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 "The Other Woman" had ticket sales of $24.7 million (14.71
million pounds), while "Captain America: The Winter Soldier"
took in $16 million, bringing its total domestic sales since its
April 4 release to $225 million. .
The PG-rated faith-based drama "Heaven Is for Real" came in
third with $13.8 million for the period of Friday through
Sunday, according to estimates from box office tracking firm
Rentrak.
"The Other Woman", starring Cameron Diaz and Kate Upton as women
dating the same married man, overcame largely negative reviews
to far surpass industry expectations of an opening weekend in
the region of $17 million.
The $40 million film also stars Leslie Mann as the wife who
teams up with the two women to get revenge on her cheating
husband, played by Danish actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, known for
his role as Jaime Lannister in the popular HBO series "Game of
Thrones".
"We significantly overperformed," said Spencer Klein, senior
vice president general sales manager for 20th Century Fox, the
unit of Twenty-First Century Fox that released the film.
"'The Other Woman' once again proves the power of female
comedies," Klein said, adding that timing also contributed to
its success.
FAITH-BASED FILMS
"It's been a while for a female-driven comedy like this," he
said, noting the movie had become something of a "girls' night
out" experience and had played well in all areas of the country.
"Heaven Is for Real", the story of a young boy who claims to
have visited heaven during a near-death experience, continued to
build strength among moviegoers who this year have flocked to
see faith-based films.
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Starring Greg Kinnear, "Heaven Is for Real" has totaled $51.9
million in ticket sales since its April 16 release.
The movie is the fourth faith-based film this year to generate
impressive box office returns, including for "Noah," which stars
Russell Crowe as the biblical figure and is approaching $100
million.
The animated film "Rio 2", also from Fox and featuring the voices of
Jesse Eisenberg and Anne Hathaway as blue Spix macaw birds, was
fourth with ticket sales of $13.7 million. It follows recent hit
animated films like "Frozen" and "The Lego Movie" which have drawn
both kids and their parents to movie theaters.
"Brick Mansions," an action film starring the late Paul Walker,
rounded out the top five with ticket sales of $9.6 million.
The 40-year-old Walker, a star of the "Fast and Furious" car racing
movie series, was killed on Nov. 30 in a fiery single-car accident
while driving with a friend after leaving a charity event in
Valencia, California.
"Brick Mansions" marked the directorial debut of Camille Delamarre
and was written by French filmmaker Luc Besson, who based it on his
2004 film, "Banlieue 13."
Walt Disney Co distributed "Captain America: The Winter Soldier".
"Heaven is for Real" was distributed by Sony's TriStar studio.
"Brick Mansions" was released by Relativity Media.
(Reporting by Ronald Grover and Chris Michaud, editing by Gareth
Jones)
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