Two big feature films were released this weekend including Aaron Paul’s ‘Need for Speed’ and Tyler Perry’s ‘Single Mom’s Club’.
Dreamworks really wanted ‘Need for Speed’ to be a box office success.
It would be the production company’s first franchise feature film since leaving Paramount. Unfortunately, it did not work out that way and Need for Speed made it to third place behind Mr. Peabody and 300: Rise of an Empire.
Playing at 3,118 locations, Need for Speed opened in third place with an estimated $17.8 million. That’s a somewhat disappointing start: it’s lower than the worst Fast & Furious movie (Tokyo Drift, $24 million), and is roughly on par with past video game adaptations Resident Evil ($17.7 million) and Max Payne ($17.6 million). [BoxOfficeMojo]
That being said, Need for Speed did really well in China where it made more money than the United States debut. In China the feature film made $21.2 million. In total Need for Speed made $45.6 million dollars in overseas box office totals, probably enough to make a profit off of the expensive feature film.
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The Box Office was a lot kinder to Aaron Paul than it was to Tyler Perry. After an announcement from Lionsgate, ‘Single Mom’s Club’ will be the last Tyler Perry and Lionsgate production together and unfortunately for Mr. Perry it did not do very well. ‘Single Mom’s Club’ bombed with $8.3 million making it the worst movie Tyler Perry ever released. Previously Daddy’s Little Girls held the record with $11.2 million.
Here is the breakdown of the box office totals:
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