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Box Office Weekend: Fault in Our Stars Charms Critics and Box Office

Seth Paul
Box Office Weekend

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 Fault in Our StarsThe 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.

Weekend Box Office (June 6th– June 8th)
  1. The Fault in Our Stars…$48.2 million
  2. Maleficent…$33.5 million
  3. Edge of Tomorrow…$29.1 million
  4. X-Men: Days of Future Past…$14.7 million
  5. A Million Ways to Die in the West…$7.2 million
  6. Godzilla…$6 million
  7. Neighbors…$5.2 million
  8. Blended…$4.1 million
  9. Chef…$2.6 million
  10. Million Dollar Arm…$1.8 million

Seth Paul

When not failing to write novels and screenplays, box-office guru Seth writes humorous comedy tracks for films under the name "The One Man Band" that can be found at Rifftrax.com. Although, he has recently succeeded in writing the novella "Jack Alan and the Case of the Not-Exactly Rocket Scientists," available as an eBook on Amazon. He is also the English voice of Zak in "Zak McKracken: Between Time and Space."
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