By Leonard Klady Klady@moviecitynews.com
The Weekend Report
It was no contest for The Jungle Book as new fare collectively could not overtake the swinger’s estimated $42.6 million session. The trio of freshmen included action comedy Keanu with a third place finish of $9.3 million, followed by the ensemble warmedy Mother’s Day with $8.1 million, and videogame adaptation Ratchet & Clank failed to translate at $4.8 million.
New exclusive entries included encouraging initial results for The Man Who Knew Infinity, calculating $79,300 from six screens and a single-screen gross of $14,400 for The Family Fang. In limited wide release, Papa Hemingway in Cuba entered with a soft $472,000. Best of the Indian imports was Hindi Baaghi with OK results of $237,000 from 79. China’s Finding Mr. Right 2 (a loose adaptation of Sleepless in Seattle) had a strong bow of $427,000 from 39 exposures.
Revenues for the frame exceeded$105 million, translating into a 20% drop from the prior weekend. It was a steep 56% decline from 2015 when Avengers: Age of Ultron debuted to $191.3 million.
The session overall felt like the lull before the storm that’s anticipated with next week’s launch of Captain America: Civil War. The Cap rolled out overseas last Wednesday and is expected to gross a whopping $200 million from 37 territories through Sunday topped by South Korea’s $29 million. It also bowed to record-breaking numbers in Brazil and Mexico with strong European grosses cued to the May Day holiday weekend. Territories yet to open include China, Russia and India.
On the domestic front, both Keanu and Mother’s Day fell short of tracking estimates in the $10-$12 million range. The former from Comedy Central favorites Key and Peele swung 53% male with a 71% audience aged 25 and older. Exit demos were unavailable for Mother’s Day but it likely had an older female bias.
The animated Ratchet & Clank also came short of commercial expectations following a few tepid openings in Europe two weeks ago including France where it’s grossed $1.3 million. Its opening domestic crowd was 64% male with 61% overall aged 25-years and younger.
| Weekend (estimates) April 29 – May 1, 2016 | |||||
| Title | Distributor | Gross (avg) | % chng | Thtrs | Cume |
| The Jungle Book | BVI | 42.6 (10,540) | -31% | 4041 | 252.3 |
| The Huntsman: Winter’s War | Uni | 9.4 (2,470) | -52% | 3802 | 34 |
| Keanu | WB | 9.3 (3,500) | NEW | 2658 | 9.3 |
| Mother’s Day | Open Road/ Elevation | 8.1 (2,670) | NEW | 3035 | 8.1 |
| Barbershop: The Next Cut | WB | 6.1 (2,640) | -42% | 2310 | 44.7 |
| Zootopia | BV | 5.0 (2,030) | -23% | 2487 | 323.6 |
| Ratchet & Clank | Focus | 4.8 (1,660) | NEW | 2891 | 4.8 |
| The Boss | Uni | 4.2 (1,500) | -32% | 2823 | 56.1 |
| Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | WB | 3.8 (1,630) | -31% | 2330 | 325.1 |
| Criminal | Lionsgate/VVS | 1.3 (840) | -57% | 1578 | 13.5 |
| My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 | Uni | 1.1 (980) | -49% | 1092 | 57.3 |
| A Hologram for the King | Roadside At/ eOne | .94 (1,800) | -17% | 523 | 2.6 |
| Green Room | A24 | .92 (1,960) | 368% | 470 | 1.3 |
| Eye in the Sky | Bleecker/eOne | .87 (1,410) | -28% | 614 | 16.4 |
| Compadres | Lionsgate | .64 (1,740) | -54% | 368 | 2.4 |
| God’s Not Dead 2 | Pure Flix | .57 (780) | -49% | 739 | 19.9 |
| Miracles from Heaven | Sony | .51 (780) | -52% | 660 | 59.6 |
| Papa Hemingway in Cuba | Yari | .47 (1,500) | NEW | 314 | 0.47 |
