HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Michael Douglas and Oliver Stone struck it rich over the weekend as the sequel Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps opened as the No. 1 movie with ticket sales of $19 million, according to studio estimates released Sunday.
The follow-up to the 1987 blockbuster Wall Street claimed the top spot over the animated adventure Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole, which premiered in second place at $16.3 million.
Last weekend’s top film, Ben Affleck’s The Town, slipped to third place this week at $16 million.
The teen comedy Easy A finished fourth at $10.7 million, followed by the mother-daughter comedy You Again, which debuted at $8.3 million to round out the top five.
Weekend Box Office (Sept. 24-26):
1. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, $19 million.
2. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole, $16.3 million.
3. The Town, $16 million.
4. Easy A, $10.7 million.
5. You Again, $8.3 million.
6. Devil, $6.5 million.
7. Resident Evil: Afterlife, $4.9 million.
8. Alpha and Omega, $4.7 million.
9. Takers, $1.7 million.
10. Inception, $1.2 million.
