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'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.

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