Darren Aronofsky’s Biblical-based epic Noah, starring Russell Crowe, opened in the top spot at the box office in its debut weekend, pulling in $43.7 million and easily outstripping other wide opener Sabotage, which slotted seventh, with just under $5.3 million. In its second weekend, young adult fiction adaptation Divergent pulled in $25.6 million, pushing its domestic haul to $94.4 million.
Rounding out the top 10 were Muppets Most Wanted, with $11.28 million; animated family film Mr. Peabody & Sherman, with $9.07 million; God’s Not Dead, with $8.8 million; Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel, with $8.54 million; the aforementioned Sabotage, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger; Need for Speed, with $4.23 million; 300: Rise of an Empire with $4.21 million; and Liam Neeson’s Non-Stop, with $4.01 million. Meanwhile, in its eighth weekend of release, critical and commercial juggernaut The Lego Movie finally slipped out of the top 10, pulling in just over $3 million while crossing the $400 million cumulative mark.
