( EW.com ) -- This weekend , a Ridley Scott-directed drama starring Michael Fassbender , Javier Bardem , Cameron Diaz , and Brad Pitt got trounced at the box office by Johnny Knoxville in an old-man costume . Yep , `` Jackass Presents : Bad Grandpa '' topped the chart with an excellent $ 32 million in its first three days , giving Knoxville his sixth No . 1 movie after his three `` Jackass '' films , `` Men in Black II , '' and `` The Dukes of Hazzard . '' Not a bad run for a guy who built his career on getting pushed into street curbs while sitting inside shopping carts ! `` Bad Grandpa , '' which Paramount made on a $ 15 million budget , did n't feature the entire `` Jackass '' crew , but it still posted numbers in line with the rest of the irreverent prank franchise . Benedict Cumberbatch 's 'The Fifth Estate ' has worst debut of 2013 . While the film opened below 2010â€²s `` Jackass 3-D , '' which debuted with $ 50 million ( boosted , in part , by 3-D ticket prices ) , it beat the openings of both `` Jackass : The Movie '' ( $ 22.8 million ) and `` Jackass : Number Two '' ( $ 29 million ) . Audiences gave it a middling `` B '' CinemaScore grade , but if it performs similarly to its `` Jackass '' predecessors , `` Bad Grandpa '' should finish with about $ 70-80 million total . `` Bad Grandpa '' finally knocked `` Gravity '' out of first place , but Warner Bros ' $ 100 million space drama starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney still managed a terrific hold in its fourth weekend . The film dropped just 32 percent to $ 20.3 million , giving it a $ 200.5 million total and making it Clooney 's highest-grossing film ever ahead of `` Ocean 's Eleven , '' which earned $ 183.4 million in 2001 . One rung below , Tom Hanks ' nautical drama `` Captain Phillips '' stayed on course in its third voyage . Sony 's $ 55 million film sank just 28 percent to $ 11.8 million and $ 70.1 million total . After a trio of misfires in `` Larry Crowne , '' `` Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close '' and `` Cloud Atlas , '' `` Phillips '' marks a major return-to-form for Hanks . With some likely awards attention in the weeks to come , the film could sail to the $ 100 million mark . Casting Net : Ben Affleck to direct and star in Africa-set thriller . Down in fourth place , Ridley Scott 's star-studded drama `` The Counselor '' failed out of the gate with just $ 8 million from 3,044 theaters . Fox spent $ 25 million on the film , but audiences were n't impressed by its convoluted ad campaign â€ ” and they were n't impressed by the final product either , slapping `` The Counselor '' with a distressing `` D '' CinemaScore grade . While `` Gravity '' and `` Captain Phillips '' have thrived in recent weeks , adult dramas like `` Don Jon , '' `` Rush , '' `` The Fifth Estate '' and now `` The Counselor '' have fallen by the wayside . After a disappointing debut , horror remake `` Carrie '' plummeted by 63 percent in its second weekend to $ 5.9 million , giving Screen Gems ' and MGM 's $ 30 million film an awful $ 26 million total . So much for Halloween appeal easing its decline during the sophomore frame . That opened the door for `` Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 '' to score one final weekend in the top five , grossing $ 6.1 million and pushing its total past $ 100 million . 1 . `` Jackass Presents : Bad Grandpa '' -- $ 32 million . 2 . `` Gravity '' -- $ 20.3 million . 3 . `` Captain Phillips '' -- $ 11.8 million . 4 . `` The Counselor '' -- $ 8 million . 5 . `` Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 '' -- $ 6.1 million . Oscar contender `` 12 Years a Slave '' jumped into the top 10 after expanding from 19 to 123 theaters . The harrowing slavery drama , which earned an `` A '' CinemaScore from audiences last weekend , grossed $ 2.2 million , yielding a $ 17,480 location average this weekend and an excellent $ 3.4 million total after 10 days . Fox Searchlight will continue to expand the film ( which was produced by Brad Pitt 's production company , Plan B â€ ” so it was n't all bad news for the star this weekend ) in the weeks to come . 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 .
`` Jackass Presents : Bad Grandpa '' earned $ 32 million in its first three days . `` Bad Grandpa '' is star Johnny Knoxville 's sixth No . 1 movie . The film also knocked `` Gravity '' out of No . 1 . That film has now grossed $ 200.5 million .