Going into this weekend, it was largely expected that Captain America: The Winter Soldier would fall to second place, especially with stronger than usual Friday activity for Rio 2, which has no real competition in the kids market at the moment. The latest Marvel film had a decent drop of just 56% compared to other reecnt sequels which were a few notches higher, but it’s definitely puzzling some analysts because the film is getting such strong word of mouth and positive scores that the drop should have been lighter. Others are chalking it up to the somewhat complex feeling of the feature that has some parents opting to skip it in favor of something easier for kids to digest. Still, the film added another $41 million, bringing its domestic take to $159 million. It’s done $317 million overseas as well already, bringing it up to $476 million overall. The first film back in 2011 did $370 total after sixteen weeks.
With Rio 2, it basically duplicated what it did back in 2011 as it debuted at $39.2 million, which is a hair higher than the first film. The feature has gotten good marks and decent word of mouth but it’s not expected to be a big long term film, but one that will do well with little in the way of competition coming up and some family oriented holiday time ahead that could give it a bit more of a bump.
Other new openers didn’t do great but are likely to plug along a bit and perform decently considering their budgets. Oculus did $12 million on its $5 million budget and was a festival acquisition so it’s not a black pit for anyone. And like a lot of horror movies, it’s expected to do well on DVD/BD and other purchasing markets, especially later in the year if Karen Gillan gets a bit of a bump with Guardians of the Galaxy. Similarly, Draft Day landed with just under $10 million with no known budget and it’s lower that other Costner lead movies. But it’s also the kind of film that can have a decent and slow hold to it since it skews older and that demographic is not one that flocks to an opening weekend release.
| TW | LW | Title | Studio | Weekend | Theaters | Total | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Walt Disney Pictures, Marvel Studios |
$41,398,000
|
3,938
|
$159,006,000
|
2
|
| 2 | - | Rio 2 | 20th Century Fox |
$39,000,000
|
3,948
|
$39,000,000
|
1
|
| 3 | - | Oculus | Relativity Media |
$12,000,000
|
2,648
|
$12,000,000
|
1
|
| 4 | - | Draft Day | Summit Entertainment (Lionsgate) |
$9,750,000
|
2,781
|
$9,750,000
|
1
|
| 5 | 3 | Divergent | Summit Entertainment (Lionsgate) |
$7,500,000
|
3,110
|
$124,876,993
|
4
|
| 6 | 2 | Noah | Paramount Pictures |
$7,450,000
|
3,282
|
$84,872,000
|
3
|
| 7 | 4 | God’s Not Dead | Pure|Flix Entertainment |
$4,485,000
|
1,860
|
$40,700,000
|
4
|
| 8 | 6 | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
$4,050,000
|
2,761
|
$39,469,555
|
6
|
| 9 | 5 | Muppets Most Wanted | Walt Disney Pictures |
$2,193,000
|
2,261
|
$45,670,000
|
4
|
| 10 | 7 | Mr. Peabody & Sherman | 20th Century Fox, DreamWorks Animation |
$1,825,000
|
2,001
|
$105,214,979
|
6
|
| 11 | 30 | The Raid 2 | Sony Pictures Classics, Stage 6 Films |
$1,014,000
|
954
|
$1,427,000
|
3
|
| 12 | 10 | Non-Stop | Universal Pictures |
$716,000
|
762
|
$89,421,000
|
7
|