The Fault in Our Stars Wins Weekend Box Office

Posted on June 8, 2014

The Fault in Our Stars, starring Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort, won the weekend box office with a surprisingly strong $48 million opening. The film had an average of $15,191 per theater. Deadline reports that young females were 82% of the audience for the movie based on the John Green novel.

Maleficent finished second and made $33.3 million during its second weekend in theaters to bring its domestic gross to $127 million after two weekends. Edge of Tomorrow, a science fiction thriller starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt, opened in third and made $29.1 million. Edge of Tomorrow has been stronger overseas where Deadline reports it has already made $82 million in 63 markets.

Edge of Tomorrow was followed by X-Men: Days of Future Past which finished fourth and made $14.7 million during its fourth weekend in theaters. It will easily pass the $200 million. X-Men was followed by A Million Ways to Die in the West, Godzilla, Neighbors, Blended, Chef and Million Dollar Arm. You can see the complete box office report here.

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