Number one for a second weekend in a row is Transformers: Age of Extinction making it the first movie this summer to actually hold the top spot two weekends in a row. Can you believe that? Yes, Captain America: The Winter Soldier did it, but that was back in April.
With $36.4 million, the drop for Transformers was 63.6%, which isn’t too good, but it’s better than the drop Think Like a Man Too saw last weekend and in this day and age seems pretty much par for the course.
Doing much better than I thought it would after taking in $6.4 million on Friday and earning a “C-” CinemaScore and having awful reviews is Tammy in second with $21.1 million. In this case I guess Melissa McCarthy is not only review proof when it comes to critics, but negative audience reaction is also no match for her drawing power. With a budget of only $20 million and $32.9 million in five days, this one won’t end up doing too poorly, but I doubt we’ll hear about it ever again in a week or two.
Coming in third is Scott Derrickson‘s latest thriller, Deliver Us from Evil, which only managed $9.5 million over the three-day with $15 million since opening on Wednesday. The general opinion seems to be pretty much in line with my review, which is to say it’s decent, but nothing entirely new.
After opening on Wednesday, Relativity’s Earth to Echo, which was fully produced by Disney until they tossed it aside for not being the family film they wanted, brought in $8.2 million over the three-day and $13.5 million in five days. Not exactly a result you write home about, but it can hang its hat on an “A-” CinemaScore.
In other box office news, Angelina Jolie‘s Maleficent opened in Japan this week and finally bumped Frozen off the #1 line, bringing in $7.1 million as the film has now made $630.1 million worldwide. You better believe Disney is going to try and figure out a way to franchise this bad boy, let’s just hope they make a better movie this time around.
Still in limited release, a couple of smaller pictures expanded and made a little more money. First there was Snowpiercer expanding into 250 theaters and bringing in $1 million while Begin Again starring Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo found its way into 175 theaters and made $1.3 million for a $7,520 per theater average.
And finally, the Roger Ebert documentary, Life Itself played in 25 theaters and brought in $140,000 for a $5,600 per theater average.
Next weekend sees the release of two highly anticipated movies, though the audiences may differ a little. First there’s Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and then Richard Linklater‘s Boyhood, the latter, though, is only opening in New York and Los Angeles, you can click here to see when it’s coming your way.
