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On one of the worst weekends in years,easily held on to first place for the third-straight frame. Meanwhile,—the week's only new nationwide release—bombed with less than $2 million.The Top 12 earned $51.5 million, which makes it the lowest-grossing weekend in six years. In the past decade, the worst weekend was September 5-7, 2008, when the Top 12 grossed $50.3 million.eased 39 percent to $10.4 million. This is the movie's fourth weekend in first place; the only other movies to accomplish such a feat in the past decade areandOn Saturday,passed last Summer's, which is noteworthy given the discrepancy in pre-existing fanbases for these two superhero movies. With $294.8 million,is now the highest-grossing movie ever from the month of August (ahead of), and it's on track to ultimately pass the original's $318 million total.held on to second place with $6.5 million (down 46 percent). The movie has grossed an impressive $174.6 million so far.added $5.57 million (off 33 percent) for a very good $66.8 million total. Meanwhile,eased 40 percent to $5.56 million, which brings its total to $39.5 million.Last weekend's openers both dropped off quickly this weekend.fell 46 percent to $4.3 million, which brings its 12-day total to a weak $18 million. Meanwhile,plummeted 55 percent to $3.85 million for a total of $15.7 million.opened in 12th place with just $1.59 million. That's a fraction of recent faith-based movie($9.2 million), which was also from Freestyle Releasing. Even worse, it earned less than half as much as, which opened to $4.3 million from 900 fewer theaters.As hard as this is to believe,was significantly overestimated. Distributor Freestyle Releasing was banking on a 33 percent Saturday-to-Sunday bump thanks to increased traffic from churchgoers; instead, the movie fell 21 percent (which was still the best hold in the Top 12).By the end of April, this was shaping up to be the year of the faith-based movie:andall did impressive business at the domestic box office. Since then, though, its been tough to get this audience out to theaters.and nowhave struggled to make serious inroads with Christian moviegoers.The reason is quite simple: these were all movies with a faith component, not moviesfaith itself. In comparison,andare all primarily focused on the faith angle (it's right there in their titles).Playing at 337 IMAX theaters, there-release took in a weak $381,654 this weekend. In comparison, there-release opened to $1.67 million from 267 IMAX theaters on the same weekend in 2012.This gap can be explained in a few ways. First, it's unlikely that Paramount spent a ton of money on marketing; in comparison, there-release had a solid campaign that coincided with the franchise's upcoming Blu-ray release. Also,lacks the kind of thrills that are typically associated with the IMAX format, which made it tougher to get people to pay $15 for something they can watch at home for free.led the foreign box office this weekend with $25.5 million. The Luc Besson hit opened on Wednesday in South Korea and earned an impressive $7 million through Sunday. To date,has earned over $192 million overseas, and still has Russia and China on the way.reached a few key markets this weekend and added $17.1 million. It had a strong $4.4 million first place debut in Brazil, but was less impressive in Germany ($3 million) and Spain ($1.4 million). The movie has now grossed $122.9 million overseas, and still has to open in Japan and China.took in $16.6 million this weekend, which brings its total to an impressive $435.5 million. Its biggest markets so far is China, where it has earned $72 million in just 10 days. The movie opens in Japan on September 19th, and should do fairly well there (earned over $30 million back in 2011).added $11.6 million from 54 markets; so far, it's earned $65.7 million overseas. It opened to a solid $3.65 million in Mexico, but was less impressive in Australia ($1.8 million).Without any major new openings, it was a quiet weekend for. The Marvel hit added $11.5 million for a new total of $291.6 million. It has now earned more worldwide ($586 million) than the first, and still has Japan, China and Italy on the way. Based on comparable Summer 2014 titles,will almost certainly take in over $100 million from those three markets, which will push its worldwide total past $700 million.Box Office Mojo{lnk45722} Tyler Perry