By Leonard Klady Klady@moviecitynews.com
The Weekend Report
The Boss Baby again edged out Beauty and the Beast for weekend bragging rights with two family movies grossing respective estimates of $26.4 million and $24.7 million. Smurfs: The Lost Village opened with a softish $13.7 million while the octo-heist yarn Going in Style had a surprisingly resilient $12.3 million launch.
Best of the exclusive debs were the monster-relationship drama-comedy Colossal, which grossed $121,000 at four playlots and stiff-upper-lipped Brit Their Finest with $78,400. Also bowing nationally was the faith-targeted The Case for Christ with a $3.8 million investigation.
In international day-and-dates, Telugu Kattru Veliyidai had an OK bow of $287,000. Japan’s all-time box office champion ($240 million), animated Your Name., had an impressive start of $1.7 million from 294 engagements. In Québec, French comic import Demain tout commence was sturdy with a $237,000 box office following a $50 million international overseas gross. And the 56- screen start for the family drama Gifted was off to $482,000.
Session revenues generated roughly $125 million and ebbed back 28% from last weekend. It was an 18% improvement from 2016 when the debut of The Boss edged out Batman v Superman with $23.6 million to the latter’s $26.4 million.
Industry tracking indicated a mid-teen opening for Smurfs: The Lost Village following the robust $550 million global box office of the prior 2011 big blue screen edition. It got a head start last weekend internationally with a comparably diminished $15.4 million tally in 28 territories. Overseas engagements added 30 markets this weekend and bumped up to an estimated $22 million.
On the domestic side, the Smurfs had an audience that was 53% female with 63% of viewers 25 and younger. Studio exit demos also identified the crowd a 77% family.
The update of Martin Brest’s 1979 Going in Style was expected to gross a modest $8-$9 million in light of its older appeal. Exit demos reflected that draw but that segment of the audience proved to be more vociferous. It also had a slight female tilt of 53% with a staggering 95% of patrons aged 25-years and older of which 72% were aged more than 50-years old with a plurality AARP members. Its demos are certain to get younger in the coming weeks.
| Weekend (estimates) April 7 – 9, 2017 | |||||
| Title | Distributor | Gross (avg) | % chng | Thtrs | Cume |
| The Boss Baby | Fox | 26.4 (6,900) | -47% | 3829 | 89.5 |
| Beauty and the Beast | BV | 24.7 (6,220) | -46% | 3969 | 432 |
| Smurfs: The Lost Village | Sony | 13.7 (3,800) | NEW | 3610 | 13.7 |
| Going in Style | WB | 12.3 (4,010) | NEW | 3061 | 12.3 |
| Ghost in the Shell | Par | 7.3 (2,120) | -61% | 3440 | 31.5 |
| Power Rangers | Lionsgate | 6.2 (2,090) | -56% | 2978 | 75.1 |
| Kong: Skull Island | WB | 5.7 (2,080) | -33% | 2753 | 156.5 |
| Logan | Fox | 4.0 (2,070) | -34% | 1949 | 218.1 |
| Get Out | Uni | 4.0 (2,540) | -29% | 1574 | 162.8 |
| The Case for Christ | Pure Flix | 3.8 (3,210) | NEW | 1174 | 3.8 |
| The Zookeeper’s Wife | Focus/Elevation | 2.9 (3,560) | -13% | 804 | 7.6 |
| Life | Sony | 2.4 (1,350) | -57% | 1788 | 27 |
| Your Name | FunImation | 1.7 (5,710) | NEW | 294 | 1.7 |
| CHIPs | WB | 1.4 (1,030) | -65% | 1351 | 17.1 |
| The Shack | Lionsgate | 1.1 (1,000) | -46% | 1108 | 54.8 |
| Gifted | Fox Searchlight | .48 (8,610) | NEW | 56 | 0.48 |
| The Lego Batman Movie | WB | .39 (1,120) | -48% | 350 | 173.3 |
| Kaatru Veliyidai | ATMUS | .29 (2,590) | NEW | 111 | 0.35 |
| T2: Trainspotting | Sony | .27 (1,740) | -28% | 157 | 1.6 |
| Hidden Figures | Fox | .27 (940) | -35% | 288 | 168.3 |
