By Leonard Klady Klady@moviecitynews.com
The Weekend Report
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales easily led the Memorial holiday with an estimated $61.9 million debut during the three-day portion of the weekend. (All figures reflect 3-day box office; chart will be updated on Monday). The session’s other national opener — and alternative ocean-splasher — Baywatch had a less auspicious beach experience at $18.1 million.
On Friday, Disney also became the first distributor to cross the $1 billion threshold domestically — it was also first to the mark in 2016 but 19 days earlier — with Beauty and the Beast passing $500 million on Sunday. Internationally, The Fate of the Furious became 2017’s first $1 billion box office behemoth.
Three-day weekend revenues approached $145 million, a 13% uptick from seven days back. It was a 15% dip from 2016 when the bows of X-Men: Apocalypse and Alice Through the Looking Glass with respective starts of $79.8 million and $33.5 million.
In international day-and-date releases, Ramadan prompted a wave of Indian newcomers. Hindi offerings saw OK results of $332,000 for Sachin: A Billion Dreams and $142,000 for Saab Bahadar. Telugu Rarandoi Vekuda Chudham also had good response of $303,000. Incoming exclusive bows were bland, though diehards provided the only-four-hour Grateful Dead doc Long Strange Trip with $36,800 from regular engagements following Thursday special screenings that grossed about $260,000, prior to its Amazon streaming debut this week.
The fifth episode of Pirates of the Caribbean was expected to open at $65-$68 million with critical response targeting narrative fatigue and spectacle over substance. One curiosity was the choice of making Captain Jack Sparrow a supporting character, and the post-credits teaser implies the next edition will focus on new characters from the current film. On the domestic side, the Pirates crew was 53% male with 63% of viewers aged 25 and older. The 18-34 crowd accounted for 49% of the total, with a slim 18% identified as families.
Dead Men Tell No Tales proved more buoyant overseas with a three-day estimate of $208 million from 54 markets (only Japan missing from the mix). China bested the U.S. bow with a $68 million tally. Other top grossing arenas included Russia at $18.1 million, South Korea grossing $11.6 million, $9.3 million in France, Germany providing $8.4 million and Mexico with $6.9 million.
Baywatch joined CHIPs as the TV refugee not reaching a safe haven. Critics were gleeful about kicking sand at the big screen endeavor, citing more giggle than jiggle. Studio exit demos identified the audience as 52% female with 55% aged 25-years and older. Its only foreign playdate was Taiwan where it bowed to a solid $870,000. It expands to 32 international markets next weekend.
Title | Distributor | Gross (average) | % change * | Theaters | Cume |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men | BV | 61.9 (14,480) | NEW | 4276 | 61.9 |
Guardians Vol. 2 | BV | 20.2 (5,220) | -42% | 3871 | 333.5 |
Baywatch | Par | 18.1 (4,960) | NEW | 3647 | 22.7 |
Alien: Covenant | Fox | 10.6 (2,810) | -71% | 3772 | 57.4 |
Everything, Everything | WB | 6.1 (2,190) | -48% | 2801 | 21.5 |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul | Fox | 4.4 (1,400) | -38% | 3174 | 13.6 |
Snatched | Fox | 3.9 (1,470) | -50% | 2658 | 40.3 |
King Arthur: Legend | WB | 3.2 (1,280) | -55% | 2503 | 33.9 |
The Boss Baby | Fox | 1.7 (1,290) | -39% | 1342 | 169 |
Beauty and the Beast | BV | 1.5 (1,430) | -40% | 1076 | 500.5 |
The Fate of the Furious | Uni | 1.5 (1,080) | -54% | 1358 | 222.5 |
How to Be a Latin Lover | Lionsgate | .93 (1,390) | -55% | 669 | 29.91 |
The Lovers | A24 | .66 (1,490) | 142% | 443 | 1.3 |
