Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron's sci-fi thriller "Gravity" continues to smash through the U.S. Box Office. The New York Times reports that the film, which stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, grossed $44.3 million last week, amassing a phenomenal $123.4 million two-week total. The Warner Bros. film is beat out Tom Hanks' "Captain Phillips" and the animated "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs", which grossed $25.7 million and $13.7 million respectively, The Huffington Post reports. The film's outstanding marketing campaign, star cast and very positive reviews have allowed it a stunning success, almost at summer blockbuster levels.
The film, co-written and co-produced by Cuaron, tells the story of a medical engineer (Bullock) and a veteran astronaut (Clooney) who must survive in space after an accident leaves them both adrift. Having two Academy Award winners on board as well as stunning visual effects has generated tremendous buzz around the film, leading to its successful box-office performance. Cuaron joins fellow Mexican director Guillermo Del Toro as two of the most successful sci-fi directors of the year: Del Toro's "Pacific Rim" grossed $101,752,079. Bloomberg Business Week reports that Cuaron's movie is the first to break-through what has otherwise been a slow and quiet autumn movie season.
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