“Perfect Guy” Perches Atop the Weekend Box Office

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BOX OFFICE REPORT 

September 11-13, 2015(estimates from BoxOfficeMojo.com)

TOP 51. The Perfect Guy ($26.7 million)2. The Visit ($25.6 million)3. War Room ($7.4 million)4. A Walk in the Woods ($4.6 million)5. Mission Impossible 5 ($4.1 million)

It was certainly a case of knowing it would be big, but not knowing it would be that big, The Perfect Guy opened in first place with an estimated $26.7 million. That's more than double its budget. This also marks the fifth straight weekend that a movie with a predominantly black cast has topped the box office. In case you're wondering, yes, that's also only the fifth weekend this year a movie with a predominantly black cast has been No. 1.

The Visit was only about $1 million behind. While that's his second-lowest debut after Lady in the Water, the small budget and low expectations means he's back on the ascent. It's also another big debut for found-footage horror, for better or for worse. Maybe now Shyamalan can get back to the beautiful, haunting films he made his name on.

Meanwhile, War Room slipped to No. 3. It's now made close to $40 million, and will eventually top big-budget films like The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Now, A Walk in the Woods slipped to No. 4, but both films had very small drops, much smaller than many of the bigger summer flicks. Mission: Impossible "“ Rogue Nation still hung on to No. 5 and might possibly top $200 million in a couple weeks. 

Outside the top 5: - This Weekend's Indie Champ: Sleeping with Other People, the edgy romantic comedy starring Jason Sudeikis and Alison Brie. It averaged $20,625 on five screens.

- War Room continued to dominate the Christian market, meaning 90 Minutes in Heaven didn't have a prayer. The adaptation of Don Piper's miraculous survival opened all the way down at No. 9 with only $2.1 million.

- Meet the Patels, a quasi-documentary about director Ravi Patel's love life, also did very well, opening with an impressive $15,119 average on five screens.

Next week: Black Mass (Johnny Depp's big comeback) takes on The Scorch Trials (the sequel to The Maze Runner). Will the movie for kids or adults win? Definitely the kids. The Scorch Trials takes the top spot with $30 million, while Black Mass is close behind with $25 million.

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About Kip Mooney

Kip Mooney
Like many film critics born during and after the 1980s, my hero is Roger Ebert. The man was already the best critic in the nation when he won the Pulitzer in 1975, but his indomitable spirit during and after his recent battle with cancer keeps me coming back to read not only his reviews but his insightful commentary on the everyday. But enough about a guy you know a lot about. I knew I was going to be a film critic—some would say a snob—in middle school, when I had to voraciously defend my position that The Royal Tenenbaums was only a million times better than Adam Sandler’s remake of Mr. Deeds. From then on, I would seek out Wes Anderson’s films and avoid Sandler’s like the plague. Still, I like to think of myself as a populist, and I’ll be just as likely to see the next superhero movie as the next Sundance sensation. The thing I most deplore in a movie is laziness. I’d much rather see movies with big ambitions try and fail than movies with no ambitions succeed at simply existing. I’m also a big advocate of fun-bad movies like The Room and most of Nicolas Cage’s work. In the past, I’ve written for The Dallas Morning News and the North Texas Daily, which I edited for a semester. I also contributed to Dallas-based Pegasus News, which in the circle of life, is now part of The Dallas Morning News, where I got my big break in 2007. Eventually, I’d love to write and talk about film full-time, but until that’s a viable career option, I work as an auditor for Wells Fargo. I hope to one day meet my hero, go to the Toronto International Film Festival, and compete on Jeopardy. Until then, I’m excited to share my love of film with you.

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