1) Fast and Furious 6- 34.0M weekend, 169.8M total
After dominating last week, it should be no surprise that Fast 6 was able to dominate again with not much of a fight from the new releases. The big question next week is The Internship, which just did a sneak preview last night, and swears that audiences love it. We shall see next weekend if they can trump the third weekend of Fast.
2) Now You See Me- 27.5M weekend, 27.5M total
A low cost caper film beat out an A-lister’s post apocalyptic actioner. That’s the news story here. Jesse Eisenberg trumped Will Smith. With solid word of mouth (despite questionable reviews), Now You See Me should recoup the 75M spent on the film, but will it break 100M? Probably not.
3) After Earth- 26.5M weekend, 26.5M total
After failing to open around the industry projections of 35-40M, After Earth is the first official summer disappointment, and will fall short (at least domestically) of making back its ballooned budget of 130M. Come on guys, you gave M Night Shyamalan 130 million dollars? Are you cuckoo for cocoa puffs or what?
4) Epic- 16.0M weekend, 64.7 total
The only kids film in the marketplace is still drawing them in, despite not being part of a franchise (or really even doing a great job of getting people excited about the film). It still has two more weekends without competition, so expect it to break 100M.
5) Star Trek Into Darkness- 15.2M weekend, 181.0 total
Sliding ahead of The Hangover 3 is Star Trek 2, which posted another great hold, and inches closer to the 200M mark. After Earth didn’t do as hoped, so it obviously didn’t pull as much from Star Trek’s core audience as originally thought.
6) The Hangover 3– 15.0M weekend, 87.1 total
Struggling to get past the 100M mark is the final Hangover film, proving how the franchise itself has lost steam over three entries (the complete opposite of the Fast franchise, which has grown over the past couple entries). A disappointing final gross of around 125M might be in store.
7) Iron Man 3- 7.8M weekend, 384.5M total
Holding strong, and closing in on 400M. Will it get there?
8) The Great Gatsby- 5.8M weekend, 127.8 total
Still doing decent business, even in 8th place. Don’t expect more than 140M, this film is almost done.
9) Yeh Jawaani Hai Deew- 1.3M weekend, 1.3 total
So…. a bollywood film opened this weekend too, and there are really basically only 8 major films in release, so of course it cracked the top 10.
10) Mud- 1.2M weekend, 16.9M weekend
Matthew McConaughey’s hit indie film finishes off the Top 10.