Even with thriller "Now You See Me" posting a decent opening, "Fast & Furious 6" still had a big enough audience to make it the top box office draw for a second straight weekend, grossing $34.54 million to bring its 10-day domestic total to an impressive $170 million. But while "Fast & Furious 6" found its target audience again, M. Night Shyamalan's "After Earth" opened to a very disappointing $27 million, a very low total for a $130 million production starring Will Smith. Newcomer "Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani" also squeezed into the top 10 despite hitting just 161 total venues across the country, making it a quiet success for the Indian release distributed by Eros.
Hitting just over 2,900 total theaters this weekend, crime-thriller "Now You See Me" had plenty of competition, though that didn't stop it from ending up the number one new movie at the box office. Starring Jesse Eisenberg and Morgan Freeman, "Now You See Me" ended up with a steady $9,590 per venue, which is a decent total for a $75 million production facing very tough release timing. Though it still has an uphill battle ahead of it, "Now You See Me" clearly has a decent domestic audience and should benefit from Freeman's international clout, likely making it an overall box office success for Lionsgate/Summit by the time it's out of theaters.
The case for "After Earth" being a success is a tougher one, as the Sony/Columbia release struggled to find mainstream audiences amidst disastrous critical reviews and too much action competition. With less than $8,000 per theater and just $27 million in opening domestic revenue, "After Earth" is well below industry expectations for a movie that cost $130 million just to produce, giving Will Smith his biggest box office dud to date.
The good news for "After Earth" is that it should still be able to find a decent audience outside of the U.S., which could save the day despite very poor domestic numbers. Look for "After Earth" to decline quickly once big June releases like "Man of Steel" and "World War Z" hit theaters, though good international numbers could still save it from being a complete box office disaster.
A big reason "After Earth" struggled to find its target audience was "Fast & Furious 6." Even though "Fast & Furious 6" dipped by more than 64% from its opening total, its numbers are still very impressive considering its heavy competition. With a domestic total of $170 million after just 10 days, "Fast & Furious 6" posted the second highest 10-day total of 2013 and should still have a few more lucrative weeks ahead of it, making it one of the most profitable movies of the summer in the process. Overseas, the action-thriller has also caught on, bringing it to the cusp of $500 million already as it continues to make waves around the world.
Though most of the big-budget movies saw significant slides from last weekend, foreign release "Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani" snuck into the top 10 with an impressive limited release. From Bollywood, "Yeh Jawaani" earned more than $10,000 per site at 161 total theaters, which was just enough to slip into the bottom portion of the top 10. "Yeh Jawaani" will likely have a difficult time finding mainstream audiences over the next couple weeks, but it's already a rare foreign release that has managed to make a mark on the U.S. box office without a great deal of acclaim and critical fanfare.
Next weekend, Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson's PG-13 screwball comedy "The Internship" will give audiences a break from the steady stream of big-budget action releases as it tries to conjure up the box office magic of "Wedding Crashers." R-rated horror-thriller "The Purge" will also hit theaters next weekend, with Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey co-starring in the Universal distribution.
Early Studio Box Office Estimates for 5/31/13 - 6/2/13 (in millions), [RTT Prediction]:
1) Fast & Furious 6 (Universal): $34.54 [$43]
2) Now You See Me (Lionsgate/Summit): $28.05 [$21]
3) After Earth (Sony/Columbia): $27 [$37]
4) Star Trek Into Darkness (Paramount): $16.40 [$19.5]
5) Epic (Fox): $16.40 [$18]
6) The Hangover III (Warner Bros.): $15.93 [$20]
7) Iron Man 3 (Disney): $8.01 [$10.5]
8) The Great Gatsby (Warner Brothers): $6.27 [$6.8]
9) Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (Eros): $1.65 [N/A]
10) Mud (Roadside Attractions): $1.23 [$1.3]
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