For all that critics may say of the works of Michael Bay, there is no denying his ability to draw in the moviegoing public. Such is the case of Transformers: Age of Extinction. Nothing else debuted this weekend in the top ten, and nothing else even came close to its estimated $100 million in earnings, and while it did not come close domestically to earning back its $210 million budget, its worldwide earnings were more than enough to cover that deficit. In fact, while other films are still at a deficit when counting only domestic totals, only one film so far has actually not made back its money: Jersey Boys, with an estimated $7.6 million this weekend and a sixth-place finish, has yet to make back its $40 million no matter where you look.
Finally, The Fault in Our Stars is now the most successful non-Twilight teen romance film; though unlikely to topple the five movie supernatural romance series, it still made an additional $4.8 million to add to a $109.5 million domestic total. X-Men: Days of Future Past did quite well during its domestic run, even considering its $200 million costs, as it picked up an estimated $3.3 million to add to its $223.4 million domestic haul. Finally, Chef continues to cling to the box office, though its success or failure remains in the air; with an estimated $1.7 million bringing its grand total to date to $19.4 million, though with no budget numbers to compare it to, it is still impossible to tell if it is an indie smash success or a flop of grand proportions.
Weekend Box Office (June 27th – June 29th)
- Transformers: Age of Extinction…$100 million
- 22 Jump Street…$15.4 million
- How to Train Your Dragon 2…$13.1 million
- Think Like a Man Too…$10.4 million
- Maleficent…$8.2 million
- Jersey Boys…$7.6 million
- Edge of Tomorrow…$5.2 million
- The Fault in Our Stars…$4.8 million
- X-Men: Days of Future Past…$3.3 million
- Chef…$1.7 million
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