Leave it to Superman to carry the box office up, up and away.
Man of Steel, the latest retelling of ol’ Supes’ origin story, hit $100 million faster than a speeding bullet, earning an estimated $113.1 million over the weekend—a record for a June opening. Add in some Thursday group screenings, and Man of Steel is already up to $125.1 million. Pretty good for an unassuming alien adoptee from Kansas.
How mighty was the Man of Steel? Its weekend take was larger than the rest of the box office combined—and by a pretty healthy margin. The other 42 films tallied by boxofficemojo.com added up to around $84 million, or nearly $20 million less than Clark Kent and company earned. You don’t need X-ray vision to know that’s complete and utter box office domination.
Not that it was the end of the world for the other movies. Oh, no wait. For one of ’em, it kind of was.
This Is the End, the week’s other wide release, parlayed a truly apocalyptic party into a $20.5 million weekend. It elbowed past a bevy of holdovers for second place.
Now You See Me, the surprisingly durable illusionist thriller, finished third in the box office derby, collecting $10.3 million en route. Its nifty sleight of hand allowed the flick to materialize in front of Fast & Furious 6, which still managed to earn $9.4 million. The Purge, just one week removed from a box office victory, purged three-fourths of its audience and tumbled all the way to fifth, gathering up $8.2 million.
Final figures update: 1. Man of Steel, $116.6 million; 2. This Is the End, $20.7 million; 3. Now You See Me, $11 million; 4. Fast & Furious 6, $9.6 million; 5. The Purge, $8.3 million.
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