'Bad Grandpa' sinks 'Gravity' for top spot
LOS ANGELES — Apparently astronauts are no match for Jackass.
Paramount’s “Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa” topped the weekend box office with $32 million, according to studio estimates Sunday, sinking three-week champ “Gravity” to second place.
“Bad Grandpa” stars Johnny Knoxville as an accident-prone grandfather in a hidden-camera comedy a la “Borat.”
“It’s been a very heavy fall in terms of the content of the movies, so I think audiences were ready for something completely lighthearted and out of left field,” said box-office analyst Paul Dergarabedian of Rentrak.
“Gravity,” which stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney as astronauts on a troubled spacecraft, has soared since its debut three weeks ago. The Warner Bros. space adventure added another $20.3 million to its haul over the weekend, bringing its domestic ticket totals to nearly $200 million.
1. “Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa,” $32 million.
2. “Gravity,” $20.3 million.
3. “Captain Phillips,” $11.8 million.
4. “The Counselor,” $8 million.
5. “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2,” $6.1 million.
6. “Carrie,” $5.9 million.
7. “Escape Plan,” $4.3 million.
8. “12 Years a Slave,” $2.15 million.
9. “Enough Said,” $1.55 million.
10. “Prisoners,” $1.06 million.
