The fast cars sequel withe the gravity-defying stunts is barreling toward the $300 million mark Stateside, having already hurtled past the $1 billion mark globally. Domestically, “Furious 7″ has earned $294.4 million.
Despite “Furious 7’s” continued dominance, “Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2″ did better than expected, pulling in a solid $24 million across 3,633 locations. It had been projected to fall short of the $20 million barrier. However, “Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2″ could not match the $31.8 million debut of the first film in the Blart chronicles.
With a modest $30 million production budget, the sequel will be profitable, Sony execs said.
Universal has been racking up big numbers with “Furious 7,” and the studio scored another hit with the micro-budget horror film “Unfriended.” The look at a group of teenagers engaging in some digital-age bullying cost a measly $1 million to produce, returning that many times over after one weekend in theaters. “Unfriended” made $16 million across 2,739 theaters. Going into the weekend, the studio had predicted a debut in the $12 million range, but the movie struck a chord with teen viewers.
Pity poor “Child 44.” The Soviet serial killer thriller with Tom Hardy bombed, earning a doleful $600,000 in just 510 theaters. Lionsgate, the studio distributing the film, did sell some foreign territories to mitigate its financial exposure and brought in check-writing partners such as Worldview Entertainment, but with a $50 million pricetag, “Child 44″ is shaping up to be one of the year’s biggest flops.
With “Furious 7,” “Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2,” and “Unfriended” taking up the first three slots, the top five was rounded out by “Home” with $10.3 million and “The Longest Ride” with $6.9 million. “Home” has made $142.6 million since debuting last month, while “The Longest Ride” has lassoed $23.5 million.
In limited release, “Ex Machina” expanded from four to 39 screens this weekend, generating the highest per-screen average in the country for the second week in a row, and adding $814,293 to its haul. The brainy sci-fi film has made $1.1 million.
Noah Baumbach’s mid-life crisis comedy “While We’re Young” made $1.6 million from 713 theaters. It has taken $4.2 million since debuting four weeks ago.
Via Variety
| Title | Weekend | Gross | Weeks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Furious Seven (2015) | $29.06M | $294.41M | 3 | |
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Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2015) | $24.00M | $24.00M | 1 | |
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Cybernatural aka Unfriended (2014) | $16.02M | $16.02M | 1 | |
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Home (2015) | $10.30M | $142.61M | 4 | |
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The Longest Ride (2015) | $6.85M | $23.51M | 2 | |
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Get Hard (2015) | $4.83M | $78.28M | 4 | |
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Monkey Kingdom (2015) | $4.72M | $4.72M | 1 | |
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Woman in Gold (2015) | $4.59M | $15.94M | 3 | |
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Insurgent (2015) | $4.15M | $120.61M | 5 | |
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Cinderella (2015) | $3.87M | $186.32M | 6 |