Audiences were “Obssessed” this weekend. The new thriller from Screen Gems took in $28.5 million and the top spot at the box office.
Disneynature’s “Earth” also performed well, grossing an estimated $8.6 million for the weekend to score the best domestic opening ever for a nature documentary, as well as one of the top openings of all time for any documentary. “Earth,” which opened Wednesday, has taken in $14.2 million in its first five days for a worldwide total of $94.2 million (the film opened overseas last year).
Rogue Pictures and Universal;s “Fighting” also debuted better than expected, grossing an estimated $11.4 million from 2,309 runs to come in No. 3 after “Obsessed” and Warner Bros. holdover “17 Again,” which fell to No. 2 in its second week.