{"id":18256,"date":"2014-05-04T22:52:06","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T05:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=18256"},"modified":"2014-05-04T22:52:06","modified_gmt":"2014-05-05T05:52:06","slug":"box-office-update-spider-man-franchise-posts-arguably-its-lowest-opening-yet-gods-not-dead-is-back-in-the-top-ten-noah-hits-a-new-milestone-or-two-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2014\/05\/box-office-update-spider-man-franchise-posts-arguably-its-lowest-opening-yet-gods-not-dead-is-back-in-the-top-ten-noah-hits-a-new-milestone-or-two-and-more.html","title":{"rendered":"Box-office update: Spider-Man<\/i> franchise posts arguably its lowest opening yet, God’s Not Dead<\/i> is back in the top ten, Noah<\/i> hits a new milestone or two, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"\"<\/a>Nothing too exciting to report at the box office this weekend<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As expected, The Amazing Spider-Man 2<\/a><\/i> had a big opening in North America this week, with an estimated $92 million \u2014 but that actually represents the smallest first weekend of any Spider-Man film that opened on a Friday, and the lowest end-of-first-Sunday gross of any film in this series<\/a>. This, despite the addition of 3D surcharges and the like. (In both cases, the previous low was the $114.8 million that the original Spider-Man<\/a><\/i> opened to in 2002 \u2014 which, at the time, was the biggest opening of any film ever.)<\/p>\n

In other news, Heaven Is for Real<\/a><\/i> stayed at #3 in its third week and earned another $8.7 million, bringing its domestic total up to $65.6 million. That makes it the top-grossing \u201cChristian\u201d movie of the year so far, if one counts it as such \u2014 though I\u2019m inclined to see it as more mainstream than that<\/a>. The film has earned another $1.1 million overseas, for a worldwide total of $66.7 million.<\/p>\n

For its part, God\u2019s Not Dead<\/a><\/i> popped back into the top ten this week after a two-week absence. The $1.8 million it earned in its seventh weekend was enough to land it in the #9 spot. The film didn\u2019t actually make more money this week than it did in the previous two weeks; like every other film in the top ten, it actually made less. However, some of the films that were ahead of it last week dropped even faster.<\/p>\n

God\u2019s Not Dead<\/i> has now earned $55.6 million in North America and at least another $499,000 overseas<\/a>, giving it a worldwide total of about $56.1 million.<\/p>\n

Noah<\/a><\/i>, meanwhile, took in $880,000 in its sixth week, thus raising its domestic total to $99 million. It earned another $6.6 million overseas<\/a> \u2014 almost half of that from Brazil, France and Germany \u2014 to raise its foreign total to $233.4 million.<\/p>\n

With a global total of $332.4 million, Noah<\/i> is now the top-grossing Darren Aronofsky<\/a> film ever worldwide, though it lags a bit behind Black Swan<\/i> in North America.<\/p>\n

Noah<\/i> is also the fifth-highest-grossing film of the year worldwide<\/a> so far, behind two superhero sequels (Captain America: The Winter Soldier<\/i>, The Amazing Spider-Man 2<\/i>) and two animated films (The Lego Movie<\/i>, Rio 2<\/i>), one of which is also a sequel.<\/p>\n

Finally, for the first time since it opened in late February, there are no estimates for Son of God<\/a><\/i>. As far as I know, its figures remain what they were last week: $59.6 million domestic plus $8.1 million overseas for a total of $67.7 million worldwide.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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