Weekend Wrap-Up
Jack Reacher, Madea Lift Box office a Little
By John Hamann
October 23, 2016
With all of this new product, Ben Affleck’s The Accountant moves from number one to number four in only one weekend. The Accountant earned $14 million, off 43% compared to last weekend (anything above a 50% drop is a win). With a $44 million budget, The Accountant has now picked up $47.9 million stateside and $10.2 million overseas. Like the Jack Reacher movie, smart financing is going to pay off here, as The Accountant should see $90 million stateside and will likely at least match that internationally.
The Girl on the Train is fifth, and after a $12.2 million frame last weekend, the Emily Blunt starrer has another decent weekend. The thriller earned another $7.3 million and dropped 41%. This Universal effort was made for $45 million (plus what had to be a huge ad budget) and has a gross to date of $58.9 million. Add another $45 million overseas, and this is easily heading toward profitability.
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children drops to sixth. The Tim Burton film earned another $6 million and fell 33% from its $9 million gross last weekend. The $110 million family film has now earned $74.4 million stateside and has eclipsed the $220 million mark worldwide.
New release Keeping Up With the Joneses is a sad seventh this weekend, as somehow a film with Jon Hamm, Zach Galifianakis, Gal Godot and Isla Fisher did not work with critics or at the box office despite a ton of talent. Joneses earned only $5.6 million for Fox, and has a box office result as bad as its reviews, which came in at a distasteful 17% fresh. The B- Cinemascore taps it all off, and this one will likely disappear quite quickly.
Eighth is Kevin Hart: What Now?, as the concert film falls dramatically as it finished third last weekend. The box office is just as bad. After opening to $11.8 million last weekend, What Now falls a nasty 65%, earning only $4.1 million this weekend. Made for only $10 million, this one is all of a sudden in trouble after a strong opening frame. It has a gross to date of $18.9 million.
Ninth is Storks, the animated release that hasn’t exactly lit a fire at the box office. This weekend, Storks earned another $4.1 million and declined 28%. The total for Storks has hit $64.7 million stateside, and it is going to need more than the $83 million it has earned so far overseas, because it cost $70 million to make before marketing.
Landing in tenth is Deepwater Horizon, Mark Wahlberg’s drill station action movie (that failed). The $110 million film could find only $3.6 million (dropping 43%), as it struggles to get its domestic tally up to $55.3 million. Overseas won’t help, as that total has not hit $40 million despite being out to most markets already.
Overall, the box office trend is finally broken this weekend. The top 12 films earned $113.9 million, ahead of last year’s $95 million tally, when The Martian was on top in its fourth weekend. Next weekend will be interesting for two reasons: Inferno, the latest in the DaVinci Code series opens on 3,400 screens. With Halloween coming on Monday, will we see a huge hold for Ouija and Boo! next weekend? I wouldn’t count on it.
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Top Ten for Weekend of
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Rank |
Film |
Distributor |
Estimated Gross (millions) |
Weekly Change |
Running Total (millions) |
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1
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Boo! A Madea Halloween
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Lionsgate
|
27.6
|
New
|
27.6
|
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2
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Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
|
Paramount
|
23.0
|
New
|
23.0
|
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3
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Ouija: Origin of Evil
|
Universal
|
14.1
|
New
|
14.1
|
|
4
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The Accountant
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Warner Bros.
|
14.0
|
-43%
|
47.9
|
|
5
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The Girl on the Train
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Universal
|
7.3
|
-41%
|
58.9
|
|
6
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
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20th Century Fox
|
6.0
|
-33%
|
74.4
|
|
7
|
Keeping Up With the Joneses
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20th Century Fox
|
5.6
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New
|
5.6
|
|
8
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Kevin Hart: What Now?
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Universal
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4.1
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-65%
|
18.9
|
|
9
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Storks
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Warner Bros.
|
4.1
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-28%
|
64.7
|
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10
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Deepwater Horizon
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Lionsgate
|
3.6
|
-43%
|
55.3
|
|
11
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The Magnificent Seven
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Sony
|
2.4
|
-55%
|
89.1
|
|
12
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Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
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Lionsgate
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2.3
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-48%
|
17.0
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