Last week’s number two film took the top spot this week while a sequel crashed on arrival.

Safe House came in second place last week, but took the number one spot this week with an estimated $24 million, dropping 40.3% from its first outing. It’s currently trailing other Denzel Washington outings, but not by much.

Last week’s number one slid back to number two as The Vow fell 42.7% to bring in $23.6 million.  Apparently word of mouth is good on these top two films and keeping them afloat despite other new releases this week.

Coming in third was Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, which came in at under half of the original’s opening weekend at the box office.  The first film brought in $45.38 million in its first three days while the second outing for the demon biker brought in only $22 million.  At least the second film only had a budget of $57 million as opposed to the original’s $110 million.

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island slid to fourth place, but actually held on fairly nicely, only falling 26.5% to bring in just over $20 million this weekend. It may not be tearing up the box office, but that’s a pretty minor fall for any film’s second weekend.

This Means War opened in fifth with a pretty $17.5 million.  Apparently no one was that taken with the idea of two spies fighting it over the same woman.

Of note was the 3D re-release Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace falling a whopping 65% this week to land in sixth place with $7.8 million.  Perhaps folks aren’t that interested in seeing these films in 3D after all?

Next week’s releases include Act of Valor, Gone, Good Deeds and Wanderlust.