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,
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)
- Furious 7…$60.6 million
- Home…$19 million
- The Longest Ride…$13.5 million
- Get Hard…$8.6 million
- Cinderella…$7.2 million
- The Divergent Series: Insurgent…$6.9 million
- Woman in Gold…$5.9 million
- It Follows…$2 million
- Danny Collins…$1.6 million
- While We’re Young…$1.3 million
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