Weekend Wrap-Up
Deuces Wild for Jump and Dragon at Weekend Box Office
By John Hamann
June 15, 2014
Sixth is X-Men: Days of Future Past, a film that was able to turn a huge budget ($200 million) into a worldwide winner. In its fourth weekend, Days of Future Past turned in a $9.5 million frame, off 37% from the $15.1 million it earned last weekend. In the process, X-Men became the first summer release to get past the $200 million mark domestically (shocking given the three $90 million openers), which it did on Saturday, its 23rd day of release. While it certainly doesn’t set a speed record for getting to $200 million, it did move ahead of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 for biggest film so far this summer. The $200 million comic book flick has now earned $205.9 million on the domestic side, and has passed the $425 million mark from overseas theaters.
Seventh is Godzilla, which is winding down domestically, but is heating up in China and prepping for Japan. In North America, Godzilla earned $3,2 million and dropped 49%, in China, the big green lizard earned $10.9 million on opening day, and another $15 million on Saturday, as it works toward a $30 million plus debut in the world’s most populous country. Domestically, Godzilla has earned $191 million, and overseas, it has earned approximately $240 million against its $160 million budget. As an aside, Godzilla has now outgrossed the worldwide total of Pacific Rim, which took in $411 million worldwide.
Eighth is Seth McFarlane’s miss, A Million Ways to Die in the West. This one could have been called "a million ways to die at the box office," as it earned only $3.1 million in its third weekend of release. It drops a hurtful 58% compared to last weekend, and can only lift its domestic total to $38.9 million.
Neighbors, which had to face off against 22 Jump Street, finishes in ninth place. It earned $2.5 million and was off 53%. The $18 million Universal release has now earned $143.1 million domestically, and $230 million worldwide. Tenth is Chef, as the Jon Favreau film earns another $2.3 million, bringing its domestic tally up to $14.1 million.
Overall, thanks to a bigger top five than we’ve seen most of the summer, the top 12 films earned $183.9 million this weekend. That’s enough to keep it at least close with last year, when Man of Steel and This Is The End led the top 12 to $197 million. Next weekend brings two cases of counter-programming working against each other, as Clint Eastwood directs the musical Jersey Boys (where is the buzz?) and Screen Gems releases the sequel Think Like A Man Too.
| 1 |
22 Jump Street |
Sony |
$60,000,000 |
New |
$60,000,000 |
| 2 |
How To Train Your Dragon 2 |
Fox |
$50,000,000 |
New |
$50,000,000 |
| 3 |
Maleficent |
Disney |
$19,008,000 |
- 45% |
$163,525,000 |
| 4 |
Edge of Tomorrow |
WARNER BROS. |
$16,175,000 |
- 44% |
$56,649,000 |
| 5 |
The Fault In Our Stars |
Fox |
$15,725,000 |
- 67% |
$81,700,300 |
| 6 |
X-Men: Days of Future Past |
Fox |
$9,500,000 |
- 37% |
$205,940,200 |
| 7 |
Godzilla |
WARNER BROS. |
$3,155,000 |
- 48% |
$191,301,000 |
| 8 |
A Million Ways To Die In the West |
Universal |
$3,076,575 |
- 58% |
$36,937,195 |
| 9 |
Neighbors |
Universal |
$2,483,760 |
- 53% |
$143,136,725 |
| 10 |
Chef |
Open Road Films |
$2,150,000 |
- 18% |
$14,076,000 |
| 11 |
Blended |
WARNER BROS. |
$1,640,000 |
- 60% |
$40,288,000 |
| 12 |
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 |
Sony |
$960,000 |
- 51% |
$198,392,000 |
| |
Also Opening/Notables |
| |
The Signal |
Magnolia Pictures |
$150,000 |
New |
$150,000 |
| |
The Rover |
A24 |
$70,000 |
New |
$70,000 |
| |
Ivory Tower |
Samuel Goldwyn |
$17,013 |
New |
$17,013 |
| |
A Coffee In Berlin |
Music Box Films |
$4,100 |
New |
$4,100 |
| |
Obvious Child |
A24 |
$145,458 |
+ 88% |
$263,023 |
| |
Supermensch |
Radius/twc |
$32,211 |
+ 53% |
$63,705 |
| |
Night Moves |
Cinedigm |
$50,000 |
+ 3% |
$150,000 |
| |
Words And Pictures |
Roadside Attractions |
$375,000 |
+ 33% |
$1,050,000 |
| |
Million Dollar Arm |
Disney |
$716,000 |
- 65% |
$33,383,000 |
| |
Belle |
FOX SEARCHLIGHT |
$510,000 |
- 34% |
$8,569,300 |
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Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations
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