By Leonard Klady Klady@moviecitynews.com
The Weekend Report
Zootopia stayed at the top of the weekend charts with an estimated $38.1 million, followed by national releases of Allegiant, the conclusion of the Divergent franchise, with $29 million, and the faith-based Miracles from Heaven that praised $14.9 million. A third national frosh, the comedy about Olympic gymnastics The Bronze, failed to qualify with a $403,000 tally.
Exclusive bows included an encouraging $24,700 start for French import My Golden Days from three sites, and a potent $183,000 for critically acclaimed thriller Midnight Special in five encounters. The latter will do a slow rollout in the coming month. In the niches, Hindi Kapoor & Sons – Since 1921 had a solid bow of $941,000, while Filipino Love is Blind struggled to $67,600 at 58 venues.
On an eccentric note, animated Oscar-nominated Anomalisa expanded nationally to $739,000 in its 12th week in release.
Session revenues topped $130 million and took a 4% dip from the immediate prior frame. It was also a slim 1% erosion from 2015 when the debut of Insurgent led with $52.3 million and Cinderella took the bridesmaid slot with $35 million.
The Divergent YA series sputtered following the initial outing’s $54.6 million debut in 2014 and a buoyant 5% decline for last year’s Insurgent. Allegiant wasn’t tracking as strongly, with pundits anticipating a $32-$34 million launch that, if today’s lower-grossing estimates hold up, will see the conclusion off 55% from Part 2.
Allegiant opened a week back in most European markets to an excellent $26 million and will likely outpace domestic performance as it rolls out internationally. Studio exit polls identified the domestic audience as 64% female with 50% of viewers aged 25-years and older. The core 25 to 34 year olds accounted for 20% of the picture.
Following on Risen and The Young Messiah, the contemporary-set Miracles from Heaven proved to have more commercial utz and easily exceeded initial estimates of $10-$12 million. Though like Allegiant, it has young adult themes, the tale of a young woman’s “miracle” cure from a crippling disease proved to have greatest appeal with an older crowd with 75% of viewers aged 25-years and older. It also tilted female with 65% of the audience.
Mature audiences also contributed to strong response for expansions of Hello, My Name is Doris and Eye in the Sky.
| Weekend (estimates) March 18 – 20, 2016 | |||||
| Title | Distributor | Gross (average) | % change * | Theaters | Cume |
| Zootopia | BV | 38.1 (9,620) | -26% | 3959 | 201.9 |
| Allegiant | Lionsgate | 29.0 (7,750) | NEW | 3740 | 29 |
| Miracles from Heaven | Sony | 14.9 (4,880) | NEW | 3047 | 18.4 |
| 10 Cloverfield Lane | Par | 12.4 (3,630) | -50% | 3427 | 45.1 |
| Deadpool | Fox | 8.1 (2,760) | -26% | 2924 | 341 |
| London Has Fallen | Focus/VVS | 6.9 (2,280) | -37% | 3011 | 50.1 |
| Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | Par | 2.8 (1,340) | -40% | 2079 | 19.3 |
| The Perfect Match | Lionsgate | 1.9 (2,040) | -56% | 925 | 7.3 |
| The Brothers Grimsby | Sony | 1.4 (610) | -58% | 2235 | 5.9 |
| The Revenant | Fox | 1.2 (1,300) | -41% | 935 | 181.2 |
| Gods of Egypt | Lionsgate | 1.1 (1,060) | -55% | 1075 | 29.5 |
| Risen | Sony | 1.1 (920) | -51% | 1205 | 34.4 |
| The Young Messiah | Focus | 1.0 (590) | -68% | 1769 | 5.4 |
| Hello, My Name is Doris | Roadside Attractions | 1.0 (7,890) | 1088% | 128 | 1.1 |
| Kung Fu Panda 3 | Fox | 1.0 (1,380) | -42% | 719 | 138.4 |
| Star Wars: The Force Awakens | BV | .96 (1,690) | -26% | 568 | 923.3 |
| Kapoor & Son – Since 1921 | Fox Intl | .94 (6,580) | NEW | 143 | 0.94 |
| Anomalisa | Par | .74 (1,290) | 573 | 3.4 | |
