‘Think Like A Man’ tops weekend box office
Posted April 23, 2012 6:43 am.
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The romantic comedy Think Like a Man has ended the box office reign of The Hunger Games, raking in US $33 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales over the weekend.
Think Like a Man is based on comedian Steve Harvey’s best-selling, non-fiction relationship guide “Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man.”
The movie follows four couples trying to work out various relationship issues. The film cost a modest $13 million to make, and received positive feedback in pre-release screening.
The love story The Lucky One also exceeded forecasts to finish second with nearly $23 million from Friday through Sunday, according to studio estimates.
The Lucky One tells the story of a U.S. Marine who returns from his third tour of duty in Iraq, convinced that the one thing that kept him safe and alive was a photograph of a beautiful woman he found in the rubble of war.
The movie stars Zac Efron and Taylor Schilling and cost about $25 million to produce.
The Hunger Games, the smash hit about an oppressive society’s televised teen death match, took in an estimated $14.5 million at U.S. and Canadian theaters during the weekend.
Global sales for the film from Lions Gate Entertainment Corp reached nearly $573 million since its release.
