'Riddick' Leads New Movies in Theaters This Week

Well, to be honest, Riddick, starring Vin Diesel seems to be the only biog title coming out in movie theaters this week.

There are other, smaller or limited releases, but Riddick is the one to beat this week.

And will Riddick take the box office battle this upcoming weekend?

Depending on when or who you read, The Butler and One Direction were battling it out for first for last weekend.  But bottom line, The Butler eeked out One Direction with a $20M weekend over an $18M take for the boy band movie.

We're the Millers ($16M) held on to third, Planes ($10.8M) mustered fourth and the new movie, Instructions Not Included ($10.4M) snagged fifth last weekend.

The other new movies, Getaway (10th with $5.6M) and Closed Circuit (16th with $3.1M) seemed to have spiraled down a monetary drain, destined to a quick DVD release schedule I'm sure.

Ouch.

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Riddick

Rated R 119 min   -   Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Left for dead on a sun-scorched planet, Riddick finds himself up against an alien race of predators. Activating an emergency beacon alerts two ships: one carrying a new breed of mercenary, the other captained by a man from Riddick's past.

Director: David Twohy
Stars:      Vin Diesel, Karl Urban, Katee Sackhoff, Jordi Mollà

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Movies still in theaters include
One Direction: This Is Us,
Lee Daniels' The Butler (Forest Whitaker),
We're the Millers (Jason Sudeikis),
Planes,
Instructions Not Included (Eugenio Derbez),
Elysium (Matt Damon),
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (Lily Collins),
The World's End (Simon Pegg),
Getaway (Ethan Hawke), and
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (Logan Lerman).

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