Although “Hunger Games” has been cashing in each weekend, grossing over $357 million in sales, an unexpected turn came this weekend.  “Think Like A Man” knocked out “Hunger Games” from their number one spot.  The African-American all-star cast generated enough buzz to have moviegoers come out in drobes.  Enough so, that the films’ opening weekend sales brought in $33 million.

 

“Think Like a Man” — adapted from Steve Harvey’s best-selling advice book “Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man” — gets bragging rights to being the film to topple Liongate’s blockbuster The Hunger Games, which has now grossed $357 million domestically.

The film, whose cast includes Michael Ealy, Taraji P. Henson, Meagan Good, Regina Hall and Kevin Hart, is about four men whose love lives are disrupted when their partners begin using advice from Harvey’s book and received an A CinemaScore.

Think Like a Man, made for a modest $12 million to $13 million, follows the success of Screen Gems’ The Vow and Underworld Awakening earlier this year.

In terms of African-American themed films, Think Like a Man exceeded many of Tyler Perry’s recent films. Perry’s Good Deeds debuted to $15.6 million earlier this year, while last year’s Madea’s Big Happy Family opened to $25.1 million last year.

 

Did you see “Think Like A Man”?   What were your thoughts?

 

 

 

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