`Resident Evil: Retribution` tops weekend Box Office with $21.1m debut

Washington: While Paul Thomas Anderson’s cult drama ‘The Master’ commanded a huge following in its opening weekend by smashing records on just a handful of screens, ‘Resident Evil: Retribution’ was the number one film at the box office with an estimated 21.1-million-dollar opening.

According to studio estimates on Sunday, the Weinstein Co. release ‘The Master’ made 729,745 dollars in five theatres in New York and Los Angeles for a record-setting per-screen average of 145,949 dollars. The fifth film in the Sony Screen Gems action franchise ‘Resident Evil’ topped the 3-D re-release of the Disney Pixar animated favourite ‘Finding Nemo’ , which opened in second place with 17.5 million dollars, Fox News reported. Last week’s number one ‘The Possession’ was knocked down to the third position with just 5.8-million-dollar takings this weekend. Depression-era gangster flick ‘Lawless’ fell from second place last week to fourth after earning 4.2 million dollars, with ‘ParaNorman’ rounding off the top five. The top ten movies at the weekend box office were: Resident Evil: Retribution - 21.1 million dollars Finding Nemo - 17.5 million dollars The Possession - 5.8 million dollars Lawless - 4.2 million dollars ParaNorman - 3.04 million dollars The Expendables 2 - 3 million dollars The Words - 2.9 million dollars The Bourne Legacy - 2.88 million dollars The Odd Life of Timothy Green - 2.5 million dollars The Campaign - 2.4 million dollars ANI