Age of The Nerd
Disney’s live action reinterpretation of Sleeping Beauty Maleficent finished number one, bumping last week’s champ X-Men: Days of Future Past to the second spot. Maleficent earned $70 million domestically in its opening weekend, and added another $100 million overseas. Great numbers when compared to other recent Disney live-action outings, and a good sign with two new re-interpretations in production (Kenneth Branagh’s Cinderella and Jon Favreau’s Jungle Book in 2015).
Last weeks champ X-Men: Days of Future Past dropped a whopping 64 percent, finishing its second weekend with $32.6 million ($162.1 million total). While their were two new wide-releases, it’s still surprising to see DoFP drop so drastically in its second weekend. Luckily it has made a great deal overseas, but still may come shorter than original estimates had guessed.
Finishing third, was Seth MacFarlane’s A Million Ways to Die in the West, which flopped with $17.1 million. This is significantly lower than his big-screen debut Ted ($54 million debut in 2012). MacFarlane’s film had the star power and promise, but ultimately underwhelmed both critically and commercially.
Godzilla finished fourth with $12.2 million, which brings its domestic total to $174.7 million, and should ultimately finish with around $200 million. Godzilla has done well overseas, and already has a sequel green lit.
Finishing fifth was the Adam Sandler ROM-COM Blended, which has a ten-day total of $29.6 million…. Who cares.
Still plugging away is the Seth Rogan/Zac Efron comedy Neighbors, which earned another $7.7 million, and is adding to its impressive $128.6 million run in the states
Here’s the full top-ten weekend box office estimates.
1. Maleficent $70 million
2. X-Men: Days of Future Past $32.6 million
3. A Million Ways to Die in the West $17.1 million
4. Godzilla $12.2 million
5. Blended $8.4 million
6. Neighbors $7.7 million
7. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 $3.8 million
8. Million Dollar Arm $3.7 million
9. Chef $2 million
10. The Other Woman $1.4 million
