Monday Morning Box Office Report: San Andreas Topples the Competition

Dwayne Johnson finally proved that he can carry a major blockbuster all on his own as the earthquake thriller San Andreas recorded a better than expected $53 million on the Richter scale over the weekend. That’s the biggest debut ever for The Rock in a movie where he wasn’t part of an ensemble cast and it is significantly more than Hercules made last summer. Elsewhere Pitch Perfect 2 had another great weekend, remaining in second place, while Tomorrowland suffered a 58% drop to third place. Mad Max: Fury Road and The Avengers: Age of Ultron rounded out the top 5. In sixth place, Cameron Crowe’s Aloha tanked with just $10 million, a definite disappointment given its star-studded cast. To be fair, that’s about the same amount that Crowe’s last two movies made, so perhaps his popularity as a filmmaker has simply peaked and levelled off.
1. San Andreas — $53.22M
2. Pitch Perfect 2 — $14.38M
3. Tomorrowland — $13.8M
4. Mad Max: Fury Road — $13.63M
5. The Avengers: Age of Ultron — $10.92M
6. Aloha — $10M
7. Poltergeist — $7.8M
8. Far from the Madding Crowd — $1.42M
9. Hot Pursuit — $1.37M
10. Home — $1.15M




































































