Neighbors (formerly titled Townies) is a 2014 American comedy film directed by Nicholas Stoller and written by Andrew Cohen and Brendan O’Brien. The film stars Zac Efron, Rose Byrne, Seth Rogen and Dave Franco. The first trailer was released on September 3, 2013 and the movie itself released on May 9, 2014.
Plot:
"A couple with a newborn baby move into a new neighborhood and face unexpected difficulties following the establishment of a fraternity house in the adjacent residence. They are forced to live next to it, hence the battle for the street begins."
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Neighbors managed to gross a huge $51 million in its opening weekend in North America, finishing the weekend in first place. By that time, the film had earned an additional $34.4 million from international markets, in some of which it had been released one week earlier, on May 2, 2014. As of May 11, 2014, the film has grossed an estimated $53,476,960 in North America and $34,400,000 internationally, for a worldwide total of $87,876,960.
Neighbors managed to become the fifth-largest Stateside opening for an R-rated comedy in history. Another milestone the film pulled was that it dethroned The Amazing Spider-Man 2 at the box office this weekend, exceeding expectations with an estimated $51.1 million debut. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 dropped 59% this weekend, falling to second place with $37.2 million after the release of Seth Rogen and Zac Efron's family vs. frat comedy 'Neighbors'. The sequel to the Spider-Man 2 has a current domestic total of $147.9 million. It's so far made $550.9 million worldwide. Neighbors stunning $51.1 million this weekend is the second biggest debut weekend ever for a non-sequel/non-spin off R-rated comedy behind only Ted which grossed $54m.
The weekend's biggest disappointmen was the newcomer Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return. The animated/family movie grossed a mere $3.7 million for an eighth place finish. THR claims the $70 million toon had "one of the worst openings of all time for a film opened in 2,500 to 3,000 locations." However another Comedy/Drama starring Cameron Diaz titled 'The Other Woman' finished at the no. 3 spot with a gross of $ 9.3 million through the weekend. Captain America's sequel was rock steady even after a month of its release and stood strong at no. 5 spot with an estimated earnings of $ 5.5 million. You can watch below the list of top 10 movies with gross in this weekend:
Here are the weekend estimates via Rentrak.
1. Neighbors $51.1 million
2. The Amazing Spider-Man $37.2
3. The Other Woman $9.3 million
4. Heaven is for Real $7 million
5. Captain America: The Winter Soldier $5.6 million
6. Rio 2 $5.1 million
7. Mom's Night Out $4.2 million
8. Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return $3.7 million
9. Divergent $1.7 million
10. Brick Mansions $1.5 million
Also watch the Official International Trailer of the hilarious teen comedy 'Neighbors' which grossed $87 million against its budget of $ 18 million:
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