Weekend Box Office Results (Apr 10 – Apr 12)

This week was almost a complete bust this week, so lets just jump in to the top 5 this weekend.

In an absolute shocker (to absolutely no one), Furious 7 reigns as king of the hill again this week, making $29 million, bringing its domestic total to $294.4 million and making it the first movie this year to break the $1 billion barrier worldwide with $1.15 BILLION worldwide, and surpassing the number 1 movie for all of 2014, Transformers 4: Age of Extinction.

And this is just the START of the Summer Movie Season. We still have Avengers: Age of Ultron, Jurassic World, Hunger Games, and a little movie called Star Wars: The Force Awakens, to name just a few.

Jumping in at number 2 this week is the Kevin James comedy, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 with $24 million, proving once again that inept, fat guys, falling down and hurting themselves make for good comedy.

We get surprised at number 3 as the horror flick, Unfriended, jumped on the charts with its opening week with $16 million. I’m sure that Universal are excited for this number as it was a very low-budget film to make by the looks of it. Can you say sequel?

At number 4, falling from number 2, is the animated flick Home, with $10.3 million, bringing its domestic total to $142.6 million. Admit it, that damn alien was too cute. I’ve heard some complaints from people that they didn’t see any advertisements for it. I think those people don’t have kids, or the kids aren’t watching any broadcast television, because I saw advertisements all the time for it. Or maybe I just watch too much television.

And at number 5, screw you to everybody that saw it and everybody that took their significant other to see it, is The Longest Ride, making $6.8 million on its domestic total of $23.5 million. Please, let this be the end, if I have to type The Longest Ride one more time, it will be too much. If I ever see another Nicholas Sparks movie on the movie list, it will be too soon.

And now that I look at last weeks predictions, it doesn’t look like it was THAT bad. I got the number 1 and number 5 dead on the nose, while I got Home and Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 on the list. I missed with putting Monkey Kingdom on the list instead of Unfriended.

Only two wide release movies this week, that being The Age Of Adaline, and Little Boy, neither of which is going to make dent into what is your number 1 movie next week.

Top 5 Predictions

1. Furious 7

2. Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

3. Unfriended

4. Home

5. The Age of Adaline

 

Weekend Box Office Results (Apr 10 – Apr 12)

I managed to get all the top 5 movies correct this week, but missed on the order. Please, stop seeing Nicholas Sparks shit! Anyways…

In something that was a shocker to almost nobody, Furious 7 remained in the top spot this week making $60.5 million, bringing its domestic total to $252.5 million. It seems that every year, the start of the summer blockbuster movies comes sooner and sooner, and this looks like it might be the start for this year. Expect this movie to continue to dominate next week as well.

Staying at number 2 this week is the animated movie, Home, with $19 million, bringing its domestic total to $129.5 million, just short of its production budget. Timing is everything in this movie as it was released in time for kids on their spring break.

Jumping into number 3 is The Longest Ride, another Nicholas Sparks movie that tells the same story as every other Nicholas Sparks movie, and made $13.5 million.

Dropping from number 3 to number 4 is the buddy comedy Get Hard, starring Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart, making $8.6 million with a domestic total of $71.2 million. While not a great movie, with only a budget of $40 million, I would consider this movie a success.

And at number 5 this week is the Disney Live Action adaptation of Cinderella. Cinderella made $7.2 million, bringing its domestic total to a very successful 180.7 million.

Plenty of competition this week as we have a sequel, a Disney documentary, a mystery thriller, a drama, and a horror film all opening this week.

Top 5 Predictions

1. Furious 7

2. Home

3. Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

4. Monkey Kingdom

5. The Longest Ride

 

New This Week (Apr 7 – Apr 13)

Two movies coming out this week. One movie is if you have a friend who is in to the same bad movie being told over and over again, and the other is for everybody else. Can you guess which is which?

The Longest Ride

Based on the bestselling novel by master storyteller Nicholas Sparks, THE LONGEST RIDE centers on the star-crossed love affair between Luke, a former champion bull rider looking to make a comeback, and Sophia, a college student who is about to embark upon her dream job in New York City’s art world. As conflicting paths and ideals test their relationship, Sophia and Luke make an unexpected and fateful connection with Ira, whose memories of his own decades-long romance with his beloved wife deeply inspire the young couple. Spanning generations and two intertwining love stories, THE LONGEST RIDE explores the challenges and infinite rewards of enduring love.

Seriously, look at that movie poster I posted. Does it look familiar? Even a little bit? Let me help you out here.

 

Look at these posters from other Nicholas Sparks movies. Do you see the trend here? It is, the same story, time and time again. Don’t believe me? Do a Google search, and see what others have said. Hell, I’ll even help you out. Here is a link to a Cracked article that even includes a nice chart on how to make your own Nicholas Sparks movie. Please, stop seeing these movies! Only if people stop seeing them, will the studios stop making them! If there is any doubt in your mind, this is NOT on my list of movie to see.

 

 

Ex Machina

Caleb, a 26 year old coder at the world’s largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds that he will have to participate in a strange and fascinating experiment in which he must interact with the world’s first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl.

You probably don’t recognize a single name tied to this film. Most people don’t. But when you dig a little deeper, you start to see that the names involved with this film have been involved with a lot of films, some of which you have probably seen, like 28 Weeks, Kick-Ass, Saving Private Ryan, and others that are on your “Want to See” list, such as Star Wars Episode VII and VIII. And this movie doesn’t just have a look about it, but has already picked up an award for its efforts and has gotten a very positive reviews coming in as well.