By Leonard Klady Klady@moviecitynews.com
The Weekend Report
Get Out got in with an estimated $30.5 million debut. The session’s other two national openers had less fortuitous results. The animated Rock Dogs charted 11th with $3.6 million. Collide bumped into $1.5 million.
In limited release, period political thriller Bitter Harvest reaped a fallow $203,000. Indian imports barely registered a pulse save for Hindi wartime drama Rangoon, which grossed $324,000 from 114 screens. In Québec, French animation Ballerina was en point with a $223,000 tally, following an overseas gross of more than $60 million. Québec local comedy Ca Sent le coupe also posted good results of $112,000 from 35 sites.
In exclusives, Oscar-nominated and César-winning animation My Life as a Zucchini was solid with a $26,700 box office from two screens.
Revenues for the frame exceeded $145 million and dipped 18% from last weekend. It was 17% diminished from 2016 (not Oscar weekend) when the second weekend of Deadpool led with $56.5 million and newcomers Risen and The Witch opened respectively with $2.9 million and $2 million
The horror thriller Get Out was expected to lead the box office charts with an impressive debut shy of $20 million. Tracking proved to be woefully shy of the runaway results, owing in part to unanimous critical praise as well as chatter from social sites. On the domestic front the R-rated “in-laws” nightmare drew in a 50/50 gender audience with 51% aged 25 and older. The core 18-34 crowd accounted for 69% of viewers.
Both Rock Dog and Collide were expected to gross less than $4 million. The animated musical skewed 55% female with 47% aged 18 and younger.
With Oscar hours away, the weekend saw prime contenders adding engagements. Front runner La La Land added 146 playdates and grossed a near carbon box office from last weekend. The majority of potential winners with the exception of Fences and the documentary I Am Not Your Negro have opened in the major international territories but can look to a more potent ancillary revenue stream in the coming months and beyond.
| Weekend (estimates) February 24 – 26, 2017 | |||||
| Title | Distributor | Gross (avg) | % chng | Thtrs | Cume |
| Get Out | Uni | 30.5 (10,960) | NEW | 2781 | 30.5 |
| The Lego Batman Movie | WB | 18.8 (4,640) | -42% | 4057 | 132.8 |
| John Wick: Chapter 2 | Lionsgate | 8.9 (3,020) | -45% | 2954 | 74.4 |
| The Great Wall | Uni | 8.7 (2,611) | -53% | 3328 | 34.4 |
| Fifty Shades Darker | Uni | 7.7 (2,390) | -62% | 3216 | 103.6 |
| Fist Fight | WB | 6.4 (2,000) | -48% | 3185 | 23.2 |
| Hidden Figures | Fox | 5.8 (2,890) | -19% | 2022 | 152.8 |
| La La Land | Lionsgate | 4.6 (2,640) | 0% | 1733 | 140.8 |
| Split | Uni | 4.1 (2,150) | -43% | 1901 | 130.8 |
| Lion | Weinstein Co. | 3.7 (2,070) | -11% | 1802 | 42.7 |
| Rock Dog | Lionsgate | 3.6 (1,750) | NEW | 2077 | 3.6 |
| A Dog’s Purpose | Uni | 3.5 (1,690) | -38% | 2089 | 57.6 |
| Collide | Open Road | 1.5 (750) | NEW | 2045 | 1.5 |
| A Cure for Wellness | Fox | 1.4 (510) | -68% | 2704 | 7.5 |
| Moana | BV | .84 (2,220) | -22% | 378 | 246 |
| I Am Not Your Negro | Magnolia | .82 (2,760) | -19% | 296 | 4.7 |
