By Leonard Klady Klady@moviecitynews.com
The Weekend Report (4-Day Christmas Edition)
Christmas got crowded but Rogue One led weekend movie charts with an estimated four-day gross of $93.3 million. As expected, the best of the new entries was animated Sing in second spot with a $56 million bow.
Trailing behind with fair results were the sci-fi Passengers that grossed $23 million, the videogame adaption Assassin’s Creed with $15.1 million and the dating comedy Why Him? with $16.8 million. In international day-and-date, Hindi Dangal was potent with a $4.3 million debut.
Exclusive openers saw dynamic per-screens for both the faith-and-torture saga Silence with $174,000 from four venues and a $232,000 box office at seven sites for Patriots Day. Also good were bows of children’s fantasy A Monster Calls with $41,900 and Almodovar’s latest, Julieta, grossing $143,000.
Also receiving a Christmas day launch was the tale of women behind the space race, Hidden Figures, which launched with $963,000 from 25 pads. 1930s gangster saga Live By Night took $58,400 from four speakeasies and Germany’s short-listed Oscar contender Toni Erdmann pranked a $30,600 box office from three screens.
The crowded marketplace also saw effective major expansions for La La Land and Lion. Fences went national Christmas day with the sort of force that award candidates aspire to.
Revenues for the frame generated about $280 million in ticket consumption for the four day period and dipped 20% (3-day to 3-day) from last weekend. It was also a 43% decline from 2015 when the second weekend of Star Wars: The Force Awakens led with $180.5 million with newcomers Daddy’s Home and Joy bowing respectively to $45.1 million and $19.6 million. With a week remaining in the calendar box office is running roughly 3% ahead of last year’s pace.
Demos for Sing skewed 51% female with 69% of the audience 25 and younger. Families accounted for 61% of the total. The film opened internationally three weeks ago and entered the current weekend with $25 million banked and added $54 million this weekend.
Passengers attracted a 50/50 gender crowd that was 56% 25 and older. It opened day-and-date in 27 international markets to $16 million including top rankings in Russia and Taiwan and strong showings in the UK and Mexico.
Assassin’s Creed tilted 64% male with 54% of viewers aged 25-years and older. The film also opened in 22 foreign territories to $14 million including a top spot in France of $5.1 million.
Why Him? patrons were 55% female with 54% 25 and older. It bowed internationally in 16 territories to an estimated $2.2 million.
| Weekend (estimates) December 23 – 26, 2016 | |||||
| Title | Distributor | Gross (avg) | % chng | Thtrs | Cume |
| Rogue One | BV | 93.3 (22,440) | -59% | 4157 | 315.3 |
| Sing | Uni | 56.0 (13,930) | NEW | 4022 | 76.7 |
| Passengers | Sony | 23.0 (5,200) | NEW | 4427 | 30.4 |
| Why Him? | Fox | 16.8 (4,300) | NEW | 3902 | 16.8 |
| Assassin’s Creed | Fox | 15.1 (4,090) | NEW | 3701 | 22.6 |
| Fences | Par | 11.5 (5,150) | 5084% | 2233 | 11.7 |
| Moana | BV | 10.6 (3,960) | -42% | 2679 | 183.6 |
| La La Land | Lionsgate | 9.8 (13,310) | 40% | 734 | 17.6 |
| Office Chriatmas Party | Par | 7.3 (3,010) | -40% | 2441 | 44.4 |
| Collateral Beauty | WB | 7.0 (2,320) | -40% | 3028 | 18 |
| Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | WB | 4.8 (2,450) | -42% | 1966 | 216.1 |
| Dangal | UTV | 4.3 (13,050) | NEW | 331 | 5.2 |
| Manchester By the Sea | Roadside Attract/ Mongrel | 4.3 (3,570) | -32% | 1212 | 21 |
