2 Guns & Smurfs 2 Go Head-to-Head At The Box Office; The Conjuring Brings The Scary Grossing $108M To-Date Ms. Bels Monday, August 5, 2013 5-4-3-2-1, Lights, Camera, Action, The Script Although many believe families are preferring to watch movies in the comfort of their own home, the box office sales shows there are a few of us that still enjoy a night out at the movies. This past week, the top two movies in the box office were 2 Guns and The Smurfs 2. As different in subject content as these two films were, they both drew in decent crowds that left movie-goers with fair criticism. 2 Guns, which stars Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg, is about two undercover agents who distrust one another more than the criminals they are trying to capture. Synopsis… For the past 12 months, DEA agent Bobby Trench and U.S. naval intelligence officer Marcus Stigman have been reluctantly attached at the hip. Working undercover as members of a narcotics syndicate, each man distrusts his partner as much as the criminals they have both been tasked to take down. When their attempt to infiltrate a Mexican drug cartel and recover millions goes haywire, Trench and Stigman are suddenly disavowed by their superiors. Now that everyone wants them in jail or in the ground, the only person they can count on is the other. Unfortunately for their pursuers, when good guys spend years pretending to be bad, they pick up a few tricks along the way. The movie was release by Universal Pictures and grossed $27,361,124 over the weekend. The Smurfs 2 is the sequel to one of America’s most beloved cartoons. Synopsis… The evil wizard Gargamel creates a couple of mischievous Smurf-like creatures called the Naughties that he hopes will let him harness the all-powerful, magical Smurf-essence. But when he discovers that only a real Smurf can give him what he wants – and only a secret spell that Smurfette knows can turn the Naughties into real Smurfs – Gargamel kidnaps Smurfette and takes her to Paris, where he has been winning the adoration of millions as the world’s greatest sorcerer. It’s up to Papa, Clumsy, Grouchy and Vanity to return to our world, reunite with their human friends Patrick and Grace Winslow, and rescue her! Will Smurfette, who has always felt different from the other Smurfs, find a new connection with the Naughties Vexi and Hackus – or will the Smurfs convince her that their love for her is True Blue? The Smurfs 2 was released on Sony Pictures and grossed $27,761,000 this weekend. Other notable releases were The Wolverine ($95M -week 2), Despicable Me 2 ($326.7M – week 5), and a movie that many claim is as scary as older classics like The Omen. The Conjuring has grossed $108.6M as of week 3. Synopsis… Based on a true story, this horrifying tale follows world renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren who were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
