By Leonard Klady Klady@moviecitynews.com

The Weekend Report

Finding Dory was top choice movie for the third weekend during the holiday frame with an estimated $41.8 million (all figures reflect 3-day box office). Three national newcomers followed: The Legend of Tarzan with $37.7 million, The Purge: Election Year grossing $30.8 and The BFG bowing to $19.2 million. The good news was the trio outperformed expectations. The bad newss? Expectations were low.

In limited wide release, Brit espionage thriller Our Kind of Traitor struggled to $950,000. In Québec, Les 3 p’tit cochons 2 continued to find humor among three dysfunctional brothers with a $544,000 tally at 69 venues. Swiss Army Man expanded to 636 playdates for $1.4 million. The weekend also saw promising starts for the French import of The Innocents of $26,700 from three engagements and the doc Life, Animated that grossed $22,700 also from three.

Revenues for the frame nudged toward $190 million for a slight 1% boost from last weekend. It was a whopping 41% improvement from 2015 when Inside Out prevailed over Jurassic World with respective box office of $29.8 million and $29.2 million. The top freshmen entries were Terminator Genysis at $27 million and Magic Mike XXL with $12.9 million.

Tracking gave The Purge: Election Day the edge over The Legend of Tarzan and the chiller franchise out-performed the vine swinger at Thursday previews. The situation reversed as the long weekend progressed. Tarzan had been perceived as this year’s John Carter commercially, but the venerable movie icon didn’t get lost in the jungle. Reviews were generally dismissive and industry top end estimates of $25 million were wrong.

The picture also opened day-and-date in 19 foreign climes to an estimated $19 million including $4 million in South Korea and $3 million in Russia. The domestic audience was 51% female with 69% of viewers aged 25-years and older with 41% aged between 18 and 34-years old.

Meanwhile, while the third installment of The Purge got trumped by Lord Greystoke, it still bettered the $30-32 million anticipated 4-day box office. Its audience was 53% female with 65% aged 25-years and younger … many of them unable to cast a vote in November.

The industry also didn’t quite know how to gauge the appeal of The BFG with high-and predictions of $20 million for the adaptation of the children’s bedtime classic. The yarn was sufficiently beloved to vanquish the “bean” counters and it didn’t hurt to have the Spielberg imprimatur attached. It also skewed female at 54% with 51% of the audience aged 25-years and younger and 60% of the crowd identifying as families. It also opened in two international markets with an estimated $2 million in Australia and $1.9 million from Russia.

Weekend (estimates) July 1 – 3, 2016
Title Distributor Gross (average) % chng Thtrs Cume
Finding Dory BV 41.8 (9,710) -43% 4305 372.2
The Legend of Tarzan WB 37.7 (10,590) NEW 3561 37.7
The Purge: Election Day Uni 30.8 (11,030) NEW 2796 30.8
The BFG BV 19.2 (5,710) NEW 3357 19.2
Independence Day 2 Fox 16.5 (4,030) -60% 4091 72.6
Central Intelligence WB 12.4 (3,910) -32% 3166 91.8
The Shallows Sony 8.8 (2,980) -47% 2962 35.1
Free State of Jones STX/Elevation 4.1 (1,470) -46% 2781 15.1
The Conjuring 2 WB 3.8 (1,890) -51% 2008 95.2
Now You See Me 2 Lionsgate 2.9 (1,640) -47% 1788 58.7
Swiss Army Man A24 1.4 (2,220) 1238% 636 1.6
Our Kind of Traitor Roadside .95 (2,550) NEW 373 0.95
X-Men: Apocalypse Fox .93 (1,480) -63% 630 153.5
Me Before You WB .81 (1,550) -58% 523 53.7
Captain America: Civil War BV .76 (2,070) -44% 367 405.4
TMNJ 2 Par .74 (1,030) -70% 719 79.5
The Jungle Book BV .67 (2,280) -47% 294 359.5
Les 3 p’tits cochons 2 Seville .54 (7,880) NEW 69 0.54
Warcraft Uni .49 (1,190) -78% 411 45.8
Alice Through the Looking Glass BV .36 (1,890) -80% 192 75.6
Love & Friendship Roadside 35 (1,870) -35% 189 12.5
The Lobster A24/Mongrel .31 (2,030) -24% 151 8
The Angry Birds Movie Sony .29 (1,160) -36% 251 105.6
The Nice Guys WB .26 (990) -35% 264 35.5
Maggie’s Plan Sony Classics .23 (1,470) -15% 158 2.6
Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) $185.30
% Change (Last Year) 1%
% Change (Last Week) 41%
Also debuting/expanding
The Neon Dream Broad Green .13 (700) -78% 185 1.1
Hunt for the Wilderpeople Orchard .13 (5,570) 66% 23 0.24
Sardaarji 2 White Hill .12 (2,540) -57% 48 0.54
Genius Roadside Attractons .11 (1,130) -48% 98 1
Wiener-Dog IFC 80,500 (2,240) 231% 36 0.1
Weiner IFC 82,600 (1,230) -20% 67 1.4
No One’s Life is Easy China Lion 33,400 (1,520) 22 0.03
The Innocents Music Box 26,700 (8,900) 3 0.03
Life, Animated Orchard 22,700 (7,570) 3 0.02
Bounty Hunters Dreamwest 18,400 (1,080) 17 0.02
Microbe & Gasoline Screen Media 12,000 (6,000) 2 0.01
Marauders Lionsgate 9,550 (680) 14 0.01
Buddymoon Gravitas 7,800 (710) 11 0.01
Blood Simple (reissue) Janus 7,700 (7,700) 1 0.01
Rosenne for President! IFC 3,100 (1,550) 2 0.01
Domestic Market Share (January 1 – June 30, 2016)
Distributor (releases) Box Office Market Share
Buena Vista (9) 1835.9 32.60%
20th Century Fox (12) 980.4 17.40%
Warner Bros. (15) 744.1 13.20%
Universal (12) 446.2 7.90%
Paramount (9) 395.4 7.00%
Sony (14) 349.2 6.20%
Lionsgate (13) 262.3 4.70%
Fous (8) 134.5 2.40%
Open Road (4) 69.4 1.20%
Weinstein Co. (8) 54.7 1.00%
STX (4) 52.9 0.95%
A24 (7) 43.4 0.80%
Roadside Attractions (6) 29.9 0.55%
Sony Classics (9) 23.7 0.40%
Other * (193) 208.4 3.70%
5630.4 100%
* none greater than 0.35%
Top Domestic Grossers (January 1 – June 30, 2016)
Title Distributor Box Office
Captain America: Civil War BV 404,648,388
Deadpool Fox 363,070,709
The Jungle Book BV 358,834,598
Zootopia BV 340,551,819
Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice WB 330,788,783
Finding Dory BV 330,349,602
Star Wars: The Force Awakens * BV 284,378,657
The Revenant Fox 182,765,375
X-Men: Apocalypse Fox 152,597,455
Kung Fu Panda 3 Fox 143,467,597
The Angry Birds Movie Sony 105,367,614
The Conjuring 2 WB 91,433,538
Ride Along 2 Uni 91,251,872
Daddy’s Home * Par 85,902,195
Central Intelligence WB 79,437,074
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows Par 78,747,502
Alice Through the Looking Glass BV 75,280,329
10 Cloverfield Lane Par 72,425,310
Allegiant Lionsgate 66,255,109
The Boss Uni 63,226,106
* does not include 2015 revenues
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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