Box Office: Brad Pitt's 'Fury' Shells $8.8M Friday

Director David Ayer's Fury is expected to win the North American box-office race ahead of Gone Girl this weekend thanks to older males interested in seeing the World War II tank drama, starring Brad Pitt opposite Shia 

Fury is the World World II version of Apocalypse Now, only without Kurtz, and the nuance. While writer/director David Ayer elicits strong performances from his cast and delivers intense (but sensationally gory) set pieces, 

In comps for Fury, Monuments Men took in $550,000 in late night Thursdays this year when it began at 7 PM and went on to gross $22M, and Captain Phillips sailed in with $600K last October at this time (at 8 PM). Fury rolls 

Released October 17th. Stars: Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Jon Bernthal, Michael Peña, Jason Isaacs, and Scott Eastwood. Director: David Ayer. Distributed by Columbia Pictures. The distribution company provided an advance screening of this 

Pitt plays “Wardaddy”, the veteran commander of Fury, a Sherman tank rolling a final tour through Germany at the bitter end of the war. The unit have just lost their gunner. A shell blast splashed him all over Fury's insides.