Clint Eastwood's "Trouble With the Curve" failed to hit a home run in its debut, as the cop drama "End of Watch" and the thriller "House at the End of the Street" wound up in a virtual tie for No. 1 at the weekend box office.
Relativity's "House at the End," which stars Jennifer Lawrence, took in an estimated $13 million from 3,083 locations. "End of Watch" rolled up the same figure from 2,730 theaters and its relatively strong showing represents a coup of Open Road Entertainment.
Monday's final figures will determine who winds up on top, but regardless, it is clear that the box office hasn't shake the blahs. The overall weekend looks to be down about 20 percent from last year's comparable week, marking the fourth straight weekend the box office has been lower.
In its second week, the Weinstein Company expanded Paul Thomas Anderson's Scientology-inspired tale "The Master" into 788 theaters in 135 markets and the agressive move paid off...
