By Leonard Klady Klady@moviecitynews.com
The Weekend Report
The Magnificent Seven prevailed as top choice in the marketplace with an estimated $34.8 million. The frame’s other national opener, the animated Storks, took second with $21.4 million.
Limited and exclusive bows featured a toe-dipper for the African-set drama Queen of Katwe of $303,000 prior to next week’s national launch. The delayed release of Australia’s The Dressmaker arrived to a positive $183,000 at 36 shops. Its international gross has been around $23 million since its Down Under bow in November 2015.
In the niches the only Indian import to register a pulse was the Telugu Majnu that bowed in 114 venues with $353,000. The Filipino Barcelona: A Love Untold opened to a potent $434,000 following a record breaking debut on home turf. South Korea’s Oscar submission The Age of Shadows had a solid start of $147,000 from 41 screens and in Quebec the critically lauded local entry Juste la fin du monde (It’s Not the End of the World) grossed an OK $169,000.
Revenues for the frame generated about $105 million for a 15% uptick for last weekend. It was 26% diminished from 2015 when the debuts of Hotel Transylvania 2 and The Intern led with respective openings of $48.5 million and $17.7 million.
As the age of the avid moviegoer matures, the appeal of the western ought to improve and industry trackers were initially confident that The Magnificent Seven would debut to $40 million plus. However, that estimate got pared back in the days leading up to its release and mixed critical reviews may have damped down expectations. Studio exit demos identified the opening crowd as 56% male with 67% aged 25-years and older.
Expectations were also higher than actuality for Storks that was initially anticipated to gross about $30 million first weekend. Targeted to families with young children it has that sector to itself for the next month. The audience was 60% female with 51% of viewers aged 25-years and older.
| Weekend (estimates) September 23 – 25, 2016 | |||||
| Title | Distributor | Gross (avg) | % chng | Thtrs | Cume |
| The Magnificent Seven | Sony | 34.8 (9,480) | NEW | 3674 | 34.8 |
| Storks | WB | 21.4 (5,470) | NEW | 3922 | 21.4 |
| Sully | WB | 13.6 (3,440) | -37% | 3955 | 92.2 |
| Bridget Jones’s Baby | Uni | 4.5 (1,540) | -47% | 2930 | 16.5 |
| Snowden | Open Road/ Elevation | 4.0 (1,630) | -50% | 2443 | 15 |
| Blair Witch | Lionsgate | 3.9 (1,260) | -58% | 3121 | 16.1 |
| Don’t Breathe | Sony | 3.8 (1,550) | -33% | 2438 | 81.1 |
| Suicide Squad | WB | 3.0 (1,400) | -36% | 2172 | 318.1 |
| When the Bough Breaks | Sony | 2.5 (1,710) | -55% | 1444 | 26.6 |
| Hell or High Water | CBS/VVS | 1.1 (960) | -48% | 1128 | 24.8 |
| Kubo and the Two Strings | Focus | 1.1 (890) | -57% | 1209 | 45.9 |
| Bad Moms | STX/eOne | 1.0 (1,020) | -43% | 986 | 111.7 |
| Pete’s Dragon | BV | .88 (720) | -59% | 1230 | 74.2 |
| No Manches Frida | Lionsgate | .74 (1.780) | -43% | 416 | 10.3 |
| The Secret Life of Pets | Uni | .67 (890) | -45% | 747 | 364.3 |
| Sausage Party | Sony | .54 (980) | -55% | 551 | 96.4 |
| Jason Bourne | Uni | .52 (840) | -52% | 623 | 161.3 |
| Barcelona: A Love Untold | ABS | 43 (6,290) | NEW | 69 | 0.43 |
| The Wild Life | Lionsgate | .42 (290) | -85% | 1431 | 7.7 |
| Hillsong – Let Hope Rise | Pure Flix | .41 (540) | -70% | 763 | 2.1 |
| War Dogs | WB | .38 (900) | -63% | 417 | 42.5 |
