It was an extremely close race between Universal's The Boss and Warner's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice for first place this weekend. The Boss is currently estimated to come out ahead with $23.48 million, but with an estimated lead of only $45,000, either film could ultimately end up in first place this weekend.
Regardless of whether or not it ends up in first place this weekend, The Boss outpaced expectations and performed well with its modest price tag in mind. The Melissa McCarthy led R-rated comedy also proved to be critic-proof this weekend. The film's opening weekend performance was 9 percent ahead of the $21.58 million opening weekend of 2014's Tammy (though it should be noted that Tammy's opening weekend take was softened by a Wednesday debut) and 19 percent below the $29.09 million debut of last year's Spy (it should be noted that The Boss had been widely expected to open below Spy). With this weekend's performance of The Boss, McCarthy continues to remain one of the more consistent box office draws in recent years. McCarthy will next appear in Sony's Ghostbusters, which arrives on July 15.
The Boss started out with $8.11 million on Friday (which included an estimated $985,000 from Thursday night shows), increased a healthy 20 percent on Saturday to take in $9.73 million and is estimated to decline 42 percent on Sunday to gross $5.64 million. That gave the film an estimated opening weekend to Friday ratio of 2.90 to 1. The Boss skewed heavily toward female moviegoers (67 percent) and slightly towards moviegoers under the age of 35 (51 percent). Audience reception to The Boss appears to be lackluster as the film received a C+ rating on CinemaScore and current has a Flixster audience score of just 50 percent. With that in mind, it's quite possible that The Boss won't hold up as well going forward as McCarthy's previous hits have. On the other hand, the film's mentioned strong Saturday hold is an early encouraging sign.
After leading the box office for the past two weeks Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice fell to a close second place this weekend with an estimated $23.44 million. The blockbuster 3D superhero film starring Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill continued to fall off sharply, as the film was down 54 percent from last weekend. Batman v Superman is now on the verge of reaching the $300 million domestic mark with a 17-day take of $296.69 million. However, as a result of its soft holding power thus far, Batman v Superman is now running just 1 percent ahead of the $294.51 million 17-day take of last year's Furious 7 (which fell 51 percent in its third weekend to gross $29.16 million). With that in mind, Batman v Superman will soon fall behind the pace of Furious 7, especially with Disney's highly anticipated The Jungle Book entering the marketplace this coming Friday.
While Batman v Superman continued to decline sharply this weekend, Disney's Zootopia continued to display strong holding power with an estimated third place take of $14.35 million. The blockbuster 3D computer animated film was down just 26 percent from last weekend. Without taking into account ticket price inflation, Zootopia registered the eighth largest sixth weekend gross of all-time. Zootopia is also on the verge of reaching the $300 million domestic mark with a 38-day take of $296.01 million. The film is now running just 8 percent behind the $320.39 million 38-day take of last year's Inside Out and will continue to make up ground in that comparison going forward. Zootopia already has a current total gross to opening weekend ratio of 3.94 to 1.
Universal's My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 placed in fourth with an estimated $6.42 million. The PG-13 rated comedy sequel starring and written by Nia Vardalos was down 43 percent, as the film took a hit from the debut The Boss this weekend. My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 continues to perform towards the higher end of expectations with a 17-day take of $46.75 million. That places the film 6 percent behind the $49.59 million 17-day gross of last year's The Intern (which fell just 26 percent in its third weekend to take in $8.68 million). My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 will hope to re-stabilize next weekend with the debut of The Boss behind it.
Hardcore Henry rounded out the weekend's top five with an estimated $5.10 million. The low-budget action film from STX Entertainment opened below pre-release expectations and delivered a lackluster per-location average of $1,690 from just 3,015 locations. The trailer for Hardcore Henry had gone over well, especially online, but that reception ultimately failed to get moviegoers to see the film this weekend. Hardcore Henry delivered the lowest debut for STX Entertainment to date in the distributor's young history. The film opened with $2.01 million on Friday (which included an estimated $380,000 from Thursday night shows), declined a concerning 7 percent on Saturday to gross $1.87 million and is estimated to slide 35 percent on Sunday to take in $1.22 million. That places the film's estimated opening weekend to Friday ratio at a fairly front-loaded 2.54 to 1. Much like The Boss, Hardcore Henry doesn't appear to be going over all that well with moviegoers. Hardcore Henry also received a C+ rating on CinemaScore and has a respectable current Flixster audience score of 66 percent.
