Don’t miss the latest developments in business and finance.

'San Andreas' soars to USD 53.2M opening at US box office

Image
ANI Washington
Last Updated : Jun 01 2015 | 11:22 AM IST

Dwayne Johnson's latest flick 'San Andreas' had a dominating 53.2 million dollars opening weekend at 3,777 US locations.

The Warner Bros. movie took in more than five times as much as the 10 million dollars opening of Sony's Bradley Cooper and Emma Stone starrer romantic comedy 'Aloha', Deadline.com has reported.

The Brad Peyton directed movie received positive response by drawing 51 percent of females and 70 percent of over 25ers.

Dan Fellman, distribution chief of Warner Bros., said that Johnson was a major star of this American 3D disaster film.

The actor has made his biggest opening as a solo star till date with the film.

The movie triggers a magnitude 9 earthquake, a search-and-rescue operation by helicopter pilot, i.e. Johnson navigating the destruction from Los Angeles to San Francisco to save his daughter.

More From This Section

First Published: Jun 01 2015 | 11:09 AM IST

Next Story