The preliminary numbers at Deadline confirm the expected: PAN (RatPac-Dune/Warners) is a box office catastrophe in the making. Its $5.2M opening day (which includes $650K from Thursday night) is less than half the first day of Fantastic Four ($11.3M), and although as a family-oriented movie it may bounce back a bit on Saturday (and […]
MINIONS (Illumination/Universal) was expected to enfold the weekend box office in its little yellow fingers, and so it is. Preliminary numbers at Deadline give it a $45M opening day, which appears to be the largest opening in the history of movie animation (the asterisk is because we now consider “Friday” to include Thursday night, […]
The latest underperforming franchise entry is TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: OUT OF THE SHADOWS (Nickelodeon/Movie Media Group/Alibaba/Paramount). Preliminary numbers at Deadline have opening day at $11.6M, down 55% from the $25.6M start for the rebooted TMNT 2 years ago. That suggests a weekend that may not hit $30M, and a US total under $100M. […]
The long holiday movie weekend began without much interest from audiences. OPENINGS: TAMMY (Warners) got underway with a so-so $6.2M, which includes $1.3M from Tuesday night shows. That suggests $32-35M for the 5-day weekend, around $20M of it during the Friday-Sunday period. Considering that both reviews and exit poll responses have been dismal, a […]
Both of the weekend’s major openings cost too much for the amount they’re currently earning. MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN (TSG/20th) has production/marketing costs of $225M+, and preliminary numbers at Deadline have its opening day at roughly $9M (including $1.2M from Thursday night). That suggests a $25-27M weekend, which would be an even […]
In its time of need, Hollywood looked to Pixar for salvation, and FINDING DORY (Pixar/Disney) is delivering. According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, its opening day was $53M (including $9.2M from Thursday evening), more than any animated film has ever made in a single day, ahead of the $47.1M that Shrek The Third earned […]
GET OUT (Blumhouse/Universal) is the latest hit from the prolific low-budget horror production company that still has Split in the market, off to a fast start according to preliminary numbers at Deadline with $10.5M on Friday (including $1.8M from Thursday night). Unlike most titles in the genre, Get Out also boasts terrific reviews (an […]
THE MEG (Gravity/Warners) appears to be having the opposite box office experience from what we’ve come to associate with US/China action movies. In the US, it’s overperforming, perhaps helped by a calendar slot a week after Discovery’s yearly Shark Week: preliminary numbers at Deadline estimate opening day at $16.5M ($4M from Thursday night), which […]