Weekend Box Office Report: 'Taken 3' Takes Top Spot
By Bill Wine
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Audiences remain taken with the Taken flicks.
Taken 3, the action-thriller sequel starring Liam Neeson, finished first at the box office by earning an estimated $40-million on its weekend debut.
That put it well ahead of the runner-up drama, Selma, the new Martin Luther King drama, which took in $11-million, slightly more than the holdover third-place finisher, Into the Woods, which earned $10-million.
The leader of the last two weekends, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, fell to fourth with $9-million.
And rounding out the top five was Unbroken, with $8–million.
Overall, industry-wide totals were slightly down compared to a year ago.
