How has the year been shaking down in terms of box office numbers? For the big movies, at the mid-year point, it looks like this (from Box Office Mojo):
1 | Iron Man 3 | $405,929,319 | 4,253 |
2 | Man of Steel | $263,691,000 | 4,207 |
3 | Oz The Great and Powerful | $234,832,779 | 3,912 |
4 | Fast & Furious 6 | $233,980,000 | 3,771 |
5 | Star Trek Into Darkness | $221,206,000 | 3,907 |
6 | Monsters University | $203,684,000 | 4,004 |
7 | The Croods | $184,611,163 | 4,065 |
8 | World War Z | $146,709,000 | 3,607 |
9 | The Great Gatsby (2013) | $142,505,950 | 3,550 |
10 | Identity Thief | $134,506,920 | 3,230 |
11 | G.I. Joe: Retaliation | $122,412,474 | 3,734 |
12 | The Hangover Part III | $110,787,926 | 3,565 |
13 | Now You See Me | $107,645,412 | 3,082 |
14 | Epic | $103,331,179 | 3,894 |
15 | Olympus Has Fallen | $98,836,300 | 3,106 |
16 | 42 | $94,628,674 | 3,405 |
17 | Oblivion | $89,107,235 | 3,792 |
18 | Despicable Me 2 | $89,000,000 | 3,997 |
19 | This is the End | $77,439,000 | 3,055 |
20 | Mama | $71,628,180 | 2,781 |
Probably nothing will top Iron Man 3 this year. What immediately jumps out at me is how much money Gatsby has made. The other thing is that Jessica Chastain’s Mama is in the top twenty. Melissa McCarthy’s Identify Thief is in the top ten – also noteworthy.