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X-Men: Days of Future Past has debuted at the top of the US box office with takings of $90.7 million.

The Bryan Singer sequel is now on track to join the five top Memorial Day weekend debuts. Currently topping this chart is Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, which made $139.8m during its four day opening weekend in 2007.

X-Men: Days of Future Past, which stars Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence, knocked Godzilla off the top spot and pushed it down to number two after the Hollywood remake starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson made just $31.4m over its second weekend, falling 66.3%.

Adam Sandler’s Blended enters the US chart at number three, making $14.2m during its opening weekend.

Bad Neighbours took $13.9m in its third week and falls down to fourth place, while The Amazing Spider-Man 2 drops to five after taking $7.8m, down 53.6%.

Disney’s Million Dollar Arm, starring Jon Hamm, is in sixth place during its second week with $7.1m, and Leslie Mann’s The Other Woman drops two places to seven – making $3.7m.

Rio 2, Chef and Heaven is for Real round out this week’s top ten.

The US weekend box office top ten for May 25 is as follows:
1. (-) X-Men: Days of Future Past – $90,700,000
2. (1) Godzilla – $31,425,000
3. (-) Blended – $14,245,000
4. (2) Bad Neighbours – $13,946,000
5. (3) The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – $7,800,000
6. (4) Million Dollar Arm – $7,093,000
7. (5) The Other Woman – $3,675,000
8. (7) Rio 2 – $2,500,000
9. (15) Chef -$2,260,000
10. (6) Heaven is for Real – $1,950,000

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Godzilla has debuted at the top of the US box office with an impressive $93.2 million.

The Gareth Edwards remake – which stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Bryan Cranston – scored the second biggest opening weekend of 2014 behind Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier.

Hollywood’s latest take on the kaiju icon also claimed the sixth biggest opening weekend ever for a non-sequel.

Zac Efron’s Bad Neighbors fell to second place, taking $25.9m on its second weekend.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 took $16.8m in third place, dropping 52.7% from last weekend. The superhero sequel’s domestic total now stands at over $172m.Disney’s Million Dollar Arm – starring Mad Men‘s Jon Hamm – debuted in fourth place with $10.5m, while Cameron Diaz’s The Other Woman slipped to fifth place with $6.3m.

Heaven Is for Real dropped two places to six with $4.4m. The religious film has now taken $82.2m over the course of five weeks.

Rio 2, Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier, Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return and Moms’ Night Out also featured in this week’s top ten.

The US weekend box office top ten for May 18 is as follows:
1. (-) Godzilla – $93,205,000
2. (1) Bad Neighbors – $25,991,000
3. (2) The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – $16,800,000
4. (-) Million Dollar Arm – $10,511,000
5. (3) The Other Woman – $6,300,000
6. (4) Heaven is for Real – $4,400,000
7. (6) Rio 2 – $3,800,000
8. (5) Captain America: The Winter Soldier – $3,759,000
9. (8) Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return – $1,952,000
10. (7) Mums’ Night Out – $1,900,000

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HR Giger, the Swiss surrealist artist who designed the Alien Xenomorph, has died at the age of 74.

Giger passed away in hospital on Monday (May 12) after sustaining injuries in a fall, SRF News Online reports.

Born Hans Rudolf Giger in Chur, Switzerland, he studied Architecture and industrial design in Zurich before finding fame in the art world with his book Necronomicon, a compendium of HP Lovecraft-inspired images.

His work came to the attention of Ridley Scott, who hired him to create the titular creature for his 1979 sci-fi horror Alien.

Giger won an Academy Award for his work on the film in 1980, and his iconic Alien design endured across three sequels and a pair of Alien vs Predator spinoff movies.

He returned to the series in 1992 to work with David Fincher on Alien 3 before working on cult ’90s horror Species. Years earlier he did extensive work on Alejandro Jodorowsky’s unmade Dune project.

Giger also directed a number of documentaries, including Swiss Made and A New Face of Debbie Harry.

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Neighbors has debuted at top of the US box office this weekend with $51m.

Starring Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne and Zac Efron, the film knocks The Amazing Spider-Man 2 off the top spot.

The comic book sequel drops to second place with $37.2 million. Its has earned $147.9m since debuting at number one.

The two films are followed by The Other Woman in third place. The comedy, starring Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann and Kate Upton, earned $9.2m.

The Other Woman, with a total earning of $61.7m, is another former number one.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier remains in the top ten, landing in fifth place with $5.6m. It has earned approximately $244.9m so far.

Elsewhere, Mum’s Night Out debuts at seven with $4.2, followed by Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return in eighth with $3.7m.

Divergent is slowly slipping out of the top ten, dropping from seven to nine with earnings of $1.7m.

Heaven is for Real (4), Rio 2 (6) and Brick Mansions (10) round off the top ten.

The US weekend box office top ten for May 11 is as follows:
1. (-) Neighbors – $51,070,000
2. (1) The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – $37,200,000
3. (2) The Other Woman – $9,250,000
4. (3) Heaven is for Real – $7,000,000
5. (4) Captain America: The Winter Soldier – $5,619,000
6. (5) Rio 2 – $5,125,000
7. (-) Mums’ Night Out – $4,200,000
8. (-) Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return – $3,705,000
9. (7) Divergent – $1,700,000
10. (6) Brick Mansions – $1,480,000

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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 has debuted at the top of the US box office this weekend with $92m.

The movie, which sees Andrew Garfield and Emma stone reprise their roles as Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy, features new villains such as Jamie Foxx as Electro and Dane DeHaan as the Green Goblin aka Harry Osborn.

Fellow comic book movie Captain America: The Winter Soldier drops two places to four with $7.7m, while The Other Woman takes second with $14.2m.

The female comedy ensemble debuted last weekend in the top spot, ending Captain America 2‘s three-week streak as the number one movie in America.

The Other Woman, starring Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann and Kate Upton, has so far earned a total of $47.3m.

Elsewhere, Heaven is for Real remains third with $8.7m, while fellow religious movieGod’s Not Dead climbs two places to nine with $1.7m.

The Grand Budapest Hotel also cracked the top-ten, climbing three places to prop up the chart with $1.7m.

The US weekend box office top ten for May 4 is as follows:
1. (-) The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – $92,000,000
2. (1) The Other Woman – $14,200,000
3. (3) Heaven is for Real – $8,700,000
4. (2) Captain America: The Winter Soldier – $7,762,000
5. (4) Rio 2 – $7,600,000
6. (5) Brick Mansions – $3,545,000
7. (9) Divergent – $2,175,000
8. (7) The Quiet Ones – $2,000,000
9. (11) God’s Not Dead Free – $1,769,000
10. (13) The Grand Budapest Hotel – $1,735,000

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