Raunchy comedy 'This Is The End' opened to $7.8 million on its opening day Wednesday, setting itself up for a $30 million weekend, according to estimates.
Box office predictors are projecting horror film 'The Purge' to handily beat 'Fast & Furious 6' and the new Vince Vaughn-Owen Wilson comedy 'The Internship' this weekend.
Two sequels, 'The Hangover Part III' and 'Fast & Furious 6', are squaring off against each other this weekend at the box office, with early predictions suggesting the latter will come out on top.
It was a slow weekend at the box office, but two major new releases managed to open with decent numbers. "Resident Evil: Retribution," the fifth entry in the horror/action franchise, took first place. The movie earned $21.1 million, 21 percent less than 2010′s "Resident Evil: Afterlife," which began with $26.7 million.
"Snow White and the Huntsman" broke the spell of lackluster performances by many big-budget films this summer season at movie theaters, grabbing $56.3 million in its first weekend to top "Men in Black 3," according to studio estimates on Sunday.
