The Biggest Blockbuster Films Of 2015

Taken 3

Director: Olivier Megaton

Actors: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Forest Whitaker, Dougray Scott

Production budget: $48 million

Opening weekend takings: $39 million

Taken 3: 'a tragedy'

Paddington

Director: Paul King

Actors: Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Nicole Kidman, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters

Production budget: $55 million

Opening weekend takings: $18 million 

Paddington: 'a total delight'

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water

Directors: Mike Mitchell, Paul Tibbitt

Actors: Tom Kenny, Antonio Banderas, Bill Fagerbakke

Production budget: $74 million

Opening weekend takings: $55 million

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, Telegraph review: 'loopy fun'

Jupiter Ascending

Director: the Wachowski Brothers

Actors: Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Eddie Redmayne, Sean Bean

Production budget: $176 million

Opening weekend takings: $18 million 

Jupiter Ascending: 'roaringly naff'

Kingsman: The Secret Service

Director: Matthew Vaughn

Actors: Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Caine

Production budget: $81 million 

Opening weekend takings: $36 million 

Kingsman: The Secret Service: 'obnoxious'

Fifty Shades of Grey

Director: Sam Taylor-Johnson

Actors: Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan

Production budget: $40 million

Opening weekend takings: $85 million 

Fifty Shades of Grey: 'oh my, it's good'

Focus

Director: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa

Actors: Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Rodrigo Santoro

Production budget: $50.1 million

Opening weekend takings: $18 million 

Focus: 'a long con'

Insurgent

Director: Robert Schwentke

Actors: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet

Production budget: $110 million

Opening weekend takings: $52 million 

Insurgent, Newsytalk Group review: 'a listless YA mash-up'

Home

Director: Tim Johnson

Actors: Jim Parsons, Rihanna, Steve Martin, Jennifer Lopez

Production budget: $135 million

Opening weekend takings: $52 million 

Home: 'most underwhelming'