By Leonard Klady Klady@moviecitynews.com
The Weekend Report
Captain America: Civil War delivered a blistering blow with a potent estimated debut of $182.4 million. The film accounted for roughly 76% of all weekend ticket sales, and coupled with its Disney stablemates, corralled 87% of business for the frame. The company also became the first in 2016 to surpass $1 billion at the domestic box office on Friday and set a new record for that benchmark as well. While no one put out a sacrificial lamb as counterprogramming, the second weekend of Mother’s Day served that purpose with a carbon-copy gross to its opening session.
Exclusive freshmen included a solid start for last year’s Cannes winner Dheepan of $20,200 at two venues and a more solid return of $113,000 for A Bigger Splash at five. Expansions of The Meddler and The Man Who Knew Infinity had momentum while Sing Street and The Family Fang flagged.
In the niches, India’s 24 bowed in Tamil and Telugu versions with a potent $994,000. Also getting a good start was Filipino Just the 3 of Us, with $232,000 from 69 engagements.
Weekend revenues spiked to roughly $240 million for a 126% expansion from seven days ago. It was also an 82% improvement from 2015, when the second weekend of Avengers: Age of Ultron grossed $77.7 million and the top newcomer was Hot Pursuit at $13.9 million.
Some predicted a $200 million-plus opening for Captain America: Civil War coupling record pre-sales and rapturous reviews into the mix. The studio was more cautious, hoping for a 10% drop from Ultron that put it in the neighborhood of $175 million. Regardless, the film is in rarefied company with insufficient comparables to accurately assess its opening power. It immediately ranks as the fifth biggest opening grosser of all-time and yet, ironically, can’t crow about a raft of industry records … significant or otherwise.
The film opened a week earlier in 37 foreign battlegrounds to $200 million and added 18 territories this weekend and an additional $220 million. China bowed to $95 million, and Russia contributed an opening salvo of $9.1 million. Overseas cume is now estimated at just shy of $500 million.
On the domestic front, the opening audience was estimated at 59% male ,with 57% aged 25-years and older. Families accounted for 20% of viewers and the core crowd aged 17 to 34 was almost half at 49%.
| Weekend (estimates) May 6 – 8, 2016 | |||||
| Title | Distributor | Gross (average) | % chng | Thtrs | Cume |
| Captain America: Civil War | BV | 182.4 (43,170) | NEW | 4226 | 182.4 |
| The Jungle Book | BV | 21.8 (5,260) | -50% | 4144 | 284.9 |
| Mother’s Day | Open Road/Elevation | 8.5 (2,700) | 1% | 3141 | 20.2 |
| The Huntsman: Winter’s War | Uni | 3.6 (1,230) | -63% | 2901 | 40.4 |
| Keanu | WB | 3.1 (1,150) | -67% | 2681 | 15.1 |
| Zootopia | BV | 2.8 (1,360) | -47% | 2077 | 327.8 |
| Barbershop: The Next Cut | WB | 2.6 (1,490) | -57% | 1734 | 48.7 |
| The Boss | Uni | 1.7 (900) | -59% | 1933 | 59.1 |
| Ratchet & Clank | Focus | 1.5 (500) | -70% | 2895 | 7.1 |
| Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice | WB | 1.0 (650) | -73% | 1593 | 327.2 |
| 24 | CineGalaxy | 1.0 (6,170) | NEW | 161 | 1.2 |
| Eye in the Sky | Bleecker/eOne | .58 (1,370) | -37% | 420 | 17.3 |
| My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 | Uni | .52 (810) | -54% | 640 | 58.2 |
| A Hologram for the King | Roadside At/eOne | .49 (1,230) | -48% | 400 | 3.4 |
| Sing Street | Weinstein Co. | .42 (2,770) | 31% | 153 | 1.1 |
| Green Room | A24/D Films | .33 (710) | -64% | 470 | 2.1 |
| The Meddler | Sony Classics | .29 (5,450) | 76% | 53 | 0.61 |
| Hello, My Name is Doris | Roadside Attractions | .28 (980) | -38% | 285 | 13.3 |
| Criminal | Lionsgate/VVS | .27 (530) | -80% | 517 | 14.2 |
| Just the 3 of Us | ABS | .23 (3,360) | NEW | 69 | 0.23 |
| Deadpool | Fox | .23 (680) | -47% | 335 | 362.2 |
| The Man Who Knew Infinity | IFC | .21 (5,330) | 165% | 40 | 0.32 |
| Finding Mr. Right 2 | Media Asia | .20 (4,210) | -55% | 47 | 1.1 |
| Papa Hemingway in Cuba | Yari | .19 (900) | -61% | 208 | 0.85 |
| Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) | $231.60 | ||||
| % Change (Last Year) | 82% | ||||
| % Change (Last Week) | 126% | ||||
| Also debuting/expanding | |||||
| Miles Ahead | Sony Classics | .13 (910) | -63% | 141 | 2.2 |
| A Bigger Splash | Fox Searchlight | .11 (22,620) | 5 | 0.14 | |
| The Family Fang | Starz | .10 (1,990) | 613% | 52 | 0.12 |
| Supreme | Blue Sky | 52,600 (730) | 72 | 0.07 | |
| MBA Partners | Media Asia | 25,500 (1,160) | 22 | 0.02 | |
| Dheepan | IFC | 20,200 (10,100) | 2 | 0.02 | |
| Phantom of the Theater | Well Go | 19,400 (750) | 26 | 0.02 | |
| 1920 London | Big Pictures | 15,900 (510) | 31 | 0.02 | |
| Dark Horse | Sony Classics | 14,100 (4,700) | 3 | 0.01 | |
| Being Charlie | Paladin | 12,900 (3,220) | 4 | 0.01 | |
| Rabin in His Own Words | Menemsha | 11,400 (1,900) | 6 | 0.01 | |
| Mothers and Daughters | Screen Media | 11,200 (330) | 34 | 0.01 | |
| Zorawar | Viva | 10,400 (430) | 24 | 0.01 | |
| Disorder | Soda | 10,300 (1,130) | 9 | 0.01 | |
| Belles familles | Axia | 7,800 (1,300) | 6 | 0.01 | |
| Dragon Inn (reissue) | Janus | 6,400 (1,280) | 5 | 0.01 | |
| Natasha | Mongrel | 4,800 (2,400) | 2 | 0.01 | |
| Domestic Market Share (January 1 – May 5, 2016) | |||||
| Distributor (releases) | Box Office | Market Share | |||
| Buena Vista (7) | 939.1 | 25.50% | |||
| 20th Century Fox (10) | 768.9 | 20.90% | |||
| Warner Bros. (10) | 461.5 | 12.50% | |||
| Paramount (8) | 315.3 | 8.60% | |||
| Universal (8) | 312.8 | 8.50% | |||
| Lionsgate (12) | 204.6 | 5.60% | |||
| Sony (11) | 174.2 | 4.70% | |||
| Focus (6) | 119.8 | 3.30% | |||
| Weinstein Co. (7) | 52.3 | 1.40% | |||
| Open Road (4) | 51.2 | 1.40% | |||
| STX (3) | 42.4 | 1.20% | |||
| A24 (5) | 34.6 | 0.95% | |||
| Fox Searchlight (3) | 16.8 | 0.45% | |||
| Bleecker Street (3) | 16.4 | 0.45% | |||
| Sony Classics (7) | 16.3 | 0.45% | |||
| Other * (144) | 152.8 | 4.10% | |||
| 3679 | 100% | ||||
| * none greater than 0.4% | |||||
