Well, all good things come to an end. The long time nemesis, and logical counter-programming option, the romantic genre, took the mighty superhero genre off the top of the charts. The Other Woman took control of the #1 spot at the box office with over $24 million. Captain America: The Winter Solider slid to second after an impressive month-long run atop the box office, pulling in another $16 million. Heaven is for Real continued being a draw with an estimated $13.8 million in its second week of release. Rio 2 slid into fourth while the Paul Walker vehicle Brick Mansions failed to draw a crowd with an estimated $9.6 million. Perhaps audiences aren’t quite ready to see Walker on-screen yet, surely executives are hoping the wound will heal by the time Fast & Furious 7 comes around. Here is the weekend box-office breakdown:
| RANK | MOVIE | WEEKLY GROSS | GROSS TO DATE | WEEKS IN RELEASE | # OF THEATERS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
20th Century Fox |
$24.7M | $24.7M | 1 | 3205 |
| 2 |
Walt Disney Pictures |
$16.0M | $224.9M | 4 | 3620 |
| 3 |
Sony Pictures |
$13.8M | $51.9M | 2 | 2705 |
| 4 |
20th Century Fox |
$13.6M | $96.2M | 3 | 3703 |
| 5 |
Relativity Media |
$9.6M | $9.6M | 1 | 2647 |
| 6 |
Warner Bros. Pictures |
$4.1M | $18.5M | 2 | 3455 |
| 7 |
Lionsgate/Summit |
$4.0M | $4.0M | 1 | 2027 |
| 8 |
Walt Disney Pictures |
$3.6M | $11.2M | 2 | 1720 |
| 9 |
Lionsgate Films/Summit Entertainment |
$3.6M | $139.5M | 6 | 2066 |
| 10 |
Open Road Films |
$3.3M | $14.2M | 2 | 2310 |
What does this mean for box office? Seems that husbands and boyfriends took one for the team and accompanied their significant others to a rom-com. Surely they were paying it forward, since The Amazing Spider-Man 2 opens next weekend and Godzilla a couple of weeks after that. Who says fan-boys aren’t smart?
Source: Washington Post
-Braxter Timberlake-