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Prisoners

Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhall and Terrence Howard combine to give Prisoners a surprisingly decent Friday of $7 million. Prisoners found the right combination of star power and strong reviews to give audiences a reason to check out the crime thriller in what's been a weak September at the movies. It should have a decent remainder of the weekend as it draws out some older audiences due to the good reviews and some light Oscar buzz. A weekend of $20.7 million is a pretty big win for Prisoners.

Battle of the Year

Meanwhile, dance movie Battle of the Year musters only $1.5 million on Friday, which is probably several dollars too many for anything involving Chris Brown. Let's give it $3.6 million for the weekend and never speak of it again.

Insidious Chapter 2

Last weekend's big winner, Insidious Chapter 2, takes a predictable nosedive of 77% from last Friday to $4.6 million. A weekend of $13.3 million should be in the works, which is all gravy for FilmDistrict.

Projected Estimates for the Top Ten (Three-Day)
Projected Rank	Film	Estimated Gross
1	Prisoners	20.7
2	Insidious Chapter 2	13.3
3	The Family	6.1
4	Instructions Not Included	4.8
5	We're the Millers	4.0
6	Lee Daniels' The Butler	3.9
7	Riddick	3.7
8	Battle of the Year	3.6
9	Wizard of Oz 3D	2.3
10	Planes	2.2