Weekend Wrap-Up
No Surprises Again at the Box Office; Hart, Affleck Mediocre
By John Hamann
October 16, 2016
The Magnificent Seven is seventh in its fourth weekend, having now been passed by Storks. The Denzel Washington film earned another $5.2 million and fell 42% this time around. The $90 million film is another film struggling, as it has a domestic take of $84.8 million and overseas gross of just about $60 million.
Eighth is Middle School: The Worst Years, a YA adaptation that debuted last weekend to $6.9 million. This small film (made for less than $10 million) held quite well, dropping 38% compared to its opening. So, given the small budget and good hold, Lionsgate may actually have a film that makes money stateside (I’ll give you a second to fathom that). The domestic tally for Middle School: The Worst Years has hit $13.8 million.
Ninth is Sully, the only true hit of the fall. Now in its sixth weekend, Sully pulled in another $2.9 million and dropped 41%. The total has risen to $118.4 million domestically against its $60 million budget, and the film has added another $55 million in overseas sales.
Tenth goes to Oscar hopeful Birth of a Nation, but it is struggling at the box office, given the history of actor/director Nate Parker. After debuting to $7 million last weekend, the bottom falls out this weekend, with Birth earning only $2.7 million and dropping 61%. That’s not supposed to happen with type of film, and now it has a gross to date of $12.2 million.
There was another film opening this weekend – on more than 2,000 screens to boot – and pretty much no one knows it's occurring. Max Steel, which is a co-production with Mattel, opened to only $2.2 million from 2,034 screens for Open Road Films, and is destined to be either a drinking game or hard-to-get trivia question. Max Steel becomes the fourth film released in the past two years to join the top ten worst openings for a film released on more than 2,000 screens. Way to go!
Overall this weekend, the badness continues. The top 12 films earned only $88.5 million, well short of last year’s $111.6 million, when Goosebumps led. Next weekend brings lots of product, but a hit out of this batch might be a stretch. Tom Cruise opens Jack Reacher 2, but the original only opened to $15.2 million. We also will see Ouija 2: Origin of Evil, which has at least had an interesting campaign. Fox opens Keeping Up With the Joneses, and Madea is back in Boo! A Madea Halloween. Sounds like something for everyone, I guess.
1 |
The Accountant |
Warner Bros. |
$24,715,000 |
New |
$24,715,000 |
2 |
Kevin Hart: What Now? |
Universal |
$11,984,000 |
New |
$11,984,000 |
3 |
The Girl On the Train |
Universal |
$11,974,000 |
- 51% |
$46,558,000 |
4 |
Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children |
Fox |
$8,900,000 |
- 41% |
$65,832,000 |
5 |
Deepwater Horizon |
Lionsgate |
$6,350,000 |
- 45% |
$49,335,332 |
6 |
Storks |
Warner Bros. |
$5,600,000 |
- 32% |
$59,144,000 |
7 |
The Magnificent Seven |
Sony |
$5,200,000 |
- 42% |
$84,828,000 |
8 |
Middle School: the Worst Years of My Life |
Lionsgate |
$4,250,000 |
- 38% |
$13,760,795 |
9 |
Sully |
Warner Bros. |
$2,960,000 |
- 41% |
$118,372,000 |
10 |
The Birth of a Nation |
FOX SEARCHLIGHT |
$2,715,000 |
- 61% |
$12,243,000 |
11 |
Max Steel |
Open Road Films |
$2,163,720 |
New |
$2,163,720 |
12 |
Masterminds |
Relativity |
$1,700,000 |
- 58% |
$16,211,406 |
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Also Opening/Notables |
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Priceless |
Samuel Goldwyn Films |
$675,000 |
New |
$675,000 |
|
Desierto |
Stx |
$450,000 |
New |
$450,000 |
|
Certain Women |
IFC Films |
$65,000 |
New |
$65,000 |
|
Miss Hokusai |
Gkids |
$25,042 |
New |
$25,042 |
|
Newtown |
Abramorama |
$2,240 |
- 67% |
$12,840 |
|
Denial |
Bleecker Street |
$398,241 |
+ 82% |
$839,731 |
|
American Honey |
A24 |
$142,263 |
+ 83% |
$362,430 |
|
The Queen of Katwe |
Disney |
$855,000 |
- 47% |
$7,009,424 |
|
Suicide Squad |
Universal |
$720,000 |
- 36% |
$323,681,000 |
Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations
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