'Pitch Perfect 2' debuts at #1, both in the box-office and the album charts

[Mills 446]

The Pitch Perfect 2 soundtrack sings out at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, as the set debuts atop the list. The album, which was released on May 12 through Universal Music Enterprises, moved 107,000 units in the week ending May 17, according to Nielsen Music.

Of Pitch Perfect 2’s launch, traditional album sales comprised 92,000 units, and the set also debuts at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart.

Pitch Perfect 2 earned $70.3 million at the U.S. and Canada box office in its debut weekend (May 15-17), according to Box Office Mojo -- out-grossing the entire domestic run of the first Pitch Perfect ($65 million). The first film’s soundtrack peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, and has sold 1.2 million copies.

Here are the largest Nielsen Music-reported sales weeks in 2015 so far:

Rank / Title (Year of Release) / Artist / Sales / Week Ending
1. If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late (2015) - Drake - 494,746 - 2/15/15 [DEBUT]
2. To Pimp A Butterfly (2015) - Kendrick Lamar - 324,403 - 3/22/15 [DEBUT]
3. Wilder Mind (2015) - Mumford & Sons - 231,438 - 5/10/15 [DEBUT]
4. Jekyll + Hyde (2015) - Zac Brown Band - 214,224 - 5/3/15 [DEBUT]
5. Fifty Shades of Grey OST (2015) - Various Artists - 210,431 - 2/15/15 [DEBUT]
6. Title (2015) - Meghan Trainor - 194,522 - 1/18/15 [DEBUT]
7. American Beauty / American Psycho (2015) - Fall Out Boy - 191,698 - 1/25/15 [DEBUT]
8. Stages (2015) - Josh Groban - 176,153 - 5/3/15 [DEBUT]
9. Smoke + Mirrors (2015) - Imagine Dragons - 172,378 - 2/22/15 [DEBUT]

10. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 171,925 - 1/4/15
11. Dark Sky Paradise (2015) - Big Sean - 139,427 - 3/1/15 [DEBUT]
12. First Kiss (2015) - Kid Rock - 136,785 - 3/1/15 [DEBUT]
13. If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late (2015) - Drake -129,118 - 2/22/15
14. In The Lonely Hour (2014) - Sam Smith - 124,224 - 2/15/15
15. Rebel Heart (2015) - Madonna - 116,115 - 3/15/15 [DEBUT]
16. Fifty Shades of Grey OST (2015) - Various Artists - 114,937 - 2/22/15
17. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 110,977 - 1/11/15
18. Empire Soundtrack Season 1 (2015) - Empire Cast - 109,584 - 3/15/15 [DEBUT]
19. To Pimp A Butterfly (2015) - Kendrick Lamar - 106,551 - 3/29/15
20. Handwritten (2015) - Shawn Mendes - 105,878 - 4/19/15 [DEBUT]

21. NOW 53 (2015) - Various Artists - 99,324 - 2/8/15 [DEBUT]
22. Stages (2015) - Josh Groban - 98,625 - 5/10/15
23. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 92,196 - 1/18/15
24. Pitch Perfect 2 OST (2015) - Various Artists - 92,077 - 5/17/15 [DEBUT]
25. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 92,000 - 2/15/15
26. Sound & Color (2015) - Alabama Shakes - 90,888 - 4/26/15 [DEBUT]
27. x (2014) - Ed Sheeran - 89,000 - 2/15/15
28. Empire Soundtrack Season 1 (2015) - Empire Cast - 88,971 - 3/22/15
29. Spring Break… Checkin Out (2015) - Luke Bryan - 88,782 - 3/15/15 [DEBUT]
30. The Album About Nothing (2015) - Wale - 88,210 - 4/5/15 [DEBUT]

31. Piece By Piece (2015) - Kelly Clarkson - 82,856 - 3/8/15 [DEBUT]
32. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 81,662 - 1/25/15 
33. Kidz Bop 27 (2015) - Kidz Bop Kids - 77,380 - 1/18/15 [DEBUT]
34. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 76,769 - 2/8/15
35. Future Hearts (2015) - All Time Low - 75,375 - 4/12/15
36. Strangers To Ourselves (2015) - Modest Mouse - 73,099 - 3/22/15 [DEBUT]
37. 1989 (2014) - Taylor Swift - 70,704 - 2/1/15
38. Now 54 (2015) - Various Artists - 70,613 - 5/10/15 [DEBUT]
39. Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 (2014) - Various Artists - 70,014 - 1/4/15
40. Fifty Shades of Grey OST (2015) - Various Artists - 67,245 - 3/1/15
 

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6568927/pitch-perfect-2-soundtrack-debuts-no-1-billboard-200

[Teal Ambition 47,805]

Slay Pitch Perfect  

[Xgongiviguess 396]

WHAT???????? I thought the reviews said that it was WAY WORSE than the first one. I didn't go to the movies to see it cause I thought it was bad  

[Miel 15,009]

Aww, c'mon Mad Max: Fury Road.

The angry, violent, feminist action movie that Gaga should be touching into.

[Dorothy Gale 7,575]

WHAT???????? I thought the reviews said that it was WAY WORSE than the first one. I didn't go to the movies to see it cause I thought it was bad  

It wasn't quite as good, but it was a solid sequel. 

[TimisaMonster 31,073]

I agree it had a different... "feel" than the first one and not as funny or interesting, but I'm not surprised that the movie basically rode the hype wave of the first movie tbqh...

 

BUUUUT...that doesn't explain why people still wanted to by the soundtrack...maybe the movie had more LIKES than DISLIKES than we thought... 

[Prometheus 1,494]

It wasn't quite as good, but it was a solid sequel. 

​This is basically the easiest way to say it.

[Fiona Apple 13,006]

Want to watch it

[Pure Adrenaline 1,518]

never seen these movies but congrats

 

[Lona Delery 7,177]

WHAT???????? I thought the reviews said that it was WAY WORSE than the first one. I didn't go to the movies to see it cause I thought it was bad  

The movie was pretty good imo 

[BlondeKingOfGGD 1,563]

I thought it was an amazing movie :')