Brendan Fraser’s Sleeper Hit Earns 4x the Box-Office of Cillian Murphy's WWII Thriller

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Despite competition from over half a dozen major titles at the domestic box office this weekend, Focus Features continued to reap the rewards of counter-programming the World War II drama thriller Pressure. Starring Brendan Fraser and Andrew Scott, the movie debuted with $5.5 million last week and managed to retain a spot on the domestic top 10 list in its sophomore frame. The leaderboard was topped by Paramount's Scary Movie reboot, which debuted with a terrific $55 million. Meanwhile, last week's record-breaking horror hit, Backrooms, slipped to the number three spot behind Masters of the Universe, which grossed just under $30 million. Pressure, on the other hand, held strong at number nine, despite having a lower theater count (around 1,800) than any movie above it on the list.

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