By Leonard Klady Klady@moviecitynews.com
The Weekend Report
Labor Day celebrations sterred clear of the multiplex as The Hitman’s Bodyguard shot up its third weekend, with an estimated $10.3 million for the three-day portion of the extended weekend (all figures are 3-days; updates tomorrow).
There were no wide releases but a couple of films debuted in a limited wide in what’s traditionally the year’s lowest-grossing holiday. The fortieth anniversary release of the 4K Close Encounters restoration opened in the lucky 13 spot with $1.8 million while the period thriller (as in the suspense over how long it’s taken to reach theaters) Tulip Fever grossed $1.2 million.
There was a limited run in Imax for the first two episodes of ABC’s “Marvel’s Inhumans” that grossed $1.2 million. A similar trial balloon occurred last year for the final season start of Game of Thrones. Other notables for the frame included the disappointing $171,000 start for the Lake Bell’s second directorial outing, the comedy I Do… Until I Don’t at 165 venues, and an encouraging single-screen start of $11,900 for the documentary Dolores.
In internatonal day-and-dates, the Mexican import Hazlo Como Hombre failed to translate at $1.1 million. Indian imports also had meh results including Hindi Baadshaaho and Shubh Mangal Savdhan that opened to $242,000 and $237,000 respectively and Telugu Paisa Vasool grossing $222,000.
Revenues for the session clocked in at roughly $75 million and got a 15% boost from last weekend. It was nonetheless a 24% decline from 2016 when the second weekend of Don’t Breathe led with $19.7 million.
Summer 2017 is coming to a close with the lowest-grossing record in decades and possibly the lowest attendance record in U.S. moviegoing history. It’s admittedly a subject for further research. A report on Labor Day will include an initial breakdown of summer box office.
| Weekend (estimates) September 1 – 3, 2017 | |||||
| Title | Distributor | Gross (average) | % change * | Theaters | Cume |
| The Hitman’s Bodyguard | Lionsgate | 10.3 (3,060) | 1% | 3370 | 55 |
| Annabelle: Creation | WB | 7.4 (2,190) | -4% | 3358 | 89 |
| Wind River | Weinstein | 6.0 (2,290) | 29% | 2602 | 18.4 |
| Leap! | Weinstein | 4.9 (1,820) | 4% | 2705 | 11.4 |
| Logan Lucky | Bleecker/eOne | 4.4 (1,480) | 4% | 2975 | 21 |
| Dunkirk | WB | 4.2 (1,520) | 6% | 2752 | 178.8 |
| Spider-Man: Homecoming | Sony | 3.6 (1,780) | 29% | 2036 | 324 |
| The Emoji Movie | Sony | 2.4 (1,150) | -3% | 2108 | 80.3 |
| Despicable Me 3 | Uni | 2.3 (1,100) | 34% | 2132 | 257.9 |
| Girls Trip | Uni | 2.3 (1,440) | -2% | 1607 | 111.6 |
| The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature | Open Road | 2.0 (760) | -13% | 2651 | 25.9 |
| Wonder Woman | WB | 1.9 (1,070) | 16% | 1808 | 408.9 |
| Close Encounters of the Third Kind (reissue) | Sony | 1.8 (2,030) | 901 | 1.8 | |
| Birth of the Dragon | High Top | 1.7 (1,060) | -36% | 1633 | 5.4 |
| Cars 3 | BV | 1.7 (690) | 906% | 2445 | 150.8 |
| The Dark Tower | Sony | 1.6 (870) | -7% | 1820 | 47.4 |
| Kidnap | Aviron/eOne | 1.5 (920) | 3% | 1689 | 29.3 |
| The Big Sick | Lionsgate/Elevation | 1.4 (1,110) | 93% | 1270 | 40.9 |
| The Glass Castle | Lionsgate | 1.4 (1,020) | 0% | 1360 | 14.7 |
| Baby Driver | Sony | 1.4 (980) | 19% | 1463 | 105.5 |
| All Saints | Sony | 1.3 (1,520) | -15% | 846 | 3.5 |
| Tulip Fever | Weinstein | 1.2 (1,590) | NEW | 765 | 1.2 |
| Marvel’s Inhumans | Imax | 1.2 (3,030) | NEW | 393 | 1.2 |
| Hazlo Como Hombre | Lionsgate | 1.1 (2,980) | NEW | 382 | 1.1 |
| War for the Planet of the Apes | Fox | 1.0 (990) | 13% | 1041 | 144.3 |
| Atomic Blonde | Focus | .89 (1,200) | 3% | 741 | 50.4 |
| Ingrid Goes West | Neon | .59 (950) | -24% | 625 | 2.3 |
| Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) | $71.50 | ||||
