By Leonard Klady Klady@moviecitynews.com
The Weekend Report
Wonder Woman lassoed top spot for a second weekend a with an estimated $57.5 million That was bad news for the high-profile The Mummy reboot that dug up only $32.2 million. The session featured two other national debuts: the spartan horror It Comes at Night ranked sixth with a chilly $5.9 million, while military pooch patrol Megan Leavey barked up $3.7 million.
In limited wide release, My Cousin Rachel bowed with a tepid $970,000. Imports from India largely flatlined. The Hero opened to $44,700 at four hitching posts, while Beatriz at Dinner zeitgeisted a potent $141,000 bow from five shindigs.
Revenues for the session generated close to $145 million and slid 24% from the previous weekend. This was a more modest 7% decline from 2016, when the debut of The Conjuring 2 dominated with $40.4 million, followed by Warcraft and Now You See Me 2 with debuts of $24.2 million and $22.4 million.
The Mummy initiated Universal’s trawl of its horror vaults —Bill Condon’s take on The Bride of Frankenstein is mooted as next — rather than a continuation of the studio’s 1999 reimagining of the buried treasure. An aggressive marketing campaign and positioning as a Tom Cruise star vehicle led to anticipation of an opening around $40 million, but fell conspicuously short following withering last-minute critical response and downbeat reaction on social media.
Initial overseas response was considerably better with an initial launch estimated at $142 million from 63 territories. Once again China was in the forefront with a $52 million opener. The other top grossing nations included South Korea at $17.8 million, $7.6 million in Russia and Mexico contributing $5 million.
| Weekend (estimates) June 9 – 11, 2017 | |||||
| Title | Distributor | Gross (average) | % change * | Theaters | Cume |
| Wonder Woman | WB | 57.5 (13,800) | -44% | 4165 | 205.3 |
| The Mummy | Uni | 32.2 (7,970) | NEW | 4035 | 32.2 |
| Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie | Fox | 12.4 (3,520) | -48% | 3529 | 44.7 |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales | BV | 10.6 (2,890) | -52% | 3679 | 135.8 |
| Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | BV | 6.2 (2,140) | -36% | 2911 | 366.3 |
| It Comes at Night | A24/Mongrel | 5.9 (2,340) | NEW | 2533 | 5.9 |
| Baywatch | Par | 4.6 (1,620) | -47% | 2832 | 51.1 |
| Megan Leavey | Bleecker/Elevation | 3.7 (1,900) | NEW | 1956 | 3.7 |
| Alien: Covenant | Fox | 1.8 (1,000) | -56% | 1814 | 71.2 |
| Everything, Everything | WB | 1.6 (1,040) | -52% | 1546 | 31.7 |
| My Cousin Rachel | Fox Searchlight | 1.0 (1,860) | NEW | 523 | 1 |
| Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul | Fox | .66 (740) | -49% | 897 | 19.4 |
| The Boss Baby | Fox | .54 (1,250) | -13% | 432 | 171.8 |
| Snatched | Fox | .46 (700) | -65% | 651 | 45 |
| Paris Can Wait | Sony Classics | .45 (2,470) | -15% | 176 | 2.3 |
| King Arthur: Legend of the Sword | WB | .45 (1,060) | -62% | 422 | 38.2 |
| The Fate of the Furious | Uni | .44 (1,130) | -10% | 389 | 224.5 |
| Beauty and the Beast | BV | .39 (1,240) | -40% | 316 | 502.9 |
| 3 Idiotas | Lionsgate | .24 (690) | -60% | 349 | 1 |
| Churchill | Cohen/Mongrel | .20 (1,080) | -49% | 187 | 0.79 |
| Going in Style | WB | .19 (810) | -17% | 235 | 44.6 |
| Smurfs: The Lost Village | Sony | .15 (750) | -32% | 203 | 44.3 |
| Bon Cop Bad Cop 2 | Seville | .14 (2,000) | -51% | 71 | 4 |
| Kong: Skull Island | WB | .14 (840) | -32% | 171 | 168 |
| Beatriz at Dinner | Roadside Attractions | .14 (28,200) | NEW | 5 | 0.14 |
| Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) | $138.70 | ||||
| % Change (Last Year) | -7% | ||||
| % Change (Last Week) | -24% | ||||
| Also debuting/expanding | |||||
| The Wedding Plan | Roadside Attractions | .11 (1,020) | -49% | 105 | 1.2 |
| Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall … | Sony Classics | .11 (680) | -47% | 160 | 3.7 |
| Ami Tumi | Blue Sky | 76,100 (1,100) | 69 | 0.08 | |
| The Lovers | A24 | 65,400 (510) | -73% | 127 | 2.1 |
| Raabta | Grand Showbiz | 64,600 (750) | 86 | 0.06 | |
| The Hero | Orchard | 44,700 (11,180) | 4 | 0.04 | |
| Monsieur & Madame Adelman | MK2 | 9,600 (1,370) | 7 | 0.01 | |
| Dawson City: Frozen Time | Kino | 5,400 (5,400) | 1 | 0.01 | |
| 11:55 | Gravitas | 4,500 (500) | 9 | 0.01 | |
| Awakening the Zodiac | Vertical | 3,700 (190) | 19 | 0.01 | |
| Moscow Never Sleeps | Cavu | 3,200 (3,200) | 1 | 0.01 | |
| Miles | FreeStyle | 2,900 (1,450) | 2 | 0.01 | |
| Domestic Market Share (January 2 – June 8, 2017) | |||||
| Distributor (releases) | Box Office | Market Share | |||
| Buena Vista (7) | 1150.4 | 23.90% | |||
| Universal (10) | 869.4 | 18.10% | |||
| 20th Century Fox (16) | 786.3 | 16.30% | |||
| Warner Bros. (15) | 692.6 | 14.40% | |||
| Lionsgate (12) | 401.4 | 8.30% | |||
| Paramount (11) | 241.8 | 5.00% | |||
| Sony (8) | 173.7 | 3.60% | |||
| Weinstein Co. (4) | 63.1 | 1.30% | |||
| STX (5) | 50.5 | 1.10% | |||
| Focus (9) | 43.4 | 0.90% | |||
| Open Road (5) | 41.4 | 0.85% | |||
| Fox Searchlight (5) | 39.3 | 0.80% | |||
| CBS (3) | 32.7 | 0.70% | |||
| A24 (5) | 23.3 | 0.50% | |||
| Roadside Attractions (5) | 20.9 | 0.45% | |||
| Other * (161) | 182.5 | 3.80% | |||
| 4812.7 | 100% | ||||
| * none greater than 0.4% | |||||
