Independent animated film Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return placed No. 3 in its third weekend, grossing $9.6 million from 3,306 theaters for a domestic total of $61.7 million.
Moms’ Night Out also may have faced competition from Fox’s female comedy The Other Woman, which placed a strong No. Starring Patricia Heaton and Sarah Drew, Moms’ Night Out revolves around a stressed-out mother of young children who attempts an outing with other moms from the same congregation. 4 in its fourth weekend with $7 million, putting its domestic total at a stunning $75.2 million. Ironically, the $10 million film was beat by fellow TriStar faith-based film Heaven Is for Real, which placed No. The other two movies opening nationwide over Mother’s Day weekend failed to wow.Ĭhristian female comedy Moms’ Night Out, hoping to take part in the boom enjoyed by a recent string of faith-based movies, opened to $4.2 million from 1,044 theaters to come in No. The Hangover: Part II still sports the top weekend opening of all time for an R-rated film ($85.9 million), followed by Sex and the City ($57 million) and Ted ($54.4 million). Interestingly, the well-reviewed film only earned a B CinemaScore. The R-rated Universal story follows a young couple ( Rogen and Byrne) with a new baby, whose quiet suburban lifestyle is ruined when a rowdy frat moves in next door. Seth is beyond thrilled,” she said, noting that 53 percent of the audience was female, an unusually high turnout for a raunchy comedy. “They never expected this kind of opening. Universal domestic distribution chief Nikki Rocco emailed with Rogen and the other filmmakers throughout the weekend. ( Rogen and Goldberg also directed that 2013 end-of-the-world comedy.) Nathan Kahane and Joe Drake‘s Good Universe is also a producer. The comedy also starts off Universal’s summer in style, and rolls out three weeks before the studio debuts another R-rated comedy, Seth MacFarlane‘s A Million Ways to Die in the West.ĭirected by Nick Stoller, the filmmaker behind Forgetting Sarah Marshall and The Five-Year Engagement, Neighbors was produced by This Is the End team of Rogen, Evan Goldberg and James Weaver. Neighbors is a victory for all involved, particularly Rogen and Efron (it is by far Rogen’s best opening for a live-action title). Heading into the weekend, box office observers predicted a close race between Neighbors, playing in 3,279 theaters, and Amazing Spider-Man 2 (each was expected to gross around $42 million). The superhero sequel is still in good shape, and continues to do big business internationally, where it earned $69.5 million over the weekend for a foreign total of $403 million and global haul of $550.9 million. Comparisons to the first Amazing Spider-Man are problematic, since that film debuted over July Fourth week on its way to earning $200.5 million by the end of its second weekend. 2 as it declined 59 percent in its second weekend, more than Sony would have liked, grossing $37.2 million from 4,324 locations for a domestic total of $147.9 million. Domestically, Amazing Spider-Man 2 fell to No.
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