BOX OFFICE: OBLIVION Opens With $38.2M; Tom Cruise's Best Domestic Opening In Seven Years
As analysts predicted, Joseph Kosinski's Oblivion has taken the top spot at the North American box office this weekend with an impressive $38.2 million. Meanwhile, the film continues to do well overseas, taking its worldwide cume into the triple digits. Read on for details!
Tom Cruise has shown that he still has it when it comes to box office clout after an impressive $38.2 million opening in North America for Oblivion this weekend. The Joseph Kosinski helmed original sci-fi movie has gone straight to the top spot after opening on Friday with a B- CinemaScore from moviegoers. What's significant about this opening is that it's higher than the combined debuts of both of the films that Cruise starred in last year; Rock of Ages ($14.4 million) and Jack Reacher ($15.2 million). This is his best since Mission Impossible 3 in 2006 which took $47 million during its opening weekend. It's overseas where Cruise mostly dominates, and Oblivion had taken over $60 million internationally leading into its US opening. It now has a total of $71.9 million, giving it a worldwide cume of $150.2 million. It should continue to do well until Iron Man 3 opens next week. You can read my review of Oblivion by clicking HERE.
Tom Cruise stars in Oblivion, an original and groundbreaking cinematic event from the director of TRON: Legacy and the producer of Rise of the Planet of the Apes. On a spectacular future Earth that has evolved beyond recognition, one man’s confrontation with the past will lead him on a journey of redemption and discovery as he battles to save mankind.
Jack Harper (Cruise) is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete.
Living in and patrolling the breathtaking skies from thousands of feet above, his soaring existence is brought crashing down when he rescues a beautifulstranger from a downed spacecraft. Her arrival triggers a chain of events that forces him to question everything he knows and puts the fate of humanity in his hands.
STARRING:
Tom Cruise as Jack Harper
Olga Kurylenko as Julia
Morgan Freeman as Malcolm Beech
Zoe Bell as Kara
Andrea Riseborough as Victoria
Melissa Leo as Sally
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Sykes
RELEASE DATE: Out Now!