| Demain tout commence | Seville | .24 (5,510) | NEW | 43 | 0.24 |
| The Belko Experiment | High Top | .20 (1,060) | -62% | 186 | 9.4 |
| Rogue One | BV | .17 (940) | -33% | 177 | 532 |
| Lion | Weinstein Co. | .16 (810) | -18% | 203 | 51.4 |
| John Wick: Chapter 2 | Lionsgate | .16 (990) | -26% | 162 | 91.5 |
| Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) | $118.10 | ||||
| % Change (Last Year) | 18% | ||||
| % Change (Last Week) | -28% | ||||
| Also debuting/expanding | |||||
| Frantz | Music Box | .15 (1,890) | 79% | 81 | 0.36 |
| The Devotion of Subject X | China Lion | .14 (3,130) | -55% | 46 | 0.57 |
| Personal Shopper | IFC | .13 (940) | -18% | 141 | 1 |
| Colossal | Neon | .12 (30,300) | NEW | 4 | 0.12 |
| Raab de Radio | White Hill | .11 (5,950) | -21% | 19 | 0.35 |
| Kedi | Oscilloscope | .10 (1,220) | -31% | 85 | 2.2 |
| Their Finest | STX | 78,400 (19,600) | 4 | 0.08 | |
| Kizumonogatari III | Azoland | 68,100 (4,260) | 16 | 0.07 | |
| Cheliyaa | Jolly Hits | 65,200 (600) | 109 | 0.09 | |
| Raw | Focus | 48,200 (1,070) | -31% | 45 | 0.4 |
| The Void | Screen Media | 46,800 (1,510) | 31 | 0.05 | |
| Song to Song | Broad Green | 36,500 (830) | -38% | 44 | 0.4 |
| Extraordinary Mission | Hannover | 28,300 (1,420) | 20 | 0.03 | |
| Truman | FilmRise | 18,700 (6,230) | 3 | 0.02 | |
| Queen of the Desert | IFC | 17,300 (180) | 94 | 0.02 | |
| Aftermath | Lionsgate | 10,100 (670) | 15 | 0.01 | |
| Graduation | IFC | 9,800 (4,900) | 2 | 0.01 | |
| Alive and Kicking | Magnolia | 9,700 (1,610) | 6 | 0.01 | |
| Mine | Well Go | 7,700 (300) | 26 | 0.01 | |
| The Transfiguration | Strand | 5,200 (5,200) | 1 | 0.01 | |
| The Ticket | Shout! Factory | 4,400 (230) | 19 | 0.01 | |
| All These Sleepless Night | Orchard | 4,300 (1,420) | 3 | 0.01 | |
| Domestic Market Share (January 2 – April 6, 2017) | |||||
| Distributor (releases) | Box Office | Market Share | |||
| Universal (8) | 623.7 | 20.50% | |||
| Buena Vista (4) | 555.7 | 18.30% | |||
| 20th Century Fox (12) | 499.6 | 16.40% | |||
| Warner Bros. (11) | 398.7 | 13.10% | |||
| Lionsgate (10) | 345.6 | 11.40% | |||
| Paramount (10) | 178.9 | 5.90% | |||
| Sony (8) | 123.1 | 4.00% | |||
| Weinstein Co. (3) | 62.5 | 2.10% | |||
| Open Road (3) | 33.8 | 1.10% | |||
| CBS (2) | 32.6 | 1.10% | |||
| STX (3) | 29 | 0.95% | |||
| Focus (7) | 20.9 | 0.70% | |||
| A24 (2) | 19.1 | 0.65% | |||
| Roadside Attractions (2) | 17.5 | 0.60% | |||
| Fox Searchlight (4) | 14.9 | 0.50% | |||
| Other * (91) | 81.8 | 2.70% | |||
| 3037.4 | 100% | ||||
| * none greater than 0.4% | |||||
| Top Global Grossers (January 2 – April 6, 2017) | |||||
| Title | Distributor | Box Office | |||
| Beauty and the Beast | BV | 913,803,315 | |||
| Logan | Fox | 589,483,086 | |||
| Kong: Skull Island | WB | 495,930,920 | |||
| Fifty Shades Darker | Uni | 378,777,339 | |||
| La La Land * | Lionsgate | 377,022,978 | |||
| Sing * | Uni | 354,022,827 | |||
| xXx: Return of Xander Cage | Par | 344,515,124 | |||
| The Great Wall | Uni; China Film | 330,789,221 | |||
| Resident Evil: The Final Chapter | Sony; Constantin | 313,832,890 | |||
| The Lego Batman Movie | WB | 299,320,051 | |||
| Kung Fu Yoga | Well Go; Golden Network | 273,956,711 | |||
| Split | Uni | 271,273,977 | |||
| Rogue One * | BV | 270,018,934 | |||
| Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back | Alibaba; Sony | 251,521,078 | |||
| Moana * | BV | 224,308,170 | |||
| Hidden Figures * | Fox | 222,275,082 | |||
| Passengers * | Sony | 183,973,453 | |||
| A Dog’s Purpose | Uni; Mister Smith | 180,607,558 | |||
| Get Out | Uni | 170,422,112 | |||
| John Wick: Chapter 2 | Lionsgate | 163,140,180 | |||
| * does not include 2016 box office | |||||
