Box Office Threesome

Three animated offerings grace the Box Office Top Ten. (And if you count the giant robots -- or whatever they are -- in Pacific Rim, maybe it's four.)

1. 2 Guns (Emmett-Furla/Universal) NEW [Runs 3,025] R
Friday $9.8M, Weekend $27.0M

2. The Wolverine (20th Century Fox) Week 2 [Runs 3,924] PG13
Friday $6.4M (-69%), Weekend $18.7M, Cume $92.0M

3. The Smurfs 2 (Sony Animation) NEW [Runs 3,866] PG
Friday $5.7M, Weekend $18.0M, Cume $27.5M

4. The Conjuring (New Line/Warner Bros) Week 3 [Runs 3,115] R
Friday $4.1M, Weekend $12.5M, Cume $107.4M

5. Despicable Me 2 (Illumination/Universal) Week 5 [Runs 3,207] PG
Friday $3.0M, Weekend $10.1M, Cume $326.3M

6. Grown Ups 2 (Columbia/Sony) Week 4 [Runs 3,075] PG13
Friday $2.3M, Weekend $7.1M, Cume $115.2M

7. Turbo (DreamWorks Animation/Fox) Week 3 [Runs 2,985] PG
Friday $1.9M, Weekend $6.2M, Cume $69.3M

8. Red 2 (Summit/Lionsgate) Week 3 [Runs 2,755] PG13
Friday $1.6M, Weekend $5.6M, Cume $45.1M

9. The Heat (20th Century Fox) Week 6, [Runs 2,074] R
Friday $1.3M, $4.2M, Cume $149.1M

10. Pacific Rim (Legendary/Warner Bros) Week 4 [Runs 1,803] PG13
Friday $1.1M, Weekend $3.6M, Cume $92.1M

Jeffrey K. says that the crowded animation field has hurt Turbo, and maybe that's true. But it hasn't hurt Disspicable Me 2 in any way, shape or form. The movie has collected over $320 million domestically and remains at #5.

If this is pain, I'm sure that Chris Meledandri would like to have more of it.

Add On: Meanwhile the latest animated candidate doesn't rake in the cash that Sony was hoping for.

... Smurfs 2 took in $18.2 million for the weekend for a disappointing five-day debut of $27.3 million -- compared to the $35.6 million opening of The Smurfs in late July 2011. Sony is banking on the sequel to make up ground overseas; rolling out in 42 markets this weekend, the CGI/live-action pic took in $52.5 ...