Box Office Weekend: Noah Rides Wave of Controversy to the Top

Despite the many controversial issues brought up by Darren Aronofsky’s Noah (or perhaps because of them), the biblical epic got off to a good start with an estimated $44 million at the box office. With a total worldwide take of $95.1 million, it is well on its way to making back its $125 million costs. Meanwhile, Divergent has managed to make back its costs and then some, with its estimated $26.5 million bringing it up to $95.3 million in domestic totals. Muppets Most Wanted fell to third place and remains a critical favorite, but with an estimated $11.4 million it still falls short of its $50 million costs, even counting worldwide take. However, in total earnings it is the fourth highest-grossing Muppet movie to date.

Mr. Peabody & Sherman remains a domestic disappointment with an estimated $9.5 million still failing to make back its $145 million, but in worldwide gross it has been quite a success with $218 million. God’s Not Dead released to more theaters (though it still has not released budget numbers), but with an estimated $9.1 million adding to a $22 million take, it is likely the Christian-themed drama has been a relative success. In the same boat, Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel picked up steam as it picked up more theaters with an estimated $8.8 million. Joining them in unreleased budgets, the Arnold Schwarzenegger action flick Sabotage earned an estimated $5.3 million, but unlike its independently financed companion films is likely a box office bomb, considering the actors involved.

Finally, Need for Speed (estimated $4.3 million) and 300: Rise of an Empire (estimated $4.3 million) remain domestic box office flops but worldwide successes, while tenth-place finisher Non-Stop possibly finishes its place in the top ten a domestic winner, an estimated $4.1 million bringing in $85.2 million here and $148.6 million worldwide.

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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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