Audience demand kept Warner Bros’ all-categories Oscar contender at the top of the North American charts as an estimated $44.3m in the second session boosted the running total to $123.4m.

The space adventure scored IMAX’s biggest second weekend in history in North America as a little over $9m from 278 holdover IMAX runs raised the running total to approximately $26.5m by the end of Sunday. The global tally stands at $33.3m.

Sony’s awards contender Captain Phillips, another survival story in an awards season chock-full of them, weighed anchor at number two on $26m.

Tom Hanks stars in Paul Greengrass’ adaptation of the real-life tale of the Somali hijacking of a US merchant vessel. Captain Phillips generated $450,000 from 45 IMAX sites.

Sony’s Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2 fell two places to number four to reach $78m after three weekends but there was a poor launch for the Danny Trejo action sequel Machete Kills through Open Road at number four on $3.8m.

Box office for the top 12 fell around 6% against last weekend and roughly 11% against the comparable session in 2012.

Alcon’s highly regarded Prisoners ranks sixth on $53.6m after four weekends through Warner Bros. Insidious: Chapter 2 stands at $78.4m in seventh place after five sessions through FilmDistrict. One place behind it sits the acclaimed Rush on $22.2m after four through Universal.

Pantelion’s Pulling Strings ranks 12th in its second weekend on $4.1m while stablemate Instructions Not Included ranks 14th on $42.7m after seven weekends.

Relativity Media opened Romeo And Juliet at number 18 on $509,000 from 461. Julian Fellowes adapted the screenplay to Shakespeare’s enduring classic tragedy.

Next weekend’s wide releases are Sony/Screen Gems Carrie remake starring Chloe Moretz, Lionsgate-Summit’s thriller Escape Plan starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone and recent Toronto International Film Festival opener The Fifth Estate with Benedict Cumberbatch and Daniel Brühl.

Estimated Top 10 North America Oct 11-13 2013
Film (Dist) / Est wkd gross / Est total to date

1 (1) Gravity (Warner Bros) WBPI $44.3m $123.4m

2 (-) Captain Phillips (Sony) SPRI $26m –

3 (2) Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2 (Sony) SPRI $14.2m $78m

4 (-) Machete Kills (Open Road) Aldamisa International $3.79m –

5 (3) Runner Runner (Fox) Fox Int’l $3.73m $14.1m

6 (4) Prisoners (Warner Bros-Alcon) Lionsgate International $3.67m $53.6m

7 (8) Insidious: Chapter 2 (FilmDistrict) Blumhouse International/SPRI $2.7m $78.4m

8 (5) Rush (Universal) Exclusive Media $2.4m $22.2m

9 (6) Don Jon (Relativity Media) Voltage Pictures $2.3m $20.1m

10 (7) Baggage Claim (Fox Searchlight) Fox International $2.1m $18.3m

 

 

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