Fifth Place Pirates

Not the ball club, mates and comrades. The movie.

The weekend derby saw box-office holdovers at the head of the pack, and new-comers -- including Aardman's new entry -- back several lengths ...

1. Think Like A Man (Screen Gems/Sony) Week 2 [2,015 Theaters] PG13
Friday $5.5M (-55%), Weekend $17.5M, Cume $60.7M

2. The Lucky One (Warner Bros) Week 2 [3,175 Theaters] PG13
Friday $3.9M (-57%), Weekend $12.0M, Cume $40.6M

3. The Five-Year Engagement (Universal) NEW [2,936 Theaters] R
Friday $3.5M, Weekend $10.5M

4. The Hunger Games (Lionsgate) Week 6 [3,572 Theaters] PG13
Friday $2.9M, Weekend $10.6M, Cume $372.0M

5. Pirates! Band of Misfits (Sony) NEW [3,358 Theaters] PG
Friday $2.7M, Weekend $10.9M

6. Safe (Lionsgate) NEW [2,266 Theaters] R
Friday $2.6M, Weekend $6.9M,

7. The Raven (Intrepid/Relativity) NEW [2,203 Theaters] R
Friday $2.5M, Weekend $6.8M,

8. Chimpanzee (Disney) Week 2 [1,567 Theaters] G
Friday $1.6M, Weekend $5.2M, Cume $18.6M

9. Cabin In The Woods (Lionsgate) Week 3 [2,639 Theaters] R
Friday $1.4M, Weekend $4.4M, Cume $34.6M

10. The Three Stooges (Fox) Week 3 [3,105 Theaters] PG
Friday $1.3M, Weekend $5.4M, Cume $37.5M

The speculation that Pirates would hit $15 million opening weekend doesn't appear to be panning out.

Add On: Box Office Mojo has Pirates coming in #2 for the weekend, but loser to the Nikkster's earlier totals -- $11.4 million. (Mojo compares Pirates to other stop motion epics here.)