Heaven Is for Real Movie Finishes High On Box Office Easter Weekend
While Captain America: The Winter Soldier retained its #1 spot at the Box Office Easter weekend, it was the Heaven Is for Real movie that really benefited from the holiday, with the Christian film exceeding expectations. The movie opened Wednesday and earned an impressive $28.5 million in its first five days.
The movie, which stars Greg Kinnear, is based on the real-life story of Nebraska pastor Todd Burpo, whose young son said he found himself in heaven during emergency surgery. The film is adapted from the pastor’s book of the same name, co-written by Lynn Vincent.
Here are the top 10 estimates for the weekend of April 18-20 at the domestic box office:
Title, Weeks in Release/Theater Count, Studio, Weekend Total, Percentage Drop, Cume
1. Captain America: The Winter Soldier, 3/3,825, Disney/Marvel, $26.6 million, -36%, $201.5 million.
2. Rio 2, 2/3,975, Fox/Blue Sky, $22.5 million, -43%, $75.4 million.
3. Heaven Is for Real, 1/2,417, Sony/TriStar, $21.5 million, $28.5 million.
4. Transcendence, 1/3,455, Warner Bros./Alcon, $11.5 million.
5. A Haunted House 2, 1/2,310, Open Road/IM Global, $9.1 million.
6. Draft Day, 1/2,486, Lionsgate/Summit $5.9 million, -40%, $19.5 million.
7. Divergent, 5/2,486, Lionsgate/Summit, $5.8 million, -22%, $133.9 million.
8. Oculus, 2/2,648, Relativity, $5.2 million, -57%, $21.2 million.
9. Noah, 4/2,537, Paramount/New Regency, $5 million, -34%, $93.2 million.
10. God’s Not Dead, 4/1,796, Freestyle/Pure Flix, $4.8 million, -13%, $48.2 million.
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