In the battle of brains vs. brawn, Scarlett Johansson‘s expanded mind won easily.
“Lucy,” the Luc Besson-directed sci-fi thriller about a woman who develops superhuman powers after a drug implanted in her body by the mob leaks into her system, took $2.74 million at the Thursday night box office with shows starting at 8 p.m in 2386 theaters.
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The film, which has a 63 percent positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes, has been tracking well and is aiming for a $35 million opening in 3,172 theaters.