PITCH PERFECT 2 Wins The Weekend With Enormous $70.3 Million Haul At The Box Office

The Bellas rocked out this weekend’s box office.

Elizabeth Banks’ PITCH PERFECT 2 brought in a staggering $70.3 million in U.S. ticket sales. (review)

Rentrak’s Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian commented, “Universal’s PITCH PERFECT 2 had a solid international weekend earning $26.9 million in 29 markets for an early total of $38.1 million and a worldwide total of $108.4 million.”

He added, “Disney/Marvel’s summer mega-hit AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON got off to a phenomenal start in China, grossing a truly staggering $156.3 million in 6 days since its Tuesday debut. Along with the solid performance in other international territories and North America, the total estimated gross for Avengers: Age of Ultron now stands at $1.143 billion, which catapults it to now stand as the 8th highest grossing film of all-time.”

Opening over the upcoming Memorial Day holiday are Gil Kenan’s POLTERGEIST (20th Century Fox) and Brad Bird’s TOMORROWLAND (Disney). Read Variety’s review here.

The top 12 domestic weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, May 15, 2015, are below.

1. Pitch Perfect 2 – Universal – $70.3M
2. Mad Max: Fury Road – Warner Bros. – $44.4M
3. Avengers: Age Of Ultron – Disney – $38.8M
4. Hot Pursuit – Warner Bros. – $5.8M
5. Furious 7 – Universal – $3.6M
6. Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 – Sony – $3.6M
7. Age Of Adaline, The – Lionsgate – $3.2M
8. Home – 20th Century Fox – $2.7M
9. Ex Machina – A24 Films – $2.1M
10. Far From The Madding Crowd – Fox Searchlight – $1.3M
11. Woman In Gold – The Weinstein Company – $1.2M
12. Cinderella – Disney – $0.6M

The top 12 worldwide weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, May 15, 2015, are below.

1. Avengers: Age Of Ultron – Disney – $223.8M
2. Mad Max: Fury Road – Warner Bros. – $109.4M
3. Pitch Perfect 2 – Universal – $97.2M
4. Furious 7 – Universal – $10.2M
5. Home – 20th Century Fox – $7.2M
6. Chronicles of Evil – CJ Entertainment – $6.3M
7. Hot Pursuit – Warner Bros. – $5.8M
8. Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 – Sony – $5.3M
9. Age Of Adaline, The – Multiple – $4.7M
10. Cinderella – Disney – $3.9M
11. Ex Machina – Multiple – $2.4M
12. Far From The Madding Crowd – 20th Century Fox – $2.1M