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Box Office Weekend: Spider-Man Drops and Neighbors Moves In

Seth Paul
Box Office Weekend

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 has apparently had its big day at the box office as it fell to second place with an estimated $37.2 million. Its successor is Neighbors, the R-rated comedy starring Zac Efron and Seth Rogen. With an estimated $51.1 million, it made a strong start, especially considering it nearly tripled its production costs in a single weekend, and likely to do much better. Not that The Amazing Spider-Man 2 has much to worry about…despite not getting the sort of critical praise its fellow Marvel adaptations have been getting as of late, it has made $550.9 million in worldwide gross…and even if it cost as much as Spider-Man 3 to make ($280 million budget), it is still a money maker. The Other Woman has also managed to defy its critics with an estimated $9.3 million and pulling off a decent income of $61.7 million over its $40 million costs.

A trio of winners follow in the next three slots: Heaven is for Real continues its strong performance with an estimated $7 million, and Captain America: The Winter Soldier picked up an estimated $5.6 million and shows The Amazing Spider-Man 2 how Marvel is at its best with $695.6 million in worldwide sales. Rio 2 scored an estimated $5.1 million adding to a $113.2 profitable domestic total and a $422.7 million worldwide total.

The final four belong to two debuts (both critical and financial losers at the moment), one strong performer, and a disappointment. Mom’s Night Out made an estimated $4.2 million, not even enough to cover its $5 million costs, though it still made out better than Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return, which got even worse reviews with an estimated $3.7 million. Divergent, with an estimated $1.7 million, is the only film in the bottom four that is a known success with a domestic total of $145 million over $85 million in costs, while the late Paul Walker’s Brick Mansions appears to be headed for trouble, its estimated $1.5 million this weekend not adding up to much with $18.3 million earned against $28 million in costs.

Weekend Box Office (May 9th – May 11th)
  1. Neighbors…$51.1 million
  2. The Amazing Spider-Man 2…$37.2 million
  3. The Other Woman…$9.3 million
  4. Heaven is for Real…$7 million
  5. Captain America: The Winter Soldier…$5.6 million
  6. Rio 2…$5.1 million
  7. Mom’s Night Out…$4.2 million
  8. Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return…$3.7 million
  9. Divergent…$1.7 million
  10. Brick Mansions…$1.5 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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