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Vin Diesel‘s Riddick has topped this weekend’s box office, opening to a solid $18.8 million!

According to THR, Lee Daniels‘ The Butler – starring Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey – continued strong in second place with $8.9 million, totaling $91.9 million in North America.

Coming in at No. 3 was the Spanish-language film Instructions Not Included, which grossed $8.1 million as it expanded to more than 700 theaters.

Rounding out the top five were Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman‘s new comedy We’re the Millers, and Disney’s Planes, which brought in $7.9 million and $4.2 million, respectively.

At the specialty box office, Salinger opened with $90,969 from four theaters in New York and Los Angeles, for a location average of $22,742.

Meanwhile, One Direction‘s docu-film This Is Us took a dive to sixth place, bringing in an additional $4.1 million.

WHAT DID YOU SEE at the movies this weekend???

Vin Diesel hits the red carpet at the premiere of his new movie Riddick with his longtime love Paloma Jimenez on Wednesday (August 28) at the Mann Village Theatre in Westwood, Calif.

The 46-year-old actor was also joined by his leading ladies Katee Sackhoff and Keri Hilson at the premiere.

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The film, which is the follow up to the fan favorite flick The Chronicles of Riddick, will be hitting theaters on September 6.

FYI: Katee is wearing a Dolce&Gabbana dress, Jimmy Choo shoes, and Simon G earrings.

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Check out Vin Diesel in this newly released poster and trailer for his upcoming film Riddick, which hits theaters on Friday, September 6!

“When the audience wanted it rated R, we knew we didn’t have to spend $200 million to make this movie,” the 46-year-old actor recently shared (via THR) about the flick.

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Riddick centers on “Riddick, who fights for survival against alien predators and becomes more powerful and dangerous than ever before. Soon bounty hunters from throughout the galaxy descend on Riddick only to find themselves pawns in his greater scheme for revenge. With his enemies right where he wants them, Riddick unleashes a vicious attack of vengeance before returning to his home planet of Furya to save it from destruction.”

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Aaron Taylor-Johnson speaks onstage at the Kick-Ass 2 panel during the 2013 Comic-Con International at San Diego Convention Center on Friday (July 19) in San Diego, Calif.

The 23-year-old English actor was joined by co-stars Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Donald Faison, and director Jeff Wadlow to present new footage from the highly anticipated sequel.

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Vin Diesel was also spotted attending the panel to promote his upcoming film Riddick, where he sat next to co-star Katee Sackhoff and director David Twohy.

Check out Aaron in a new NSFW trailer for Kick-Ass 2 below!

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