Faith-based films Miracles from Heaven and God's Not Dead 2 claimed sixth and seventh place with respective estimated takes of $4.80 million and $4.05 million. Sony's Miracles from Heaven was down a very solid 34 percent this weekend, while God's Not Dead 2 was down a sizable 47 percent. Miracles from Heaven passed the $50 million mark this weekend and continues to perform nicely with $53.81 million in 26 days. God's Not Dead 2 has been far less impressive with $13.84 million in ten days and clearly isn't duplicating the word of mouth or the performance of its predecessor, 2014's God's Not Dead, which grossed $21.75 million in its first ten days after falling just 4.5 percent in its second weekend to take in $8.80 million.
| # | Title | Mon, May. 27 2013 | Locations | Avg. | Total | Wks. | Dist. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fast & Furious 6 | $19,661,750 | -27% | 3,658 | -- | $5,375 | $117,036,995 | 1 | Universal |
| 2 | Star Trek Into Darkness | $9,896,297 | -23% | 3,907 | 39 | $2,533 | $156,013,879 | 2 | Paramount |
| 3 | Epic | $9,289,903 | -14% | 3,882 | -- | $2,393 | $42,820,971 | 1 | Fox |
| 4 | The Hangover Part III | $8,591,168 | -32% | 3,555 | -- | $2,417 | $62,051,829 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | Iron Man 3 | $5,368,815 | -19% | 3,424 | -813 | $1,568 | $372,775,931 | 4 | Disney |
| 6 | The Great Gatsby (2013) | $3,484,035 | -23% | 3,090 | -460 | $1,128 | $117,754,209 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 7 | The Croods | $414,328 | -6% | 1,008 | -1365 | $411 | $179,657,546 | 10 | Fox / DreamWorks Animation |
| 8 | Pain and Gain | $145,104 | -31% | 1,003 | -1426 | $145 | $48,701,805 | 5 | Paramount |
| # | Title | Mon, May. 27 2013 | Locations | Avg. | Total | Wks. | Dist. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mud | $569,633 | -17% | 712 | -248 | $800 | $15,124,952 | 5 | Roadside Attractions |
| 2 | 42 (2013) | $450,649 | 0% | 915 | -1465 | $493 | $91,513,766 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | Oz: The Great and Powerful | $201,566 | -13% | 401 | -134 | $503 | $232,416,130 | 12 | Disney |
| 4 | Oblivion (2013) | $168,740 | -44% | 572 | -1505 | $295 | $87,503,895 | 6 | Universal |
| 5 | The Iceman | $111,565 | -- | 258 | -- | $432 | $1,463,903 | 4 | Millennium Entertainment |
| 6 | G.I. Joe: Retaliation | $108,607 | -29% | 346 | -63 | $314 | $121,196,700 | 9 | Paramount |
| 7 | Tyler Perry Presents Peeples | $107,648 | 6% | 485 | -1556 | $222 | $8,896,276 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 8 | Escape From Planet Earth | $81,636 | -13% | 346 | -347 | $236 | $56,039,400 | 15 | Weinstein Company |
| 9 | The Big Wedding | $54,688 | -28% | 265 | -1178 | $206 | $21,139,318 | 5 | Lionsgate |
| 10 | Olympus Has Fallen | $47,346 | -21% | 209 | -257 | $227 | $97,726,856 | 10 | FilmDistrict |
| 11 | The Place Beyond the Pines | $41,388 | -23% | 128 | -189 | $323 | $20,997,172 | 9 | Focus |
| 12 | The Call | $38,443 | -31% | 166 | -- | $232 | $51,595,372 | 11 | Sony / TriStar |
| 13 | Jack the Giant Slayer | $37,139 | -3% | 185 | -65 | $201 | $65,006,133 | 13 | Warner Bros. / New Line |
| 14 | Identity Thief | $31,790 | -51% | 187 | -54 | $170 | $134,288,825 | 16 | Universal |
