Box Office Weekend: Top 3 Box Office Loaded with Number Twos

Sequels were the name of the game at the box office this weekend, as Think Like a Man Too (estimated $30 million) just narrowly beat out the smash success 22 Jump Street (estimated $29 million), while How to Train Your Dragon 2 (estimated $25.3 million) settled for third. While Think Like a Man Too is not sitting well with critics, it managed to win a profit in its opening weekend over a $24 million budget; 22 Jump Street crossed the $100 million threshold handily, but How to Train Your Dragon 2 has an uphill battle to get itself to its $145 million costs domestically (and even struggling to bring in very much worldwide).

The lackluster Jersey Boys, based on the long-running stage musical, also opened, but at a tepid fourth with an estimated $13.5 million against its $40 million budget. Maleficent, in the meantime, has managed to top its $180 million costs thanks to an estimated $13 million, and has become the fourth highest earning movie of 2014 in worldwide gross; a record Edge of Tomorrow wishes it could have, the critically acclaimed film earning an estimated $10.3 million, still far short of a domestic success against $178 million in costs (though it has done decent business overseas).

The final four include four successes and one question mark: The Fault in Our Stars gained an estimated $8.6 million and is likely to cross the $100 million mark, X-Men: Days of Future Past (estimated $6.2 million) is not only a domestic success with its $200 million price tag but the third highest earning movie worldwide of 2014; Chef refuses to acknowledge its standing as it rakes in an estimated $1.8 million for a $16.9 million total over seven weeks; and Godzilla picked up an estimated $1.8 million as the big green lizard helped the 2014 movie become (barring inflation adjustment) the highest earning Godzilla film to date.

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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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