By Leonard Klady Klady@moviecitynews.com
The Weekend Report
The Jungle Book swung wide and was the frame’s big winner with a potent debut estimated at $103.3 million. Two films made national bows as counter-programmers with Barbershop: The Next Cut sweeping a tidy $20.2 million in second spot and Criminal opening to a grim $5.8 million.
Best of the exclusive freshmen were the Irish musical Street Street with $65,800 from five screens and an unexpectedly strong $85,900 for the thriller Green Street in three engagements. In the niches, Hindi Fan grossed $1.4 million while Tamil Theeri had a robust $608,000 ($1 million since its Wednesday launch). Both Miles Ahead and Everybody Wants Some!! continued slow rollouts to good results.
The session generated revenues of about $180 million for a resilient 72% bounce from the immediate prior weekend. It was a 49% improvement from 2015 when the third weekend of Furious 7 bested openings of Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 and Unfriended with a $29.2 million box office. The newcomers opened respectively with $23.8 million and $15.8 million.
The new mixed media version of the The Jungle Book roared markedly better than the $85-$90 million anticipated by tracking. The difference was largely the result of strong reviews, fierce social media response and unexpectedly potent interest from mature audiences.
In a rare turn for a Disney “family” film, exit demographics identified a slim 49% minority of the audience as families. One can point to curiosity and affection for the bygone animated classic for a 53% tilt for viewers aged 25-years and older. The film also had a slight 51% female bias. A Disney spokesman said he was pleased that the movie had four-quadrant appeal from the get-go.
Domestically, the film saw a strong 43% preference for the 3D version with an equally impressive 10% of the trove coming from IMAX engagements.
Internationally, Jungle Book added 34 international territories (Japan and South Korea are the sole major territories yet to open) and grossed an estimated $134 million to bring its cume to about $187 million. Among the highlights were a $50 million launch in China and $13.7 million in the UK.
The third Barbershop trim arrives 14 years after its inception and a dozen years after the sequel, but despite the long gestation feels timely. Still, it and Criminal got clipped by The Jungle Book juggernaut. Tracking suggested a $25 million-plus debut for Barbershop 3 that never coalesced. Its audience wound up being 54% female with 66% aged 25-years and older.
Criminal while always expected to be a poor relation in the box office road race nonetheless appeared headed toward an $8-$9 million launch. But it quickly stalled attracting a 53% male crowd that was 85% aged 25-years and older.
| Weekend (estimates) April 15 – 17, 2016 | |||||
| Title | Distributor | Gross (average) | % chng | Thtrs | Cume |
| The Jungle Book | BVI | 103.3 (25,640) | NEW | 4028 | 103.3 |
| Barbershop: The Next Cut | WB | 20.2 (7,600) | NEW | 2661 | 20.2 |
| The Boss | Uni | 10.2 (2,910) | -57% | 3495 | 40.3 |
| Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice | WB | 9.1 (2,590) | -61% | 3505 | 311.4 |
| Zootopia | BV | 8.2 (2,550) | -38% | 3209 | 307.4 |
| Criminal | Lionsgate | 5.8 (2,160) | NEW | 2683 | 5.8 |
| My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 | Uni | 3.2 (1,410) | -50% | 2297 | 52.1 |
| Miracles from Heaven | Sony | 1.9 (920) | -59% | 2082 | 56.9 |
| God’s Not Dead 2 | Pure Flix | 1.7 (1,070) | -60% | 1585 | 17 |
| Eye in the Sky | Bleecker/eOne | 1.6 (1,760) | -46% | 891 | 13.1 |
| Hardcore Henry | STX/VVS | 1.5 (490) | -71% | 3015 | 8.2 |
| Fan | Yash Raj | 1.4 (5,070) | NEW | 282 | 1.4 |
| Allegiant | Lionsgate | 1.3 (860) | -64% | 1484 | 63.8 |
| 10 Cloverfield Lane | Par | 1.0 (950) | -65% | 1085 | 69.8 |
| Deadpool | Fox | .95 (1,200) | -54% | 791 | 360.1 |
