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San Andreas Tops the Box-Office

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san andreasDwayne Johnson body-slammed the competition and ruled the box-office the past weekend. San Andreas opened in the top spot earning $53.2 million over the weekend. The film was predicted to earn $40 million, so its total was a pleasant surprise for its studio Warner Bros. It’s the best opening for Johnson as not part of an ensemble film.

The film also opened in 60 markets overseas was in the top spot in 55 of those markets. Overseas it earned an estimated $60 million. This film has brought in over $113.2 million worldwide its first week.

Pitch Perfect 2 was on key for a third week. The film earned an additional $14.4 million this past weekend. Domestically the film has earned $147.5 million and $80.7 million overseas for a total of $228.24 million.

Tomorrowland dropped to third in its second week, adding $13.8 million to its domestic total. Mad Max: Fury Road was just a bit under that adding $13.625 million in its third week. The film has earned $280.9 million worldwide so far.

Avengers: Age of Ultron came in fifth for the week. The film added $10.9 million domestically. Domestically the film has earned $427.1 million and $894.2 million in foreign markets. Its total is $1.321 billion. The film is in the top spot for domestic earnings in 2015, but lags far behind Furious 7‘s $1.5 billion.

In other comic movie news, Kingsman: The Secret Service added $106,000 to its total. The film has earned $403.6 million worldwide.

Tomorrowland Wins the Blah Weekend Box-Office

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Tomorrowland_posterTomorrowland was at top of the domestic box-office this past weekend, earning $32.97 million. The weekend was rather drowsy as a whole with two major new movies opening. The film earned an additional $26.7 million internationally.

In second place was last weekend’s box-office champ, Pitch Perfect 2 which earned $30.8 million, and following that in third was Mad Max: Fury Road which earned $24.8 million. Pitch Perfect 2 has earned $179 million worldwide but Mad Max: Fury Road has earned $219.84 million so far.

The other major film to open, Poltergeist earned $22.6 million in its first weekend, about what was expected.

Avengers: Age of Ultron continued to earn and do well, adding $21.7 million domestically. The film has earned $1.18 billion worldwide so far, but Furious 7 continues to be the global leader as far as earnings so far in 2015.

What Does Facebook Tell Us about Pitch Perfect 2 and Mad Max?

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pitch-perfect-2-pp2_rgbThis past weekend at the box-office was a triumph for women, and a blow to misogyny. Pitch Perfect 2 ruled the weekend earning $70.3 million domestically while Mad Max: Fury Road earned $44.44 million. The two films helped make it a record breaking weekend, but also had two films that had kick-ass women in it.

Pitch Perfect 2 was especially impressive earning about 5.5x the original film’s opening weekend. But should that have been a surprise? The original film found a huge audience after its initial theatrical run.

About 72% of the audience for Pitch Perfect 2 was female, and 57% was younger than 25. Mad Max: Fury Road was 60% male and 64% older than 25. While 51% of the population is female, 52% of moviegoers are women according to the MPAA.

Facebook shows us these general trends, the Pitch Perfect series has many more female fans while Mad Max skews more male. Both performed better than their stats though in their “opposite” gender of the majority of fans. More men attending Pitch Perfect 2, and more women attended Mad Max. That could account for their dual solid openings, as each gender brought the other to the cinema. Each fan page also does better in their weaker gender than previous films in the series.

No matter the why, each film shows that women shouldn’t be discounted when it comes to the cinema.

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Pitch Perfect 2 Opens on Top, Mad Max in Second, Age of Ultron Drops to Third

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pitch-perfect-2-pp2_rgbA big question going in to this past weekend was what film would be on top when it was all up. Pitch Perfect 2 was on top when the weekend settled, earning an estimated $70.3 million in its first weekend. The original film earned $14.8 million its first weekend and ended with $65 million domestically. Internationally the film earned $38.1 million for a total of $108.4 million its first week. That’s almost as much the first film earned its entire run.

Mad Max: Fury Road had to settle for second place with a solid $44.44 million. The film was rumored to be troubled, and early testing was poor which led to reshoots. The film is being praised, so whatever they did in between clearly worked to fix things.

With two high-profile films opening up, Avengers: Age of Ultron dropped to third in its third week. The film added $38.84 million to its domestic total. The film crossed the billion dollar mark worldwide. Its foreign total is $770.5 million. The film has earned a total of $1.143 billion so far.

In other comic movie news Kingsman: The Secret Service continues to earn at the box office. The film added another $191,000 domestically. The film has earned a total of $402.9 million globally.

So far Furious 7 holds the top spot globally earning $1.4888 billion. Age of Ultron sits at the top spot domestically.

Next weekend sees Tomorrowland and Poltergeist debut during the long holiday. Pitch Perfect 2 currently has a 69% rating on RottenTomatoes, Mad Max: Fury Road is an impressive 98%, and Age of Ultron is at 74%. It’ll be interesting to see what holds steady and what drops when the dust settles this time next week.