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Fourth spot goes to Lee Daniels’ The Butler, which holds well again despite being in release for five weekends. The Butler earned another $5.6 million this weekend, as it drops only 34% from its $8.4 million take last weekend. The Butler managed to reach the $100 million mark on Sunday, and will likely start to lose some screens, as it is still in 3,239 theaters. Kudos to The Weinstein Company for getting behind this one, as Oscar nominations will likely follow.

Top ten stalwart We’re the Millers, which earned another $5.4 million this weekend, finishes in fifth. The Jennifer Aniston comedy fell just 30% and brought its domestic total up to a stunning $131.6 million. It's moving on to be a worldwide force now, as its already picked up an additional $55 million overseas, for a worldwide gross approaching $200 million. Remember, this is a $37 million effort from Warner Bros.

Sixth goes to Instructions Not Included, Pantelion’s out of nowhere hit. The distributor added another 216 venues to the run of the Spanish language comedy, but the hold was just okay. After last weekend, where the comedy earned $8.1 million from 717 venues, this weekend it earned $4.3 million from 933 screens. It drops 48%, and brings its domestic total up to $26.6 million. Remember, this one cost only $5 million to make, and has already become the sixth biggest foreign language release.

Seventh is Disney’s Planes, which won’t go away. Planes earned another $3.1 million this weekend and declined 26%. It has earned $83 million so far, and another $56 million overseas.

Eighth goes One Direction: This Is Us, and despite adding additional footage to the release, the boy band doc is still tanking. This Is Us earned $2.4 million and fell 41% from last weekend's total. The $10 million TriStar release has now pulled in $27 million stateside, and about the same amount internationally.

Ninth is Elysium, the Matt Damon sci-fi effort from Neill Blomkamp. Elysium earned $2 million in what is likely its last weekend in the top ten. It has earned $88.4 million in North America, and adds another $127 million overseas.

Our 10th place film is Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, as the teen-targeted film manages to hold on for one final weekend on the charts. It earned $1.8 million, a decline of 25% from last weekend, and brings its domestic total to $62 million. The news is quite a bit better in international venues, as Sea of Monsters has taken in more than $100 million on foreign shores.

Overall, thanks to a breakout success from Insidious Chapter 2, the box office does significant business for a mid-September weekend. The top twelve films brought in $90.3 million, which is better than last year’s effort when Resident Evil: Retribution led the top 12 to $69 million. Next weekend brings the dance movie Battle of the Year, as well as Prisoners, the well-reviewed new feature with Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaall.

Top Weekend Box Office for 9/13/13-9/15/13 (Estimates)
Rank	Film	Distributor	Estimated Gross	Weekly Change	Running Total
1	Insidious: Chapter 2	Filmdistrict	$41,050,000	New	$41,050,000
2	The Family	Relativity	$14,500,000	New	$14,500,000
3	Riddick	UNIVERSAL	$7,013,250	- 63%	$31,279,625
4	Lee Daniels' the Butler	Weinstein Co.	$5,582,000	- 34%	$100,041,118
5	We're the Millers	New Line Cinema	$5,415,000	- 30%	$131,602,000
6	Instructions Not Included	Lionsgate	$4,250,000	- 48%	$26,580,698
7	Planes	DISNEY	$3,066,000	- 26%	$82,984,000
8	One Direction: This Is Us	SONY	$2,400,000	- 41%	$26,887,000
9	Elysium	Sony/Columbia	$2,050,000	- 35%	$88,388,000
10	Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters	Fox	$1,825,000	- 25%	$62,035,400
11	Blue Jasmine	Sony Classics	$1,798,140	- 23%	$27,884,694
12	The World's End	Focus Features	$1,346,661	- 42%	$23,986,235
	Also Opening/Notables
	Wadjda	Sony Classics	$40,491	New	$116,158
	Final: the Rapture	Riverrain Distribution	$31,884	New	$31,884
	Mother of George	Oscilloscope	$22,456	New	$22,456
	Mademoiselle c	Cohen Media	$14,477	New	$17,739
	Jayne Mansfield's Car	Anchor Bay	$7,400	New	$7,400
	Herb & Dorothy 50x50	Fine Line Media	$6,500	New	$6,500
	Plush	Im Global/blumhouse	$3,320	New	$3,320
	The Ultimate Life	Hightop Releasing	$244,000	- 63%	$1,073,463
	Salinger	Weinstein Co.	$45,009	- 48%	$158,726
	Populaire	Weinstein Co.	$33,250	+ 112%	$56,477
	Getaway	WARNER BROS.	$678,000	- 69%	$9,975,000
	The Mortal Instruments	SONY	$1,110,000	- 50%	$29,625,000
	Austenland	Sony Classics	$381,191	+ 127%	$1,188,627
	The Spectacular Now	A24	$769,907	+ 13%	$5,802,677
	Despicable Me 2	UNIVERSAL	$1,212,230	- 17%	$359,043,550
Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations

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