"The Amazing Spider-Man 2" leads with $92 million, "The Other Woman" remains strong at weekend box office

While some have said that Captain America: The Winter Soldier kicked off the summer movie season in early April, according to most outlets, the first weekend in May is the start of the season and by that definition, Sony's The Amazing Spider-Man 2 truly kicked off the summer movie season. After a decent showing with The Amazing Spider-Man in 2012, the sequel was bound to do just a little bit better. However, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was a slight disappointment this weekend, grossing only $92 million. The film has received mixed reviews from critics and the "B+" Cinemascore isn't going to help word of mouth (I'm planning on seeing it Wednesday, so stay tuned). At this point, Spider-Man 2 will likely finish with around $230 million if the word of mouth isn't terrible. All in all, this is a shaky start to the summer movie season. Hopefully some of the other May films can really turn the box office around.

In second place with The Other Woman, which stayed very strong for Fox this weekend with $14.2 million. The film, which received a decent Cinemascore last weekend, has now grossed $47.3 million and will likely finish with around $75 million. The film, which is budgeted at $40 million, should break even. Heaven is for Real finished in third place this weekend with $8.7 million, which is another strong hold for the faith-based film. Heaven is for Real has now grossed $65.6 million. It should finish with around $80 million. 

Captain America: The Winter Soldier took a small dip this weekend with The Amazing Spider-Man 2 opening, finishing in fourth place with $7.7 million. The film has now grossed $237.1 million domestically and $679.8 million worldwide. The Winter Soldier will probably finish with around $800 million worldwide. In fifth place was Rio 2, which grossed $7.6 million. Rio 2 passed $100 million this weekend and is now sitting at $106.4 million. 

Brick Mansions took a steep dive this weekend, finishing in sixth place with $3.5 million. The action bust has now grossed $15.4 million. In seventh place was Divergent, which grossed $2.1 million to raise its total to $142.6 million. The Quiet Ones (which pretty much sums up the rest of the movies in the top ten) finished in eighth place with $2 million, raising its total to $6.7 million. God's Not Dead finished in ninth place this weekend with $1.7 million, which raises the film's total to $55.5 million. And finally, The Grand Budapest Hotel rounded out the top ten, finishing with $1.7 million to raise its total to $51.5 million. 

Next weekend sees the release of Neighbors and Mom's Night Out. Here are my predictions: 

1. Neighbors- $43.4 million

2. The Amazing Spider-Man 2- $40.2 million\

3. The Other Woman- $7.3 million

4. Mom's Night Out- $5.6 million

5. Heaven is For Real- $5.4 million

6. Captain America: The Winter Soldier- $5 million

7. Rio 2- $4.8 million

8. Brick Mansions- $1.9 million

9. Divergent- $1.5 million

10. God's Not Dead- $800,000