The Maze Runner Dashes to #1 At Weekend Box Office

<p>Three new films have secured the top three slots&period; Fox&&num;8217&semi;s <em><strong>The Maze Runner<&sol;strong><&sol;em>&comma; based on the popular book&comma; came out on top with a strong <strong>&dollar;32&comma;500&comma;000<&sol;strong> estimated weekend gross&period; That&&num;8217&semi;s an impressive number for the fantasy flick given the &dollar;34 million budget and an even stronger foreign gross&period; Following behind was the <strong>Liam Neeson<&sol;strong> drama <em><strong>A Walk Among the Tombstones<&sol;strong><&sol;em> with <strong>&dollar;13&comma;126&comma;000<&sol;strong> and the <strong>Jason Bateman<&sol;strong> starring comedy <em><strong>This Where I Leave You<&sol;strong><&sol;em> with <strong>&dollar;11&comma;860&comma;000<&sol;strong>&period; Considering all three had very low budgets&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s a mildly successful weekend&period; <strong>Kevin Smith&&num;8217&semi;s<&sol;strong> new animal horror <em><strong>Tusk<&sol;strong> <&sol;em>wasn&&num;8217&semi;t so lucky debuting in 900 theaters and not being able to crack past a million&period; The rest of the films all had logical drops with no surprises&period; Check out the full top 10 below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol>&NewLine;<li><strong>The Maze Runner<&sol;strong>&colon; &dollar;32&comma;500&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>A Walk Among the Tombstones<&sol;strong>&colon; &dollar;13&comma;126&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>This is Where I Leave You<&sol;strong>&colon;  &dollar;11&comma;860&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>No Good Deed <&sol;strong>&lpar;2014&rpar;&colon; &dollar;10&comma;200&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>Dolphin Tale 2<&sol;strong>&colon; &dollar;9&comma;005&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>Guardians of the Galaxy<&sol;strong>&colon; &dollar;5&comma;180&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>Let&&num;8217&semi;s Be Cops<&sol;strong>&colon; &dollar;2&comma;675&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles<&sol;strong> &lpar;2014&rpar;&colon; &dollar;2&comma;650&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>The Drop<&sol;strong>&colon; &dollar;2&comma;050&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>If I Stay<&sol;strong>&colon; &dollar;1&comma;835&comma;000<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p>Next weekend will see another great showdown as <em><strong>The Maze Runner<&sol;strong><&sol;em> will go up against the new action picture <em><strong>The Equalizer<&sol;strong><&sol;em> and the stop-motion family flick <em><strong>The Boxtrolls<&sol;strong><&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;boxofficemojo&period;com&sol;">Box Office Mojo<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;