| Hello, My Name is Doris | Roadside Attractions | .44 (1,090) | -31% | 404 | 12.8 |
| Finding Mr. Right 2 | Media Asia | .43 (10,950) | NEW | 39 | 0.43 |
| Deadpool | Fox | .44 (1,070) | -36% | 409 | 361.7 |
| Everbody Wants Some!! | Par | .36 (810) | -45% | 442 | 3 |
| Miles Ahead | Sony Classics | .33 (860) | -48% | 390 | 2 |
| Sing Street | Weinstein Co. | .32 (3,070) | 156% | 104 | 0.58 |
| 10 Cloverfield Lane | Par | .29 (940) | -48% | 305 | 71.2 |
| Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) | $100.15 | ||||
| % Change (Last Year) | -56% | ||||
| % Change (Last Week) | -20% | ||||
| Also debuting/expanding | |||||
| Baaghi | UTV | .24 (3,010) | 79 | 0.24 | |
| Elvis & Nixon | Bleecker Street | .20 (640) | -58% | 309 | 0.88 |
| The Meddler | Sony Classics | .17 (7,060) | 197% | 24 | 0.26 |
| The Man Who Knew Infinity | IFC | 79,300 (13,220) | 6 | 0.08 | |
| Viva | Magnolia | 44,100 (3,150) | 14 | 0.04 | |
| Pali Road | Dadi | 30,600 (1,090) | 28 | 0.03 | |
| Raja Cheyyi Vesthe | Yukta | 15,500 (210) | 73 | 0.02 | |
| The Family Fang | Starz | 14,400 (14,400) | 1 | 0.01 | |
| Term Life | Focus | 12,300 (250) | 50 | 0.01 | |
| Eva Hesse | Zeitgeist | 11,700 (11,700) | 1 | 0.01 | |
| Three Wise Cousins | Independent | 10,600 (10,600) | 1 | 0.01 | |
| L’Etudiante et Monsieur Henri | A-Z Films | 9,600 (1,200) | 8 | 0.01 | |
| The Congressman | Shadow | 8,700 (2,900) | 3 | 0.01 | |
| Manithan | Red Giant | 6,800 (570) | 12 | 0.01 | |
| L’Attesa (The Wait) | Oscillosope | 5,300 (2,650) | 2 | 0.01 | |
| Domestic Market Share (January 1 – April 28, 2016) | |||||
| Distributor (releases) | Box Office | Market Share | |||
| Buena Vista (6) | 854.2 | 24.30% | |||
| 20th Century Fox (10) | 767.9 | 21.80% | |||
| Warner Bros. (10) | 437.5 | 12.40% | |||
| Paramount (8) | 314.2 | 8.90% | |||
| Universal (8) | 293.5 | 8.40% | |||
| Lionsgate (12) | 202.5 | 5.80% | |||
| Sony (11) | 173.4 | 4.90% | |||
| Focus (5) | 113.9 | 3.20% | |||
| Weinstein Co. (7) | 51.8 | 1.50% | |||
| STX (3) | 42.3 | 1.20% | |||
| Open Road (3) | 40.6 | 1.15% | |||
| A24 (5) | 33.2 | 0.95% | |||
| Fox Searchlight (3) | 16.8 | 0.50% | |||
| Other * (142) | 174.7 | 5.00% | |||
| 3516.5 | 100% | ||||
| * none greater than 0.45% | |||||
| Top Global Grossers (January 1 – April 28, 2016) | |||||
| Title | Distributor | Box Office | |||
| Zootopia | BV | 914,124,671 | |||
| Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice | WB | 858,068,481 | |||
| Deadpool | Fox | 760,756,427 | |||
| Star Wars: The Force Awakens * | BV | 741,002,743 | |||
| The Jungle Book | BV | 588,173,648 | |||
| The Mermaid | Alibaba; Sony | 552,448,853 | |||
| The Revenant | Fox | 520,598,298 | |||
| Kung Fu Panda 3 | Fox; DreamWorks | 503,887,235 | |||
| London Has Fallen | Focus; NuImage | 197,459,587 | |||
| The Monkey King 2 | China Lion | 190,755,793 | |||
| From Vegas to Macau III | Bona; Media Asia | 186,923,621 | |||
| Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip * | Fox | 164,327,911 | |||
| Allegiant | Lionsgate | 157,928,597 | |||
| Daddy’s Home * | Par | 154,734,789 | |||
| Ip Man 3 * | Pegasus; Well Go | 147,605,573 | |||
| Gods of Egypt | Lionsgate | 140,924,813 | |||
| The Hateful Eight * | Weinstein Co. | 140,625,840 | |||
| Detective Chin Tang | Huaxia; China Lion | 128,546,903 | |||
| Ride Along 2 | Uni | 123,479,515 | |||
| The Huntsman: Winter’s War | Uni | 113,425,058 | |||
| * does not include 2015 box office | |||||
