Walk into a theater over the weekend and you were likely to have seen it populated by the female persuasion. On the heels of Maleficent‘s $70 million opening and Angelina Jolie’s lauded performance as the titular character, audiences were asked to choose between another Tom Cruise sci-fi vehicle or venture to an film adaptation of John Green’s best-selling The Fault in our Stars. Obviously, teenage girls and mothers familiar with the YA novel about teens dealing with cancer got a majority vote as Stars steamrolled past the star power of Jolie and Cruise to take first place with an estimated $48.2 million. Maleficent dropped to second with $33.5 million. As for Tom Cruise’s >Edge of Tomorrow, his sci-fi Groundhog Day meets Gears of War had to settle for third with $29.1 million. Despite favorable reviews (if going by Consumer Reports-like 89% approval on RT, or 71 rating on Metacritic), the film didn’t debut to strong numbers on Friday and that all but sealed its fate for the weekend. Part of the blame has to go to the advertising that failed to deliver a compelling argument on why someone would want to spend money on a feature that finds itself in a continuous loop. The good news is that Cruise’s star appeal is not lost internationally. Foreign receipts have it grossing $111 million overseas.

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