By Leonard Klady Klady@moviecitynews.com

The Weekend Report

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation handily vanquished the opposition with an estimated opening salvo of $55.6 million. Vacation, the session’s other wide release, trailed in second place with $14.7 million.

Exclusive newcomers included two docs that drew well. The Buckley-Vidal match up Best of Enemies grossed $60,500 at five theaters while the solo rumination Listen to Me Marlon (Brando) netted $27,000 from two playdates. However the big noise was the true life flashback The End of the Tour with a $122,000 box office from four screens. Mr. Holmes continued its slow rollout, holding well with a current deduction of $2.3 million.

In the niches, new Indian movies saw a strong bow of $312,000 for Punjabi Angrej and an OK start for Hindi Drishyam of $249,000. Nonfiction A Lego Brickumentary proved unconstructive with $40,100 at 94 venues.

Revenues for the frame were just shy of $150 million for a 3% rollback from the immediate prior weekend. It also took a 23% dive from 2014 when the debut of Guardians of the Galaxy exploded with $94.3 million and newcomer Get On Up was not so hard working with $13.6 million.

Tracking anticipated about a $50 million opening for the fifth incarnation of the big screen Mission: Impossible. Since its stewardship with Bad Robot the franchise has acquired new vigor with the current incarnation receiving some of its best reviews. The opening weekend crowd was 62% male with a rather surprising 81% aged 25-years and older. It could prove a fast burn if it doesn’t expand its audience in the coming weeks.

Rogue Nation opened day-and-date in 40 foreign climes to an estimated $65 million. Among the top territory revenue generators were South Korea with $17.1 million, UK grossing $8.7 million and $5.1 million in Mexico.

An even older retread Vacation (sans National Lampoon) has been AWOL since 1997. Its reboot jumps forward with the now adult Griswold son Rusty taking the reins. Early tracking suggested an opening weekend of about $20 million. The film skewed female at 53% and was 64% aged 25-years plus that indicates it’s not quite finding a new generation of viewers.

