{"id":4429,"date":"2015-05-16T09:59:46","date_gmt":"2015-05-16T09:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shows4.com\/mobile\/?p=4429"},"modified":"2015-05-16T09:59:46","modified_gmt":"2015-05-16T09:59:46","slug":"pitch-perfect-2-whacks-mad-max-with-4-6-million-at-thursday-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/?p=4429","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Pitch Perfect 2\u2019 Whacks \u2018Mad Max\u2019 With $4.6 Million at Thursday Box Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/shows4.com\/blog_hollywood\/article636_thumbnail.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/shows4.com\/blog_hollywood\/article636_slide.jpg\" \/>The musical comedy sequel gets early edge as George Miller\u2019s action epic rolls to $3.7 million.<\/p>\n<p>Rebel Wilson, Anna Kendrick and \u201cPitch Perfect 2\u201d are hitting high notes already, taking in $4.6 million at the box office from Thursday night screenings, while  Tom Hardy and \u201cMad Max: Fury Road\u201d rolled to a muscular $3.7 million.<br \/>\nBoth were impressive in the opening round of one of summer\u2019s most intriguing box office battles, in which two of the season\u2019s most anticipated films are expected to bring in around $40 million and try to take the top spot from \u201cAvengers: Age of Ultron.\u201d Disney\u2019s Marvel superhero sequel has won the last two weekends, and on Friday became the year\u2019s second film to hit $1 billion in global grosses, following \u201cFast and Furious 7.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Barden Belles, the all-female a cappella group at the heart of \u201cPitch Perfect 2,\u201d belted out their big opening number on 2,652 screens beginning at 7 p.m. By Friday, Universal will have the PG-13-rated musical comedy, which marks the directing debut of Elizabeth Banks and was written by Kay Cannon, in 3,473 theaters.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_40394\"  width=\"1140\" height=\"641\"  data-origwidth=\"1140\" data-origheight=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6bh4mvJ5jUg?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=1&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<div style=\"width:600px;margin:0 auto\">\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.polyvore.com\/get_look_brittany_snow_in\/set?.svc=copypaste&amp;id=158013183\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" alt=\"Get the Look: Brittany Snow in Pitch Perfect 2\" src=\"http:\/\/cfc.polyvoreimg.com\/cgi\/img-set\/.sig\/q9tzZou4ahGwcmWL0e7kQw\/cid\/158013183\/id\/CLyT_k325BGCgn-Omu7EJQ\/size\/c600x604.jpg\" title=\"Get the Look: Brittany Snow in Pitch Perfect 2\" height=\"604\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\"><small><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.polyvore.com\/get_look_brittany_snow_in\/set?.svc=copypaste&amp;id=158013183\" rel=\"noopener\">Get the Look: Brittany Snow in Pitch Perfect 2<\/a> by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/polyvore-editorial.polyvore.com\/?.svc=copypaste\" rel=\"noopener\">polyvore-editorial<\/a> featuring <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.polyvore.com\/guess_sandals\/shop?brand=GUESS&amp;category_id=46\" rel=\"noopener\">guess sandals<\/a><\/small><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The musical comedy sequel gets early edge as George Miller\u2019s action epic rolls to $3.7 million. 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