By Leonard Klady Klady@moviecitynews.com
The Weekend Report
There was nothing alien about America’s most popular movies as The Martian stayed on red ground with an estimated $11.5 million.
It was the lowest grossing weekend for 2015 movies. Burnt was crispest of the brunch with $5 million in fifth place. The political follies of Our Brand is Crisis begged for a recall with $3.4 million and Scout’s Guide to the Zombie Apocalype was (un)dead at $1.7 million.
Exclusive newcomers provided a couple of bright spots including stereoerotic Love with $29,600 at two dimensions and potent testimony of $198,000 for China’s The Witness at 40 sites. Slow rollouts for Room and Suffragette maintained initial momentum.
Weekend revenues struggled to about $70 million and a 33% plunge from seven days earlier. It was also 26% off the 2014 session when the second weekend of Ouija edged out the debut of Nightcrawler by $300,000 with a $10.7 million gross. Domestic revenues for the year passed $9 billion on Sunday about two weeks ahead of last year and 2015 is currently a bit more than 4% ahead on the prior year’s pace.
Expectations were admittedly low for the trio of new releases with none posing a threat to the likes of Martian, Goosebumps or Bridge of Spies. Nonetheless industry tracking indicated debuts for the freshmen would be 60% to 80% better. The new crop faced strong competition against the World Series and trick or treating. Studio exit polls had Crisis tilting 56% female and Zombie Apocalypse 55% male. The former had an audience that was 84% aged 35 years old and older while the younger trender was 61% aged 25 years and above.
| Weekend (estimates) October 30 – November 1, 2015 | |||||
| Title | Distributor | Gross (average) | % change * | Theaters | Cume |
| The Martian | Fox | 11.5 (3,560) | -27% | 3218 | 182.9 |
| Goosebumps | Sony | 9.9 (2,740) | -36% | 3618 | 56.8 |
| Bridge of Spies | BV | 8.4 (2,930) | -26% | 2873 | 45.6 |
| Hotel Transylvania | Sony | 5.7 (1,920) | -36% | 2962 | 155.9 |
| Burnt | Weinstein Co. | 5.0 (1,670) | NEW | 3003 | 5 |
| The Last Witch Hunter | Lionsgate | 4.8 (1,550) | -56% | 3082 | 18.6 |
| Paranormal Activity: Ghost Dimension | Par | 3.4 (2,230) | -58% | 1530 | 13.5 |
| Our Brand is Crisis | WB | 3.4 (1,540) | NEW | 2202 | 3.4 |
| Crimson Peak | Uni | 3.1 (1,460) | -45% | 2112 | 27.7 |
| Steve Jobs | Uni | 2.6 (1,030) | -64% | 2493 | 14.5 |
| The Intern | WB | 2.4 (1,590) | -36% | 1521 | 68.6 |
| Scout’s Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse | Par | 1.7 (1,150) | NEW | 1509 | 1.7 |
| Sicario | Lionsgate | 1.6 (1,530) | -42% | 1073 | 42 |
| Woodlawn | Pure Flix | 1.6 (1,300) | -36% | 1255 | 10.6 |
| Pan | WB | 1.1 (930) | -59% | 1158 | 31.7 |
| Truth | Sony Classics | .88 (780) | 706% | 1122 | 1.1 |
| Maze Runner: Scorch Trials | Fox | .77 (1,150) | -46% | 671 | 78.8 |
| The Visit | Uni | .38 (930) | -29% | 412 | 64.4 |
| Everest | Uni | .32 (1,069) | -42% | 302 | 42.3 |
| Rock the Kasbah | Open Road/VVS | .31 (150) | -79% | 2012 | 2.4 |
| War Room | Sony/Tricord | .29 (850) | -41% | 345 | 66.8 |
| Jem and the Holograms | Uni | .29 (120) | -79% | 2417 | 1.9 |
