did solid biz in limited release.
Pamela McClintock of THR:
Idris Elba and Taraji P. Henson's new thriller No Good Deed sprinted past family offering Dolphin Tale 2 to win the North American box office race with $24.5 million from 2,175 theaters, marking another win for producer Will Packer and Screen Gems.
Dolphin Tale 2, from Alcon Entertainment and Warner Bros., came in on the low end of expectations, grossing $16.6 million for a second-place finish. It wasn't able to match the $19.2 million opening of Dolphin Tale in September 2011, never welcome news for a sequel. Dolphin Tale 2, however, did earn an A CinemaScore so could have staying power.
The other big headline was Marvel Studio and Disney's Guardians of the Galaxy, which has become the first film of 2014 to hit the $300 million mark domestically. Globally, the tentpole has crossed $600 million to finish Sunday with a total $611.5 million.
And the late James Gandolfini's final film, The Drop, placed a strong No. 6 with $4.2 million from only 809 theaters.
Heading into the weekend, tracking services were divided as to No Good Deed's potential, although more bullish observers had it clearing $20 million. The movie benefited from being the only new title in the market targeting black audiences and cost a modest $13 million to make (that doesn't include marketing costs). No Good Deed earned a B+ CinemaScore.
Still, the slide at the North American box office continued. Revenue was once again down from a year ago, when Insidious: Chapter 2 topped the chart with $40.3 million. Last weekend, revenue topped out at $64.7 million, the worst showing since just after 9/11, while year-to-date revenue is down 5.6 percent.
Packer, the force behind Screen Gems' Think Like a Man series and Obsessed, produced No Good Deed along with Lee Clay (Packer's credits also include Universal's Ride Along). Elba starred in Obsessed, which debuted to $28.8 million, while Henson is a lead in the Think Like a Man franchise.
Directed by Sam Miller (Luther), No Good Deed stars Henson as a district attorney turned stay-at-home mom living an ideal life in the suburbs until a charming convict (Elba) shows up at her door. Kate del Castillo and Henry Simmons co-star.
Dolphin Tale cost roughly $36 million to produce. Both the original and the sequel center around Winter, the real-life dolphin rescued by the Clearwater Marine Aquarium in Florida, and her two young human friends, played by Nathan Gamble and Cozi Zuehlsdorff (the actual Winter stars in both films).
This time out, the trio befriend a baby dolphin, Hope. The film also tells the story of Mandy, a rehabilitated dolphin released back into the wild. Charles Martin Smith returned to direct Dolphin Tale 2, reuniting with stars Harry Connick Jr., Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman and Kris Kristofferson. Newcomers include Lee Karlinsky, Julia Jordan and surfer Bethany Hamilton, playing herself.
The Drop, from Fox Searchlight and Chernin Entertainment, stars Gandolfini opposite Tom Hardy and Noomi Repace. Directed by Michael R. Roskam, the crime drama made its world premiere last weekend at the Toronto Film Festival.
Here are the estimated grosses for the top 10 films for the weekend at the domestic box office:
1. No Good Deed, 1/2,175, Sony/Screem Gems, $24.5 million
2. Dolphin Tale 2, 1/3,656, Warner Bros./Alcon, $16.6 million
3. Guardians of the Galaxy, 7/3,104, Disney/Marvel, $8 million, -22%, $305.9 million
4. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, 5/2,957, Paramount, $4.8 million, -26%, $181 million
5. Let's Be Cops, 5/2,755, 20th Century Fox, $4.3 million, -23%, $73 million
6. The Drop, 1/809, Fox Searchlight, $4.2 million
7. If I Stay, 4/3,040, Warner Bros./New Line/MGM, $4.1 million, -27%, $44.9 million
8. The November Man, 3/2,702, Relativity, $2.8 million, -36%, $22.5 million
9. The Giver, 5/2,253, The Weinstein Co./Walden, $2.6 million, -23%, $41.3 million
10. The Hundred-Foot Journey, 6/1,943, Disney/DreamWorks, $2.5 million, -22%, $49.4 million
Next Up: The film adaptation of author James Dashner's bestselling 2009 book "The Maze Runne" ls here.
The young adult dystopian story follows Thomas (Teen Wolf series co-star and NJ native Dylan O'Brien) who awakens with no memory and finds that he is among a community of boys trapped inside an enormous maze. He soon learns they are part of a mysterious test, and finds it is his destiny to join the ‘maze runners’ and lead them to freedom.
The action thriller A Walk Among the Tombstones is based on the novel by author Lawrence Block, the story follows ex-NYPD officer (Liam Neeson) turned private investigator Matthew Scudder who is hired to find the kidnapped wife of a drug dealer. He soon finds out the perpetrators have done this before, resulting in several murders.
Downton Abbey's Dan Stevens Boyd Holbrook ("The Host") and Ruth Wilson also star.
This Is Where I Leave You is based on Jonathan Tropper's novel, the story centers on a father who dies and requests that his highly dysfunctional and non-religious family sit Shiva for seven days.
Judd Altman (Jason Bateman), big brother Paul (Corey Stoll), sister Wendy (Tina Fey), baby bro Phillip (Adam Driver), and busty matriarch Hillary (Jane Fonda)- come together.
Rose Byrne, Timothy Olyphant, Connie Britton, Kathryn Hahn, Dax Shepard, and Ben Schwartz also star.
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