| Fences | Par | .77 (1,290) | -8% | 597 | 56.6 |
| Moonlight | A24/Elevation | .74 (1,270) | 37% | 585 | 22.3 |
| Rings | Par | .67 (930) | -72% | 719 | 27.3 |
| A United Kingdom | Fox Searchlight | .55 (3,770) | 105% | 145 | 1 |
| Manchester By the Sea | Roadside/ Mongrel | .51 (1,280) | -3% | 397 | 46.9 |
| Sing | Uni | .46 (1,170) | -38% | 391 | 267.6 |
| 2017 Oscar Shorts | Magnolia | .45 (2,280) | -40% | 196 | 2.5 |
| Rogue One | BV | .43 (1,520) | -44% | 284 | 529.5 |
| Everybody Loves Somebody | Lionsgate | .37 (1,120) | -60% | 333 | 1.6 |
| Rangoon | Grand Showbiz | .32 (2,840) | NEW | 114 | 0.32 |
| Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) | $114.10 | ||||
| % Change (Last Year) | -17% | ||||
| % Change (Last Week) | -18% | ||||
| Also debuting/expanding | |||||
| My Ex and Whys | ABS | .24 (3,720) | -52% | 65 | 1.1 |
| Bitter Harvest | Roadside Attract | .20 (1,600) | 127 | 0.2 | |
| Ballerina | Seville | .22 (2,860) | 78 | 0.22 | |
| The Salesman | Cohen/Elevation | .17 (1,730) | -30% | 97 | 1.4 |
| Toni Erdmann | Sony Classics | .13 (1,190) | -33% | 112 | 1.2 |
| The Red Turtle | Sony Classics/A-Z | .11 (990) | 75% | 115 | 0.59 |
| Ca Sent la coupe | Seville | .11 (3,190) | 35 | 0.11 | |
| Jackie | Fox Searchlight | .10 (910) | -34% | 112 | 13.7 |
| Kedi | Oscilloscope | .10 (7,210) | 26% | 14 | 0.29 |
| Elle | Sony Classics | 88,200 (600) | 67% | 147 | 2.2 |
| Paterson | Bleecker Street | 84,600 (1,540) | -46% | 55 | 1.7 |
| Winner | FilmNager | 65,700 (710) | 92 | 0.09 | |
| 20th Century Women | A24 | 48,500 (760) | -65% | 64 | 5.3 |
| Sargi | Grand Showbiz | 43,400 (2,710) | 16 | 0.04 | |
| Julieta | Sony Classics | 39,300 (1,180) | -26% | 33 | 1.3 |
| Year By the Sea | Real Women | 30,200 (3,350) | 9 | 0.03 | |
| My Life as a Zuchini | Gkids | 26,700 (13,350) | 2 | 0.03 | |
| Beautiful Manasugalu | Vijay | 17,200 (300) | 57 | 0.02 | |
| Ezra | ATMUS | 17,100 (710) | 24 | 0.02 | |
| Land of Mine | Sony Classics | 14,800 (1,850) | 8% | 8 | 0.07 |
| The Girl with All the Gifts | Saban | 10,300 (640) | 16 | 0.01 | |
| Une Vie | MK2 | 9,100 (1,820) | 5 | 0.01 | |
| New Trial | CJ | 6,300 (3,150) | 2 | 0.01 | |
| Punching Henry | Well Go | 4,600 (580) | 8 | 0.01 | |
| As You Are | Buffalo 8 | 4,100 (4,100) | 1 | 0.01 | |
| Dying Laughing | Gravitas | 3,700 (370) | 10 | 0.01 | |
| Domestic Market Share (January 2 – February 23, 2017) | |||||
| Distributor (releases) | Box Office | Market Share | |||
| Universal (8) | 405.3 | 26.30% | |||
| 20th Century Fox (8) | 195.6 | 12.70% | |||
| Lionsgate (7) | 173.1 | 11.20% | |||
| Warner Bros. (8) | 156.8 | 10.20% | |||
| Paramount (9) | 148.9 | 9.70% | |||
| Buena Vista (3) | 142.1 | 9.20% | |||
| Sony (5) | 95.3 | 6.20% | |||
| Weinstein Co. (3) | 49.8 | 3.20% | |||
| CBS (1) | 30.9 | 2.00% | |||
| STX (3) | 28.9 | 1.90% | |||
| Open Road (1) | 20.6 | 1.30% | |||
| Roadside Attractions (1) | 15.9 | 1.00% | |||
| A24 (2) | 13 | 0.80% | |||
| Fox Searchlight (2) | 7.1 | 0.45% | |||
| Focus (4) | 7 | 0.45% | |||
| Other * (52) | 50.4 | 3.30% | |||
| 1540.7 | 100% | ||||
| * none greater than 0.4% | |||||
