The sequel to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles opened with a bow that ended up about 30 million short of the first film, on top of horrendous reviews, as it became yet another sequel to a hit movie that completely underperformed this year, although it secured No. 1 because last week's winner, X-Men: Apocalypse, fell off a huge cliff this week, tumbling 66 percent with just a 22 million haul. That brings its total to about 116 million, while 2014's Days of Future Past opened with 110 million on its 4-day holiday weekend. Ouch. Overseas it's doing well though, and has already earned a solid 400 million worldwide.
In third place was the romantic drama Me Before You, starring Game of Thrones's Emilia Clarke, which actually did better than expected with 18 million over the weekend. It was based on a bestseller and looks to be appealing to the Fault in Our Stars crowd, so given that it's the only romantic movie in existence in wide release right now, it may have some decent legs going forward. Alice Through the Looking Glass and The Angry Birds Movie filled out the rest of the top five.
Top 5:
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2- 35 million
- X-Men: Apocalypse- 22 million
- Me Before You- 18 million
- Alice Through the Looking Glass- 10.7 million
- The Angry Birds Movie- 9.8 million
The Lobster continues to do well in limited release with over 3.6 million in total, after adding another 444 theaters, and Whit Stillman's Love and Friendship, based on the Jane Austen epistolary novel, has actually opened to become one of the biggest indie successes of the year, crossing 7 million in just two weeks after expanding to 819 theaters. That Austen fanbase will always be there, folks. Next week it's The Conjuring 2, which will surely break out big time, along with the Warcraft movie and Now You See Me 2, neither of which are expected to do well.