| % Change (Last Year) | -24% | ||||
| % Change (Last Week) | 15% | ||||
| Also debuting/expanding | |||||
| Good Time | A24 | .30 (470) | -49% | 635 | 1.6 |
| Arjun Reddy | Nirvana | .29 (2,360) | -64% | 124 | 1.5 |
| Patti Cake$ | Fox Searchlight | .25 (840) | 142% | 295 | 0.54 |
| Baadshaho | Grand Showbiz | .24 (1,920) | 126 | 0.24 | |
| Shubh Mangal Savdhan | Eros | .24 (2,960) | 80 | 0.24 | |
| Paisa Vasool | US Telugu | .22 (2,242) | 101 | 0.22 | |
| The Trip to Spain | eOne/IFC | .20 (1,430) | 5% | 143 | 0.69 |
| Menashe | A24 | .18 (1,460) | 13% | 126 | 1.2 |
| Detroit | Annapurna/eOne | .17 (520) | -32% | 331 | 16.5 |
| I Do … Until I Don’t | Film Arcade | .17 (1,030) | 165 | 0.17 | |
| Terminator 2: Judgment Day 3D (reissue) | Distrib Films | .16 (560) | -71% | 288 | 0.91 |
| De Pere en Flic 2 | Seville | .11 (1,870) | 28% | 61 | 5.5 |
| A Taxi Driver | Well Go | .10 (3,260) | -26% | 31 | 1.3 |
| Valley of Bones | Smith Global | 98,300 (330) | 299 | 0.1 | |
| Punjab Nahi Jaungi | B4U | 94,400 (2,700) | 35 | 0.09 | |
| Viceroy’s House | IFC | 91,600 (2,690) | 34 | 0.09 | |
| Unlocked | Lionsgate | 19,300 (1,140) | 17 | 0.02 | |
| Puriyatha Puthir | ATMUS | 13,100 (340) | 38 | 0.01 | |
| Goon: Last of the Enforcers | Momentum | 11,600 (410) | 28 | 0.01 | |
| Dolores | PBS | 11,900 (11,900) | 1 | 0.01 | |
| Get Big | Pelican | 9,900 (1,410) | 7 | 0.01 | |
| The Layover | Vertical | 8,700 (330) | 26 | 0.01 | |
| The Teacher | Film Movement | 6,800 (3,400) | 2 | 0.01 | |
| The Vault | FilmRise | 4,700 (430) | 11 | 0.01 | |
| Domestic Market Share (January 2 – August 31, 2017) | |||||
| Distributor (releases) | Box Office | Market Share | |||
| Buena Vista (8) | 1377.5 | 18.40% | |||
| Universal (12) | 1313.6 | 17.60% | |||
| Warner Bros. (18) | 1240.9 | 16.60% | |||
| 20th Century Fox (19) | 983.1 | 13.20% | |||
| Sony (15) | 747.8 | 10.00% | |||
| Lionsgate (16) | 536.1 | 7.20% | |||
| Paramount (13) | 387.3 | 5.20% | |||
| Focus (13) | 112.2 | 1.50% | |||
| STX (6) | 85.3 | 1.10% | |||
| Weinstein (6) | 81.5 | 1.10% | |||
| Open Road (6) | 62.8 | 0.80% | |||
| Entertainment (2) | 46.9 | 0.65% | |||
| Fox Searchlight (8) | 43.9 | 0.65% | |||
| A24 (9) | 40.6 | 0.50% | |||
| Bleecker Street (5) | 38.5 | 0.50% | |||
| Other * (246) | 373 | 5.00% | |||
| 7471 | 100% | ||||
| * none greater than 0.4% | |||||
| Top Global Grossers (January 2 – August 31, 2017) | |||||
| Title | Distributor | Box Office | |||
| Beauty and the Beast | BV | 1,272,169,904 | |||
| The Fate of the Furious | Uni | 1,235,919,777 | |||
| Despicable Me 3 | Uni | 981,174,223 | |||
| Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | BV | 862,197,379 | |||
| Wolf Warrior II | Bona Intl; Well Go | 847,054,156 | |||
| Wonder Woman | WB | 810,304,764 | |||
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales | BV | 791,987,399 | |||
| Spider-Man: Homecoming | Sony | 739,534,389 | |||
| Logan | Fox | 618,314,994 | |||
| Kong: Skull Island | WB | 564,663,975 | |||
| Transformers: The Last Knight | Par | 602,982,988 | |||
| The Boss Baby | Fox; DmWks | 498,798,575 | |||
| Dunkirk | WB | 415,147,209 | |||
| The Mummy | Uni | 408,756,500 | |||
| La La Land * | Lionsgate | 384,729,036 | |||
| Fifty Shades Darker | Uni | 380,816,746 | |||
| Sing * | Uni | 369,492,462 | |||
| War for the Planet of the Apes | Fox | 359,577,122 | |||
| xXx: Return of Xander Cage | Par | 344,515,124 | |||
| The Great Wall | Uni; China Film | 334,181,954 | |||
| Cars 3 | BV | 330,463,610 | |||
| The Lego Batman Movie | WB | 314,542,428 | |||
| Resident Evil: The Final Chapter | Sony; Constantin | 313,832,890 | |||
| Split | Uni | 278,051,216 | |||
| Kung Fu Yoga | Well Go; Golden Network | 274,332,509 | |||
| * does not include 2016 box office | |||||
