Don Piper's "90 Minutes in Heaven" Debuts at #9 at the Box Office

By Timothy Yap Sep 13, 2015 06:07 AM EDT

Christian drama "90 Minutes in Heaven," starring Hayden Christensen and Kate Bosworth, is launching this weekend through Samuel Goldwyn Films at more than 800 sites. It is expected to come in the box office at #9. The film has been tracking to open with less than $5 million.

The film revolves around Don Piper who was involved in a horrific car crash and was pronounced dead at the scene and covered by a tarp. 90 minutes later he had been brought to the emergency room and returns to life, and claims to have seen Heaven and visited with deceased relatives while there.

The project was shot in Atlanta, Georgia, and the shooting finished in March 2015. Since its publication, Don Piper's book was twice on the New York Times Best Seller list, was listed as a USA Today best-seller, and has sold 7 million copies in 46 languages

Here are the top 10 movies at the box office this week:

TD	YD	Title (Click to View)	Studio	Daily Gross	% +/- YD / LW		Theaters / Avg		Gross To-Date	Day
1	-	The Perfect Guy	SGem	$9,950,000	-	-	2,221	$4,480	$9,950,000	1
2	-	The Visit	Uni.	$9,220,000	-	-	3,069	$3,004	$9,220,000	1
3	1	War Room	TriS	$2,160,000	+119%	-7%	1,647	$1,311	$33,948,327	15
4	2	A Walk in the Woods	BG	$1,460,000	+148%	-34%	2,139	$683	$16,716,925	10
5	3	Straight Outta Compton	Uni.	$1,200,000	+128%	-46%	2,812	$427	$152,822,600	29
6	5	Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation	Par.	$1,095,000	+167%	-35%	2,649	$413	$185,117,518	43
7	6	No Escape	Wein.	$802,000	+129%	-40%	3,022	$265	$22,078,935	17
8	4	The Transporter Refueled	EC	$785,000	+82%	-68%	3,434	$229	$11,428,496	8
9	-	90 Minutes in Heaven	Gold.	$760,000	-	-	878	$866	$760,000	1
10	7	The Man From U.N.C.L.E.	WB	$520,000	+126%	-40%	1,656	$314	$41,750,454	29

"War Room," which dethroned "Straight Outta Compton" to win the Labor Day weekend, is likely to finish third in the $6 million to $8 million range. The faith-based drama has topped $31 million in less than two weeks.

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