| Eddie the Eagle | Fox | .61 (890) | -62% | 682 | 14.7 |
| Eye in the Sky | Bleecker Street | .42 (12,030) | 270% | 35 | 0.57 |
| Spotlight | Open Road/eOne | .42 (940) | -55% | 443 | 44 |
| The Lady in the Van | Sony Classics | .41 (1,360) | -28% | 301 | 8.7 |
| How to Be Single | WB | .40 (1,100) | -56% | 366 | 46 |
| The Bronze | Sony Classics | .40 (340) | NEW | 1167 | 0.4 |
| The Witch | A24/Elevation | .40 (1,100) | -60% | 361 | 23.7 |
| Race | Focus | .36 (890) | -51% | 401 | 18.5 |
| Love Punjab | White Hill | .34 (7,810) | -27% | 43 | 1.1 |
| Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) | $125.15 | ||||
| % Change (Last Year) | -1% | ||||
| % Change (Last Week) | -4% | ||||
| Also debuting/expanding | |||||
| Midnight Special | WB | .18 (36,640) | 5 | 0.18 | |
| Le Petit prince | Seville | .17 (1,170) | 10% | 149 | 1.2 |
| Embrace of the Serpent | Oscillosope/Raven | .15 (1,680) | -24% | 87 | 0.79 |
| Brooklyn | Fox Searchlight/Mongrel | .14 (930) | -45% | 152 | 37.9 |
| Knight of Cups | Broad Green | .11 (1,580) | 12% | 68 | 0.33 |
| Love is Blind | ABS | 67,600 (1,170) | 58 | 0.07 | |
| My Golden Days | Magnolia | 24,700 (8,230) | 3 | 0.02 | |
| Summer Camp | Lionsgate | 23,900 (410) | 59 | 0.02 | |
| Ktown Cowboys | FreeStyle | 13,500 (4,500) | 3 | 0.01 | |
| The Clan | Fox Intl | 12,200 (4,070) | 3 | 0.01 | |
| The Confirmation | Saban | 10,400 (450) | 23 | 0.01 | |
| Krisha | A24 | 9,400 (4,700) | 2 | 0.01 | |
| The Brainwashing of My Dad | Cinco Dedos | 6,100 (3,050) | 2 | 0.01 | |
| The Program | eOne | 5,900 (390) | 15 | 0.01 | |
| The Preppie Connection | IFC | 5,800 (2,900) | 2 | 0.01 | |
| Too Late | Vanishing Angle | 5,600 (5,600) | 1 | 0.01 | |
| Fireworks Wednesday | Grasshopper | 5,500 (5,500) | 1 | 0.01 | |
| Coconut Hero | Search Engine | 2,300 (2,300) | 1 | 0.01 | |
| Burning Bodhi | Monterey | 1,450 (480) | 3 | 0.01 | |
| Domestic Market Share (January 1 – March 17, 2016) | |||||
| Distributor (releases) | Box Office | Market Share | |||
| 20th Century Fox (10) | 729.1 | 31.90% | |||
| Buena Vista (5) | 484.1 | 21.20% | |||
| Paramount (7) | 263.8 | 11.50% | |||
| Universal (5) | 159.5 | 7.00% | |||
| Lionsgate (10) | 118.1 | 5.20% | |||
| Sony (10) | 111.1 | 4.90% | |||
| Focus (5) | 94.4 | 4.10% | |||
| Warner Bros. (6) | 72.1 | 3.20% | |||
| Weinstein Co. (6) | 51.1 | 2.20% | |||
| Open Road (3) | 38.9 | 1.70% | |||
| STX (2) | 33.8 | 1.50% | |||
| A24 (2) | 30.2 | 1.30% | |||
| Fox Searchlight (2) | 14.9 | 0.65% | |||
| Other * (95) | 82.9 | 3.65% | |||
| 2284 | 100% | ||||
| * none greater than 0.4% | |||||
| Top Domestic Grossers (January 1 – March 17, 2016) | |||||
| Title | Distributor | Box Office | |||
| Deadpool | Fox | 332,941,383 | |||
| Star Trek: The Force Awakens * | BV | 279,290,918 | |||
| The Revenant * | Fox | 179,064,019 | |||
| Zootopia | BV | 163,765,497 | |||
| Kung Fu Panda 3 | Fox | 137,413,515 | |||
| Ride Along 2 | Uni | 90,249,345 | |||
| Daddy’s Home * | Par | 84,693,959 | |||
| 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghai | Par | 52,756,249 | |||
| The Big Short * | Par | 45,924,006 | |||
| How to Be Single | WB | 45,550,722 | |||
| London Has Fallen | Focus/VVS | 43,195,820 | |||
| The Hateful Eight * | Weinstein Co. | 40,360,096 | |||
| Sisters * | Uni | 37,921,265 | |||
| Dirty Grandpa | Lionsgate/VVS | 35,593,113 | |||
| The Boy | STX/eOne | 35,570,173 | |||
| The 5th Wave | Sony | 34,022,576 | |||
| Risen | Sony | 33,326,670 | |||
| 10 Cloverfield Lane | Par | 32,676,639 | |||
| Hail, Caesar! | Uni | 29,814,870 | |||
| Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip | Fox | 29,758,960 | |||
