( EW.com ) -- `` Hercules 's '' muscles were no match for `` Lucy 's '' drug-enhanced brain at the box office this weekend . Audiences turned out in earnest to see the Scarlett Johansson thriller , which earned an expectation-shattering $ 44 million from 3,173 theaters in its first weekend . Not only is it director Luc Besson 's biggest opening , `` Lucy '' is also a career high for Scarlett Johansson as a lead . Audiences for the original feature were evenly split between genders , 35 percent were under the age of 25 , and 29 percent were Hispanic . But even though the EuropaCorp-produced , Universal-distributed project appealed to a wide demographic swath , those who did see the R-rated action film were a little less kind in the exit polls , slapping `` Lucy '' with a poor C+ Cinema Score . `` Hercules '' ( B+ Cinema Score ) , starring Dwayne Johnson , took the second place spot with an estimated $ 29 million from 3,595 locations in its first weekend in theaters . Audiences were 58 percent male and 36 percent under the age of 25 . The Paramount and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie cost a reported $ 100 million to produce , so , although this domestic debut is n't ideal , it did still manage to beat the modest analyst expectations . Besides , international is what really matters for the Brett Ratner-directed sword-and-sandals feature , which took in $ 28.7 million from 25 territories and 3,264 locations . It took the No . 1 spot in Russia ( $ 12 million ) , Australia ( $ 3.5 million ) , Malaysia ( $ 1.6 million ) , the Philippines ( $ 1.2 million ) , and Taiwan ( $ 1.2 million ) , to name a few . Next weekend it opens in Finland , India , Netherlands , Norway , Portugal , Serbia , and Slovenia . The rest of the top five were holdovers this weekend , which is down 13 percent from last year when `` The Wolverine '' opened to $ 53 million . After two weeks at No . 1 , `` Dawn of the Planet of the Apes '' dropped 55 percent and earned an estimated $ 16.4 million in its third weekend in theaters . Meanwhile `` The Purge : Anarchy '' fell 67 percent in weekend two with $ 9.9 million across the three-day . Compared to other films , that might seem like a disaster , but it 's expected for horror offerings , which are reliably front-loaded . The first had an even steeper 75.6-percent drop last year . Finally , `` Planes : Fire & Rescue '' continues to fly in competition-free skies and took in an estimated $ 9.3 million in its second weekend in theaters . Here 's the top five : . 1 . Lucy — $ 44 million ( new ) 2 . Hercules— $ 29 million ( new ) 3 . Dawn of the Planet of the Apes— $ 16.4 million ( $ 172.1 million domestic total ) 4 . The Purge : Anarchy — $ 9.9 million ( $ 51.3 million domestic total ) 5 . Planes : Fire & Rescue -- $ 9.3 million ( $ 35.1 million domestic total ) Clarius Entertainment 's `` And So It Goes '' ( B+ Cinema Score ) , starring Diane Keaton and Michael Douglas failed to break the top five , earning an estimated $ 4.55 million from 1,762 locations . In the specialty box-office world , `` A Most Wanted Man '' managed to snag 10th place with an estimated $ 2.72 million , even though it only played on 361 screens . Roadside Attractions released the R-rated , John le Carré adaptation which stars Philip Seymour Hoffman ( in one of his last big-screen roles ) , Rachel McAdams , and Willem Dafoe . The comedy concert film `` The Fluffy Movie '' picked up $ 1.3 million from 432 locations , and Woody Allen 's Emma Stone/Colin Firth vehicle `` Magic in the Moonlight '' debuted in 17 locations to $ 426,000 . See the original story at EW.com . CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved .
` ` Hercules '' is a career high for Scarlett Taylor as Lucy . ` ` Hercules '' took second place with an estimated $ 12 million . This weekend was down 13 percent from last weekend .