‘Fault in Our Stars’ outshines Tom Cruise starrer ‘Edge of Tomorrow’

John Green, author of “The Fault in Our Stars,” poses during an interview in New York on Monday, June 2, 2014. The book has been adapted into a feature film starring Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort. AP

NEW YORK—The teenage romance “The Fault in Our Stars,” adapted from John Green’s best-seller, easily outshined Tom Cruise’s sci-fi action film “Edge of Tomorrow” with an impressive $48 million debut, industry data showed Monday. The much-bigger-budget “Edge of Tomorrow” opened in third place with $28.8 million.

The movie, based on a popular young adult novel by John Green about teenagers who meet at a cancer support group, pushed last week’s No. 1 “Maleficent”–starring and produced by megastar Angelina Jolie in a modern No. 2 two slot.

The wicked witch who has haunted generations of children earned a still impressive $34.3 million in its second weekend in theaters, industry tracker Exhibitor Relations said.

Another time-bending movie, “X-Men: Days of Future Past,” fell to fourth place with only $15.2 million in its third weekend out.

And cowboy comedy “A Million Ways to Die in the West,” which stars comedian Seth MacFarlane as a sheep farmer in 1880s Arizona, sank to fifth with $7.3 million in ticket sales.

“Godzilla,” which features “Breaking Bad” star Bryan Cranston as a tortured Japanese-speaking scientist battling to save humanity, was in sixth with $6.1 million.

And “Neighbors” starring Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne as a couple living next door to a raucous fraternity house, earned just under $5.3 million and landed in seventh.

Romantic comedy “Blended,” featuring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, scored $4.1 million in ticket sales for eighth place, ahead of foodie flick “The Chef,” the story of a restless chef who takes his talents on the road in a food-truck. It improved on last week’s take to earn $2.6 million in ninth place.

And rounding out the top 10, baseball movie “Million Dollar Arm” earned just over $2 million.