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Tear-Jerker 'The Fault In Our Stars' Blasted Past Tom Cruise's New Movie At The Box Office
Tear-Jerker 'The Fault In Our Stars' Blasted Past Tom Cruise's New Movie At The Box Office
Kirsten AcunaJun 9, 2014, 05:52 IST
20th Century Fox via YouTube screengrabTeen phenomenon "The Fault in our Stars" had a huge opening weekend at the box office.The adaptation of John Green's best-selling novel about two cancer stricken teens who fall in love made a big $48 million this weekend.The 20th Century Fox movie cost an estimated $12 million to make.The Shailene Woodley film passed both "Maleficent" ($33.5 million) and Tom Cruise's new sci-fi flick "The Edge of Tomorrow" ($29.1 million).Other than the "Twilight" franchise, "The Fault in our Stars" had the largest opening weekend for a teen romance since 2001's "Save the Last Dance."Last Tuesday, "The Fault in our Stars" became Fandango's largest pre-selling romance movie ever, beating 2012's "The Vow" with Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams.That movie debuted to $41.2 million.
