By Leonard Klady Klady@moviecitynews.com

The Weekend Report

The debut of The Angry Birds Movie flew to the top of the weekend charts with an estimated $39.1 million. Other wide openers were Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising in third spot with $21.8 million and the 1970s-style neo-noir spoof The Nice Guys a step back at $11.1 million.

Best of the exclusive incomers were the black comedy doc Weiner with $81,900 and romantic comedy Maggie’s Plan grossing $65,300 – both playing on five screens. In the niches, Telugu Brahmotsavam bowed with a solid $584,000 for the weekend (Thursday showings generated a potent $590,000) while Hindi Kaptaam grossed $89,600 in limited release. Also off to a good start was the Filipino This Time with a $212,000 box office.

Momentum faded for expansions of The Meddler, The Man Who Knew Infinity and A Bigger Splash. But new dates for The Lobster evidenced no loss of interest for shellfish.

Weekend revenues generated close to $140 million for a slight 6% boost from seven days prior. It was nonetheless 11% off 2015 totals, when the launch of Tomorrowland grossed $33 million with the second weekend of Pitch Perfect 2 right behind at $30.8 million.

Despite the Victoria Day holiday in Canada, no weekend movies opened to anticipated potency. The Angry Birds Movie was expected to gross $43-$45 million and had an awareness off the charts. Expectations were ramped up by results from international openings a week earlier to an impressive $42 million. This weekend the overseas markets added an additional $55 million. On the domestic front the audience split evenly between the sexes with 60% aged 25-years and younger for the videogame fugitives.

Neighbors 2 also got a foreign headstart two weeks ago in selective markets and had about $24 million in its war chest prior to its domestic release. It was evident it would be less potent than its inspiration, but tracking suggested a gross of $25-$26 million. It also was relatively evenly split by gender with a 51/49 male/female split. Viewers were 39% over the age of 25-years old with 78% in the key corridor of 17-34.

Despite a long-lead promotional push,The Nice Guys wasn’t expected to gross more than $15 million. Upbeat reviews provided a boost for mature audiences and again resulted in a viewership evenly divided by gender. The 18-34 year old core accounted for 38% of viewers with an additional 43% trending older.

