Weekend Wrap-Up
No Pursuit of Age of Ultron
By John Hamann
May 10, 2015
Ex Machina brings its venue count up to 2,004 screens this weekend and earns an uptick in business because of it. The Alex Garland sci-fi earned another $3.5 million, up 52% compared to last weekend. This one cost about $16 million in US dollars to make, and has earned $15.7 million stateside. It is approaching $10 million from overseas theaters. For upstart distributor A24, Ex Machina has proved to be the kind of success a new company like A24 needs.
Seventh is Home, from DreamWorks Animation and Fox. After earning $3.5 million last weekend, Home was trying to hang on for another weekend. Hang on it did, as the animated feature earned $3 million, falling a much better 14%. Home has now earned $162.1 million domestically against its $130 million budget, and has picked up a similar amount overseas.
Woman in Gold takes eighth place with an increase over its previous frame's box office of 3%. The Helen Mirren drama earned $1.6 million from Friday-to-Sunday, and now has a running domestic total of $27 million. The film also adds almost $7 million from overseas venues.
Disney’s Cinderella is ninth following a strange weekend where it was basically flat with the weekend before, despite all the other films in the top ten dropping more than 50%. This weekend, Cinderella has a more normal weekend, earning $1.6 million and dropping 43%. The $95 million release has now earned $196.2 million, and should will itself over the $200 million domestic plateau. Worldwide, Cinderella has earned over a half-billion, so you can expect to see more of these animated to live action adaptions coming soon.
Tenth is Unfriended, which is quickly on its way out. Unfriended earned only $1.4 million, falling 36%, which follows up on a weekend where it fell 64% against the previous frame. Luckily, this one was made for about a million, so Universal will do well with the $30.9 million it has earned so far.
Overall, because of a lack of opener support, Age of Ultron was not able to do it all itself, and the box office is lower compared to last year. The top 12 earned $122.5 million this weekend, which doesn’t compare favorably with last year’s top 12 of $126.8 million, but let’s just call the weekend a breather. Next weekend brings the next Mad Max film and Pitch Perfect 2, two films forecast to earn $40 million when they debut. Add another $40 million from Age of Ultron, and it becomes an interesting weekend.
| 1 |
Avengers: Age of Ultron |
Disney |
$77,203,000 |
- 60% |
$312,859,000 |
| 2 |
Hot Pursuit |
WARNER BROS. |
$13,300,000 |
New |
$13,300,000 |
| 3 |
Age of Adaline |
Lionsgate |
$5,600,000 |
- 10% |
$31,529,093 |
| 4 |
Furious 7 |
Universal |
$5,272,020 |
- 21% |
$338,419,955 |
| 5 |
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 |
Sony |
$5,190,000 |
- 12% |
$58,100,000 |
| 6 |
Ex Machina |
New Line Cinema |
$3,469,949 |
+ 52% |
$15,721,737 |
| 7 |
Home |
|
$3,000,000 |
- 14% |
$162,115,000 |
| 8 |
Woman In Gold |
Weinstein Co. |
$1,652,000 |
+ 3% |
$26,977,636 |
| 9 |
Cinderella |
Disney |
$1,574,000 |
- 43% |
$196,166,000 |
| 10 |
Unfriended |
Universal |
$1,411,830 |
- 36% |
$30,942,790 |
| 11 |
The Longest Ride |
Fox |
$1,300,000 |
- 24% |
$35,210,000 |
| 12 |
Monkey Kingdom |
Disney |
$1,070,000 |
- 12% |
$14,181,000 |
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Also Opening/Notables |
| |
The d Train |
IFC Films |
$425,000 |
New |
$425,000 |
| |
Saint Laurent |
Sony Classics |
$36,136 |
New |
$36,136 |
| |
I Am Big Bird: the Caroll Spinney Story |
Tribeca Film |
$10,150 |
New |
$13,053 |
| |
Far From the Maddening Crowd |
FOX SEARCHLIGHT |
$760,700 |
+ 361% |
$1,000,000 |
| |
Welcome To Me |
Alchemy |
$185,135 |
+ 385% |
$236,081 |
| |
Get Hard |
WARNER BROS. |
$1,050,000 |
- 12% |
$87,824,000 |
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Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations
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