Weekend Box-Office: Brad Pitt Brings The ‘Fury’; ‘Birdman’ Takes Flight In Limited Release

As projected, Sony’s WWII drama “Fury” won the box-office weekend thanks to solid reviews (not from us though) and of course the presence of Brad Pitt and, to a lesser extent, Shia LaBeouf doing the mea culpa rounds on the talk shows, talking about his 2014 arrest and all his crazy antics on the set of David Ayer’s WWII movie. But projections were far off ($30 million and up) and “Fury” could only rake up $23 million in its opening weekend. It’s a good figure for a 2014 drama released in October, but for Brad Pitt, it’s not even in the top 10 of his best openings. International numbers have not yet hit for “Fury.”

Continuing its remarkable hold was 20th Century Fox’s “Gone Girl” which fell to the number two slot, but only with a incredibly low 32.6% drop from its previous weekend. David Fincher's pulpy, skewering satire crossed the $100 million mark domestically this weekend and now stands at $201 million worldwide. It is now the 2nd highest grossing film of Fincher’s career...