Weekend Wrap-Up
Warring Apes and Spider-Man Try To Keep Summer Streak Alive
By John Hamann
July 16, 2017
Despicable Me 3 finishes third and has a much better hold than its 53% drop last weekend. This weekend, Gru and family earned $18.9 million, giving it a better decline of 44%. The Universal/Illumination product's domestic total to $188 million, while the overseas number has hit $431 million – all against that puny $80 million budget.
Fourth is Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, which is having a great run. Baby earned another $8.8 million and fell 33%. The $34 million Sony release has now earned $73.2 million stateside and $22 million overseas.
Fifth is The Big Sick, and after expanding from a tiny 326 venues to a comparatively massive 2,597, tracking was looking for the indie dramedy to potentially crack $10 million this weekend. It must have been a little under the weather, as it did not come close, earning $7.6 million, giving it an increase over last weekend of 113% (but keep in mind the venue count change). Lionsgate is distributing for Amazon, which picked up The Big Sick at last year's Sundance Festival for $12 million. This deal is similar to the one Amazon did last year for Manchester by the Sea, which became Roadside Attractions' biggest hit after Amazon paid $10 million for the rights. Currently against that $12 million investment, The Big Sick has earned $16 million at domestic cinemas, and could stick around for a while.
Wonder Woman is sixth, despite being in its seventh weekend of release. This time around, the Warner Bros./DC Comics release earned $6.9 million and dropped 30%. The Gal Gadot starrer has earned $380.7 million domestically and is sneaking up on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, which has about about $387 million in domestic sales. Overseas, Wonder Woman has matched its domestic gross, and has a worldwide cume of $765 million.
Broad Green's Wish Upon flopped this weekend, earning only $5.6 million over three days. The $12 million film's 20% fresh rating tells it all, as does the C Cinemascore. Avoid at all costs.
Cars 3 is eighth, earning $3.2 million this weekend. That's a decline of 41% for the Pixar release, and the second lowest earner ever for the Pixar brand now has a sad $140 million. Ninth is Transformers: Made For China, which picked up another $2.8 million and fell 56%. Domestically this one has $124.9 million, and is easily being out-grossed by China alone, which has $220 million plus in ticket sales.
Tenth is the Will Ferrell miss The House. The comedy earned $1.8 million and fell a woeful 62%. Its domestic total is an embarrassing $23.1 million. Overall, what looked like it could be a breakout frame wasn't, and the box office will have to look again to next weekend for some hoped for improvement. This year, the top 12 earned $159.4 million which isn't bad. Last year, The Secret Life of Pets' second weekend was enough to give the top 12 $155.4 million, as the Ghostbusters reboot held it from breaking out. Next weekend again could provide a spark: Luc Besson's Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets opens, as does Chris Nolan's massive Dunkirk, and the well-reviewed Girls Trip, a comedy with Queen Latifah and Jada Pinkett-Smith.
Top Ten for Weekend of July 14-16, 2017
|
Rank |
Film |
Distributor |
Estimated Gross (millions) |
Weekly Change |
Running Total (millions) |
1
|
War for the Planet of the Apes
|
20th Century Fox
|
56.5
|
New
|
56.5
|
2
|
Spider-Man: Homecoming
|
Sony
|
45.2
|
-61%
|
208.3
|
3
|
Despicable Me 3
|
Universal
|
18.9
|
-44%
|
188.0
|
4
|
Baby Driver
|
TriStar
|
8.8
|
-33%
|
73.2
|
5
|
The Big Sick
|
Lionsgate
|
7.6
|
+113%
|
16.0
|
6
|
Wonder Woman
|
Warner Bros.
|
6.9
|
-30%
|
380.7
|
7
|
Wish Upon
|
Broad Green
|
5.6
|
New
|
5.6
|
8
|
Cars 3
|
Walt Disney Co.
|
3.2
|
-41%
|
140.0
|
9
|
Transformers: The Last Knight
|
Paramount
|
2.8
|
-56%
|
124.9
|
10
|
The House
|
Warner Bros.
|
1.8
|
-62%
|
23.1
|
11
|
47 Meters Down
|
Entertainment Studios
|
1.2
|
-55%
|
41.2
|
12
|
The Beguiled
|
Focus
|
.9
|
-55%
|
9.4
|
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