The Rock shook up the box-office this past weekend with his disaster action film, San Andreas. The special effects heavy movie was expected to open in first, however it exceeded expectations with an estimated $53.2 million dollar opening. This is good news for Dwayne Johnson whose last movie, Hercules, under-performed last summer. There is a long history of success when cutting edge special effects combine with the real-world terror of a natural disaster and this film was no exception to the trend.
Pitch Perfect 2 held on to the second spot, continuing its enormous success by making another estimated $14.3 million dollars over the weekend. The movie looks to cross the $150 million dollar mark as the comedy is actually getting added to more theaters.
Tomorrowland had a pretty sharp drop in its second week signalling the movie may not have had the positive word of mouth that it needed. Disney’s science-fiction adventure managed to make another $13.8 million dollars, as it looks like the movie will barely end up crossing the $100 million dollar total domestic gross mark. Tomorrowland is a rare misfire in Disney’s recent slate of releases which have dominated the market.
Mad Max: Fury Road continued to take the long route to box-office success by staying in the top five for the third consecutive week. The critically applauded action film made another estimated $13.6 million dollars over the weekend and has set the new benchmark for this summer’s action films.
Coming in fifth is Avengers: Age of Ultron whose fan base continues to watch the movie multiple times. It has already grossed over $425 million dollars domestically as Marvel begins to shift their marketing attention to their next upcoming release Ant-Man.
Check out the Box Office Breakdown for the weekend of May 29th-31th:
| TW | LW | Title (click to view) | Studio | Weekend Gross | % Change | Theater Count / Change | Average | Total Gross | Budget* | Week # | |
| 1 | N | San Andreas | WB | $53,215,000 | – | 3,777 | – | $14,089 | $53,215,000 | – | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | Pitch Perfect 2 | Uni. | $14,381,000 | -53.3% | 3,660 | +100 | $3,929 | $147,540,000 | – | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | Tomorrowland | BV | $13,803,000 | -58.2% | 3,972 | – | $3,475 | $63,188,000 | $190 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | Mad Max: Fury Road | WB | $13,625,000 | -44.7% | 3,255 | -467 | $4,186 | $115,915,000 | $150 | 3 |
| 5 | 5 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | BV | $10,920,000 | -49.7% | 3,228 | -499 | $3,383 | $427,070,000 | $250 | 5 |
| 6 | N | Aloha | Sony | $10,000,000 | – | 2,815 | – | $3,552 | $10,000,000 | – | 1 |
| 7 | 4 | Poltergeist (2015) | Fox | $7,800,000 | -65.5% | 3,242 | +2 | $2,406 | $38,267,000 | – | 2 |
| 8 | 7 | Far from the Madding Crowd | FoxS | $1,420,000 | -37.9% | 902 | +37 | $1,574 | $8,362,000 | – | 5 |
| 9 | 6 | Hot Pursuit | WB | $1,370,000 | -62.4% | 1,446 | -1,131 | $947 | $32,351,000 | $35 | 4 |
| 10 | 10 | Home (2015) | Fox | $1,150,000 | -34.4% | 1,088 | -356 | $1,057 | $170,409,000 | $135 | 10 |
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Source: Box Office Mojo