Weekend Wrap-Up
Exodus Fails to Get the Holiday Fire Burning
By John Hamann
December 14, 2014
Fifth is Big Hero 6. Like Penguins of Madagascar, Big Hero 6 is also playing young, with a big multiplier after a seventh place finish on Friday night. Big Hero 6 also held well this weekend, earning $6.1 million and dropping a slim 24%. Now in its sixth weekend, the $165 million Disney product pushed its domestic total up to $185.3 million. It continues its slow rollout overseas, with its foreign take now up to almost $70 million.
That slides Interstellar into the #6 slot, and it also holds decently this weekend (the holdovers are thankful for the Exodus miss). Also in its sixth weekend, Interstellar earned $5.5 million and fell 29%. Interstellar brought its domestic total up to $166.8 million, but this one is a hit overseas, pulling in over $430 million so far. Made for $165 million, the Chris Nolan flick will be profitable at the theatrical level, as it needed a half-billion worldwide and has $600 million and counting.
Seventh is Horrible Bosses 2, which didn’t avoid the slump this weekend. The comedy sequel earned $4.6 million and declined 45% compared to last weekend. With its $42 million budget, Bosses 2 needs $125 million worldwide to see a profit, and currently has a domestic cume of $43.6 million and about $25 million from overseas theaters.
Dumb and Dumber To can’t stop the slide, either, as it earned $2.8 million in its fifth weekend. It was off 36% compared to last weekend, but has taken in $82.1 million domestically against its $40 million budget. It has also found another $45 million overseas for Universal and Red Granite.
Focus Features’ The Theory of Everything expanded to 1,220 venues this weekend, and the move paid off. Last weekend, the awards fave earned $2.6 million. This weekend, Theory earned $2.5 million. The $15 million film has now earned $17.1 million and is just getting started overseas.
Wild, with Reese Witherspoon, also expands from 21 venues to 116 this weekend. Wild earned $1.6 million, and increased over last weekend’s score by 155%. The Fox Searchlight film is still just getting started, but already has a domestic cume of $2.4 million.
Birdman, despite dropping a handful of screens, has a good hold this weekend thanks to its seven Golden Globe nominations. Birdman earned another $1.3 million and increased 15% compared to last weekend. The $18 million release now has a running total of $20.8 million.
In limited release, Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice with Joaquin Phoenix opened on four screens this weekend. Despite some subdued critical responses, Inherent Vice still opened strongly, pulling in $330,000 for a venue average of $66,000.
Overall this weekend, things are just generally bad. The top 12 films earned a woeful $77.7 million, down sharply from the $140.6 million earned last year over the same weekend. For comparison's sake, this same frame in 2013 hosted the second Hobbit movie, which debuted to $73.6 million. Next weekend, The Battle of the Five Armies will be upon us, but it opens Wednesday, which means the weekend proper might be muted. Also opening are Night at the Museum 3 and Annie, the remake that has already been leaked by North Korea and/or the Sony hackers.
| 1 |
Exodus: Gods And Kings |
Fox |
$24,500,000 |
New |
$24,500,000 |
| 2 |
Hunger Games: Mockingjay Pt. 1 |
Lionsgate |
$13,200,000 |
- 40% |
$277,398,249 |
| 3 |
Penguins of Madagascar |
Fox |
$7,300,000 |
- 33% |
$58,838,700 |
| 4 |
Top Five |
Paramount |
$7,210,000 |
New |
$7,210,000 |
| 5 |
Big Hero 6 |
Disney |
$6,145,000 |
- 24% |
$185,325,000 |
| 6 |
Interstellar |
Paramount |
$5,500,000 |
- 29% |
$166,800,000 |
| 7 |
Horrible Bosses 2 |
WARNER BROS. |
$4,630,000 |
- 45% |
$43,601,000 |
| 8 |
Dumb And Dumber To |
Universal |
$2,756,740 |
- 36% |
$82,117,350 |
| 9 |
The Theory of Everything |
Focus Features |
$2,525,000 |
- 5% |
$17,148,000 |
| 10 |
Wild |
FOX SEARCHLIGHT |
$1,550,000 |
+ 155% |
$2,423,200 |
| 11 |
Birdman |
FOX SEARCHLIGHT |
$1,325,000 |
+ 15% |
$20,794,200 |
| 12 |
Gone Girl |
Fox |
$1,050,000 |
- 29% |
$164,426,600 |
| |
Also Opening/Notables |
| |
Inherent Vice |
WARNER BROS. |
$330,000 |
New |
$330,000 |
| |
Magician |
Cohen Media |
$7,222 |
New |
$7,222 |
| |
The Pyramid |
Fox |
$600,000 |
- 56% |
$2,398,000 |
| |
The Imitation Game |
Weinstein Co. |
$875,136 |
+ 125% |
$2,000,000 |
| |
Foxcatcher |
Sony Classics |
$401,928 |
- 30% |
$3,367,639 |
| |
Nightcrawler |
Open Road Films |
$602,196 |
- 44% |
$31,092,418 |
| |
St. Vincent |
|
$712,000 |
- 33% |
$41,895,000 |
| |
Whiplash |
Sony Classics |
$263,708 |
- 25% |
$4,775,219 |
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Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations
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