Lowriders | High Top | .53 (1,580) | -55% | 334 | 5.1 |
Norman: The Moderate Rise … | Sony Classics | .48 (1,490) | -15% | 324 | 3 |
Bon Cop Bad Cop 2 | Seville | .47 (3,840) | -33% | 123 | 3.2 |
Paris Can Wait | Sony Classics | .44 (1,920) | 134% | 23 | 0.85 |
Gifted | Fox Searchlight | .36 (950) | -53% | 380 | 23.6 |
Sachin: A Billion Dreams | Viva | .33 (3,320) | NEW | 100 | 0.33 |
Rarandoi Veduka Chudham | US Telugu | .30 (2,730) | NEW | 111 | 0.37 |
The Wedding Plan | Roadside Attractions | .28 (3,010) | 72% | 92 | 0.56 |
Smurfs: The Lost Village | Sony | .27 (730) | -54% | 362 | 43.6 |
Kong: Skull Island | WB | .26 (1,040) | 28% | 246 | 167.4 |
Baahubali 2: The Conclusion | Great India | .24 (2,010) | -50% | 121 | 20.7 |
Going in Style | WB | .24 (700) | -50% | 344 | 43.9 |
Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) | $135.7 | ||||
% Change (Last Year) | -15% | ||||
% Change (Last Week) | 13% | ||||
Also debuting/expanding | |||||
A Quiet Passion | Music Box | .16 (1,440) | -23% | 108 | 1.4 |
The Zookeeper’s Wife | Focus | .16 (950) | -32% | 165 | 17.1 |
Saab Bahadar | Zee Studios | .14 (3,300) | 43 | 0.14 | |
The Lost City of Z | Bleecker Street | .13 (1,050) | -37% | 121 | 8.2 |
Maudie | Mongrel | .10 (1,780) | -15% | 57 | 1.9 |
Dear Other Self | ABS | 76,600 (1,820) | 42 | 0.08 | |
Buena Vista Social Club: Adios | Broad Green | 59,500 (780) | 76 | 0.06 | |
Long Strange Trip | Abramorama | 36.800 (18,400) | 3 | 0.04 | |
Berlin Syndrome | Netflix | 21,200 (850) | 25 | 0.02 | |
Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan | Abramorama | 19,300 (9,650) | 2 | 0.02 | |
29 + 1 | Media Asia | 17,300 (1,730) | 10 | 0.02 | |
Hermia & Helena | Kino | 12,700 (6,350) | 2 | 0.01 | |
Da Co Hoai Lang: Hello Vietnam | Galaxy | 10,800 (10,800) | 1 | 0.01 | |
Black Butterfly | Lionsgate | 4,300 (360) | 12 | 0.01 | |
Domestic Market Share (January 2 – May 25, 2017) | |||||
Distributor (releases) | Box Office | Market Share | |||
Buena Vista (6) | 980.1 | 22.70% | |||
Universal (9) | 863.2 | 20.00% | |||
20th Century Fox (15) | 709.3 | 16.40% | |||
Warner Bros. (14) | 520.9 | 12.00% | |||
Lionsgate (11) | 398.2 | 9.20% | |||
Paramount (11) | 199.9 | 4.60% | |||
Sony (8) | 172.9 | 4.00% | |||
Weinstein Co. (3) | 63.1 | 1.50% | |||
STX (5) | 49.9 | 1.20% | |||
Focus (9) | 41.7 | 0.95% | |||
Open Road (5) | 41.4 | 0.95% | |||
Fox Searchlight (5) | 38.3 | 0.90% | |||
CBS (2) | 32.6 | 0.75% | |||
A24 (4) | 21.2 | 0.50% | |||
Roadside Attractions (5) | 20.1 | 0.45% | |||
Other * (147) | 169.2 | 3.90% | |||
4322 | 100% | ||||
* none greater than 0.4% | |||||
Top Limited Releases (January 2 – May 25, 2017) | |||||
Title | Distributor | Box Office | |||
Baahubali 2: The Conclusion | Great India | 20,464,961 | |||
The Lost City of Z | Bleecker/Elevation | 8,112,547 | |||
I Am Not Your Negro | Magnolia/Mongrel | 7,112,123 | |||
Silence * | Par | 6,826,130 | |||
20th Century Women * | A24/Elevation | 5,486,188 | |||
Your Name | FunImation | 4,871,866 | |||
Lowriders | High Top | 4,588,135 | |||
A United Kingdom | Fox Searchlight | 3,902,185 | |||
Sleight | High Top | 3,886,705 | |||
Raees | Zee Studios | 3,618,447 | |||
Table 19 | Fox Searchlight | 3,614,896 | |||
Their Finest | STX/Elevation | 3,253,795 | |||
Dangal * | UTV | 3,197,854 | |||
Ballerina | Seville | 2,991,747 | |||
Colossal | Neon | 2,902,882 | |||
2017 Oscar Nominated Shorts | Magnolia | 2,835,355 | |||
Bon Cop Bad Cop 2 | Seville | 2,762,284 | |||
Kedi | Oscillosope | 2,638,110 | |||
Norman: Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer | Sony Classics | 2,506,226 | |||
The Salesman | Cohen/Elevation | 2,409,117 | |||
* does not include 2016 box office | |||||