New at BOP: Review: Matrix Resurrections Movie Review: Moonfall Movie Reviews: Scream The #1 Movie in America November Forecast The Many Saints of Newark October Forecast New Trivia Question All site updates Share & Save   Tweet Print this column

For the second straight week, a movie gets good reviews and is rewarded with solid box office. Go figure!

Captain Phillips

Tom Hanks' Captain Phillips managed $8.2 million on Friday, a good start. Providing a second adult option for those for whom Gravity might be a bit too intense, the excellent reviews and Hanks' star power (two things that worked in Gravity's favor last weekend) are going to place it solidly in second place. Look for $26.3 million for the weekend.

Machete Kills

Machete returned…and nobody cared. Robert Rodriguez's kitchy sequel could only manage $1.4 million on Friday, whereas 2010's Machete started with $3.8 million and an $11.4 million weekend. This time around, the over-the-top Danny Trejo action movie will find just an entire weekend of $3.9 million.

Gravity

Gravity holds onto the top spot for a second weekend with $12.7 million in its second Friday, down a mere 27% from its opening day. This is a fantastic hold and also rockets it up the Best Picture shortlist. Last weekend it managed to build off its impressive Friday to earn a 3.19 multiplier, a trend that will continue over this weekend as well. It'll cross $100 million by the end of the weekend with a second weekend of about $41 million.

Projected Estimates for the Top Ten (Three-Day)
Projected Rank	Film	Estimated Gross
1	Gravity	41.0
2	Captain Phillips	26.3
3	Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2	15.6
4	Machete Kills	3.9
5	Prisoners	3.6
6	Runner Runner	3.4
7	Insidious Chapter 2	2.6
8	Don Jon	2.1
9	Rush	2.1
10	Baggage Claim	1.9