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The Martian sits atop box office
The Martian sits atop box office. The Martian’ continued to soar at the box office in the US and Canada, taking in an estimated $37 million over the weekend.
The Martian’ continued to soar at the box office in the US and Canada, taking in an estimated $37 million over the weekend. The latest space film starring Matt Damon as an astronaut stranded on Mars made $108.7 in 10 days, becoming the second movie to cross $100 million this weekend. Compared with the other two popular space films, ‘The Martian’ is currently running 12 per cent ahead of the $96.9 million that ‘Interstellar’ had grossed after 10 days of wide release in 2014 and 11 per cent behind the $122.3 million in 10-day take of 2013's ‘Gravity’.
Adam Sandler's ‘Hotel Transylvania 2’ clinched the second spot, taking in $20.3 million during the weekend. The 3D computer-animated film from Sony Pictures Animation declined 39 per cent from last weekend, but still earned $116.8 million over its three weeks of exhibition. Warner Bros' ‘Pan’ claimed the third place in its opening weekend, with $15.5 million in estimated sales. Played in 3,515 theatres, the Peter Pan origin story starred by Hugh Jackman was directed Joe Wright.
‘Pan’ scored a "B+" from first night moviegoers on CinemaScore and it received just 23 per cent of approval rate from critics on Rotten Tomatoes. Rounding out the 10 most-popular movies this week were ‘The Intern’ ($8.7 million), ‘Sicario’ ($7.4 million), ‘Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials’ ($5.3 million), ‘The Walk’ ($3.7 million), ‘Black Mass’ ($3.1 million), ‘Everest’ ($3 million) and ‘The Visit’ ($2.4 million).
