'The Fault in Our Stars' takes the top spot with $48.2 million; 'Edge of Tomorrow' settles for third

Box office report: 'The Fault in Our Stars' takes the top spot with $48.2 million; 'Edge of Tomorrow' settles for third

"Women made up a staggering 82 percent of the opening-weekend audience for the adaptation of John Green’s YA novel about teenage cancer patients—comparatively, Twilight‘s initial audience was only 75 percent female. The film made $48.2 million, vaulting it alongside Love Story in the firmament of emotionally and financially resonant weepies."

"Despite good reviews and Cruise’s 100-watt smirk, the sci-fi action flick Edge of Tomorrow disappointed with $29.1 million, $8 million less than the similarly packaged Oblivion did last year. Directed by Doug Limon, the film stars Cruise as a PR flunkey-turned-soldier who finds himself rebooting every time he dies. But even if Cruise can’t outsprint a pair of young cancer victims to the top of the U.S. box office, he can still flex his Hollywood appeal overseas where Edge took the No. 1 spot with a much healthier $82 million."