By Leonard Klady Klady@moviecitynews.com

The Weekend Report

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows led the weekend with an estimated $35.3 million debut. Two other films bowed nationally, with better-than-expected results for the drama Me Before You of $18.1 million and a disappointing turn of $4.6 million for boy-band music-and-fame satire Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping.

Best of new exclusives were single-screen exclusives The Witness with $13,600, and The Fits, generating $10,300. Expansions saw solid returns for Maggie’s Plan and the continued strength of The Lobster is providing the biggest surprise among alternative titles. In the niches, Indian imports saw potent results for Telugu A…Aa of $1.3 million as well as Hindi Housefull 3 with $697,000. Korean occult horror The Wailing ($40 million overseas) bowed with $211,000 at 32 villages and latest Filipino rom-com Love Me Tomorrow grossed $142,000.

Session revenues generated about $135 million and dipped 19% from last weekend. It was flat with 2015 when the debut of Spy was on top with $29.1 million and another freshman, Insidious Chapter 3, was close behind with $22.7 million.

The first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie opened on April Fools 1990 to results that surprised everyone. The new-gen reboot in 2014 and follow-up Out of the Shadows provided solid but not spectacular returns. But this has not been a sequel-friendly season as evidenced by new X-Men and Neighbors.

Turtles also opened day-and-date in 40 international territories to an estimated $34 million. Top territories included the UK with $5.3 million, Russia grossing $4.8 million and Mexico celebrating $4.5 million.

On the domestic side the audience tilted 54% male with 52% of the audience aged 25-years and younger per studio exit polling. Data wasn’t available that reflected family attendance.

There was obviously sufficient awareness of Jojo Moyes’ YA novel Me Before You to spur results that bettered tracking indicators and top end industry expectations of $15 million. The three-hankie affair drew an 81% female audience that was 72% aged 25-years and older. The key 17-34-year demo accounted for 36% of viewers.

Me Before You opened in a handful of overseas engagements to an estimated $7.7 million with the Brit tale grossing $2.7 million in the UK. South Korea was also strong with a $1.6 million tally.

It appears that a significant swath of the crowd didn’t get the joke when it came to Popstar… expecting a more conventional musical saga. Expectations were modest, if higher than its opening box office. Its crowd was 60% male with 55% aged 25-years and younger and 75% aged between 17 and 34.

Title Distributor Gross (average) % change * Theaters Cume
TMNJ2 Par 35.3 (8,670) NEW 4071 35.3
X-Men: Apocalypse Fox 22.3 (5,370) -66% 4153 116.5
Me Before You WB 18.1 (6,680) NEW 2704 18.1
Alice Through the Looking Glass BV 10.7 (2,850) -60% 3763 50.8
The Angry Birds Movie Sony 9.7 (2,790) -48% 3484 86.6
Captain America: Civil War BV 7.6 (2,470) -50% 3084 389
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising Uni 4.7 (1,940) -50% 2417 48.5
Popstar: Never Stop… Uni 4.6 (2,000) NEW 2311 4.6
The Jungle Book BV 4.2 (2,130) -40% 1990 347.5
The Nice Guys WB 3.5 (1,840) -47% 1888 29.1
Love & Friendship Roadside 2.1 (2,530) -14% 819 7
Money Monster Sony 1.8 (1,370) -58% 1323 38.2
The Lobster A24 1.5 (2,660) 98% 560 3.6
A…Aa Blue Sky 1.3 (9,850) NEW 134 1.8
Zootopia BV .80 (1,990) -1% 400 337.2
Housefull 3 Eros .70 (5,130) NEW 136 0.7
Batman v. Superman WB .28 (1,060) -55% 270 329.9
The Man Who Knew Infinity IFC/Mongrel .27 (1,350) -58% 198 3
The Meddler Sony Classics .24 (1,050) -54% 232 3.6
The Wailing Well Go .21 (6,590) NEW 32 0.29
10 Cloverfield Lane Par .20 (2,290) 82% 86 72.3
Weiner IFC .19 (3,310) -10% 58 0.53
The Darkness High Top .18 (870) -75% 208 10.4
A Bigger Splash Fox Searchlight .16 (710) -70% 220 1.7
Maggie’s Plan Sony Classics .15 (4,450) 11% 34 0.4
Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) $128.90
% Change (Last Year) 0%
% Change (Last Week) -19%
Also debuting/expanding
Love Me Tomorrow ABS .14 (2,330) 61 0.14
Iraivi Praneeth 85,700 (2,090) 41 0.09
Sing Street Weinstein Co. 45,300 (790) -71% 57 2.9
The Final Master United 25,800 (1,170) 22 0.03
Into the Forest Elevation 19,700 (2,190) 9 0.02
Art Bastard Cavu 16,100 (8,050) 2 0.02
The Witness FilmRise 13,600 (13,600) 1 0.01
The Fits Osilloscope 10,300 (10,300) 1 0.01
Approaching the Unknown Vertical 6,200 (560) 11 0.01
Urge Lionsgate 4,900 (410) 12 0.01
The President Corinth 4,400 (4,400) 1 0.01
Domestic Market Share (January 1 – June 2, 2016)
Distributor (releases) Box Office Market Share
Buena Vista (8) 1427.3 31.30%
20th Century Fox (11) 865.4 19.00%
Warner Bros. (12) 507.6 11.10%
Universal (9) 375.3 8.20%
Paramount (9) 318.4 7.00%
Sony (15) 289.8 6.40%
Lionsgate (12) 206.5 4.50%
Focus (7) 133.6 2.90%
Open Road (4) 69.2 1.50%
Weinstein Co. (7) 54.4 1.20%
STX (3) 42.4 0.95%
A24 (5) 37.9 0.80%
Roadside Attractions (5) 22.3 0.50%
Sony Classics (7) 20.3 0.45%
Fox Searhlight (4) 18.4 0.40%
Bleecker Street (3) 17.9 0.40%
Other * (163) 155.8 3.40%
4562.5 100%
* none greater than 0.35%
Top Domestic Grossers (January 1 – June 2, 2016)
Title Distributor Box Office
Captain America: Civil War BV 381,349,157
Deadpool Fox 362,973,734
The Jungle Book BV 343,222,661
Zootopia BV 336,429,682
Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice WB 329,619,773
Star Wars: The Force Awakens * BV 284,378,657
The Revenant Fox 182,765,375
Kung Fu Panda 3 Fox 143,213,757
X-Men: Apocalypse Fox 94,173,232
Ride Along 2 Uni 91,251,872
Daddy’s Home Par 85,902,195
The Angry Birds Movie Sony 76,902,726
10 Cloverfield Lane Par 72,082,998
Allegiant Lionsgate 66,184,051
The Boss Uni 62,797,695
London Has Fallen Focus/VVS 62,524,260
Miracles from Heaven Sony 61,143,691
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 Uni 59,948,926
Barbershop: The Next Cut WB 53,383,303
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghai Par 52,897,721
* does not include 2015 revenue
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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
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