Disney's
new
sci-fi
film,
"
Tomorrowland" might
have
got
mixed
response
from
the
audience,
but
the
movie
is
definitely
ruling
the
box
office
in
its
very
first
weekend!
The
sci-fi
film
beat
"Pitch
Perfect
2" to
take
the
first
place
at
the
North
American
box
office
with
collections
of
$32.2
million
till
the
third
day
of
the
extended
Memorial
Day
weekend.
Memorial
Day
is
a
federal
holiday
in
the
US
and
is
observed
across
the
country
on
May
25,
2015.
Tomorrowland,
which
debuted
on
Friday,
would
rake
in
an
estimated
mediocre
$40.7
million
over
the
four-day
period.
The
adventure
movie,
directed
by
two-time
Oscar
winner
Brad
Bird,
was
screened
at
3,972
locations
in
US
and
Canada,
Xinhua
reported
on
Sunday.
Starring
Oscar
winner
George
Clooney
and
young
actress
Britt
Robertson,
the
film
is
about
an
inventor
(George
Clooney)
who
takes
along
a
teen
(Britt
Robertson)
to
an
alternate
world
called
"Tomorrowland".
Courtesy
of
Twitter
The
movie
received
a
49
percent
in
Rotten
Tomatoes
ratings.
Universal's
musical
comedy
"Pitch
Perfect
2," starring
Anna
Kendrick,
lead
last
weekend's
box
office,
but
dropped
to
second
place
this
weekend,
with
$30.3
million,
declining
56
percent,
and
an
estimated
37.9
million
dollars
over
the
four-day
time
frame.
"Pitch
Perfect
2"
has
grossed
$117.8
million
in
the
first
10
days.
George
Miller's
action
film
"Mad
Max:
Fury
Road"
came
in
third
position
as
it
took
in$23.9
million.
Rounding
out
the
10
most
popular
movies
in
the
US
and
Canada
this
weekend
were:
"Poltergeist"
($23
million),
"Avengers:
Age
Of
Ultron"
($20.9
million),
"Hot
Pursuit"
($3.5
million),
"Far
From
The
Madding
Crowd"
($2.9
million),
"Furious
7"
($2.1
million),
"Paul
Blart:
Mall
Cop
2"
($1.8
million)
and
"Home"
($1.7
million).