Weekend (estimates) July 31 – August 2, 2015
Title Distributor Gross (avg) % chng Thtrs Cume
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation Par 55.6 (14,060) NEW 3956 55.6
Vacation WB 14.7 (4,300) NEW 3411 21
Ant-Man BV 12.7 (3,810) -49% 3322 132.2
Minions Uni 12.1 (3,390) -47% 3575 287.3
Pixels Sony 10.3 (2,770) -57% 3723 45.5
Trainwreck Uni 9.7 (3,270) -44% 2960 79.7
Southpaw Lionsgate 7.4 (2,660) -56% 2772 31.4
Paper Towns Fox 4.6 (1,510) -64% 3031 23.8
Inside Out BV 4.5 (2,360) -39% 1904 329.6
Jurassic World Uni 3.7 (1,960) -48% 1912 631.4
Mr. Holmes Roadside 2.3 (2,590) -18% 901 10.3
Terminator Genysis Par .90 (1,220) -63% 736 87.7
Bajrangi Bhaijaan Eros .69 (3,910) -58% 177 6.9
Magic Mike XXL WB .65 (1,160) -65% 565 64.8
Irrational Man Sony Classics .51 (3,760) 99% 135 1.1
Ted 2 Uni .47 (930) -52% 505 80.5
Amy A24/Mongrel .43 (1,750) -41% 245 6.4
Spy Fox .38 (1,020) -50% 375 108.8
The Gallows WB .35 (960) -71% 363 22.2
Angrej PVS .31 (7,610) NEW 41 0.31
The Vatican Tapes Lionsgate .31 (720) -63% 427 1.5
Mad Max: Fury Road WB .28 (920) -33% 302 152.2
Max WB .27 (770) -65% 348 40.5
Drishyam B4U .25 (2,620) NEW 95 0.25
Baahubali Blue Sky .24 (2,130) -66% 114 8.8
San Andreas WB .24 (1,150) -29% 206 152.3
Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) $140.35
% Change (Last Year) -23%
% Change (Last Week) -5%
Also debuting/expanding
The End of the Tour A24 .12 (30,500) 4 0.12
The Stanford Prison Experiment IFC .12 (1,460) 100% 79 0.26
Pancake Man Media Asia .11 (5,890) -59% 19 0.53
Infinitely Polar Bear Sony Classics .11 (990) 0% 110 1.1
Love and Mercy Roadside Attract/eOne 85,600 (830) -36% 103 12.2
Tangerine Magnolia 61,300 (1,860) -33% 33 0.41
The Best of Enemies Magnolia 60,500 (12,100) 5 0.06
Testament of Youth Sony Classics 44,300 (790) -51% 56 1.6
A Lego Brickumentary Weinstein Co. 40,100 (430) 94 0.04
Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet Weinstein Co. 28,300 (280) 100 0.03
Listen to Me Marlon Showtime 27,900 (13,950) 2 0.03
Wild City Well Go 15,600 (1,560) 10 0.02
Orange Mittai Prime Media 10,200 (570) 18 0.01
The Kindergarten Teacher Kino 9,800 (4,900) 2 0.01
I Am Chris Farley Virgil 8,100 (1,350) 6 0.01
Paulo Coelho’s Best Story Music Box 5,300 (1,320) 4 0.01
Counting Cinema Guild 4,500 (4,500) 1 0.01
Extinction Vertical 4,200 (220) 19 0.01
Two Step Traverse Media 2,700 (2,700) 1 0.01
Domestic Market Share (January 1 – July 30, 2015)
Distributor (releases) Box Office Market Share
Universal (15) 1905.2 28.20%
Buena Vista (12) 1351.2 20.00%
Warner Bros. (21) 1153.6 17.10%
20th Century Fox (15) 682.7 10.10%
Paramount (9) 367.9 5.50%
Sony (9) 256.1 3.80%
Weinstein Co. (13) 217.4 3.20%
Lionsgate (9) 214.7 3.20%
Fox Searchlight (6) 92.7 1.40%
Focus (8) 79.1 1.20%
Relativity (6) 71.7 1.10%
Sony Classics (15) 46.1 0.70%
A24 (5) 41.8 0.60%
Open Road (5) 39.2 0.60%
CBS (1) 34.1 0.50%
Other * (219) 194 2.90%
6747.5 100%
* none greater than 0.35%
Top Limited Grossers (January 1 – July 30, 2015) *
Title Distributor Box Office
Love & Mercy Roadside Attract/eOne 12,128,402
Baahubali Blue Sky 8,539,058
Mr. Holmes Roadside Attractions 7,971,379
While We’re Young A24/Elevation 7,590,951
Whiplash * Sony Classics 7,543,077
I’ll See You in My Dreams Bleecker St/Elevation 7,139,518
Inherent Vice * WB 7,025,247
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Fox Searchlight 6,517,140
Bajrangi Bhaijaan Eros 6,264,394
Amy A24/Mongrel 5,991,512
Danny Collins Bleecker Street/Elevation 5,649,253
Foxcatcher * Sony Classics 5,399,596
True Story Fox Searchlight 4,719,695
The Water Diviner WB/eOne 4,208,228
What We Do in the Shadows Paladin/VSC 3,726,375
A La Mala Lionsgate 3,661,925
Spare Parts Lionsgate 3,645,983
Mr. Turner * Sony Classics 3,524,452
Wild Tales Sony Classics 3,109,030
Dil Dhadakne Do Eros 3,079,868
* does not include 2014 box office
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Leonard Klady's Friday Estimates
Friday Screens % Chg Cume
Title Gross Thtr % Chgn Cume
Venom 33 4250 NEW 33
A Star is Born 15.7 3686 NEW 15.7
Smallfoot 3.5 4131 -46% 31.3
Night School 3.5 3019 -63% 37.9
The House Wirh a Clock in its Walls 1.8 3463 -43% 49.5
A Simple Favor 1 2408 -50% 46.6
The Nun 0.75 2264 -52% 111.5
Hell Fest 0.6 2297 -70% 7.4
Crazy Rich Asians 0.6 1466 -51% 167.6
The Predator 0.25 1643 -77% 49.3
Also Debuting
The Hate U Give 0.17 36
Shine 85,600 609
Exes Baggage 75,900 62
NOTA 71,300 138
96 61,600 62
Andhadhun 55,000 54
Afsar 45,400 33
Project Gutenberg 36,000 17
Love Yatri 22,300 41
Hello, Mrs. Money 22,200 37
Studio 54 5,300 1
Loving Pablo 4,200 15
3-Day Estimates Weekend % Chg Cume
No Good Dead 24.4 (11,230) NEW 24.4
Dolphin Tale 2 16.6 (4,540) NEW 16.6
Guardians of the Galaxy 7.9 (2,550) -23% 305.8
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4.8 (1,630) -26% 181.1
The Drop 4.4 (5,480) NEW 4.4
Let's Be Cops 4.3 (1,570) -22% 73
If I Stay 4.0 (1,320) -28% 44.9
The November Man 2.8 (1,030) -36% 22.5
The Giver 2.5 (1,120) -26% 41.2
The Hundred-Foot Journey 2.5 (1,270) -21% 49.4