The Jungle Book does 4x any other film in the market. The ball of green string toys with Keanu. Mother’s Day gets treated like Trump treats women. Ratchet & Clank clanks. And The Family Fang magically reports 4x their Friday number on 1 screen to push ahead of The Man Who Knew Infinity‘s 3.2x Friday on 4 screens to be the top per=screen film in limited release… which could be achieved with the purchase of about 100 tickets. Hmmm…
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| 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 |
| Also Debuting | ||||
| 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 |
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That’s the 6th or 7th biggest third weekend of all-time for JB, on par with TDK(!). You have to think $350 million domestic is in play, as it continues to run ahead of INSIDE OUT, which had to deal with MINIONS going into its fourth frame. It’s now virtually guaranteed to pass BvS worldwide as well.
It would be in play. If it were not for the movie, that may make its entire gross (so far) next weekend. Civil War a coming!
And as the market has proven time and time again, there is room for two movies to coexist. TJB will continue to make a coin with families that think their kiddies are too young for Civil War. A movie that makes $42m in its third weekend just doesn’t go away. That’s actually more than Ultron made in its third weekend.
Yeah, “direct competition” doesn’t apply as much to family fare. INSIDE OUT had its best weekend hold to date when going up against the 2nd biggest animated opening of all-time in MINIONS.
You figure they have to run into a wall at some point with the well of adaptable classic fairy tales/animated movies starting to run dry and MALEFICENT 2 contingent on Jolie. SWORD IN THE STONE and LITTLE MERMAID (I’m still holding out hope for that Sofia Coppola feature) are about all that’s left that springs to mind. It sure tells you something about the reliance on white actors that DUMBO (with Tim Burton…ugh) appears to be getting the greenlight before MULAN or ALADDIN. Of course, they could go full “live-action CGI” pretty soon with LADY AND THE TRAMP, FOX AND THE HOUND, BAMBI, LION KING etc. Or try to subvert the PINNOCHIO curse.
How soon before they raid the Pixar cupboard?
“Finding Mr. Right 2”?
This title begs so many questions. Was the first Mr. Right wrong?
Et Guild, believe it or not, Disney updated their rights to the Black Cauldron series of books too.
“You figure they have to run into a wall at some point”
How long have we been saying that about superheros?
Touche, but when the pooch is screwed in terms of quality (Snow White, OZ) and you take 6 years to release your first sequel, with another being held up by the whims of your starlet, you aren’t Kevin Feige.