‘The Fault in Our Stars’ didn’t just create big sobs for audiences, it also created big box office numbers.
The teen drama took the top spot this week after a huge opening with $48.2 million. With only a budget of $12 million, the film has already earned back its budget four times over. The film relied mostly on social media to promote the film rather than spend millions on non-stop TV and internet ads as most studios do with summer films.
Falling to second place in its second week is Disney’s live action fairytale ‘Maleficent’ which earned another $33.5 million. It brings its domestic total to $127.4 million and an international total of $208 million.
The other new release this week, ‘Edge of Tomorrow’, was a different story than ‘The Fault in Our Stars’. The Tom Cruise sci-fi/action flick which cost $175 million to make opened in the third place position by only pulling in $29.1 million. However, the film did top the international box office this week with $$82 million in 63 markets. ‘Edge of Tomorrow’ has received excellent reviews from critics and may still be able to recover with great word of mouth campaigns.
‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ came in fourth place this week with $14.7 million.
‘A Million Ways to Die in the West’ tumbles a few spots down the list to round out the top five earning $7.2 million this weekend.
The boys of ’22 Jump Street’ hope to topple the kids of ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ when it hits theaters this weekend.
