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‘Other Woman’ Grabs Box Office Crown From ‘Captain America’
“The Other Woman,” a romantic comedy from 21st Century Fox Inc. (FOXA) starring Cameron Diaz, edged aside “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” the returning superhero blockbuster, to take first place in its weekend debut.
The new movie collected $24.7 million in U.S. and Canadian theaters, Rentrak Corp. (RENT)said in an e-mailed statement yesterday. “The Winter Soldier” generated $16 million for Walt Disney (DIS) Co. to place second after three weeks at the top. “Heaven Is for Real,” the returning faith-based movie from Sony Corp. starring Greg Kinnear, had receipts of $13.8 million to place third.
“The Other Woman,” which opened to negative reviews, achieved the top spot on a traditionally slow weekend in Hollywood’s calendar ahead of the summer blockbuster season this week that kicks off with the release of “The Amazing Spider-Man 2.” The Diaz movie was projected to collect $16.5 million by BoxOffice.com, a downgrade from the researcher’s earlier forecast of $18 million.
“This weekend is often thought of as the calm before the storm,” said Phil Contrino, chief analyst at BoxOffice.com. “‘The Other Woman’ seems smart counterprogramming, with the market ready for something aimed at women.”
“The Other Woman,” which also features Leslie Mann and Kate Upton, tells the story of Carly (Diaz), who discovers not only that her boyfriend is married but is also having another affair. All three women team up to plot mutual revenge on the three-timer.
‘Winter Soldier’
The movie generated a positive rating of just 24 percent on Rottentomatoes.com., a review aggregator.
“Diaz has her hands full,” wrote Stephen Holden in the New York Times. “This female revenge comedy is so dumb, lazy, clumsily assembled and unoriginal, it could crush any actor forced to execute its leaden slapstick gags and mouth its crude, humorless dialogue.”
The movie follows Diaz’s last outing, “The Counselor,” the thriller released by Fox in October, which collected a disappointing $7.8 million in its debut.
Since its release on April 4, in the biggest opening of the year, “The Winter Soldier” has taken in $208.8 million domestically as of April 24, according to Box Office Mojo. The success of the film highlights the popularity of Disney’s Marvel superheroes and the decision to release a blockbuster earlier than usual before the summer rush of competing pictures. It was forecast to garner $15.3 million this past weekend.
Religious Movies
The movie picks up the story of super-soldier Steve Rogers, played by Chris Evans, who battles a Soviet agent known as the Winter Soldier. Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, it cost an estimated $170 million to produce, according to Box Office Mojo.
“Heaven Is for Real” has been buoyed by favorable reviews and the swell of biblical and religion-based movies released earlier this year that have also achieved success, including “Son of God” from Fox and “Noah” from Paramount Pictures. The movie, projected to collect $15.2 million in its second weekend by BoxOffice.com, has taken in $38.1 million domestically as of April 24, according to Box Office Mojo.
The film features Kinnear as a small-town father who backs up his young son after the boy glimpses the afterlife during a near-death experience.
‘Brick Mansions’
“Transcendence,” the sci-fi thriller starring Johnny Depp, slipped to sixth place, to collect $4.1 million for Warner Bros. It was projected to garner $4.7 million. After missing estimates in its debut, Warner Bros. said the movie had failed to connect with audiences, and leaves Depp still seeking a comeback film after “The Lone Ranger,” his tentpole picture with Disney, flopped last summer.
“Transcendence” took in $10.7 million in its opening weekend in China, just shy of its domestic debut of $10.9 million, as Depp made a promotional visit to the country.
In the two other new releases this past weekend, “Brick Mansions” from Relativity Media LLC collected $9.6 million to place fifth.
It features the late Paul Walker as an undercover Detroit cop who works with an ex-con to bring down a crime lord and thwart his plot to devastate the entire city. It garnered a 29 percent positive rating on Rottentomatoes.com and was estimated to collect $8.5 million.
Revenue Rises
“The Quiet Ones” ranked seventh, taking in $4 million for Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (LGF) The horror film, about a university professor and a team of students who conduct an experiment on a young woman, and uncover terrifying forces in the process, had been forecast to collect $4.8 million. It got a 39 percent favorable rating on Rottentomatoes.com.
Weekend revenue for the top 10 films rose 23 percent to $96.4 million from the year-earlier period, Rentrak said. Domestic box-office sales year to date are $3.14 billion, up 9.4 percent from a year earlier.
The following table has U.S. movie box-office figures provided by studios to Rentrak. The amounts are based on gross ticket sales for April 25 and April 26 and estimates for yesterday.
