Box Office – Pitch Perfect 2 Stunning $70.3M Debut

Pitch Perfect 2 breaks the $70M mark for its amazing opening weekend!

Box Office: ‘Pitch Perfect 2’ Outsings ‘Mad Max’ With Stunning $70.3M Debut

The Pitches are back in a big way.

Scoring one of the top openings of all time for a non-tentpole, Elizabeth Banks‘ Pitch Perfect 2launched to a massive $70.3 million at the North American box office, thanks to ardent female fans. And in only three days, it’s earned back more than twice its $29 million budget — and more than the first Pitch Perfect grossed in its entire domestic run ($65 million).

Overseas, Pitch Perfect 2 debuted to an equally stellar $38.1 million from 29 markets for a world total of $108.4 million, just shy of the $115 million earned all in by the original movie.

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Appealing heavily to younger femmes, Pitch Perfect 2 marks the feature directorial debut of Banks and stars Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson and Hailee Steinfeld. Steinfeld is a new addition and stands to inherit the franchise. In terms of fellow female-driven films, the sequel opened just ahead of the first Twilight and Maleficent, both of which launched to roughly $69 million.

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Three-quarters of ticket buyers were female, while 62 percent were under the age of 25, a statistic rarely seen. Pitch Perfect 2 also marks the highest domestic opening ever for a first-time director.

Pitch Perfect 2 earned an A- CinemaScore from audiences, as well as good reviews from many critics. Fury Road is an all-out hit among reviewers, sporting a 98 percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, while audiences gave it a B+. Heading into the weekend, tracking suggested both films would open in the $40 million range.

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Pitch Perfect 2 debuted in 27 territories, topping the box office in the U.K. and Ireland, Austria, Germany, Netherlands, Slovenia, South Africa, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Taiwan.

Source: TheHollywoodReporter

#BoxOffice: #PitchPerfect2 Opens With Global Total of $108.4M http://t.co/gCPM1CWtoV pic.twitter.com/iebsaio1Nu

— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) May 17, 2015

#BoxOffice: #PitchPerfect2 Outsings #MadMax With Stunning $70.3M Debut http://t.co/f58ongGoWo pic.twitter.com/bY2n6kdMDz

— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) May 17, 2015

Shocking $70M weekend for #PitchPerfect2 http://t.co/GAIBGpACrK

— Matthew Belloni (@THRMattBelloni) May 17, 2015