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After a welcome reprieve in August, the 2014 box office woes returned in September.Overall domestic box office totaled just $513 million, which is down 11 percent from last year. More importantly, this was the lowest-grossing month at the box office in six years (dating back to September 2008).The abnormally low total can be chalked up to a dearth of content early in the month.andwere weak late August releases, and the major studios entirely avoided the first weekend of September; the only movie to open wide on that date was Freestyle Releasing's, which has taken in less than $3 million total. By the time the studios got back in to the game on September 12th, the damage was already done.The month's top performer was, which tallied $60.2 million through its first 12 days. The young-adult adaptation started with a strong $32.5 million, and held well in its second weekend (down just 46 percent). Assuming it can hang on in to October, there's a chance that it winds up close to $100 million at the domestic box office.International revenues have also been strong so far, and Fox is moving forward aggressively with a sequel;is currently scheduled for September 18th, 2015. Taraji P. Henson home invasion thrillertook second place with $47.2 million. After an impressive $24.3 million debut,has fallen off quickly, and will close with less than $60 million. That's a very solid result, though without any serious international support it's unclear if this really adds much to the bottom line.August holdoverranked third in September with $44.4 million. During that time, it became the first 2014 release to cross $300 million, and passed the first twomovies.is on track to close with around $330 million.The last two releases of September also performed well.tallied $40.7 million in its first five days, and will likely wind up with around $100 million. A sequel is in development. Meanwhile,opened to $17.3 million, which is above recent Laika Animation titlesandSeptember delivered a handful of misses as well.ended the month with $34.1 million; that's down 34 percent from the firstover the same period.earned $23.8 million through its first 12 days. It had a solid hold in its second weekend, though it's still unlikely that this tops $40 million. Liam Neeson 'sgrossed $21.8 million during the same period. After a slow opening, it plummeted 67 percent in its second weekend, and will fall short of $30 million total.The worst release of the bunch was country music flick, which opened in over 1,900 theaters but could only muster $2.8 million total.The end of September marked the conclusion of the third quarter of 2014; the domestic box office totaled $2.5 billion during that period, which is down 13 percent from last year. In fact, it was the lowest-grossing third quarter since 2006.Year-to-date, the domestic box office has tallied $7.72 billion, which is off over five percent from last year. To match 2013's record haul, the fourth quarter would need to total $3.2 billion; given that the current record is $2.75 billion, that seems very unlikely.Box Office Mojo