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Box Office Recap: ‘Think Like A Man Too’ Tops Weekend With $30M
Kevin Hart’s comedy film Think Like A Man Too earned $30 million in the North American box office over its debut weekend, beating Sony’s other comedy sequel 22 Jump Street for the top spot.
Director Tim Story’s wedding comedy, costing $24 million to produce, beat the cop bromance blockbuster, featuring Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill, which earned $29 million in its second week of release. After making $38.2 million overseas, a large amount for a comedy, Rory Bruer, head of distribution for Sony, stated that 22 Jump Street would become one of the biggest R-rated comedies ever worldwide.
22 Jump Street passed the $100 million mark domestically, finishing Sunday with a domestic total of $111.5 million.
In third place at the box office is DreamWorks Animation and Fox’s How To Train Your Dragon 2 with $25.3 million, falling 49 percent in its second week, for a domestic total of $95.2 million.
Think Like A Man Too’s debut earned more than double the $13.5 million opening of Clint Eastwood’s Jersey Boys. The film, about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, came in number four at the box office. It drew an overwhelmingly older crowd, with 71 percent of moviegoers ranked over the age of 50. Warner Bros hopes the film will reach out to more audience members over the next few weeks, as adults typically don’t rush out on opening weekends.
Both Think Like A Man Too and Jersey Boys received an A minus CinemaScore from audiences, which is more than what critics gave them on Rotten Tomatoes (22 percent for Man and 55 percent for Boys).
Inspired by Steve Harvey’s best-selling book Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, the sequel didn’t beat Story’s original Think Like A Man, which opened with $33.6 million in its late April 2012 release.
“Even though the opening is a hair less than the last, I think summer weekdays are going to absolutely make up for that,” said Rory Bruer. “Certainly the picture is already a success. Kevin Hart is a force to be reckoned with.”
Maleficent‘s total through Sunday is $521.6 million, coming in behind Jersey Boys. It has surpassed the $500 million mark over the weekend, beating Mr. & Mrs. Smith’s $478 million earnings and becoming Angelina Jolie’s top live-action film of all time.
Paramount’s fourth film in the Transformers franchise, Transformers: Age of Extinction, opens next weekend.
See what films made the top 10 list at the box office this weekend by clicking “Next”!
10. Godzilla – $1.82 million
Film Synopsis
In Summer 2014, the world’s most revered monster is reborn as Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures unleash the epic action adventure Godzilla. From visionary new director Gareth Edwards (“Monsters”) comes a powerful story of human courage and reconciliation in the face of titanic forces of nature, when the awe-inspiring Godzilla rises to restore balance as humanity stands defenseless.
9. Chef – $1.85 million
Film Synopsis
Chef Carl Casper (Jon Favreau) suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner (Dustin Hoffman), he is left to figure out what’s next. Finding himself in Miami, he teams up with his ex-wife (Sofia Vergara), his friend (John Leguizamo) and his son to launch a food truck. Taking to the road, Chef Carl goes back to his roots to reignite his passion for the kitchen — and zest for life and love.
8. X-Men: Days of Future Past – $6.2 million
Film Synopsis
The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods in X-Men: Days of Future Past. The beloved characters from the original X-Men film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from the past, X-Men: First Class, in order to change a major historical event and fight in an epic battle that could save our future.
7. The Fault in Our Stars – $8.6 million
Film Synopsis
Hazel and Gus are two extraordinary teenagers who share an acerbic wit, a disdain for the conventional, and a love that sweeps them – and us – on an unforgettable journey. Their relationship is all the more miraculous, given that they met and fell in love at a cancer support group. The Fault in Our Stars, based upon the number-one bestselling novel by John Green, explores the funny, thrilling and tragic business of being alive and in love.
6. Edge of Tomorrow – $10.3 million
Film Synopsis
The epic action of Edge of Tomorrow unfolds in a near future in which an alien race has hit the Earth in an unrelenting assault, unbeatable by any military unit in the world. Major William Cage (Tom Cruise) is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously dropped into what amounts to a suicide mission. Killed within minutes, Cage now finds himself inexplicably thrown into a time loop-forcing him to live out the same brutal combat over and over, fighting and dying again…and again. But with each battle, Cage becomes able to engage the adversaries with increasing skill, alongside Special Forces warrior Rita Vrataski (Emily Blunt). And, as Cage and Rita take the fight to the aliens, each repeated encounter gets them one step closer to defeating the enemy.
5. Maleficent – $13 million
Film Synopsis
Maleficent explores the untold story of Disney’s most iconic villain from the classic Sleeping Beauty and the elements of her betrayal that ultimately turn her pure heart to stone. Driven by revenge and a fierce desire to protect the moors over which she presides, Maleficent cruelly places an irrevocable curse upon the human king’s newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Aurora is caught in the middle of the seething conflict between the forest kingdom she has grown to love and the human kingdom that holds her legacy. Maleficent realizes that Aurora may hold the key to peace in the land and is forced to take drastic actions that will change both worlds forever.
4. Jersey Boys – $13.5 million
Film Synopsis
Clint Eastwood’s big screen version of the Tony Award-winning musical tells the story of the four young men from the wrong side of the tracks in New Jersey who came together to form the iconic `60s rock group The Four Seasons. Their trials and triumphs are accompanied by the hit songs that influenced a generation, and are now being embraced by a new generation of fans through the stage musical.
3. How to Train Your Dragon – $25.3 million
Film Synopsis
DreamWorks Animation returns to the world of dragons and Vikings in this sequel to their successful 2010 outing How to Train Your Dragon. The original film followed the exploits of a Viking chief’s son, who must capture a dragon in order to mark his passage into manhood and prove his worthiness to the tribe.
2. 22 Jump Street – $29 million
Film Synopsis
After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) when they go deep undercover at a local college. But when Jenko meets a kindred spirit on the football team, and Schmidt infiltrates the bohemian art major scene, they begin to question their partnership. Now they don’t have to just crack the case – they have to figure out if they can have a mature relationship. If these two overgrown adolescents can grow from freshmen into real men, college might be the best thing that ever happened to them.
1. Think Like a Man Too – $30 million
Film Synopsis
In the highly anticipated sequel, which was inspired by Steve Harvey’s best-selling book Act Like a Lady, Think Like A Man, all the couples are back for a wedding in Las Vegas. But plans for a romantic weekend go awry when their various misadventures get them into some compromising situations that threaten to derail the big event.