The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is kicking off the summer movie season with its US release but early predictions saw it falling behind blockbusters Captain America: The Winter Soldier, X-Men: Days of Future Past and Godzilla. Sony need their sequel to take off otherwise their planned franchise could be quickly forgotten.
US:
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – Director: Marc Webb – $92 million
- The Other Woman – Nick Cassavetes – $14.2 million
- Heaven is for Real – Randall Wallace – $8.6 million
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier – Anthony and Joe Russo – $7.7 million
- Rio 2 – Carlos Saldanha – $7.6 million
UK:
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – Marc Webb – £2 million
- The Other Woman – Nick Cassavetes – £1.4 million
- Pompeii – Paul WS Anderson – £1.2 million
- Tarzan – Reinhard Klooss – £0.8 million
- Rio 2 – Carlos Saldanha – £0.5 million
Spider-Man 2 has done decent numbers but it’s still greatly disappointing. The new X-Men, ordinarily the timid cousin of Avengers and Spider-Man, has a predicted $125 million coming its way. Meanwhile The Other Woman has hardly capitalised on this position, sitting still in second place. While it has been impressive, the revenge comedy is likely to lose the title of this year’s big summer comedy to Bad Neighbours, A Million Ways to Die in the West or 22 Jump Street. Despite these surprises, this week I’ve scored a decent 4/10, taking my running total to 129/270.
US:
- Bad Neighbours – Nicholas Stoller
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – Marc Webb
- Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return – Will Finn, Dan St Pierre
- The Other Woman – Nick Cassavetes
- Heaven if For Real – Randall Wallace
UK:
- Bad Neighbours – Nicholas Stoller
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – Marc Webb
- The Other Woman – Nick Cassavetes
- Sabotage – David Ayer
- Pompeii – Paul WS Anderson
Andrew Garfield, Dane DeHaan and Emma Stone in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, this week’s UK and US number one.
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Hello Tuorhoth. while Locke is unlikely to get in to the top ten it will be in the running for my film of the year. I was wondering if it has done well enough to cover its costs and be viewed as at least a moderate success?
I’m not entirely sure of this but I think Locke did make the UK top ten, just not the top five that I report. The film is likely to surpass its $2 million budget.