| 15 | Tyler Perry's Temptation | $18,608 | -13% | 131 | -19 | $142 | $51,954,524 | 9 | Lionsgate |
| 16 | Scary Movie 5 | $9,612 | -50% | 171 | -337 | $56 | $31,379,510 | 7 | Weinstein / Dimension |
| # | Title | Mon, May. 27 2013 | Locations | Avg. | Total | Wks. | Dist. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frances Ha | $134,436 | -- | 60 | -- | $2,241 | $888,912 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 2 | Before Midnight | $59,061 | -- | 5 | -- | $11,812 | $305,975 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 3 | Love Is All You Need | $54,829 | -- | 63 | -- | $870 | $477,134 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 4 | Kon-Tiki | $44,532 | -19% | 64 | 3 | $696 | $708,668 | 5 | Weinstein Company |
| 5 | What Maisie Knew | $41,676 | -- | 27 | -- | $1,544 | $301,333 | 4 | Millenium Entertainment |
| 6 | Renoir | $39,887 | -- | 75 | -- | $532 | $1,735,569 | 9 | IDP / Samuel Goldwyn |
| 7 | Stories We Tell | $30,570 | -24% | 26 | 3 | $1,176 | $753,424 | 3 | Roadside Attractions |
| 8 | The Company You Keep | $29,856 | -- | 96 | -- | $311 | $4,780,004 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 9 | Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's | $22,296 | -11% | 37 | 13 | $603 | $314,138 | 4 | eOne Films US |
| 10 | Fill the Void | $20,940 | -- | 3 | -- | $6,980 | $80,104 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 11 | The Sapphires | $20,337 | -13% | 61 | -41 | $333 | $2,129,124 | 10 | Weinstein Company |
| 12 | At Any Price | $19,798 | -- | 81 | -- | $244 | $282,130 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 13 | Hubble 3D | $15,622 | -- | 18 | -1 | $868 | $38,394,506 | 167 | Warner Bros. / IMAX |
| 14 | Filly Brown | $15,363 | -13% | 29 | -10 | $530 | $2,833,383 | 6 | Lionsgate / Pantelion |
| 15 | The Reluctant Fundamentalist | $15,294 | -- | 51 | -- | $300 | $456,157 | 5 | IFC Films |
| 16 | Snitch (2013) | $10,781 | -17% | 93 | -60 | $116 | $42,919,096 | 14 | Lionsgate / Summit |
| 17 | To the Arctic 3D | $7,886 | -55% | 52 | 0 | $152 | $12,629,482 | 58 | Warner Bros. / IMAX |
| 18 | Quartet | $7,734 | 11% | 30 | -12 | $258 | $18,242,717 | 20 | Weinstein Company |
| 19 | In the House | $7,565 | -- | 21 | -- | $360 | $361,810 | 6 | Cohen Media Group |
| 20 | The Host (2013) | $7,551 | 39% | 59 | -172 | $128 | $26,616,999 | 9 | Open Road |
| 21 | Spring Breakers | $7,472 | -15% | 70 | 59 | $107 | $14,088,743 | 11 | A24 |
| 22 | We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks | $6,502 | -29% | 4 | -- | $1,626 | $34,191 | 1 | Focus World |
| 23 | From Up on Poppy Hill | $6,277 | 2% | 24 | -12 | $262 | $965,754 | 11 | GKIDS |
| 24 | The Angels' Share | $5,912 | -- | 23 | -- | $257 | $287,921 | 7 | IFC Films |
| 25 | Born to Be Wild 3D | $5,077 | -4% | 30 | 0 | $169 | $22,695,856 | 112 | Warner Bros. / IMAX |
| 26 | Space Station 3D | $4,427 | -- | 13 | 2 | $341 | $87,916,598 | 580 | IMAX |
| 27 | Silver Linings Playbook | $4,161 | -29% | 35 | -96 | $119 | $132,075,311 | 28 | Weinstein Company |
| 28 | Evil Dead | $4,150 | -37% | 58 | -- | $72 | $54,115,782 | 8 | Sony / TriStar |
| 29 | Admission | $3,232 | -17% | 26 | -103 | $124 | $17,995,244 | 10 | Focus |
| 30 | Life of Pi | $3,115 | -7% | 26 | -25 | $120 | $124,888,550 | 27 | Fox |
