Weekend box-office – 24th to 30th of May 2014 – will Godzilla roar over Bad Neighbours?

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Big things are expected of British filmaker Gareth Edwards, despite the fact that his only directing credit is the micro budget sci-fi horror Monsters (which took a respectable but not outstanding £4 million). However, he’s getting the attention of Star Wars and his new retelling of Godzilla is predicted to become the year’s biggest hit so far. Last week, we predicted that it’d top the chart but let’s see how it got on.

US:

  1. Godzilla – Director: Gareth Edwards – $93.2 million
  2. Bad Neighbours – Nicholas Stoller – $26 million
  3. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – Marc Webb – $17 million
  4. Million Dollar Arm – Craig Gillespie – $11 million
  5. The Other Woman – Nick Cassavetes – $6.3 million

UK:

  1. Godzilla – Gareth Edwards – £6.4 million
  2. Bad Neighbours – Nicholas Stoller – £1.4 million
  3. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – £0.5 million
  4. The Other Woman – Nick Cassavetes – £0.4 million
  5. The Two Faces of January – Hossein Amini – £0.3 million

We’re immensely pleased that Godzilla has had the second biggest US opening, just behind Captain America: The Winter Soldier and pipping ahead of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 but it’s likely to have better legs internationally than either of those superhero flicks. Frat comedy Bad Neighbours is continuing its excellent run but we wouldn’t be too surprised if it is undone at the box office by 22 Jump Street or Million Ways to Die in the West. Spider-Man 2 is sliding down slowly (it’s still slightly behind expectation) while Million Dollar Arm’s mediocre opening is causing questions of Jon Hamm’s translation from small to big screen. This week I’ve score 7/10 taking my running total to 142/290.

US:

  1. X-Men: Days of Future Past – Bryan Singer
  2. Godzilla – Gareth Edwards
  3. Bad Neighbours – Nicholas Stoller
  4. Blended – Frank Coraci
  5. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – Marc Webb

UK:

  1. X-Men: Days of Future Past – Bryan Singer
  2. Godzilla – Gareth Edwards
  3. Bad Neighbours – Nicholas Stoller
  4. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – Marc Webb
  5. Blended – Frank Coraci

Elizabeth Olsen in Godzilla, this week’s UK and US number one.

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