| The Beatles: Eight Days a Week | Abramorama | .37 (2,460) | -40% | 151 | 1.4 |
| Majnu | ATMUS | .35 (3,100) | NEW | 114 | 0.41 |
| Pink | NH | .33 (4,210) | -15% | 79 | 0.9 |
| Queen of Katwe | BV | .30 (5,830) | NEW | 52 | 0.3 |
| Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) | $98.05 | ||||
| % Change (Last Year) | -26% | ||||
| % Change (Last Week) | 15% | ||||
| Also debuting/expanding | |||||
| The Light Between Oceans | BV | .27 (650) | -66% | 416 | 11.9 |
| The Hollars | Sony Classics | .26 (880) | 124% | 298 | 0.72 |
| The Dressmaker | Broad Green | .18 (5,080) | 36 | 0.18 | |
| Florence Foster Jenkins | Par/eOne | .18 (760) | -55% | 235 | 27 |
| Juste la fin du monde | Seville | .17 (3,250) | 52 | 0.23 | |
| The Age of Shadows | CJ | .15 (3,590) | 41 | 0.15 | |
| Don’t Think Twice | Film Arcade | .13 (1,360) | -32% | 95 | 4 |
| Soulmate | Cheng Cheng | .10 (4,680) | 22 | 0.01 | |
| Aandavan Kattalai | Sri Green | 33,100 (2,770) | 12 | 0.03 | |
| Goat | Film Arcade | 19.400 (1,070) | 18 | 0.02 | |
| Banjo | Eros | 18,100 (620) | 29 | 0.02 | |
| Thodari | Praneeth | 17,200 (340) | 51 | 0.02 | |
| My Blind Brother | Orion | 16,700 (730) | 23 | 0.02 | |
| The Lovers and the Despot | Magnolia | 13,500 (1,690) | 8 | 0.01 | |
| The Best Democracy Can Buy | Cinema Libre | 7,700 (7,700) | 1 | 0.01 | |
| 77 Minutes | Double Wave | 7,200 (7,200) | 1 | 0.01 | |
| Closet Monster | Strand | 6,400 (6,400) | 1 | 0.01 | |
| Generation Startup | Long Shot | 5,700 (5,700) | 1 | 0.01 | |
| Chicken People | IDP | 3,600 (1,800) | 2 | 0.01 | |
| I.T. | RLJ Entertainment | 3,300 (330) | 10 | 0.01 | |
| Domestic Market Share (January 1 – September 23, 2016) | |||||
| Distributor (releases) | Box Office | Market Share | |||
| Buena Vista (12) | 2140.9 | 25.40% | |||
| Warner Bros. (19) | 1435.6 | 17.00% | |||
| 20th Century Fox (16) | 1144.4 | 13.50% | |||
| Universal (15) | 1061.1 | 12.60% | |||
| Sony (21) | 707.3 | 8.40% | |||
| Paramount (12) | 607.1 | 7.20% | |||
| Lionsgate (21) | 368.8 | 4.40% | |||
| Focus (11) | 180 | 2.10% | |||
| STX (5) | 161.3 | 1.90% | |||
| Open Road (6) | 79.6 | 0.90% | |||
| Weinstein Co. (9) | 59.5 | 0.70% | |||
| A24 (8) | 48.8 | 0.60% | |||
| Roadside Attractions (9) | 44.3 | 0.50% | |||
| Other * (286) | 405.3 | 4.80% | |||
| 8444 | 100.00% | ||||
| * none greater than 0.4% | |||||
| Top Domestic Grossers (January 1 – September 22, 2016) | |||||
| Title | Distributor | Box Office | |||
| Finding Dory | BV | 483,997,686 | |||
| Captain America: Civil War | BV | 408,084,349 | |||
| The Jungle Book | BV | 363,982,606 | |||
| The Secret Life of Pets | Uni | 363,638,700 | |||
| Deadpool | Fox | 363,070,709 | |||
| Zootopia | BV | 341,268,248 | |||
| Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice | WB | 331,123,905 | |||
| Suicide Squad | WB | 315,023,343 | |||
| Star Wars: The Force Awakens * | BV | 284,378,657 | |||
| The Revenant | Fox | 182,765,375 | |||
| Jason Bourne | Uni | 160,774,549 | |||
| Star Trek Beyond | Par | 157,790,083 | |||
| X-Men: Apocalypse | Fox | 155,978,223 | |||
| Kung Fu Panda 3 | Fox | 143,528,619 | |||
| Central Intelligence | WB | 128,001,100 | |||
| Ghostbusters | Sony | 127,315,984 | |||
| The Legend of Tarzan | WB | 126,824,074 | |||
| Bad Moms | STX/eOne | 110,672,552 | |||
| The Angry Birds Movie | Sony | 107,509,366 | |||
| Independence Day: Resurgence | Fox | 103,144,286 | |||
| * does not include 2015 box office | |||||
