Friday Report: 'Chappie' Crashes, 'Business' Bombs

7 March 2015 8:45 AM, PST | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »

Faced with two fairly unappealing new releases, audiences avoided heading out to the movies on Friday.Chappie fell short of modest expectations, while Unfinished Business was the latest (and worst) bomb yet for Vince Vaughn.The one bright spot was The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, which took third place despite playing in fewer than 1,600 theaters.In first place, Chappie earned an estimated $4.5 million from 3,201 locations. That's a fraction of director Neill Blomkamp's last movie, Elysium, which opened to $11.1 million in August 2013. It's also noticeably lower than last month's Jupiter Ascending ($6.3 million). Chappie could wind up earning less than $13 million this weekend.Heading in to its second weekend, Focus (2015) fell 55 percent to an estimated $2.88 million. The Will Smith/Margot Robbie con artist movie has so far earned $27.4 million.Playing at 1,573 locations, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel opened in third place with an estimated $2.7 million. That's more than the »

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