| 31 | The Painting (2013) | $3,050 | 2% | 6 | 5 | $508 | $18,193 | 3 | GKIDS |
| 32 | Augustine | $2,926 | -- | 4 | -- | $732 | $34,264 | 2 | Music Box Films |
| 33 | Free the Mind | $2,870 | -- | 6 | -- | $478 | $49,074 | 4 | International Film Circuit |
| 34 | No (2013) | $2,657 | -- | 23 | -- | $116 | $2,308,791 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 35 | Venus and Serena | $1,964 | -- | 8 | -- | $246 | $37,578 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 36 | A Pig Across Paris (2013 re-issue) | $1,911 | -37% | 1 | -- | $1,911 | $11,908 | 1 | Rialto Pictures |
| 37 | Safe Haven | $1,769 | 17% | 36 | -54 | $49 | $71,346,930 | 15 | Relativity Media |
| 38 | Home Run | $1,729 | -- | 10 | -- | $173 | $2,844,953 | 6 | IDP/Samuel Goldwyn |
| 39 | To the Wonder | $1,616 | -- | 16 | -- | $101 | $549,019 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 40 | The Gatekeepers | $1,453 | -- | 10 | -- | $145 | $2,402,283 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 41 | Lore | $1,440 | -- | 6 | -- | $240 | $920,483 | 16 | Music Box Films |
| 42 | Something in the Air | $1,406 | -- | 10 | -- | $141 | $66,386 | 4 | IFC Films |
| 43 | A Green Story | $1,352 | -- | 4 | -- | $338 | $9,515 | 1 | Indican Pictures |
| 44 | Emperor | $1,237 | -46% | 8 | 1 | $155 | $3,334,939 | 12 | Roadside Attractions |
| 45 | Not Today | $1,202 | -38% | 5 | -1 | $240 | $196,084 | 7 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 46 | An Oversimplification of Her Beauty | $1,194 | -- | 4 | -- | $299 | $35,125 | 5 | Variance Films |
| 47 | Deep Sea 3D | $1,165 | -- | 5 | 1 | $233 | $45,565,466 | 378 | Warner Bros. / IMAX |
| 48 | A Wedding Invitation | $994 | -- | 2 | -- | $497 | $4,177 | 1 | CJ Entertainment |
| 49 | Trance | $968 | -- | 11 | -12 | $88 | $2,310,397 | 8 | Fox Searchlight |
| 50 | One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das | $867 | -- | 3 | -- | $289 | $25,209 | 3 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 51 | Searching For Sugar Man | $755 | -- | 6 | -- | $126 | $3,673,462 | 44 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 52 | Pieta | $673 | -- | 5 | -- | $135 | $13,667 | 2 | Drafthouse Films |
| 53 | The Silence (2010) | $610 | -- | 4 | -- | $153 | $89,786 | 12 | Music Box Films |
| 54 | Hava Nagila (The Movie) | $581 | -- | 3 | -- | $194 | $321,719 | 13 | International Film Circuit |
| 55 | Under the Sea 3D | $577 | -- | 13 | -2 | $44 | $32,975,647 | 224 | Warner Bros. / IMAX |
| 56 | Sightseers | $566 | -- | 2 | -- | $283 | $26,385 | 3 | IFC Films |
| 57 | The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez | $476 | -- | 1 | -- | $476 | $8,740 | 25 | Indican Pictures |
| 58 | No Place on Earth | $453 | -- | 3 | -- | $151 | $150,151 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 59 | Bert Stern: Original Mad Man | $417 | -- | 1 | -- | $417 | $31,683 | 8 | First Run Features |
| 60 | Post Tenebras Lux | $386 | -- | 1 | -- | $386 | $21,818 | 4 | Strand Releasing |
| 61 | Sound City | $379 | -- | 2 | -- | $190 | $415,312 | 17 | Variance Films |
| 62 | Kiss of the Damned | $148 | -- | 2 | -- | $74 | $13,131 | 4 | Magnolia / Magnet |
| 63 | Paradise: Love | $139 | -- | 3 | -- | $46 | $20,839 | 5 | Strand Releasing |
| 64 | 56 Up | $69 | -- | 1 | -- | $69 | $695,640 | 21 | First Run Features |
