Box Office: X-Men Dominates Holiday Weekend
Godzilla was no match for The X-Men this holiday weekend. Days of Future Past, the latest installment in the X-Men franchise, soared to the top spot at the box office this holiday weekend with $91.4 million ($111 million over the four-day weekend) in ticket sales, according to Box Office Mojo. Though it fell short of the debut of X-Men: The Last Stand ($102.8 million), it's on pace to become the highest-grossing X-Men movie ever by next weekend.
Godzilla was no match for The X-Men this holiday weekend.
Days of Future Past, the latest installment in the X-Men franchise, soared to the top spot at the box office this holiday weekend with $91.4 million ($111 million over the four-day weekend) in ticket sales, according to Box Office Mojo. Though it fell short of the debut of X-Men: The Last Stand ($102.8 million), it's on pace to become the highest-grossing X-Men movie ever by next weekend.
In its second week, Godzilla plunged nearly 67 percent from its debut, falling to second place with $31.1 million.
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Blended, the new romantic comedy with Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, bombed, coming in third place with an anemic $14.2 million. It barely topped Neighbors, which landed in fourth place with $13.8 million in its third week in theaters. At No. 5 was The Amazing Spider-Man 2 with $7.8 million.
Million Dollar Arm took in $6.9 million for a sixth-place finish, while The Other Woman came in seventh with $3.6 million.
Rounding out the Top 10 were Rio 2 (No. 8, $2.4 million), Chef (No. 9, $2.2 million) and Heaven Is for Real (No. 10, $2 million).
Watch clips from X-Men: Days of Future Past here.
