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Seventh is another opening failure. This time, it's Ashton Kutcher in Jobs (Kutcher thought producers said “a job” and signed up immediately). The Steve Jobs biopic did not get its audience out this weekend, and the small pic distributed by Open Road debuted to only $6.7 million. Out to only 2,381 venues, no one was expecting this one to break out, but even this total was lower than expected. It received poor reviews (24% at Rotten Tomatoes) and earned only a B- Cinemascore, and will end up as a footnote in the history of Steve Jobs.

Eighth goes to 2 Guns, the Denzel Washington/Mark Wahlberg release. Since opening well at $27 million, 2 Guns has faltered ever since, dropping 58% last weekend, and 50% this weekend. That means the Universal release earned only $5.6 million this weekend, as the film approaches its $61 million budget with ticket sales. It has yet to open overseas, though, so likely whatever it finds over there will help this one get to profitability. So far, the action flick has gunned down $59.2 million.

Ninth is those damn Smurfs, as despite seven new films over the last two weekends, this one still has a spot in the top ten. Smurfs 2 earned only $4.6 million and fell a pleasing 51%. Sadly, overseas audiences continue to lap this up, as it has already pulled in over $110 million overseas. Domestically, though, we are getting smarter as Smurfs 2 has earned $56.9 million against its $105 million budget.

The final top ten spot goes to The Wolverine, which manages to hang around for another weekend despite steady declines each week since it debuted below the total of the previous Wolverine film. This frame, the Hugh Jackman superhero movie took in $4/4 million, down 45%. Its domestic total of $120.5 million is only so-so (and just matches the production budget), but internationally, it's already nearing the $200 million mark.

In other box office news, the final opener, Paranoia, which displayed a cast that included Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman and Liam Hemsworth, flopped badly this weekend. Paranoia earned only $3.5 million, which means it finished 13th this weekend. It had only one positive review out of a possible 55, so audiences certainly didn’t miss much with this one. It cost $35 million to make.

Overall, the box office is starting to really lag behind last year. The top 12 films this weekend earned only $120.5 million. Last year, seven films earned more than $10 million, leading the box office to $127.3 million. Next weekend brings Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, and two films that are getting great reviews - Edgar Wright’s The World's End, and You’re Next, the latest horror release.

Top Weekend Box Office for 8/16/13-8/18/13 (Estimates)
Rank	Film	Distributor	Estimated Gross	Weekly Change	Running Total
1	Lee Daniels' the Butler	Weinstein Co.	$25,010,000	New	$25,010,000
2	We're the Millers	New Line Cinema	$17,780,000	- 33%	$69,513,000
3	Elysium	Sony/Columbia	$13,600,000	- 54%	$55,914,000
4	Kick0ass 2	UNIVERSAL	$13,568,100	New	$13,568,100
5	Planes	DISNEY	$13,141,000	- 41%	$45,090,000
6	Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters	Fox	$8,375,000	- 42%	$38,903,700
7	Jobs	Open Road	$6,700,000	New	$6,700,000
8	2 Guns	Universal	$5,572,105	- 50%	$59,221,450
9	The Smurfs 2	SONY	$4,600,000	- 51%	$56,912,000
10	The Wolverine	Fox	$4,425,000	- 45%	$120,458,200
11	The Conjuring	WARNER BROS.	$3,910,000	- 41%	$127,863,000
12	Despicable Me 2	UNIVERSAL	$3,781,440	- 36%	$345,987,560
	Also Opening/Notables
	Paranoia		$3,500,000	New	$3,500,000
	Austenland	Sony Classics	$42,633	New	$42,633
	Ain't Them Bodies Saints	IFC Films	$25,000	New	$25,000
	Cutie And the Boxer	Radius0twc	$21,093	New	$21,093
	You Will Be My Son	Cohen Media	$15,469	New	$15,469
	Spark: a Burning Man Story	Paladin/film Buff	$9,100	New	$9,100
	The Patience Stone	Sony Classics	$7,363	New	$7,363
	Inch'allah	Entertainment One	$3,000	New	$454,790
	Chennai Express	Utv	$842,000	- 62%	$3,963,000
	In a World…	Roadside Attractions	$225,000	+ 219%	$325,000
	The Spectacular Now	A24	$418,989	+ 57%	$1,080,916
	Blue Jasmine	Sony Classics	$2,359,395	+ 1%	$9,489,976
	Turbo	Fox	$1,025,000	- 56%	$77,604,300
	Blackfish	Magnolia	$200,000	- 14%	$1,400,000
	Grown Ups 2	SONY	$1,750,000	- 52%	$127,435,000
	Pacific Rim	WARNER BROS.	$725,000	- 53%	$98,401,000
	The Way, Way Back	FOX SEARCHLIGHT	$680,000	- 54%	$17,793,200
	The Heat	Fox	$880,000	- 55%	$155,471,600
Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations

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