Well, it wasn’t exactly the biggest box-office tremor of the year. Avengers: Age of Ultron still has that title sewn up for the year. Still, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s San Andreas proved to be a stone-cold winner, shaking moviegoers out of an estimated $53.2 million to shimmy up to the top of the box office.
No other entrant was even close to Johnson’s rumbling B-movie, which literally shook Hollywood up. San Andreas also banked another $60 million overseas, suggesting that international audiences enjoy seeing a good chunk of America destroyed as much as Americans do.
Pitch Perfect 2 continues to sing a happy little ditty for itself, trilling out a $14.4 million weekend for second place. It topped Tomorrowland for that silver medal slot, and it appears that Disney’s optimistic rebuttal to sci-fi’s gloom-and-doom storytelling may be heading for a dystopian ending itself. It earned a mere $13.8 million in its second week out, barely staving off an onslaught from Mad Max: Fury Road ($13.6 million).
Avengers: Age of Ultron added another $10.9 million to its ever-growing Swiss bank account and finished fifth, spoiling the debut of Aloha, the weekend’s other major release. Despite the all-star cast (including Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone and Bill Murray) and the presence of director Cameron Crowe (Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous), the quirky romcom made a mere $10 million during its opening weekend.
Aloha famously means both “hello” and “goodbye.” Given its box office performance, the name may be fairly appropriate.
Final figures for these films will be posted when they’re released.
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