Weekend Wrap-Up
Furious 7 Races to Records at Hot Weekend Box Office
By John Hamann
April 5, 2015
The weekend take for Home came in at $27.4 million, off 47% compared to its $52.1 million opening frame. This is a decent but not spectacular hold for Home, bringing the total for the kids flick up to $95.6 million on the domestic side. The overseas take is going to bail Home and its $130 million price tag out, as it appears the domestic gross is going to tap out around $170 million. Should the animated flick make it to $200 million, it will need at least the same amount overseas to avoid a DWA markdown Heading into the weekend, Home has already picked up $50 million on the overseas side.
Get Hard drops to third this weekend as Furious 7’s unexpected dominance wipes out the comedy with the similar demographic. After opening to $33.8 million last weekend, Get Hard gets soft, as it is only able to find $12.9 million, good for a decline of 62%. The Warner Bros. release cost only $40 million to make; however, it likely carries a large marketing budget due to the campaign levied prior to release. Given the debut, Get Hard should still see an $85 million domestic finish, and then only $30 million or so overseas will get Warner Bros. into the black. So far, Get Hard has picked up $57 million on the domestic side.
Fourth is Cinderella, as the Disney princess rises above Insurgent. Cinderella earned $10.3 million in its fourth weekend, off an improved 40% compared to last weekend, and better than the 49% and 51% drops it has seen over the last few weekends. What it has lost in legs it is certainly making up for overseas, as the Disney release has picked up about $230 million to go with its $167.3 million domestic take.
Fifth is Insurgent, which continues to trail the original, Divergent. In its third weekend, Insurgent took in another $10 million, off 54% from last weekend’s $21.5 million take. Divergent earned $25.6 million in its second weekend and $13 million in its third, giving it $114 million after three weekends of release. Insurgent has pulled in $103.4 million stateside, and looks like it will finish with about $130 million, or about $20 million less than that of the original. That amount will easily be made up overseas, as Divergent tallied only $137.8 million overseas, where the sequel Insurgent already has $120 million.
The rest of the top ten is barely worth mentioning. It Follows managed a sixth place finish, and despite Radius-TWC adding another 437 theaters, the horror title could not keep pace with last weekend. The critically-acclaimed, micro-budgeted release earned $2.5 million, down 35% compared to last weekend despite the uptick in screens. The budget has been reported at $2 million (which seems high), and the film has a gross so far of $8.5 million.
Seventh goes to Woman in Gold, the new film out in limited release from The Weinstein Company. This Helen Mirren/Ryan Reynolds release earned only $2 million, but did it from only 258 venues. It picked up an okay venue average of $7,767, but its 49% fresh rating likely won’t take it much higher than that.
Eighth is Kingman: The Secret Service, which is in its eighth weekend. Kingsman earned another $1.7 million, off 43% compared to last weekend. It brought its domestic total up to $122.3 million, and its worldwide gross has crossed the $330 million mark, which means it has earned more than four times its $81 million budget worldwide.
Ninth is the faith-based drama, Do You Believe?, which is still struggling to reach $10 million despite several weekends of wide release. This weekend, the drama earned $1.5 million, dipping 35% compared to last weekend. The Pure Flix release has a take so far of $9.8 million.
Finally in tenth is The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, which despite not tearing the cover off the box office, has seen some real success due to a moderate budget. This weekend, the Dev Patel starrer took in $1 million, off 53%, but brought its domestic take up to $30.1 million. Overseas, it has earned another $40 million, so this sequel that cost only $10 million to make has quietly done quite well.
Overall, thanks to the bruising dominance of Furious 7 and some impressive holdovers, the top 12 joins the top ten biggest top 12’s of all time. The top 12 earned $214.2 million. A year ago, when Captain America: The Winter Soldier opened to $95 million, the top 12 earned $158.9 million. Next weekend, the only opener is The Longest Ride, and as it is a Nicolas Sparks’ adaption, is likely not very good.
1 |
Furious 7 |
Universal |
$143,623,480 |
New |
$143,623,480 |
2 |
Home |
|
$27,400,000 |
- 47% |
$95,620,000 |
3 |
Get Hard |
WARNER BROS. |
$12,925,000 |
- 62% |
$57,004,000 |
4 |
Cinderella |
Disney |
$10,289,000 |
- 40% |
$167,251,000 |
5 |
Insurgent |
Lionsgate |
$10,000,000 |
- 54% |
$103,384,814 |
6 |
It Follows |
Radius/TWC |
$2,465,000 |
- 35% |
$8,541,000 |
7 |
Woman In Gold |
Weinstein Co. |
$2,004,000 |
New |
$2,099,751 |
8 |
Kingsman: the Secret Service |
Fox |
$1,700,000 |
- 43% |
$122,260,000 |
9 |
Do You Believe? |
Pure Flix Entertainment |
$1,500,000 |
- 35% |
$9,810,813 |
10 |
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel |
FOX SEARCHLIGHT |
$1,000,000 |
- 53% |
$30,059,000 |
11 |
American Sniper |
WARNER BROS. |
$625,000 |
- 29% |
$346,383,000 |
12 |
Run All Night |
WARNER BROS. |
$615,000 |
- 72% |
$25,278,000 |
|
Also Opening/Notables |
|
David And Goliath |
Riverrain/ripple Effect |
$161,302 |
New |
$161,302 |
|
Lambert & Stamp |
Sony Classics |
$13,487 |
New |
$13,487 |
|
While We're Young |
A24 |
$492,976 |
+ 117% |
$791,450 |
|
Salt of the Earth |
Sony Classics |
$65,297 |
+ 53% |
$137,496 |
|
Merchants of Doubt |
Sony Classics |
$20,156 |
- 44% |
$192,362 |
|
Focus |
Paramount Classics |
$430,000 |
- 67% |
$52,806,000 |
|
Wild Tales |
Sony Classics |
$224,728 |
- 23% |
$1,934,727 |
Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations
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