Riddick Rules the Box Office

Posted by About.com Horror & Suspense on September 8, 2013

This past weekend, Vin Diesel topped the box office charts for the first time in a non-Fast and Furious film since 2005’s The Pacifier, with Riddick beating an admittedly weak crop of competition that included no other major new releases. The sequel earned an estimated $18.7 million — over than $5 million less than its predecessor The Chronicles of Riddick did on 350 fewer screens in 2004. (Granted, Chronicles cost more than twice as much as Riddick and was released at the peak of the summer movie season.)

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