Gravity 's Gravitational Pull

Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity accomplished the second weekend challenge times ten as grown up movies lead the pack of the weekend box office.  Gravity hovered ahead of everything else thanks largely to the price increases that IMAX and 3-D surcharges afford; word is out that this is indeed the one film that merits the most from large format screenings.  Easing a gentle 21% from its massive opening weekend (currently holding the record of the slightest second weekend drop for a film that opened to $55 million+; records themselves continue to be made up on the spot.)  Meanwhile Tom Hanks' awards hopeful Captain Phillips opened to strong number two, the best debut the 2-time Oscar winning actor has had since 2009's Angels & Demons (not counting Toy Story 3.)

1. Gravity- $43.1 million / -22% / $122 million total
2. Captain Phillips- $25.7 million / new
3. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2- $13.7 million / -34% / $77 million total
4. Machete Kills- $3.8 million / new
5. Runner Runner- $3.7 million / -51% / $14.1 million total
6. Prisoners- $3.6 million / -36% / $53 million total
7. Insidious Chapter 2- $2.7 million / -30% / $78.5 million total
8. Rush- $2.3 million / -46% / $22 million total
9. Don Jon- $2.3 million / -43% / $20 million total
10. Baggage Claim- $2 million / -50% / $18.2 million total
11. Enough Said- $1.9 million / -12% / $8.1 million total

FURTHER DOWN
Lee Daniels' The Butler- $0.6 / -49% / $113 million total
Romeo & Juliet- $0.5 / new
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete- $0.2 / new
Blue Jasmine- $0.2 / -33% / $31 million total
Escape From Tomorrow- $63K / new
As I Lay Dying- $7K / new