Rev. Pct. Avg./ Total
Movie (mln) Chg. Theaters Theater (mln) Wks
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1 THE OTHER WOMAN $24.7 -- 3,205 $7,707 $24.7 1
2 CAPTAIN AMERICA 16.0 -37 3,620 4,433 224.9 4
3 HEAVEN IS FOR REAL 13.8 -39 2,705 5,102 51.9 2
4 RIO 2 13.7 -38 3,703 3,686 96.2 3
5 BRICK MANSIONS 9.6 -- 2,647 3,627 9.6 1
6 TRANSCENDENCE 4.1 -62 3,455 1,188 18.5 2
7 THE QUIET ONES 4.0 -- 2,027 1,973 4.0 1
8 BEARS 3.61 -25 1,720 2,097 11.2 2
9 DIVERGENT 3.6 -36 2,066 1,742 139.5 6
10 HAUNTED HOUSE 3.3 -63 2,310 1,413 14.2 2
Top 10 Films Grosses
This Week Year Ago Pct.
(mln) (mln) Chg.
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$96.4 $78.1 +23.4
Year-to-date Revenue
2014 2013
YTD YTD Pct.
(mln) (mln) Chg.
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$3,137 $2,867 +9.4
Source: Rentrak Corp.
To contact the reporter on this story: Anousha Sakoui in London at asakoui@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story: Anthony Palazzo at apalazzo@bloomberg.netBen Livesey, Sylvia Wier, Bruce Rule
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‘The Other Woman’ Stars Cameron, Leslie and Kate Dish on Friendship and Soul Mates
The cast of “The Other Woman,” including Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Kate Upton and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, seemed to have a blast making their relationship comedy.
The story centers on a high-powered lawyer (Diaz) who finds out her new beau is actually a married man. She ends up joining forces with his wife (Mann) and another mistress (Upton) to take him down.
The story centers on a high-powered lawyer (Diaz) who finds out her new beau is actually a married man. She ends up joining forces with his wife (Mann) and another mistress (Upton) to take him down.
ExtraTV.com got the inside scoop on how they all bonded:
Cameron Diaz on the film’s message about female friendship:
“Usually when it's a story about three women who are all involved with the same man it usually ends in somebody’s eyeballs being scratched out, and some weaves being snatched off. We decided that that wasn't the story that we wanted to tell... we didn't want it to be a story about revenge. We wanted it to be a story about these three women who would not have known one another otherwise. It's not only a story of friendship, and women, and how we support one another, and how we are there for one another, but it also shows us how different these women are. They each have their own strengths, and their own weaknesses, and those strengths and weaknesses help and empower each one of them in their own way.”
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau on comparing what he goes through in “The Other Woman” to his character’s travails in “Game of Thrones”:
“I mean it doesn't really compare. I think he's a real prick, and he gets what he deserves. No question about it. They take their revenge.”
Leslie Mann added, “It was a thrill for me too, because I was super excited to make out with the hot guy from 'Game of Thrones.’ I've been married for 17 years, and I was like ‘Yes!’ You know how actors say, ‘Yeah, it's really technical, and the sex scenes... they're just so technical,’ and I'm like ‘That's bullsh*t!’”
Diaz on how she related to being cheated on:
“We had this cathartic moment where we're like ‘Oh my god! I totally know how this feels!’ [Laughs]Well, I think we've all gone through some kind of betrayal, whether it's with a boyfriend, or a friend, or a family member. I think that's why this is, sort of, relatable to everybody because we all know what it feels like to feel that betrayal.”
Kate Upton on her first movie experience:
“It was so amazing. I am so lucky. I didn't know what to expect when I first came on set, and they opened their arms to me, and made me feel really comfortable instantly. They supported me every step of the way. Normally, when you go to a beach, everybody is wearing a bikini, but on a film you're the only one and there're, like, 60 people staring at you. They're doing their jobs, but they're still staring at you, and I was so uncomfortable, and these girls saw that I was uncomfortable, and came out, and ran off camera with me... just encouraging me, and not letting me be alone.”
Mann on whether she believes in soul mates, especially with her husband director/writer Judd Apatow:
“Well, I tell my therapist, ‘It's really hard… It's really tough’ and he's like ‘But that means that you guys are meant to be together, to work out all of your problems together.’ I'm like ‘Really? I thought your soul mate... You're just supposed to be happy all of the time,’ but I think that... I guess Judd is my soul mate, because we have a lot of hard times, but it's great at times, too, so maybe that means that he's my soul mate? Maybe? [Laughs] I don't know!”
Cameron added, “Friendships, I think, can also be soul mates. You're [to Leslie] one of my soul mates, and you're [to Kate] one of my soul mates. Our souls are mates, and some parts of our souls are mates...”
Upton jumped in, “And they found each other.” Leslie smiled, “That’s true!”
“The Other Woman” is in theaters now!
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