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With a bump from its Academy Awards
nominations and significantly wider distribution, 'Zero Dark Thirty'
came out on top for the weekend box office sales, as it opened in
theaters across the country on Friday.
The film, a critically praised and controversial account of the Central
Intelligence Agency's efforts to hunt and kill Osama bin Laden, earned
$24 million in its first weekend in wide release. 'Zero Dark Thirty'
picked up five Oscar nominations a day before it expanded into nearly
3,000 theaters, and its distributor, Sony Corp.'s Sony Pictures, had
fueled appetite for the movie (and maintained its Oscar eligibility) by
opening it in select locations in December and early January.
The film's portrayal of the use of torture has generated criticism in
political circles, but may have given it a boost at the box office: two
of the three top-grossing screens in the country were in the Washington,
D.C., area, according to the studio.
The surprise result of the weekend came from the performance of crime
drama 'Gangster Squad,' which, despite a star-heavy cast including Ryan
Gosling, Emma Stone, Josh Brolin, Nick Nolte and Sean Penn, opened at
No. 3, behind 'A Haunted House,' a horror spoof.
'Gangster Squad,' from Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Bros. Pictures, grossed
$16.7 million, while 'A Haunted House,' from Open Road Films, earned
$18.8 million.
The remainder of the lineup came from holdovers, many of them now with
Oscar nominations to their name. 'Django Unchained' grossed $11.1
million to come in fourth place. The Quentin Tarantino-directed film,
from Weinstein Co., has earned $125.4 million in cumulative domestic
grosses.
Behind that was 'Les Miserables,' from Comcast Corp.'s Universal
Pictures, which earned $10.1 million, bringing its cumulative domestic
grosses to $119.2 million.
And rounding out the top 10 were 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,'
which grossed $9.1 million; 'Lincoln,' which brought in $6.3 million;
and 'Parental Guidance,' which earned $6.1 million. Last weekend's No. 1
release, 'Texas Chainsaw 3-D,' fell to ninth place, grossing $5.2
million, while 'Silver Linings Playbook,'still on fewer than 1,000
screens but perhaps buoyed by Oscar nods, took 10th place, earning $5
million.
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