Weekend Box Office

Horror entry The Purge surprised many with its top placement of the box office charts this weekend.  The micro-budgeted scarer revolving around a lawless period where all crime is legalized starred Ethan Hawke (who may be having a banner year with this little bit of nonsense as well as Before Midnight, in selected theaters) and Lena Headey (Game of Thrones.)  Produced by Michael Bay and Jason Blum, who notably shepherded the Paranormal Activity saga, the film cost approximately $3 million to make and was put under a tightly managed and thrifty promotional budget that apparently worked wonders.  In other news, this was just an appetizer of cinema weekend before S comes and makes everything all glittery again.

1. The Purge- $36.3 million ($14,000 per screen) new
2. Fast & Furious 6- $19.7 million (-43%) ---> $202.9 million total
3. Now You See Me- $19.5 million (-33%) ---> $61.3 million total
4. The Internship- $18.1 million ($5,000 per screen) new
5. Epic- $12.1 million (-27%) ---> $84.1 million total
6. Star Trek Into Darkness- $11.7 million (-30%) ---> $200.1 million total
7. After Earth- $11.2 million (-59%) ---> $46.5 million total
8. The Hangover Part III- $7.3 million (-55%) ---> $102.3 million total
9. Iron Man 3- $5.7 million (-31%) ---> $394.3 million total
10. The Great Gatsby- $4.2 million (-35%) ---> $136.1 million total
11. Mud (the little engine)- $1.2 million (-0.7%) ---> $18.6 million total

Notables further down:
Frances Ha- $0.5 (+11%) ---> $2.3 million total
Before Midnight- $0.5 (+44%) ---> $1.5 million total
The Kings of Summer- $0.2 (+273%) ---> $0.3 total
Much Ado About Nothing- $0.18 ($36,000 per screen / 5 screens) new
Stories We Tell- $0.1 (+37%) ---> $1.1 million total

What did you see this weekend?