This weekend saw 22 Jump Street and How to Train Your Dragon 2 fight for the top spot, but 22 Jump Street easily won the weekend with $60 million. After the success of 21 Jump Street, the sequel had no problem filling theater seats and should surpass the first movie's total US theatrical take ($138.4 million) without issue.
In second place was How to Train Your Dragon 2, which earned $50 million in the US over the weekend. This is about $7 million better than the first movie's opening in 2010, so DreamWorks should be pleased and a third movie is already in the works.
Maleficent took third place with $19 million, while The Fault in our Stars earned $15.7 million in fourth place. X-Men: Days of Future Past crossed the $200 million mark in the US over the weekend and Godzilla is about a week away from doing the same.
Next week sees the release of Jersey Boys and Think Like a Man Too. Here are the top ten results for this weekend:
1. 22 Jump Street - $60,000,000
2. How to Train Your Dragon 2 - $50,000,000
3. Maleficent - $19,008,000
4. The Fault in our Stars - $15,725,000
5. Edge of Tomorrow - $16,175,000
6. X-Men: Days of Future Past - $9,500,000
7. Godzilla - $3,155,000
8. A Million Ways to Die in the West - $3,077,000
9. Neighbors - $2,484,000
10. Chef - $2,276,000
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