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Posted April 13, 2015 by Seth Paul in News
 
 

Box Office Weekend: Furious 7 Keeps On Trucking


It is only April, and already Furious 7 is on track to become the movie to beat in terms of sheer gross income. It dropped in revenue by nearly 60%, but an estimated $60.6 million is still more than most films make in their first weekend, let alone their second. It is by far the top earner of the top ten ($252.5 million domestic, $800.5 million worldwide), winning out handily against Home (estimated $19 million) once again. Home still struggles worldwide to make good on its $135 million costs, but both are doing a sight better than the debut of The Longest Ride. Yet another adaptation of a bestselling Nicholas Sparks novel, Furious 7its estimated $13.5 million weekend is roughly on par with most Sparks releases, but probably will not reach the lofty heights of The Notebook, the highest grosser of his to date.

Get Hard fell to fourth and may not be a winner with critics, but with an estimated $8.6 million for the weekend and $71.2 million in domestic revenue, the Will Ferrell/Kevin Hart comedy is actually doing fairly well for itself. So, too, is Cinderella, whose $95 million costs have almost been met in domestic earnings thanks to an estimated $7.2 million, with its excellent worldwide box office an added layer of icing on the profit cake.

The Divergent Series: Insurgent brought in an estimated $6.9 million, but is only breaking even if counting worldwide gross, but breaking even is still preferable to what is probably a flop in Woman in Gold, an estimated $5.9 million adding up to $9.3 million in total revenue…not a good sign for a film with the star power of Helen Mirren involved (even accounting for a massive increase in revenue over last week). It Follows, despite no reported budget, was recently rumored to have a sequel in the works, so with an estimated $2 million added to an $11.7 million domestic total, it appears to have done better business than first appearance would suggest.

The final two on the list, Danny Collins (a rock drama/comedy from former Disney/Pixar screenwriter Dan Fogelman and starring Al Pacino) and While We’re Young (a Noah Baumbach comedy starring Ben Stiller) are not new to theatrical release, but after adding a few theaters to their run they have managed to pick up an estimated $1.6 million and $1.3 million respectively, but despite critical acclaim neither film is making much at the box office…even if they are relatively low budget.

Weekend Box Office (April 10th – April 12th)

  1. Furious 7…$60.6 million
  2. Home…$19 million
  3. The Longest Ride…$13.5 million
  4. Get Hard…$8.6 million
  5. Cinderella…$7.2 million
  6. The Divergent Series: Insurgent…$6.9 million
  7. Woman in Gold…$5.9 million
  8. It Follows…$2 million
  9. Danny Collins…$1.6 million
  10. While We’re Young…$1.3 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."