Weekend Wrap-Up
Memorial Day Top Two Net Soft $73 million at the Box Office
By John Hamann
May 29, 2016
Love & Friendship, the small, historic comedy-drama from Whit Stillman expanded from 47 screens last weekend to 493 this weekend, and enters the top ten because of it. Love & Friendship managed a weekend take of $2.5 million, giving it a venue average of $5,063. This small, $3 million film now has a domestic gross of $3.5 million and has yet to open overseas.
Tenth is Zootopia, as the 13-weekend-old Disney earner could not be pushed out of the top ten this Memorial Day weekend. Zootopia earned another $831,000 and dropped 51%. This is likely Zootopia’s last weekend in the top ten, and it leaves us with a massive gross to date of $335.9 million.
The Darkness, this month’s disposable horror film, is 11th. This weekend, The Darkness earned $750,000 and fell 67% compared to last weekend. The $4 million film has now earned $10 million.
Finally, A24’s The Lobster finishes twelfth. This odd, festival-embraced film earned $750 thousand, after expanding from 24 theatres last weekend to 116 theatres this weekend. The Colin Farrell release has pulled in just under $10 million stateside.
Overall this Memorial Day Weekend, the box office improved a little over last year, but that’s not saying much as last year Tomorrowland flopped, leading the box office with only a $33 million opening weekend. The box office was lucky last year, as films like Pitch Perfect 2, Mad Max: Fury Road and Avengers: Age of Ultron provided the openers some much needed support, and drove the top 12 to $147.5 million. This year, the top 12 films earned $158.4 million. Next weekend, three new releases hit screens: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows opens, as does Andy Samberg’s Popstar: Never Stop Stopping, and Me Before You, the latest dying teen drama.
| 1 |
X0men: Apocalypse |
Fox |
$65,000,000 |
New |
$65,000,000 |
| 2 |
Alice Through the Looking Glass |
Disney |
$28,112,000 |
New |
$28,112,000 |
| 3 |
The Angry Birds Movie |
Sony |
$18,700,000 |
- 51% |
$66,000,000 |
| 4 |
Captain America: Civil War |
Disney |
$15,135,000 |
- 54% |
$372,600,000 |
| 5 |
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising |
Universal |
$9,100,000 |
- 58% |
$38,350,000 |
| 6 |
The Jungle Book |
Disney |
$6,967,000 |
- 36% |
$338,500,000 |
| 7 |
The Nice Guys |
WARNER BROS. |
$6,370,000 |
- 43% |
$21,750,000 |
| 8 |
Money Monster |
Sony |
$4,250,000 |
- 39% |
$33,900,000 |
| 9 |
Love & Friendship |
Roadside Attractions |
$2,496,000 |
+ 346% |
$3,489,000 |
| 10 |
Zootopia |
Disney |
$831,000 |
- 51% |
$336,000,000 |
| 11 |
The Darkness |
Dimension Films |
$750,000 |
- 67% |
$9,850,000 |
| 12 |
The Lobster |
A24 |
$725,092 |
+ 82% |
$1,540,000 |
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Also Opening/Notables |
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Weiner |
IFC Films |
$164,970 |
+ 93% |
$295,000 |
| |
Maggie's Plan |
Sony Classics |
$105,387 |
+ 66% |
$193,865 |
| |
Ma Ma |
Oscilloscope |
$16,000 |
+ 69% |
$26,000 |
| |
A Bigger Splash |
FOX SEARCHLIGHT |
$400,000 |
+ 22% |
$1,320,000 |
| |
The Meddler |
Sony Classics |
$541,515 |
- 31% |
$2,984,733 |
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Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations
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