Earthquake disaster movie San Andreas, starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, has reportedly grabbed $24 million in its opening hours in the US box office. The movie recently topped the UK and Ireland box office in its opening weekend.
The action-packed film, which also debuted at the top of the US box office, took has taken $59m.
Comedy musical Pitch Perfect 2 was second placed with £1.87m, while Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron’s Mad Max: Fury Road was in third with £1.75m. Last week’s number one, Tomorrowland – A World Beyond, slipped to fourth.
Disney’s George Clooney adventure, inspired by the futuristic area at the company’s theme parks and Walt Disney’s optimistic vision of a utopian future, took £1.04m. Marvel blockbuster Avengers: Age of Ultron was at number five in its sixth week of release, taking £883,000.
San Andreas sees Johnson as a search-and-rescue helicopter pilot who has to navigate the destruction from Los Angeles to San Francisco to save his own daughter following a magnitude 9 earthquake.
The film also features Kylie Minogue as the sister of one of the key characters – Johnson’s estranged wife Emma, played by Carla Gugino.
Two other new releases made the top ten, including British rom-com Man Up, starring Simon Pegg and Lake Bell, in seventh place. Danny Collins – starring Al Pacino as a veteran rocker who receives a letter from John Lennon 40 years too late – debuted in tenth place.