Weekend (estimates) May 20 – 22, 2016
Title Distributor Gross (average) % chng Thtrs Cume
The Angry Birds Movie Sony 39.1 (9,950) NEW 3932 39.1
Captain America: Civil War BV 32.8 (7,750) -55% 4226 347
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising Uni 21.8 (6,430) NEW 3384 21.8
The Nice Guys WB 11.1 (3,880) NEW 2865 11.1
The Jungle Book BV 11.0 (3,170) -36% 3460 327.5
Money Monster Sony 6.9 (2,230) -53% 3104 26.9
The Darkness High Top 2.1 (1,200) -57% 1769 8.2
Zootopia BV 1.6 (1,180) -42% 1377 334.3
The Huntsman: Winter’s War Uni 1.2 (950) -55% 1246 46.7
Mother’s Day Open Road 1.1 (640) -66% 1719 31.3
Barbershop: The Next Cut WB .84 (1,130) -49% 744 52.7
The Meddler Sony Classics .77 (1,650) 106% 464 2
The Boss Uni .59 (880) -51% 672 62.2
Brahmotsavam Classics .58 (3,010) NEW 194 1.2
Love & Friendship Roadside .54 (11,490) 304% 47 0.75
Keanu WB ,52 (740) -73% 707 20
The Man Who Knew Infinity IFC ,51 (1,880) 0% 271 1.6
The Lobster A24 .40 (16,830) 113% 24 0.68
Sing Street Weinstein .34 (660) -45% 520 2.5
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 Uni .33 (910) -32% 365 59.5
A Bigger Splash Searchlight .34 (2,630) 77% 128 0.79
Batman v. Superman WB .32 (1,000) -38% 321 328.7
Miracles from Heaven Sony .24 (1,470) 49% 161 60.7
Ratchet & Clank Focus .22 (630) -66% 346 8.6
This Time ABS 21 (2,940) NEW 72 0.21
Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) $133.05
% Change (Last Year) -11%
% Change (Last Week) 6%
Also debuting/expanding
Eye in the Sky Bleecker/eOne .17 (840) -55% 198 18.2
Sarbjit White Hill .12 (1,250) 98 0.12
Hello, My Name is Doris Roadside .11 (730) -55% 155 14
Kaptaan UTV 89,600 (3,090) 29 0.09
Weiner IFC 81,900 (16,380) 5 0.08
Maggie’s Plan Sony Classics 65,300 (13,060) 5 0.07
A Hologram for the King Roadside 62,700 (450) -73% 138 4.1
Miles Ahead Sony Classics 43,800 (840) -49% 52 2.5
High-Rise Magnolia 42,500 (1,470) -40% 29 0.16
The Abolitionists FletChet 41,200 (2,170) 19 0.01
Ma Ma Oscilloscope 10,700 (10,700) 1 0.01
U-Turn Drishyam 10,200 (2,040) 5 0.01
Manhattan Night Lionsgate 8,800 (730) 12 0.01
Back in the Day West Street 7,100 (360) 20 0.01
Domestic Market Share (January 1 – May 19, 2016)
Distributor (releases) Box Office Market Share
Buena Vista (7) 1289.9 31.20%
20th Century Fox (10) 770.2 18.60%
Warner Bros. (11) 477.7 11.60%
Universal (9) 328.9 8.00%
Paramount (8) 316.1 7.70%
Lionsgate (12) 206.1 5.00%
Sony (13) 196.4 4.80%
Focus (7) 128.8 3.10%
Open Road (4) 67.5 1.60%
Weinstein  (7) 53.7 1.30%
STX (3) 42.4 1.00%
A24 (5) 35.9 0.90%
Bleecker Street (3) 17.6 0.40%
Sony Classics (7) 17.6 0.40%
Fox Searchlight (4) 17.3 0.40%
Other * (159) 165.6 4.00%
4131.7 100%
* none greater than 0.35%
Top Global Grossers (January 1 – May 19, 2016)
Title Distributor Box Office
Captain America: Civil War BV 990,958,572
Zootopia BV 973,438,782
Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice WB 865,964,224
The Jungle Book BV 838,918,226
Deadpool Fox 762,971,444
Star Wars: The Force Awakens * BV 741,421,311
The Mermaid Alibaba; Sony 552,487,179
The Revenant Fox 530,738,598
Kung Fu Panda 3 Fox; DreamWorks 516,588,902
London Has Fallen Focus; NuImage 202,489,688
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 165,099,630
Allegiant Lionsgate 161,304,055
The Huntsman: Winter’s War Uni 156,004,510
Daddy’s Home * Par 154,763,061
Ip Man 3 * Pegasus; Well Go 147,618,219
Gods of Egypt Lionsgate 143,037,743
The Hateful Eight * Weinstein Co. 140,625,840
Detective Chin Tang Huaxia; China Lion 128,546,903
* does not include 2015 box office
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Leonard Klady's Friday Estimates
Friday Screens % Chg Cume
Title Gross Thtr % Chgn Cume
Venom 33 4250 NEW 33
A Star is Born 15.7 3686 NEW 15.7
Smallfoot 3.5 4131 -46% 31.3
Night School 3.5 3019 -63% 37.9
The House Wirh a Clock in its Walls 1.8 3463 -43% 49.5
A Simple Favor 1 2408 -50% 46.6
The Nun 0.75 2264 -52% 111.5
Hell Fest 0.6 2297 -70% 7.4
Crazy Rich Asians 0.6 1466 -51% 167.6
The Predator 0.25 1643 -77% 49.3
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The Hate U Give 0.17 36
Shine 85,600 609
Exes Baggage 75,900 62
NOTA 71,300 138
96 61,600 62
Andhadhun 55,000 54
Afsar 45,400 33
Project Gutenberg 36,000 17
Love Yatri 22,300 41
Hello, Mrs. Money 22,200 37
Studio 54 5,300 1
Loving Pablo 4,200 15
3-Day Estimates Weekend % Chg Cume
No Good Dead 24.4 (11,230) NEW 24.4
Dolphin Tale 2 16.6 (4,540) NEW 16.6
Guardians of the Galaxy 7.9 (2,550) -23% 305.8
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4.8 (1,630) -26% 181.1
The Drop 4.4 (5,480) NEW 4.4
Let's Be Cops 4.3 (1,570) -22% 73
If I Stay 4.0 (1,320) -28% 44.9
The November Man 2.8 (1,030) -36% 22.5
The Giver 2.5 (1,120) -26% 41.2
The Hundred-Foot Journey 2.5 (1,270) -21% 49.4