| Jackie | Fox Searchlight | 1.9 (5,490) | 114% | 348 | 4.2 |
| Lion | Weinstein Co. | 1.7 (3,380) | 576% | 500 | 2.5 |
| Arrival | Par | 1.6 (3,440) | -64% | 456 | 89.9 |
| Hidden Figures | Fox | .96 (38,520) | NEW | 25 | 0.96 |
| Doctor Strange | BV | .94 (1,490) | -71% | 631 | 228.6 |
| Trolls | Fox | .57 (1,150) | -71% | 499 | 148.8 |
| Moonlight | A24/Elevation | .52 (3,260) | -17% | 159 | 12.2 |
| Hacksaw Ridge | Lionsgate/Elevation | .51 (1,150) | -65% | 441 | 63.9 |
| Nocturnal Animals | Focus | .45 (1,280) | -84% | 353 | 9.9 |
| Almost Christmas | Uni | .31 (1,312) | -62% | 237 | 41.8 |
| Votez Bougon | Entract | .24 (2,990) | -48% | 81 | 0.74 |
| Allied | Par | .23 (1,010) | -88% | 228 | 39.3 |
| Patriots Day | CBS | .23 (33,140) | NEW | 7 | 0.33 |
| Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) | $272.50 | ||||
| % Change (Last Year) | -43% | ||||
| % Change (Last Week) | -20% | ||||
| Also debuting/expanding | |||||
| Silence | Par | .17 (43,500) | 4 | 0.17 | |
| The Eagle Huntress | Sony Classics | .14 (1,260) | -19% | 114 | 2 |
| Julieta | Sony Classics | .14 (23,870) | 6 | 0.16 | |
| Vangaveeti | Garam | 80,700 (2,880) | 28 | 0.08 | |
| The Wasted Times | China Lion | 76,200 (5,080) | -33% | 15 | 0.25 |
| Elle | Sony Classics | 70,800 (1,820) | 60% | 39 | 0.79 |
| Live By Night | WB | 58,400 (14,600) | 4 | 0.06 | |
| A Monster Calls | Focus | 41,900 (10,480) | 4 | 0.04 | |
| Toni Erdmann | Sony Classics | 30,600 (10,200) | 3 | 0.03 | |
| Neruda | Orchard | 26,900 (6,720) | -30% | 4 | 0.09 |
| Will You Be There | CJ | 15,100 (7,550) | 2 | 0.02 | |
| Le Fils de Jean | Seville | 8,800 (2,200) | 4 | 0.01 | |
| Domestic Market Share (January 1 – December 22, 2016) | |||||
| Distributor (releases) | Box Office | Market Share | |||
| Buena Vista (16) | 2778.7 | 25.60% | |||
| Warner Bros. (25) | 1876.6 | 17.30% | |||
| 20th Century Fox (24) | 1413.2 | 13.00% | |||
| Universeal (20) | 1275.8 | 11.80% | |||
| Sony (25) | 863.2 | 7.90% | |||
| Paramount (17) | 832.4 | 7.70% | |||
| Lionsgate (28) | 577.8 | 5.30% | |||
| Focus (14) | 204.8 | 1.90% | |||
| STX (7) | 178.7 | 1.60% | |||
| Open Road (8) | 97.2 | 0.90% | |||
| Roadside Attractions (11) | 61.9 | 0.60% | |||
| A24 (11) | 60.6 | 0.55% | |||
| Weinstein Co. (10) | 60.4 | 0.55% | |||
| Other * (380) | 571.9 | 5.30% | |||
| 10853.2 | 100.00% | ||||
| * none greater than 0.45% | |||||
| Top Limited Releases (January 1 – December 22, 2016) | |||||
| Title | Distributor | Box Office | |||
| Eye in the Sky | Bleecker/eOne | 18,704,595 | |||
| Hello, My Name is Doris | Roadside Attractions | 14,444,999 | |||
| Love & Friendship | Roadside Attractions | 14,016,568 | |||
| Hillary’s America | D’Souza Media | 13,099,931 | |||
| The Light Between Oceans | BV | 12,581,941 | |||
| Moonlight | A24/Elevation | 11,733,808 | |||
| No Manhes Frida | Lionsgate | 11,578,242 | |||
| Café Society | Lionsgate/Mongrel | 11,185,091 | |||
| The Lady in the Van | Sony Classics | 10,021,175 | |||
| The Lobster | A24/Mongrel | 9,151,790 | |||
| Carol * | Weinstein Co. | 8,910,357 | |||
| Queen of Katwe | BV | 8,791,546 | |||
| A Beautiful Planet | Imax | 7,946,263 | |||
| La La Land | Lionsgate | 7,882,711 | |||
| Loving | Focus | 7,257,068 | |||
| The Danish Girl * | Focus | 6,607,578 | |||
| Southside with You | Roadside Attractions | 6,304,223 | |||
| Sultan | Yash Raj | 6,197,181 | |||
| Captain Fantastic | Bleecker Street/eOne | 5,878,408 | |||
| Hunt for the Wilderpeople | Orchard | 5,205,471 | |||
| * does not include 2015 box office | |||||
