Fast and Furious 6 remains on top at the box office in its second week, earning $34.5 million over the weekend. The magic-heist film Now You See Me, starring Jesse Eisenberg and Morgan Freeman, performed better than expected, debuting at #2 with $28 million. Meanwhile, Will and Jaden Smith’s apocalypse film After Earth earned only $27 million, far below studio estimates of $35-40 million.
Star Trek Into Darkness and Iron Man 3 are still going strong, the latter having reached $385 million in receipts. Bollywood cinema reached the Top 10 charts with Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, earning $1.6 million for 9th place. Matthew McConaughey’s Mud still clings onto the number 10 spot after 6 weeks.
Here are top ten earners from this weekend’s box office:
1. Fast & Furious 6 – $34.5 million (weekend), $170 million gross
2. Now You See Me – $28.1 million gross
3. After Earth – $27 million gross
4. Star Trek Into Darkness – $16.4 million (weekend), $181 million gross
5. Epic – $16.4 million (weekend), $65.2 million gross
6. The Hangover Part III – $15.9 million (weekend), $88.1 million gross
7. Iron Man 3 – $8.01 million (weekend), $385 million gross
8. The Great Gatsby – $6.26 million (weekend), $128 million gross
9. Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani – $1.6 million gross
10. Mud – $1.2 million (weekend), $16.9 million gross