Spot At The Box Office ; NOAH Brings In $14M

The top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates for Sunday, March 23, 2014 are in. Rentrak is reporting DIVERGENT was No. 1 with a huge $56 million. MUPPETS MOST WANTED came in second with a less than stellar $16.5 million.

Rentrak’s Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian commented, “The international marketplace clearly has the NEED FOR SPEED as the Disney release has become something of a sensation adding another $29.2 million in 55 territories and a global cumulative to date $126.5 million.  Warner Bros.’ action-epic 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE continues to conquer the world with $21 million this weekend in 63 markets and boosting its worldwide total to over $280 million.”

Meanwhile, Paramount Pictures’ NOAH brought in an estimated $14 million from it’s opening in two countries – Mexico ($5.7M) and South Korea ($8.3M). Director Darren Aronofsky’s epic tale opens next weekend in the U.S.

1. Divergent – Lionsgate – $56.0M
2. Muppets Most Wanted – Disney – $16.5M
3. Mr. Peabody And Sherman – 20th Century Fox – $11.7M
4. 300: Rise Of An Empire – Warner Bros. – $8.7M
5. God’s Not Dead – Freestyle Releasing – $8.6M
6. Need For Speed – Disney – $7.8M
7. Grand Budapest Hotel, The – Fox Searchlight – $7.0M
8. Non-Stop – Universal – $6.3M
9. Lego Movie, The – Warner Bros. – $4.1M
10. Tyler Perry’s The Single Moms Club – Lionsgate – $3.1M
11. Son Of God – 20th Century Fox – $2.6M
12. Monuments Men – Sony – $1.0M

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