| Room | A24 | .28 (5,670) | 11% | 49 | 0.77 |
| Black Mass | WB | .27 (880) | -53% | 307 | 61.8 |
| Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) | $67.85 | ||||
| % Change (Last Year) | -26% | ||||
| % Change (Last Week) | -33% | ||||
| Also debuting/expanding | |||||
| The Witness | China Lion | .20 (49,520) | 40 | 0.2 | |
| Felix Manalo | ABS | .18 (3,380) | 53 | 0.18 | |
| Suffragette | Focus | .15 (6,710) | 103% | 23 | 0.25 |
| Remember | eOne | .10 (2.660) | -13% | 38 | 0.24 |
| The Assassin | Well Go | 79,200 (1,980) | 25% | 40 | 0.24 |
| Carter High | Play Now | 78,400 (3,920) | 20 | 0.08 | |
| Meet the Patels | Alchemy | 73,800 (1,290) | -37% | 57 | 1.4 |
| Goodbye Mr. Loser | China Lion | 66,300 (2,880) | -47% | 23 | 1.2 |
| Labyrinth of Lies | Sony Classics | 62,700 (1,280) | -34% | 49 | 0.44 |
| Freaks of Nature | Sony | 40,200 (380) | 107 | 0.04 | |
| Love | Alchemy | 29,600 (14,800) | 2 | 0.03 | |
| Dancin’ It’s On | Medallion | 23,900 (130) | 189 | 0.02 | |
| General Luna | Abramorama | 16,100 (5,370) | 3 | 0.02 | |
| The Armor of Light | Fork | 8,300 (350) | 24 | 0.01 | |
| Sher | Nascent | 7,400 (120) | 61 | 0.01 | |
| Flowers | Music Box | 6,500 (6,500) | 1 | 0.01 | |
| The Wonders | Oscilloscope | 5,100 (5,100) | 1 | 0.01 | |
| Domestic Market Share (January 1 – October 29, 2015) * | |||||
| Distributor (releases) | Box Office | Market Share | |||
| Universal (21) | 2336.7 | 26.10% | |||
| Buena Vista (13) | 1482.1 | 16.60% | |||
| Warner Bros. (26) | 1425.1 | 15.90% | |||
| 20th Century Fox (19) | 1026.7 | 11.50% | |||
| Sony (16) | 655.4 | 7.30% | |||
| Paramount (11) | 574.8 | 6.40% | |||
| Lionsgate (19) | 311.7 | 3.50% | |||
| Weinstein Co. (16) | 270.9 | 3.00% | |||
| Focus (12) | 114.6 | 1.30% | |||
| Fox Searchlight (8) | 97.6 | 1.10% | |||
| Relativity/Europa (7) | 85.9 | 0.95% | |||
| Sony Classics (21) | 59.6 | 0.70% | |||
| A24 (9) | 47.5 | 0.50% | |||
| Open Road (6) | 42.3 | 0.50% | |||
| STX (1) | 40.2 | 0.45% | |||
| Other * (326) | 372.6 | 4.20% | |||
| 8943.7 | 100% | ||||
| * none greater than 0.4% | |||||
| Top Domestic Grossers (January 1 – October 29, 2015) * | |||||
| Title | Distributor | Box Office | |||
| Jurrasic World | Uni | 651,771,445 | |||
| Avengers: Age of Ultron | BV | 459,029,868 | |||
| Inside Out | BV | 355,407,346 | |||
| Furious 7 | Uni | 353,125,507 | |||
| American Sniper * | WB | 348,797,073 | |||
| Minions | Uni | 334,849,695 | |||
| Cinderella | BV | 201,151,353 | |||
| Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation | Par | 195,042,377 | |||
| Pitch Perfect 2 | Uni | 184,446,466 | |||
| Ant-Man | BV | 179,094,944 | |||
| Home | Fox | 177,397,510 | |||
| The Martian | Fox | 171,406,753 | |||
| Fifty Shades of Grey | Uni | 166,248,790 | |||
| SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water | Par | 163,553,869 | |||
| Straight Outta Compton | Uni | 161,119,777 | |||
| San Andreas | WB | 155,190,832 | |||
| Mad Max: Fury Road | WB | 153,636,354 | |||
| Hotel Transylvania 2 | Sony | 150,174,480 | |||
| Insurgent | Lionsgate | 130,382,906 | |||
| Kingsman: The Secret Service | Fox | 128,261,724 | |||
| * does not include 2014 box office | |||||
