‘Other Woman’ grabs box office crown from ‘Captain America’
The new movie collected $24.7 million in U.S. and Canadian theaters, Rentrak Corp. (RENT) said in an e-mailed statement today. "The Winter Soldier" generated $16 million for Walt Disney (DIS) Co. to place second after three weeks at the top. "Heaven Is for Real," the returning faith-based movie from Sony Corp. starring Greg Kinnear, had receipts of $13.8 million to place third, Bloomberg reports.
"The Other Woman," which opened to negative reviews, achieved the top spot on a traditionally slow weekend in Hollywood's calendar ahead of the summer blockbuster season this week that kicks off with the release of "The Amazing Spider-Man 2." The Diaz movie was projected to collect $16.5 million by BoxOffice.com, a downgrade from the researcher's earlier forecast of $18 million.
"This weekend is often thought of as the calm before the storm," said Phil Contrino, chief analyst at BoxOffice.com. "‘The Other Woman' seems smart counterprogramming, with the market ready for something aimed at women."
"The Other Woman," which also features Leslie Mann and Kate Upton, tells the story of Carly (Diaz), who discovers not only that her boyfriend is married but is also having another affair. All three women team up to plot mutual revenge on the three-timer.‘Winter Soldier'
The movie generated a positive rating of just 24 percent on Rottentomatoes.com., a review aggregator.
"Diaz has her hands full," wrote Stephen Holden in the New York Times. "This female revenge comedy is so dumb, lazy, clumsily assembled and unoriginal, it could crush any actor forced to execute its leaden slapstick gags and mouth its crude, humorless dialogue."
The movie follows Diaz's last outing, "The Counselor," the thriller released by Fox in October, which collected a disappointing $7.8 million in its debut.
Since its release on April 4, in the biggest opening of the year, "The Winter Soldier" has taken in $208.8 million domestically as of April 24, according to Box Office Mojo. The success of the film highlights the popularity of Disney's Marvel superheroes and the decision to release a blockbuster earlier than usual before the summer rush of competing pictures. It was forecast to garner $15.3 million this weekend.