Warner Bros. R rated police corruption drama Training Day slid two slots to third place in its third week with a still respectable ESTIMATED $9.5 million (-29%) at 2,503 theaters (-109 theaters; $3,650 per theater). Its cume is approximately $57.5 million, heading for the $80 millions in domestic theaters.
Directed by Antoine Fuqua, the Warner Bros. presentation in association with Village Roadshow Pictures and NPV Entertainment stars Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke.
"It continues to play well at the box office," Warner Bros. Distribution president Dan Fellman said Sunday morning. "After two first place finishes, dropping only 29 percent in the third week is pretty good. Denzel's performance is credited in the press as outstanding and the film has now created a lot of word of mouth, which is turning into strong box office. That's what you kind of hope for when you have a movie like this. We will be over $60 million at the end of three weeks."
MGM and Hyde Park Entertainment's PG-13 rated comedy Bandits fell two pegs to fourth place in its second weekend with a still engaging ESTIMATED $8.43 million (-35%) at 3,207 theaters (theater count unchanged; $2,627 per theater). Its cume is approximately $25.0 million.
Directed by Barry Levinson, it stars Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton and Cate Blanchett.
DreamWorks' R rated military prison drama The Last Castle opened in fifth place to a restrained ESTIMATED $7.1 million at 2,262 theaters ($3,142 per theater).
Directed by Rod Lurie, it stars Robert Redford, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo and Delroy Lindo.
"Certainly, this opening is disappointing," DreamWorks distribution head Jim Tharp said Sunday morning. "It's impossible to know the impact of recent events on this specific movie."