2012’s The Amazing Spider-Man did impressive numbers worldwide but it still undergrossed its Sam Raimi helmed predecessors. Last week, we predicted that the new sequel would top the UK box office but we may have slightly underestimated its success. Meanwhile, Johnny Depp is hoping for better things after the commercial flop of The Lone Ranger with his sci-fi drama Transcendence, which is also the directorial debut of Chris Nolan veteran Wally Pfister.
US:
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier – Directors: Anthony and Joe Russo – $25.6 million
- Heaven is for Real – Randall Wallace – $22.5 million
- Rio 2 – Carlos Saldanha – $22.2 million
- Transcendence – Wally Pfister – $10.9 million
- A Haunted House 2 – Michael Tiddes – $8.8 million
UK:
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – Marc Webb – £9 million
- Rio 2 – Carlos Saldanha – £1.1 million
- Noah – Darren Aronofsky – £0.9 million
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier – Anthony and Joe Russo – £0.8 million
- The Love Punch – Joel Hopkins – £0.6 million
Transcendence is probably this year’s first flop that was actually expected to succeed, there was never much hope for Legend of Hercules or I Frankenstein. It’s a genuine shock to find Johnny Depp no longer a bankable Hollywood star and that Pfister, the greatly talented cinematographer of Inception and The Dark Knight fame, is miles from Nolan’s billion dollar successes. Meanwhile, The Winter Soldier is close to surpassing Thor: The Dark World’s takings, reaching $610 million.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 has made a deep impression in its opening weekend, higher than the UK debuts of both The Winter Soldier and The Dark World but the judge of its success will likely be in America. Comedy drama The Love Punch and horror spoof sequel A Haunted House 2 round off both of this week’s charts. From my predictions, I’ve scored 3/10 taking my running total to 118/250.
US:
- The Other Woman – Nick Cassavetes
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier – Anthony and Joe Russo
- Heaven is For Real – Randall Wallace
- Brick Mansions – Camille Delamarre
- Rio 2 – Carlos Saldanha
UK:
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – Marc Webb
- The Other Woman – Nick Cassavetes
- Transcendence – Wally Pfister
- Rio 2 – Carlos Saldanha
- Tracks – John Curran
Andrew Garfield and Jamie Foxx in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, this week’s Uk number one.
Anthony Mackie in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, this week’s US number one.
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