Focus Features via Everett Collection
The Boxtrolls have kept control of the U.K. box office chart for a second consecutive weekend.
The animated fantasy-comedy, featuring voice work from Sir Ben Kingsley and Elle Fanning, brought in ticket sales of $2.1 million (£1.3 million) over the weekend (19-21Sep14). The film is based on children’s novel Here Be Monsters and tells the tale of an orphan who is raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls.
Liam Neeson’s latest offering, A Walk Among the Tombstones, entered the chart in second place having grossed $2.1 million (£1.3 million).
The tale of drugs, kidnap and murder knocked Scarlett Johansson’s sci-fi thriller Lucy from second place down to fourth with $940,000 (£550,000).
British drama Pride stayed in third place in its second weekend bringing in $930,000 (£580,000), while new U.K. thriller The Riot Club, based around England’s Oxford University, opened in a disappointing fifth place, earning $790,000 (£500,000).
