Box Office Weekend: Melissa McCarthy Takes Weekend Like a Boss

The critically divisive Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice fell to second place with an estimated $23.4 million…topped by comedienne Melissa McCarthy and The Boss. With an estimated $23.5 million, it just barely bested the superheroes, but is seeing much worse critical response overall. Zootopia, in the meantime, fell to third with an estimated $14.4 million, and in a shocking turn of events, lost the highest grossing film in the top ten status to Batman v Superman by a $600k margin.

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 earned an estimated $6.4 million, and if it cost close to the budget of the original, its $46.8 million domestic gross is impressive, while an estimated $5.1 million is a rough start to the first person action film Hardcore Henry, considering the crowdfunded action epic opened on over 3,000 screens (however, if it remained relatively low budget, considering its low six-digit Indiegogo dollars, it is a resounding success on its own terms). Comparing religious films, Miracles from Heaven (estimated $4.8 million) continues to outpace God’s Not Dead 2 (estimated $4.3 million) by a decent margin (both financially and critically).

The Divergent Series: Allegiant is looking a bit better financially (at least, in worldwide gross) as it adds an estimated $3.6 million, but with an unreleased (but likely $100 million) budget, it should still come up short against its costs. Despite falling to ninth with an estimated $3 million, 10 Cloverfield Lane is actually doing much better than Allegiant in domestic earnings with $68 million in gross. Finally, Eye in the Sky sees itself hovering in the final spot with an estimated $2.8 million…though not making much bank overall ($10.4 million in five weeks), the thriller is likely relying on strong critical acclaim and potential award-season recognition than pure profit.

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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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