Last week The Maze Runner earned one of the biggest September openings ever, and now this week The Equalizer has done the same. The Denzel Washington flick took in $34 million in its first weekend, proving that Denzel still has widespread appeal as one of the most consistent A-list actors working today. It was also the third highest debut of Denzel’s career behind American Gangster and Safe House. Impressive. The Maze Runner fell to #2 while The Boxtrolls opened in third with a decent $17 million — more than both Coraline and ParaNorman made in their opening weekends. This Is Where I Leave You and Dolphin Tale 2 rounded out the top 5. Meanwhile, the movie that was hurt the most by the success of The Equalizer was Liam Neeson’s A Walk Among the Tombstones, which fell from second all the way to seventh.

1. The Equalizer — $34.14M
2. The Maze Runner — $17.44M
3. The Boxtrolls — $17.28M
4. This Is Where I Leave You — $6.89M
5. Dolphin Tale 2 — $4.79M
6. No Good Deed — $4.51M
7. A Walk Among the Tombstones — $4.19M
8. Guardians of the Galaxy — $3.77M
9. Let’s Be Cops — $1.52M
10. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — $1.45M