The other sex leads ‘The Other Woman’ to weekend win

A majority female audience (75 percent) helped Cameron Diaz comedy The Other Woman take first place at the box office this weekend. The laugher debuted to $24.7 million, finally displacing Captain America: The Winter Soldier, which had reigned supreme for the past three weeks. The Captain clocked in at No. 2 with $16.05 million.

While Woman failed to match the opening-weekend success of what is still the gold standard in female comedies, Bridesmaids ($26.2 million), it nonetheless exceeded expectations. Can it hang tough against this coming weekend’s big release, The Amazing Spider-Man 2? Probably not, but a final tally north of $60 million isn’t out of the question.

Coming in just behind Captain America for the weekend’s third-place slot, Heaven is For Real enjoyed a solid sophomore outing. The faith-based offering earned an additional $13.8 million, bumping its cume to $51.9 million. The film is poised to out-earn Son of God, which took in $59.6 million, this weekend.

Experiencing a none-too-shabby downturn of 38 percent, kids’ flick Rio 2 grossed $13.7 million. The sequel’s total now stands at a little over $96 million, meaning the film should cross the $100 million mark this coming Friday-Sunday.

Brick Mansions rounded out the weekend’s top 5, earning $9.6 million from 2,647 theatres. The action movie and the late Paul Walker’s last film underperformed in comparison with other recent EuropaCorp projects, including the poorly reviewed The Family ($14 million) and the Kevin Costner vehicle 3 Days to Kill ($12.2 million). Odds are Brick Mansions’ theatrical run will be brief and end with around $25 million in total.

Outside of the top 5, Transcendence continued to suffer the effects of poor reviews and unenthusiastic word-of-mouth, experiencing a 62 percent drop to earn just $4.1 million. Like Brick Mansions, it should tally out to the tune of $25 million or so.

Finally, horror movie The Quiet Ones earned the unenviable distinction of suffering the worst debut ever for a supernatural flick screening in over 2,000 theatres. The film was a bomb, earning just $4 million. Given similarly unsuccessful titles Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones and Devil’s Due, it seems the supernatural genre has outstayed its welcome among viewers.