There were some raised eyebrows among box office-watchers across the pond on Saturday morning when it emerged that fantastical romance The Age Of Adaline had beaten current champ Fast & Furious 7 to the punch on Friday, taking the top spot. But by the time Sunday rolled around, the charts looked much as they did last week, with Vin Diesel and co. once again claiming victory with $18.2 million, according to studio estimates.
Furious 7 has been unbeatable across its four weeks on release, putting $320.5 million into its account in the States and taking $1.3 billion worldwide, which means it leapfrogs Frozen and Iron Man 3 on the all-time global release list, settling into fifth place behind the likes of Avatar, Titanic, The Avengers and Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 while threatening to overtake Potter before too long. It will surprise exactly no one to learn that Universal is already looking to have an eighth instalment of the franchise ready for 2017. Next week, however, the juggernaut that is Avengers: Age Of Ultron arrives Stateside, so we’d expect the Fast team’s ride at the top to come to a screeching halt.
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 held on surprisingly well for second place, with the movie now up more than $43.9 million in total. The Age Of Adaline, meanwhile, had to settle for third place, earning $13.3 million in its first weekend.
Staying put in fourth was DreamWorks Animation’s Home, which took $8.3 million, while techno-horror Unfriended was pushed to fifth place, adding $6.2 million for $25.1 million so far.
Ex Machina expanded from its limited release, adding 1,216 screens and leaping from 15th to sixth place, and an additional $5.4 million, which brings the film’s domestic total to $6.9 million. Alex Garland’s directorial debut has now made more than $13.9 million worldwide.
In seventh, we find Nicholas Sparks adaptation The Longest Ride, which fell from fifth and earned $4.3 million. Get Hard sank to eighth with $3.9 million while Disney nature doc Monkey Kingdom took in $3.55 million at ninth. Finally, in 10th place, indie drama The Woman In Gold, which added $3.5 million for a $21.6 million total to date.
To see Vin Diesel and the gang drive over a mall cop’s Segway in the full chart listings, head to Box Office Mojo.
from Empire News
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