By Leonard Klady Klady@moviecitynews.com

The Weekend Report

Straight Outta Compton readily retained bragging rights atop the weekend chart with an estimated $26.7 million. That tally helped push Universal to a 2015 gross of more than $2.1 billion, smashing the benchmark set in 2009 by Warner… and that still  leaves four months and seven releases to come for the distrib.

The flipside is that we have entered the period where distribs release “disappointments” to quietly play out the season. Three new films ho-hummed into the fray. Leading the pack in third position was Sinister 2 with $10.6 million followed by Hitman: Agent 47 knocking off $8.1 million and American Ultra blowing smoke at $5.5 million.

In the niches, new Indian imports included Telugu Kick 2 with an okay $232,000 and a dull $76,900 for Hindi All is WellThe Love Affair from the Philippines had a robust start of $677,000. Exclusive debuts were generally dull save for Learning to Drive with $69,200 and Grandma grossing $127,000 from four engagements.

Session revenues slipped to about $108 million, a 28% dip from seven days ago. It was 6% down from the comparable 2014 frame when the fourth weekend of Guardians of the Galaxy led with $17.2 million and memorable newcomers included If I Stay grossing $15.7 million and When the Game Stands Tall with $8.4 million.

The Blumhouse was off the rose of Sinister 2, the followup to 2012’s Sinister . Apart from title similarities the new —an Amityville-like spookshow—hsares little from its inspiration. Opening weekend exit demos were 51% female and 57% aged 25-years and younger.

Hitman: Agent 47 also has antecedents in past glories. But 2007’s Agent 47 Timothy Olyphant moved on for “Justifiable” reasons. Studio exit demos indicated an audience that was 61% male with 60% aged 25-years and older. The film also opened in 20 international territories and rustled up a comparable estimated $8.5 million box office.

American Ultra viewers were 56% male with 65% aged 25-years and older.

The frame also featured expansions of The End of the Tour, Mistress America and The Diary of a Teenage Girl with Mistress America holding up best of the trio.

Despite a summer of a lot of highs, lows and in-betweens, 2015 is on track for record returns thanks to a range of disproportionate successes.

August 14 – 16, 2015
Title Distributor Gross (average) % change Theaters Cume
Straight Outta Compton Uni 26.7 (8.840) -56% 3025 111.5
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation Par 11.8 (3,430) -31% 3442 157.9
Sinister 2 Gramercy 10.6 (3,840) NEW 2766 10.6
Hitman: Agent 47 Fox 8.1 (2,490) NEW 3261 8.1
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. WB 7.4 (2,020) -45% 3673 26.7
American Ultra Lionsgate 5.5 (1,990) NEW 2778 5.5
The Gift STX 4.3 (1,880) -34% 2303 31.1
Ant-Man BV 4.1 (2,040) -25% 2016 164.6
Minions Uni 3.7 (1,660) -28% 2226 319.9
Fantastic Four Fox 3.7 (1,430) -55% 2581 49.7
Vacation WB 3.1 (1,340) -41% 2302 52.3
Ricki and the Flash Sony 3.0 (1,480) -35% 2013 20.2
Trainwreck Uni 2.4 (1,830) -36% 1333 102.4
Pixels Sony 2.2 (1,610) -36% 1349 68.6
Inside Out BV 1.6 (1,980) -20% 821 342.4
Shaun the Sheep Lionsgate 1.5 (880) -49% 1678 14.5
Southpaw Weinstein 1.2 (1,150) -49% 1058 48.1
Jurassic World Uni .94 (1,640) -24% 574 639.6
The Love Affair ABS .68 (9,150) NEW 74 0.68
Mr. Holmes Roadside .57 (1,320) -32% 430 15.3
The End of the Tour A24 .51 (1,440) 26% 355 1.7
Paper Towns Fox .34 (900) -43% 373 31.1
Phoenix IFC/Films We Like .31 (2,770) 47% 111 1.1
San Andreas WB .27 (1,020) -19% 266 153.9
Mistress America Fox Searchlight .24 (7,440) 156% 32 0.37
Kick 2 Classics .23 (2,340) NEW 99 0.35
Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) $103.60
% Change (Last Year) -6%
% Change (Last Week) -28%
Also debuting/expanding
Assassination Well Go .22 (8,540) -24% 26 1.2
Le Mirage Seville .21 (2,920) -19% 73 1.8
Irrational Man Sony Classics .21 (1,140) -48% 185 3.5
Meru Music Box ,17 (5,390) 83% 31 0.26
The Diary of a Teenage Girl Sony Classics .17 (2,510) 62% 69 0.42
Amy A24/Mongrel .15 (1,480) -30% 100 7.6
Grandma Sony Classics .12 (30,320) 4 0.12
The Best of Enemies Magnolia .10 (1,800) -14% 58 0.51
All is Well B4U 76,900 (1,400) 55 0.08
Learning to Drive Broad Green 69,200 (17,300) 4 0.07
Go Away Mr. Tumor China Lion 48,700 (4,060) 3% 12 0.16
Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet Gkids 46,400 (1,930) 29% 24 0.14
She’s Funny That Way Lionsgate 45,600 (1,630) 27 0.05
Le Journal d’un vieil homme Seville 28,300 (3,540) 8 0.03
Digging for Fire Orchard 26,100 (6,530) 4 0.03
Munde Kamaal De Cineworld 18,200 (3,640) 5 0.02
Station to Station Submarine 9,400 (9,400) 1 0.01
Being Evel Gravitas 8,000 (530) 15 0.01
After Words Level 33 6,700 (670) 10 0.01
Some Kind of Beautiful Lionsgate 6,100 (610) 10 0.01
Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery Kimstim 5,900 (2,950) 2 0.01
The Mend Cinelicious 3,400 (3,400) 1 0.01
Domestic Market Share (January 1 – August 20, 2015)
Distributor (releases) Box Office Market Share
Universal (16) 2073.6 28.00%
Buena Vista (12) 1409.5 19.10%
Warner Bros. (22) 1222.7 16.50%
20th Century Fox (16) 742.3 10.00%
Paramount (9) 512.2 6.90%
Sony (10) 304.7 4.10%
Weinstein Co. (14) 240.4 3.20%
Lionsgate (10) 226.8 3.10%
Fox Searchlight (7) 93.1 1.30%
Focus (9) 79.5 1.10%
Relativity (6) 71.7 1.00%
Sony Classics (17) 49.6 0.65%
A24 (7) 44.4 0.60%
Open Road (5) 39.4 0.55%
CBS (1) 34.1 0.50%
Other * (242) 254.3 3.40%
7398.3 100%
* none greater than 0.4%
Top Domestic Grossers (January 1 – August 20, 2015)
Title Distributor Box Office
Jurassic World Uni 638,620,980
Avengers: Age of Ultron BV 457,413,387
Furious 7 Uni 353,125,507
American Sniper * WB 348,797,073
Inside Out BV 340,758,715
Minions Uni 316,255,325
Cinderella BV 201,073,466
Pitch Perfect 2 Uni 184,240,073
Home Fox 177,239,560
Fifty Shades of Grey Uni 166,248,790
SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water Par 163,553,869
Ant-Man BV 160,436,370
San Andreas WB 153,620,454
Mad Max: Fury Road WB 152,795,590
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation Par 146,063,039
Insurgent Lionsgate 130,382,906
Kingsman: The Secret Service Fox 128,261,724
Spy Fox 109,968,676
Trainwreck Uni 99,934,110
Tomorrowland BV 93,019,808
* 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