--- title: 'Tomorrowland' Narrowly Beats 'Pitch Perfect 2' in Disappointing Debut description: 'Tomorrowland' came in behind expectations canonical: https://time.com/3895316/tomorrowland-pitch-perfect-2-box-office/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-24T17:56:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T07:35:46.232Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: 'Tomorrowland' Narrowly Beats 'Pitch Perfect 2' in Disappointing Debut og:description: 'Tomorrowland' came in behind expectations og:url: https://time.com/3895316/tomorrowland-pitch-perfect-2-box-office/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e812d48b5e5a995/69885183cd684802ab0a0032/tomorrowland-poster.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: tomorrowland-poster og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Tomorrowland' Narrowly Beats 'Pitch Perfect 2' in Disappointing Debut twitter:description: 'Tomorrowland' came in behind expectations twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e812d48b5e5a995/69885183cd684802ab0a0032/tomorrowland-poster.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Tomorrowland_ Narrowly Beats _Pitch Perfect 2_ in Disappointing Debut by [Pamela McClintock, Rebecca Ford / The Hollywood Reporter](/author/the-hollywood-reporter/) ## Pamela McClintock, Rebecca Ford / The Hollywood Reporter May 24, 2015 5:56 PM CUT  Disney by [Pamela McClintock, Rebecca Ford / The Hollywood Reporter](/author/the-hollywood-reporter/) ## Pamela McClintock, Rebecca Ford / The Hollywood Reporter May 24, 2015 5:56 PM CUT **Brad Bird**‘s tentpole _Tomorrowland_ has narrowly pulled ahead of blockbuster _Pitch Perfect 2_ at the Memorial Day box office with an estimated three-day debut of $32.2 million, putting its four-day domestic launch at a disappointing $40.7 million for powerhouse Disney. The race won’t officially be called until Monday when final estimates are released for the long holiday weekend. Overall, Memorial Day revenue is expected to be down nearly 18 percent from last year, when _X-Men: Days of Future Past_ opened to $90.8 million. _Tomorrowland_ came in behind expectations in North America, and will need to overcome its so-so B CinemaScore and enjoy strong word of mouth in order to end up in the black, considering the live-action fantasy adventure cost $180 million to produce. Even more problematic, the tentpole was soft overseas, launching to $26.7 million from 65 markets. (In its second weekend, _Pitch Perfect 2_ actually beat _Tomorrowland_‘s debut in the U.K. with $4.3 million versus $2.1 million). In the film, **George Clooney** stars as an inventor who takes along a spirited teen (**Britt Robertson**) to an alternate world called Tomorrowland. _Tomorrowland_, an ode to **Walt Disney**‘s hopes for creating a utopian society, also stars **Hugh Laurie** and was co-written by Bird and **Damon Lindelof**. Heading into the long holiday weekend, most expected _Tomorrowland_ to gross between $45 million and $50 million for the four days domestically, giving it a wide lead over box office sensation _Pitch Perfect 2_, now in its second weekend. Instead, _Pitch Perfect 2_ continued to sing in perfect tune, thanks to its ardent female fan base. On Friday, it even looked like Universal’s sequel could end up beating _Tomorrowland_, but_Tomorrowland_ gained traction on Saturday. _Pitch Perfect 2_ earned an estimated $30.3 million for the three days, putting its four-day domestic gross at a projected $37.9 million. Overseas, the sequel earned another $15.2 million from 37 markets for a dazzling foreign total of $61.7 million and worldwide haul of $187 million through Monday (that includes just north of $125 million in North America). _Tomorrowland_ skewed slightly male (51 percent), while families made up 30 percent of ticket buyers and adults, 61 percent. Overseas — where Hollywood summer tentpoles depend upon doing sizable business and Clooney is a big star — _Tomorrowland_ underwhelmed. It fared best in Russia ($3.6 million), followed by Mexico ($2.8 million). Disney still remains the early king of summer to date, thanks to _Avengers: Age of Ultron_. From Disney and Marvel Studios, the superhero tentpole will jump the $400 million mark at the domestic box office sometime on Sunday, becoming the first film to achieve that feat since _The Hunger Games: Catching Fire_ and _Frozen_, both released in November 2013. _Age of Ultron_ has now grossed $860 million internationally, including $210 million in China, for a global haul of $1.263 billion, the seventh-bet showing of all time and passing up _Iron Man 3_ this weekend. After _Tomorrowland_, the other new Memorial Day offering is MGM and Fox 2000’s _Poltergeist,_which posted a three-day gross of $23 million for an estimated $27.7 million four-day opening, putting it at No. 4, just behind holdover _Mad Max: Fury Road_. _Poltergeist_, directed by **Gil Kenan** and produced by **Sam Raimi**, is a solid hit for MGM and Fox 2000, coming in ahead of expectations. The remake of the 1982 cult classic stars **Sam Rockwell**,**Rosemarie DeWitt**, **Jared Harris** and **Jane Adams**. In its second weekend, **George Miller**‘s _Fury Road_ grossed $23.7 million for the three days, putting its projected four-day take at roughly $30 million. Through Monday, the critically acclaimed tentpole will have earned north of $90 million in North America for Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures. _Age of Ultron_ rounded out the top five domestically. _This_ [_article_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-tomorrowland-narrowly-beats-797779 "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_The Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ "undefined") **MORE** [Director Brad Bird: ‘Incredibles 2’ Will Be My Next Film](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/director-brad-bird-incredibles-2-794700 "undefined") **MORE** [Elizabeth Banks’ $200 Million Path to Directing ‘Pitch Perfect 2’](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/elizabeth-banks-200-million-path-791855 "undefined") **MORE** [Cameron Crowe’s ‘Aloha’ Criticized for Depicting “Whitewashed” Hawaii](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cameron-crowes-aloha-criticized-depicting-797794 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3895316/tomorrowland-pitch-perfect-2-box-office/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3895316/tomorrowland-pitch-perfect-2-box-office/"},"headline":"Tomorrowland Narrowly Beats Pitch Perfect 2 in Disappointing Debut","datePublished":"2015-05-24T17:56:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:35:46.232Z","description":"Tomorrowland came in behind expectations","url":"https://time.com/3895316/tomorrowland-pitch-perfect-2-box-office/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e812d48b5e5a995/69885183cd684802ab0a0032/tomorrowland-poster.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Pamela McClintock, Rebecca Ford / The Hollywood Reporter"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e812d48b5e5a995/69885183cd684802ab0a0032/tomorrowland-poster.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"tomorrowland-poster","caption":"tomorrowland-poster","creditText":"Disney","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3895316/tomorrowland-pitch-perfect-2-box-office/","name":"Tomorrowland Narrowly Beats Pitch Perfect 2 in Disappointing Debut"}}]}] ```