Weekend Wrap-Up
Dory Dominates Independence Day Sequel; Shallows Surprise
By John Hamann
June 26, 2016
Seventh is Now You See Me 2, one of those confused and unnecessary sequels of 2016. The magic movie earned $5.7 million in its third frame, dropping a not bad 40%. It's all too little too late, though, as it has a budget of around $100 million and a domestic gross of $52 million. The overseas total has crossed the $100 million mark, but the trick is busted on Lionsgate and another hoped for franchise.
Eighth is X-Men: Apocalypse, the almost low point in the X-Men canon. This weekend, its fifth, X-Men earned $2.5 million and was off 53%. It has limped past X-Men First Class and its $146.4 million, and is going to have to stretch to beat the original X-Men's $157.3 million earned in 2000. So far, it has $151.1 million on the domestic side and $373 million overseas.
Ninth is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows. The Paramount film earned $2.4 million and fell 54%. It leaves the top ten with a domestic total of $77.1 million.
Alice Through the Looking Glass is tenth, as it winds down its sad run. This weekend, it earned $2.1 million, and the sequel with promise is going to grind out fairly close to its current total, which sits at $74.6 million.
Finishing outside of the top ten this weekend are Captain America: Civil War and The Jungle Book. Cap vs Iron Man earned $1.4 million and brought its total up to $403.9 million. The Jungle Book earns $1.2 million and finds its domestic total at $358 million. Combined, the worldwide tally for both films has reached $2.07 billion.
Overall , the box office performed nicely despite the soft openings for Independence Day: Resurgent and Free State of Jones. The top 12 films this weekend earned $182.1 million, which is at least in the same ballpark as last year when the top 12 brought in $176.8, led by Jurassic World's third weekend gross at $54.5 million. Next weekend brings more interesting features, as Spielberg's The BFG opens, along with The Legend of Tarzan for Warner Bros. and The Purge: Election Year for Universal. I'm thinking there will be a lot of pressure to perform again, just like this weekend.
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Top Ten for Weekend of June 24-26, 2016
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Rank |
Film |
Distributor |
Estimated Gross |
Weekly Change |
Running Total |
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1
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Finding Dory
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Walt Disney Pictures
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73.2
|
-46%
|
286.6
|
|
2
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Independence Day: Resurgence
|
20th Century Fox
|
41.6
|
New
|
41.6
|
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3
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Central Intelligence
|
Warner Bros.
|
18.4
|
-47%
|
69.3
|
|
4
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The Shallows
|
Sony
|
16.7
|
New
|
16.7
|
|
5
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Free State of Jones
|
STX Entertainment
|
7.8
|
New
|
7.8
|
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6
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The Conjuring 2
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Warner Bros.
|
7.7
|
-50%
|
86.9
|
|
7
|
Now You See Me 2
|
Lionsgate
|
5.7
|
-40%
|
52.1
|
|
8
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X-Men: Apocalypse
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20th Century Fox
|
2.5
|
-53%
|
151.1
|
|
9
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
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Paramount
|
2.4
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-54%
|
77.1
|
|
10
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Alice Through the Looking Glass
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Walt Disney Pictures
|
2.1
|
-50%
|
74.6
|
|
11
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Warcraft
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Universal
|
2.1
|
-71%
|
43.9
|
|
12
|
Me Before You
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Warner Bros.
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2.0
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-53%
|
51.3
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