In a crowded weekend featuring four new wide releases, Elysium [ELYSM] came out on top with an estimated $30.5 million. Despite a bigger budget and Matt Damon in the lead, the sci-fi film failed to surpass the debut of director Neil Bomkamp's previous District 9. Males made up 61% of the audience.
We're the Millers [WEMIL] took a better than expected $26.6 million to open in second place. The comedy has grossed $38.0 million in its first five days and should enjoy great word of mouth.
Continuing the trend of underperforming family films, Planes [PLANE] finished third with $22.5 million. The Cars spin-off was originally produced by DisneyToons as a straight to home video.
Bringing up the rear of the four new films, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters [PJAC2] tallied $14.6 mllion and $23.5 million since opening on Wednesday.
Last weekend's top film 2 Guns rounded out the top five with $11.1 million, down 59% from its debut. Meanwhile, The Smurfs 2 [SMRF2] declined 46% in its second weekend to $9.5 million.
| Rank | TITLE | F-S-S | TOTAL |
| 1 | ELYSIUM | $30,500,000 | $30,500,000 |
| 2 | WE'RE THE MILLERS | $26,555,000 | $38,044,000 |
| 3 | PLANES | $22,525,000 | $22,525,000 |
| 4 | PERCY JACKSON: SEA OF MONSTERS | $14,600,000 | $23,457,100 |
| 5 | 2 GUNS | $11,127,900 | $48,516,805 |
| 6 | THE SMURFS 2 | $9,500,000 | $46,600,000 |
| 7 | THE WOLVERINE | $8,000,000 | $111,986,200 |
| 8 | THE CONJURING | $6,700,000 | $120,745,000 |
| 9 | DESPICABLE ME 2 | $5,748,000 | $338,314,195 |
| 10 | GROWN UPS 2 | $3,700,000 | $123,800,000 |
| 11 | BLUE JASMINE | $2,523,355 | $6,219,194 |
| 12 | TURBO | $2,250,000 | $75,020,000 |
Tag(s): ELYSM, WEMIL, PLANE, PJAC2, SMRF2