No significant variations from the Friday estimates. Angry Birds rule the roost. Neighbors 2 opens to about 45% of the original. And The Nice Guys finish last amongst the newcomers. Strong per-screen numbers in limited/exclusive runs by The Lobster, Love & Friendship, Weiner, Maggie’s Plan and Ma Ma.
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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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I bet SPC was hoping for “Hello, My Name is Doris” dollars for “The Meddler,” but it ain’t happening. Maybe I’m not the only one who was turned off by Sarandon’s relentless (and seemingly insensible) Bernie boosting, lol.
“A Bigger Splash” doesn’t seem to be picking up any traction as it widens, but “The Lobster” still looks OK. For now anyway.
Very sad that “Sing Street” completely died. A typically lovely John Carney movie; it deserved to do a lot better.
R.I.P. “Everybody Wants Some!!”
Yeah some great movies dying on the vine this year. Really enjoyed “Splash” and “Sing Street.”
“Lobster” 2nd week expansion is better than A24’s SPECTACULAR NOW and even ROOM (though it obviously won’t get the awards boost), and on par with WHILE WE’RE YOUNG. Still skeptical it can get to much better than $4 million but I’m hoping!
ZOOTOPIA is getting so close to $1 billion (and will pass LION KING’s cume for #2 Disney animation this week) I bet the studio pushes it over the top even if it starts tailing off in Japan. TJB will pass BvS both stateside and worldwide this week to give Mouse House the Top 3 worldwide and 3 of the top 4 domestically.
APOCALYPSE opened to $103 million which is fine. Still skeptical of its chances here.
Completely off topic (aside from a Ben Wheatly film when he has one out I haven’t watched yet)….finally caught up with A Field In England. Holy shit. I felt like I’d been assaulted or through a psychotic episode (and I’m schizophrenic so I’ve been through the real thing). I like cinema that scars and this thing thoroughly got to me. It was hilariously funny too.
Love Kill List, too. Still have to see High Rise and Sightseers but I will soon. Wheatly is special. Among my fave working filmmakers.
Yeah Wheatley seems genuinely deranged. SIGHTSEERS is bonkers, though much funnier than his other work. The last 20 minutes of KILL LIST is the scariest on-screen sequence I’ve seen in years.
Movieman is half-right on the stagnant arthouse scene. The intelligent crowd is being subjected to the same Hard Sell! Hard Sell! that brand-name movies get.
“The Meddler”? Academy Award Winner. Aaargh!
“A Bigger Splash”? Naaame-Checking! an obscure film. Burp!
“Sing Street”? Naaame-Checking! another obscure flick. Belch!
And “Everybody Wants Some!!” when it’s praised by Mr. Right-Wing Hack himself, Peter Travers. I’d rather be executed by anti-aircraft fire in North Korea.
you do you chuckles (summer’s on the way there yeah, time to clear the ice from the above-ground pool and go for a dip!)
weird how in all the mentions of wheatley i rarely see amy jump given any props – his movies don’t magically write themselves and apart form ‘sightseers’ her contribution is crucial to the formula
Point taken, leahnz.
Weirder still – I can’t find a single video of Amy Jump anywhere on YouTube. Nothing behind the scenes, nothing on a red carpet, no sit down interviews, NOTHING. Which is fucking astonishing in 2016.
Stills of Amy Jump, too?
Hmm. Maybe Amy Jump is Wheatley and he’s really his own screenwriter like Donald Trump adopted a fake accent and name to become his own publicist? That still could be an actor!
Ben Wheatley blogs, 1/19/15, “Amy Jump. Screenwriter. Editor. This is the only photo of her on the internet pretty much. I took this. Im available for weddings etc.”
wheatley is jump’s ball-n-chain haha (or he was, i must admit when i heard wheatley had written his new one himself – a shootout on a wharf or somesuch – i wondered if the wheatley/jump weird wagon had sadly derailed along the way, hope not)
jump’s the real deal, i met her and andrea arnold at the same thingy a few years back and had a serious moment admiring the choice chicas. arnold was hilarious, though i think was a bit drunk so i might’ve seen it all through funny goggles but man i dig her)