Even as X-Men: Days Of Future Past surpasses the $150 M mark at the box office in only its second weekend, it also falls back into second place at the box office. The debuting Maleficent took the top spot, pulling in $69 M to X-Men’s $32 M. A Million Ways To Die In The West debuted in third place, earning $16.8 M. Showing up in only three theaters nationwide, Filth was the highest rated of the debuting films this weekend. It pulled in an average of $2500 per theater, which would’ve put it in the top 10 had it been released in a similar number of theaters as those movies.

Each week we like to try to let you know how films fared at the movie theater box office. Here’s a list of movies that hit the theater this past weekend:

FILTH Brief Synopsis: “A bipolar bigoted junkie cop, manipulates and hallucinates his way through the festive season in a bid to secure promotion and win back his wife and daughter.” Overall Rating Rank from 2013 70.33% 76 Cast: James McAvoy – Imogen Poots – Jamie Bell – Joanne Froggatt– Eddie Marsan – Emun Elliott – Jim Broadbent – Kate Dickie –Shirley Henderson – Ron Donachie – Martin Compston – Iain De Caestecker – David Soul – Pollyanna McIntosh – Shauna Macdonald– Gary Lewis – Natasha OKeeffe – John Sessions – Brian McCardie –Directed by: Jon S. Baird. RATING BREAKDOWN (THE MIXED BAG) Buttery 0% Regular 66.67% Half-Popped 33.33% Stale 0% Burnt 0%

SELECT REVIEWS

• Dan O’Neill -[70 / 100]- (full review)
• Caz of Lets Go To The Movies -[61 / 100]- (full review)

MALEFICENT Brief Synopsis: “The Sleeping Beauty tale as told through the eyes of the story’s villain, Maleficent, the self-proclaimed “Mistress of All Evil”.” Overall Rating Rank from 2014 51.56% 41 Cast: Angelina Jolie – Elle Fanning – Juno Temple – Sharlto Copley –India Eisley – Miranda Richardson – Brenton Thwaites – Imelda Staunton – Sam Riley – Peter Capaldi – Jamie Sives – Lesley Manville– Toby Regbo – Kenneth Cranham – Directed by: Sarah Bradshaw. RATING BREAKDOWN (THE MIXED BAG) Buttery 0% Regular 22.22% Half-Popped 55.56% Stale 11.11% Burnt 11.11%

SELECT REVIEWS

• Movie Waffler Eric Hillis -[80 / 100]- (full review)
• Minnesota Man -[75 / 100]- (full review) – Too CGI-y for my taste, but Jolie is deliciously fun.
• Stu Loves Film -[61 / 100]- (full review)
• Caz of Lets Go To The Movies -[61 / 100]- (full review)
• Citizen Charlie -[52 / 100]- (full review)
• Dan O’Neill -[50 / 100]- (full review)
• FilmHamster -[43 / 100]- (full review)
• Coogs Film Blog -[34 / 100]- (full review)
• Silver Screen Riot Matt Oakes -[8 / 100]- (full review)

A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST Brief Synopsis: “A cowardly farmer seeks the help of a gunslinger’s wife to help him win back the woman who left him.” Overall Rating Rank from 2014 43% 55 Cast: Seth MacFarlane – Charlize Theron – Liam Neeson – Amanda Seyfried – Neil Patrick Harris – Giovanni Ribisi – Sarah Silverman –Wes Studi – Evan Jones – Preston Bailey – Ralph Garman – Challen Cates – Dennis Haskins – Rex Linn – Directed by: Seth MacFarlane. RATING BREAKDOWN (THE MIXED BAG) Buttery 0% Regular 16.67% Half-Popped 50% Stale 16.67% Burnt 16.67%

SELECT REVIEWS

• Chris of This Is Madness -[75 / 100]- (full review)
• Silver Screen Riot Matt Oakes -[50 / 100]- (full review)
• Stu Loves Film -[43 / 100]- (full review)
• Tom Little of Digital Shortbread -[40 / 100]- (full review)
• Dan O’Neill -[35 / 100]- (full review)
• Minnesota Man -[15 / 100]- (full review) – Seth MacFarlane gives Adam Sandler a run for his money on who will emerge with the worst comedy of the summer. Awful.

Of the movies which have been in the theater more than just one weekend, here are some of the top options in terms of films which either made a lot of money, are highly rated, or both:

For all other films at the box office, be sure to check out the entire box office slate!