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Posted May 4, 2014 by Seth Paul in News
 
 

Box Office Weekend: Spider-Man Is Amazing Once Again


Marvel struck gold at the box office twice this season with a debut only slightly less impressive than the one for Captain America: The Winter Soldier. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 opened strongly with an estimated $92 million and blew away all comers to the box office, though it has not been as critically well-received as other recent Marvel films. However, it fared better with critics than The Other Woman, which managed to become profitable in its second week with an estimated $14.2 million.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2Despite predictions from the week before, Heaven is for Real managed to actually earn third place in earnings last week, and repeated that feat much more effectively with an estimated $8.7 million this week. In fourth, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, currently the top earner of all the films in the top ten, still holds on strong in week five with an estimated $7.8 million.


Rio 2 finally managed to make back its money with a fourth week estimate of $7.6 million, but Brick Mansions looks like it will fall short of its goals, its estimated $3.5 million giving it $15.5 million in total earnings…still some distance from its $28 million costs. Divergent managed to beat back critical disdain with an estimated $2.2 million weekend take adding to an impressive $142.7 million domestic total…though The Quiet Ones may be wishing for that kind of success, an estimated $2 million adding to a $6.8 million total on an unreported budget.

Still, an unreported budget is not necessarily a mark of failure; God’s Not Dead, which earned an estimated $1.8 million, did not report its budget for some time, and the $55.6 million domestic total is world’s beyond its $2 million costs. Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel still has not reported its budget either, but an estimated $1.7 million has brought the film $51.5 million, making it the second highest-earning film that Anderson has made.

Weekend Box Office (May 2nd – May 4th)

  1. The Amazing Spider-Man 2…$92 million
  2. The Other Woman…$14.2 million
  3. Heaven is for Real…$8.7 million
  4. Captain America: The Winter Soldier…$7.8 million
  5. Rio 2…$7.6 million
  6. Brick Mansions…$3.5 million
  7. Divergent…$2.2 million
  8. The Quiet Ones…$2 million
  9. God’s Not Dead…$1.8 million
  10. The Grand Budapest Hotel…$1.7 million
Seth Paul

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."