This week, two of Marvel’s blockbusters are the targets of feminised revenge comedy The Other Woman. Last week, we boldly predicted that thriller Captain America: The Winter Soldier, which has been kicking around a good few weeks, would slip down a place in the US but the more recent Amazing Spider-Man 2 would hold off the competition in the UK. Meanwhile sci-fi commercial flop Transcendence is attempting to regain some success after its initial flop.
US:
- The Other Woman – Director: Nick Cassavetes – $24.8 million
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier – Anthony and Joe Russo – $16.2 million
- Heaven if For Real – Randall Wallace – $14.4 million
- Rio 2 – Carlos Saldanha – $13.9 million
- Brick Mansions – Camille Delamarre – $9.5 million
UK
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – Marc Webb – £3.4 million
- The Other Woman – Nick Cassavetes – £2.7 million
- Transcendence – Wally Pfister – £1.2 million
- Rio 2 – Carlos Saldanha – £0.9 million
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier – Anthony and Joe Russo – £0.6 million
The Other Woman has debuted modestly and it’ll likely surpass $100 million worldwide but these statistics are hardly breakout comedy of the summer stuff, that title will likely go to Bad Neighbours, Tammy or A Million Ways to Die in the West. Captain America meanwhile has just reached the $650 million mark, just beating Thor: The Dark World’s total. The Amazing Spider-Man 2’s takings have dropped however, despite retaining the number one spot. Having scored 7/10, I’ve taken my running total to 125/260.
US:
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – Marc Webb
- The Other Woman – Nick Cassavetes
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier – Anthony and Joe Russo
- Walk of Shame – Steven Brill
- Heaven is for Real – Randall Wallace
UK:
- Bad Neighbours – Nicholas Stoller
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – Marc Webb
- Pompeii – Paul WS Anderson
- Transcendence – Wally Pfister
- Rio 2 – Carlos Saldanha
Dane DeHaan and Andrew Garfield in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, this week’s UK number one.
Leslie Mann, Cameron Diaz and Kate Upton in The Other Woman, this week’s US number one.