2014-09-26
PG
PT100M
Animation
Toni Collette
Elle Fanning
Ben Kingsley
Focus Features
In this stop-motion kids' flick, gremlins that wear cardboard boxes like turtle shells emerge at night to Dumpster-dive. The script lacks the wit of Wallace & Gromit — even the trolls groan at a giant cheese named the Briehemoth — and never sinks its teeth into the twisted fantasy of its premise. But voicing the putrid villain Archibald Snatcher (who's modeled as either a tribute or an insult to actor Timothy Spall), Ben Kingsley gives the funniest performance of his career. B-
| Rank | Title | Weekend Gross* | Weeks on Chart | Cume. Gross* | EW Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | $23.5 | 1 | $23.5 | C+ | |
| 2. | $17.8 | 3 | $107.1 | A | |
| 3. | $17.0 | 1 | $17.0 | A- | |
| 4. | $12.0 | 2 | $36.9 | B | |
| 5. | $10.2 | 1 | $10.2 | D | |
| 6. | $9.9 | 2 | $40.7 | C | |
| 7. | $7.9 | 2 | $26.8 | B | |
| 8. | $7.9 | 3 | $74.1 | F | |
| 9. | $5.4 | 4 | $89.2 | D | |
| 10. | $4.5 | 5 | $90.8 | B- |
