Looks like moviegoers were finally hungry for something besides The Hunger Games, as the new ensemble comedy Think Like A Man opened way above expectations to hit the top of the box office. Man took in $33 million almost tripling its production budget. The film starring Kevin Hart, Taraji P. Henson, Megan Good, Regina Hall, Michael Ealy, Romany Malco, Gabrielle Union and Steve Harvey based on his book of the same name hit its target of African-American audiences but looks like it may be able to crossover with numbers like that…. One other movie was lucky enough to beat out the Games at the turnstiles too as Zac Efron’s new romance The Lucky One opened well with $22.8 million on par with most of the film adaptations of Nicholas Sparks’ books…. The final new entry, Disney’s documentary Chimpanzee also fared well taking in over $10 million for fourth place. Those are all good signs for the business as it gets ready for the start of the summer season in two weeks. For more on this weekend’s numbers, head to Box Office Mojo here and check out the new top ten below.
TW LW Title (click to view) Studio Weekend Gross % Change Theater Count / Change Average Total Gross Budget* Week #
1 N Think Like a Man SGem $33,000,000 – 2,015 – $16,377 $33,000,000 $12 1
2 N The Lucky One WB $22,805,000 – 3,155 – $7,228 $22,805,000 – 1
3 1 The Hunger Games LGF $14,500,000 -31.3% 3,752 -164 $3,865 $356,900,000 $78 5
4 N Chimpanzee BV $10,205,000 – 1,563 – $6,529 $10,205,000 – 1
5 2 The Three Stooges Fox $9,200,000 -45.9% 3,482 +5 $2,642 $29,355,000 $30 2
6 3 The Cabin in the Woods LGF $7,750,000 -47.4% 2,811 – $2,757 $26,980,000 – 2
7 5 American Reunion Uni. $5,200,000 -50.4% 3,033 -170 $1,714 $48,300,000 $50 3
8 4 Titanic 3D Par. $5,000,000 -58.1% 2,515 -182 $1,988 $52,828,000 $18 3
9 8 21 Jump Street Sony $4,600,000 -29.9% 2,427 -308 $1,895 $127,066,000 $42 6
10 7 Mirror Mirror Rela. $4,114,000 -39.9% 2,938 -268 $1,400 $55,206,000 $85 4
Tags: Chimpanzee, Gabrielle Union, Megan Good, Michael Ealy, Nicholas Sparks, Regina Hall, Romany Malco, Steve Harvey, Taraji P. Henson, The Hunger Games, The Lucky One, Think Lik a Man, Zac Efron