| Hello, My Name is Doris | Roadside Attractions | .77 (1,190) | -52% | 650 | 10.9 |
| Theeri | CineGalaxy | .61 (3,770) | NEW | 162 | 1 |
| Meet the Blacks | FreeStyle | .52 (890) | -75% | 584 | 8.4 |
| Everybody Wants Some!! | Par | .43 (3,240) | -11% | 134 | 1.5 |
| Midnight Special | WB | .42 (810) | -63% | 512 | 3.1 |
| London Has Fallen | Focus/VVS | .30 (690) | -69% | 436 | 61.4 |
| Demolition | Searchlight/VVS | .30 (350) | -73% | 862 | 1.8 |
| Kung Fu Panda 3 | Fox | .26 (900) | -41% | 293 | 141.3 |
| Miles Ahead | Sony Classics | .20 (4,340) | -3% | 47 | 0.63 |
| Star Wars: The Force Awakens | BV | .20 (760) | -48% | 260 | 935.8 |
| Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) | $173.25 | ||||
| % Change (Last Year) | 49% | ||||
| % Change (Last Week) | 72% | ||||
| Also debuting/expanding | |||||
| Chongqing Hot Pot | China Lion | 92,600 (2,370) | -58% | 39 | 0.67 |
| Born to Be Blue | IFC/eOne | 88,400 (1,090) | -20% | 81 | 0.58 |
| The First Monday in May | Magnolia | 94,100 (4,710) | 20 | 0.09 | |
| Green Room | A24 | 85,900 (28,630) | 3 | 0.09 | |
| Sing Street | Weinstein Co. | 65,800 (13,160) | 5 | 0.07 | |
| I Saw the Light | Sony Classics | 54,600 (530) | -81% | 103 | 1.5 |
| New York, New York | China Lion | 45,200 (2,820) | 16 | 0.05 | |
| Marguerite | Cohen Media | 42,700 (1,150) | -39% | 37 | 0.78 |
| The Invitation | Drafthouse | 41,700 (2,610) | -39% | 16 | 0.13 |
| Los Sures | Union | 20,400 (20,400) | 1 | 0.02 | |
| Eedo Rakam Aado Rakam | Desi | 13,500 (840) | 16 | 0.01 | |
| Revelation: Dawn of Global Government | Rocky Mountain | 13,100 (6,550) | 2 | 0.01 | |
| The Measure of a Man | Kino | 10.300 (5,150) | 2 | 0.01 | |
| Mon Roi | Seville | 10,200 (1,280) | 8 | 0.01 | |
| Colonia | Screen Media | 8,600 (350) | 22 | 0.01 | |
| Our Last Tango | Strand | 7,200 (7,200) | 1 | 0.01 | |
| King Liar | Malayalam | 6,100 (1,020) | 6 | 0.01 | |
| The Adderall Diaries | A24 | 5,500 (210) | 26 | 0.01 | |
| Rio, I Love You | Screen Media | 3,480 (3,480) | 1 | 0.01 | |
| Prisoner X | Raven | 3,100 (1,030) | 3 | 0.01 | |
| A Sunday Kind of Love | Indican | 2,300 (2,300) | 1 | 0.01 | |
| Domestic Market Share (January 1 – April 14, 2016) | |||||
| Distributor (releases) | Box Office | Market Share | |||
| 20th Century Fox (10) | 764.4 | 24.50% | |||
| Buena Vista (6) | 628.9 | 20.10% | |||
| Warner Bros. (9) | 379.2 | 12.10% | |||
| Paramount (8) | 310.1 | 9.90% | |||
| Universal (7) | 239.7 | 7.70% | |||
| Lionsgate (10) | 186.1 | 6.00% | |||
| Sony (11) | 169.1 | 5.40% | |||
| Focus (5) | 113.2 | 3.60% | |||
| Weinstein Co. (6) | 51.5 | 1.70% | |||
| Open Road (3) | 40.5 | 1.30% | |||
| STX (3) | 40.1 | 1.30% | |||
| A24 (4) | 32.6 | 1.00% | |||
| Fox Searchlight (3) | 16.4 | 0.50% | |||
| Other * (128) | 151.4 | 4.90% | |||
| 3123.2 | 100% | ||||
| * none greater than 0.4% | |||||
| Top Domestic Grossers (January 1 – April 14, 2016) | |||||
| Title | Distributor | Box Office | |||
| Deadpool | Fox | 359,113,249 | |||
| Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice | WB | 302,301,730 | |||
| Zootopia | BV | 299,243,756 | |||
| Star Wars: The Force Awakens * | BV | 283,675,420 | |||
| The Revenant | Fox | 182,203,691 | |||
| Kung Fu Panda 3 | Fox | 141,040,837 | |||
| Ride Along 2 | Uni | 90,943,049 | |||
| Daddy’s Home * | Par | 85,784,897 | |||
| 10 Cloverfield Lane | Par | 68,734,681 | |||
| Allegiant | Lionsgate | 62,482,405 | |||
| London Has Fallen | Focus/VVS | 61,099,206 | |||
| Miracles from Heaven | Sony | 55,030,812 | |||
| 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghai | Par | 52,897,721 | |||
| My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 | Uni | 48,835,490 | |||
| How to Be Single | WB | 46,843,513 | |||
| The Big Short * | Par | 46,300,694 | |||
| The Hateful Eight * | Weinstein Co. | 40,719,360 | |||
| Sisters | Uni | 37,921,265 | |||
| Risen | Sony | 36,715,290 | |||
| The Boy | STX/eOne | 35,819,556 | |||
| * does not include 2015 box office |
