Although The Secret World of Arrietty landed on the No. 8 Spot at the box-office chart for the long President’s Day weekend, the very well-reviewed Disney release of the Studio Ghibli movie managed to bring in about $8.102 million domestically from 1522 theaters.
The No. 1 title for the weekend was the Denzel Washington/Ryan Reynolds thriller Safe House, which raked in about $28.4 million. Here is the complete list:
1. Safe House (Universal): $28,400,000
2. The Vow (Screen Gems): $26,600,000
3. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (Warner Bros.): $26,400,000
4. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (Sony): $25,700,000
5. This Means War (Fox): $20,400,000
6. Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace in 3D (Fox): $10,150,000
7. Chronicle (Fox): $9,200,000
8. The Secret World of Arrietty (Buena Vista): $8,102,000
9. The Woman in Black (CBS): $7,920,000
10. The Grey (ORF): $3,768,000
Chart: Boxofficemojo.com.