Weekend Wrap-Up
Panda 3 Tops Box Office; Finest Hours Not Seaworthy
By John Hamann
January 31, 2016
Of last weekend's opening films, The Fifth Wave performs the worst during this frame. The Chloƫ Grace Moretz film earned $7 million in its sophomore frame, dropping 32% compared to last weekend. This one has not caught on but has a $45 million gross to date from overseas theaters, which will lessen the impact on its $38 million budget. Domestically, The Fifth Wave earned only $20.2 million.
Opener Fifty Shades of Black does not come close to where Fifty Shades of Grey started, or even 10% of that film's $85 million plus debut. Instead, the Wayans parody flopped, earning only $6.2 million over its debut frame. It was supposed to open between $10 and $11 million, but it missed that target significantly. The good news for Open Road Films is that this dreck cost only $5 million to make, so if it can limp to $15 million stateside, the financial pain from this C Cinemascore earner shouldn't be too bad.
13 Hours: The Secret Story of Benghazi finishes 10th this but also sees an okay hold versus last weekend. The Michael Bay film earned $6 million in its third frame, and was off a not terrible 34% compared to last weekend. Will Bay eke out a victory on 13 Hours with its $50 million budget? No way - it has earned only $42.6 million since opening, but has yet to open overseas. Given its subject matter, it will likely struggle to succeed in international venues.
Finishing outside the top ten is Jane Got A Gun, which finally sees the light of day this weekend, albeit on only 1,210 screens. The Natalie Portman starrer, which saw at least a half-dozen stops and starts as numerous players and crafts people came in and out, earned only $803,000 this weekend, giving it a venue average of $664. It cost $25 million to make.
Overall, the box office was up compared to last year as 2016 is proving resilient versus last year's American Sniper start to the year. This weekend, the top 12 films earned $123.5 million, up from last year, when Sniper led the top 12 to $102 million as three openers flailed. Next weekend brings the Super Bowl, so our choices are a bit different. Openers include Hail Caesar, the new film from the Coen Brothers, a film from the Nicolas Sparks factory called The Choice, and the horror flick Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, which has more zombie action than sense and sensibility.
1 |
Kung Fu Panda 3 |
Fox |
$41,000,000 |
New |
$41,000,000 |
2 |
The Revenant |
Fox |
$12,400,000 |
- 23% |
$138,171,000 |
3 |
Star Wars: the Force Awakens |
Disney |
$10,782,000 |
- 23% |
$895,426,000 |
4 |
The Finest Hours |
Disney |
$10,327,000 |
New |
$10,327,000 |
5 |
Ride Along 2 |
Universal |
$8,345,520 |
- 33% |
$70,775,210 |
6 |
The Boy |
Stx Entertainment |
$7,894,000 |
- 27% |
$21,527,916 |
7 |
Dirty Grandpa |
Lionsgate |
$7,575,000 |
- 32% |
$22,821,010 |
8 |
The 5th Wave |
Sony |
$7,000,000 |
- 32% |
$20,200,000 |
9 |
Fifty Shades of Black |
Open Road Films |
$6,186,648 |
New |
$6,186,648 |
10 |
13 Hours: the Secret Soldiers of Benghazi |
Paramount |
$6,000,000 |
- 34% |
$42,574,000 |
11 |
Daddy's Home |
Paramount |
$3,025,000 |
- 39% |
$143,005,000 |
12 |
The Big Short |
Paramount |
$3,000,000 |
- 6% |
$60,900,000 |
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Also Opening/Notables |
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Jane Got a Gun |
Weinstein Co. |
$803,000 |
New |
$803,000 |
|
2016 Oscar Nominated Short Films |
Shorts |
$505,000 |
New |
$505,000 |
|
Lazer Team |
Rooster Teeth |
$114,950 |
New |
$1,123,697 |
|
Rabin, the Last Day |
Kino Lorber |
$7,854 |
New |
$7,854 |
|
Ip Man 3 |
Wells Fargo Usa |
$503,200 |
- 36% |
$1,622,565 |
|
Aferim! |
Big World Pictures |
$18,714 |
+ 18% |
$45,692 |
|
Norm of the North |
Lionsgate |
$925,000 |
- 76% |
$15,917,517 |
|
The Lady In the Van |
Sony Classics |
$321,972 |
+ 84% |
$743,205 |
|
Anomalisa |
Paramount |
$355,000 |
- 3% |
$1,932,000 |
|
Son of Saul |
Sony Classics |
$168,175 |
+ 83% |
$720,006 |
|
Carol |
Weinstein Co. |
$425,000 |
- 34% |
$11,392,245 |
|
Brooklyn |
FOX SEARCHLIGHT |
$1,715,000 |
+ 0% |
$30,386,000 |
|
Spotlight |
Open Road Films |
$1,120,319 |
- 12% |
$34,686,107 |
|
Room |
A24 |
$1,217,940 |
- 9% |
$9,882,725 |
|
The Martian |
Fox |
$210,000 |
- 25% |
$227,936,000 |
Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations
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