Denzel Washington Unequaled at Box Office

29 Sep, 2014

 Denzel Washington scored his third-best opening weekend and potentially spawned his first franchise with a $34.1 million debut for “The Equalizer.”

The Columbia Pictures release, in which Washington stars as a retired commando lured into a battle with the Russian mafia, is Washington’s second film with “Training Day” director Antoine Fuqua. The box office debut trails only Washington’s “Safe House” and “American Gangster.”

A sequel to “The Equalizer” is already in development.

The top 5 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Rentrak, are:

1. “The Equalizer,” Sony, $34,137,828, 3,236 locations, $10,549 average, $34,137,828, 1 week.

2. “The Maze Runner,” 20th Century Fox, $17,437,020, 3,638 locations, $4,793 average, $57,955,347, 2 weeks.

3. “The Boxtrolls,” Focus Features, $17,275,239, 3,464 locations, $4,987 average, $17,275,239, 1 week.

4. “This Is Where I Leave You,” Warner Bros., $6,894,340, 2,868 locations, $2,404 average, $22,441,091, 2 weeks.

5. “Dolphin Tale 2,” Warner Bros., $4,788,153, 3,376 locations, $1,418 average, $33,618,190, 3 weeks.

AP

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