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Weekend Box Office Report: 'San Andreas' Rumbles To The Top

By Bill Wine

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- San Andreas rumbled to a runaway first-place finish at the box office on May's final weekend.

The earthquake disaster thriller piloted by Dwayne Johnson debuted by earning an estimated $53-million.

Second place went to the holdover sequel, Pitch Perfect 2, which took in another $15-million.

Last weekend's leader, Tomorrowland, fell to third with $14 -million.

Two more holdver sequels placed fourth and fifth: Mad Max: Fury Road, with just under $14-million, and Avengers: Age of Ultron, with $11-million..

The weekend's other new release, Aloha, the comedy starring Bradley Cooper, took sixth with $10-million.

Industry-wide totals were well below those on the counterpart weekend last year.

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