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

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.

Weekend box office – 17th to 23rd of May 2014 – can Spider-Man 2 catch Bad Neighbours?

The title race for this year’s comedy smash hit arguably began with The Other Woman a couple of weeks back but the first real contender is this week’s Bad Neighbours, a star studded comedy set to rip into the box office. Additionally, its release is kickstarting the summer movie season. Last week, we predicted it’d leap in ahead of The Amazing Spider-Man 2’s second week of release but let’s see how it got on.

US:

1. Bad Neighbours – Director: Nicholas Stoller – $49 million
2. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – Marc Webb – $35.1 million
3. The Other Woman – Nick Cassavetes – $9.6 million
4. Heaven is for Real – Randall Wallace – $7.5 million
5. Captain America: The Winter Soldier – Anthony and Joe Russo – $5.8 million

UK:

1. Bad Neighbours – Nicholas Stoller – £8.4 million
2. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – Marc Webb – £1.3 million
3. The Other Woman – Nick Cassavetes – £0.9 million
4. Rio 2 – Carlos Saldanha – £0.6 million
5. Pompeii – Paul WS Anderson – £0.5 million

It’s not too surprising to find Bad Neighbours topping both sides of the Atlantic but this is the first time in a while that the UK and US box office top 3 have been identical. Superhero adventure Spider-Man 2 is doing decent numbers but it may not be the ones that Sony hoped for, as it is The Winter Soldier will lead it at the end of the year. Revenge comedy The Other Woman meanwhile is still holding out but its unlikely to be remembered. Despite a critical thrashing, Heaven is for Real is still reeling in the predominantly Christian audience in America while, in the UK, historical epic Pompeii is getting increasingly unlikely to breach the $100 million mark, let alone it’s minimal target of $160 million. This week’s score of 6/10 takes my running total to 135/280.

US:

1. Godzilla – Gareth Edwards
2. Bad Neighbours – Nicholas Stoller
3. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – Marc Webb
4. Million Dollar Arm – Craig Gillespie
5. The Other Woman – Nick Cassavetes

UK:

1. Godzilla – Gareth Edwards
2. Bad Neighbours – Nicholas Stoller
3. The Two Faces of January – Hossein Amini
4. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – Marc Webb
5. The Other Woman – Nick Cassavetes

Zac Efron, Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne in Bad Neighbours, this week’s UK and US box office number one.

Weekend box-office – 10th to 16th of May 2014 – will Other Woman get revenge on Spider-Man 2?

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:

1. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – Director: Marc Webb – $92 million
2. The Other Woman – Nick Cassavetes – $14.2 million
3. Heaven is for Real – Randall Wallace – $8.6 million
4. Captain America: The Winter Soldier – Anthony and Joe Russo – $7.7 million
5. Rio 2 – Carlos Saldanha – $7.6 million

UK:

1. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – Marc Webb – £2 million
2. The Other Woman – Nick Cassavetes – £1.4 million
3. Pompeii – Paul WS Anderson – £1.2 million
4. Tarzan – Reinhard Klooss – £0.8 million
5. 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:

1. Bad Neighbours – Nicholas Stoller
2. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – Marc Webb
3. Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return – Will Finn, Dan St Pierre
4. The Other Woman – Nick Cassavetes
5. Heaven if For Real – Randall Wallace

UK:

1. Bad Neighbours – Nicholas Stoller
2. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – Marc Webb
3. The Other Woman – Nick Cassavetes
4. Sabotage – David Ayer
5. 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.

Weekend box-office – 3rd to 9th of May 2014 – can Marvel’s Spider-Man and Winter Soldier hold off The Other Woman?

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:

1. The Other Woman – Director: Nick Cassavetes – $24.8 million
2. Captain America: The Winter Soldier – Anthony and Joe Russo – $16.2 million
3. Heaven if For Real – Randall Wallace – $14.4 million
4. Rio 2 – Carlos Saldanha – $13.9 million
5. Brick Mansions – Camille Delamarre – $9.5 million

UK

1. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – Marc Webb – £3.4 million
2. The Other Woman – Nick Cassavetes – £2.7 million
3. Transcendence – Wally Pfister – £1.2 million
4. Rio 2 – Carlos Saldanha – £0.9 million
5. 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:

1. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – Marc Webb
2. The Other Woman – Nick Cassavetes
3. Captain America: The Winter Soldier – Anthony and Joe Russo
4. Walk of Shame – Steven Brill
5. Heaven is for Real – Randall Wallace

UK:

1. Bad Neighbours – Nicholas Stoller
2. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – Marc Webb
3. Pompeii – Paul WS Anderson
4. Transcendence – Wally Pfister
5. 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.