Box Office Weekend: Fault in Our Stars Charms Critics and Box Office
Those looking for an Endless Love-style travesty should take their dollars elsewhere; The Fault in our Stars has found itself on excellent footing in its debut weekend, bringing in an estimated $48.2 million, over four times its budget costs. The romantic drama effectively toppled Maleficent, which made an estimated $33.5 million (and profitable if taking its worldwide earnings) and the Tom Cruise-led science fiction Edge of Tomorrow. While critically acclaimed, science fiction burnout may be to blame for Edge of Tomorrow only bringing in an estimated $29.1 million, coming so quickly on the heels of mega-hits X-Men: Days of Future Past (estimated $14.7 million) and Godzilla (estimated $6 million).
Perhaps a similar argument can be made as to how A Million Ways to Die in the West (estimated $7.2 million) is flopping so heavily next to Neighbors (estimated $5.2 million) in total gross. However, that also has to take into account the Seth MacFarlane western comedy is also much less acclaimed than Neighbors as well.
As a whole, the bottom of the list is a mixed bag: Blended (estimated $4.1 million) still has a chance of breaking even, and Chef (estimated $2.6 million), while no runaway hit with $10.4 million in the bank, is an unknown commodity with its unreleased budget, and Million Dollar Arm (estimated $1.8 million) will have to settle with being a minor success, making $31.3 million on a $25 million budget.
- The Fault in Our Stars…$48.2 million
- Maleficent…$33.5 million
- Edge of Tomorrow…$29.1 million
- X-Men: Days of Future Past…$14.7 million
- A Million Ways to Die in the West…$7.2 million
- Godzilla…$6 million
- Neighbors…$5.2 million
- Blended…$4.1 million
- Chef…$2.6 million
- Million Dollar Arm…$1.8 million
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