By Leonard Klady Klady@moviecitynews.com
The Weekend Report
The confluence of a Friday the 13th debut and the upcoming All Hallows Eve celebrations propelled Happy Death Day to the top of weekend viewing with an estimated $26.5 million. The session’s other wide release, actioner The Foreigner, slotted third with $12.8 million.
The early career of future Supreme Thurgood Marshall garnered an OK $3 million while the man behind the comic-book Amazon, Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, lassoed only $730,000. Best of the Indian imports was Telugu Raju Gari Gadhi 2 with a $216,000 tally.
Strongest among exclusive newcomers was biopic Tom of Finland with $11,300 from a solo flight. A.A. Milne-inspired Goodbye Christopher Robin opened with a soft $55,300 from nine engagements.
Revenues for the frame hovered around $100 million and took a 5% dip from last weekend. It was a slim 3% improvement from 2016 when the launch of The Accountant led with $24.7 million and Girl on the Train took second with $12.2 million.
The reign of Blumhouse continues with Happy Death Day, a seasonally-appropriate horror. Industry tracking suggested a top-end opening of $20 million that it readily surpassed. Studio exit polls identified the crowd as 54% female with a surprisingly youthful crowd that was 63% 25 and younger.
The duo of Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan propelled The Foreigner to more than $70 million from seven overseas markets in the past two weeks. Pre low-balled the effort with max figures of $10 million. Studio exit polling wasn’t available at deadline.
As for the other major openers, Marshall performed at the top end of expectations while Professor Marston flunked out of an anticipated $2 million plus debut.
| Weekend (estimates) October 13 – 15, 2017 | |||||
| Title | Distributor | Gross (avg) | % chnge | Thtrs | Cume |
| Happy Death Day | Uni | 26.5 (8,400) | NEW | 3149 | 26.5 |
| Blade Runner 2046 | WB | 15.1 (3,710) | -54% | 4058 | 60.6 |
| The Foreigner | STX/VVS | 12.8 (5,100) | NEW | 2515 | 12.8 |
| It | WB | 6.0 (1,900) | -39% | 3176 | 314.9 |
| The Mountain Between Us | Fox | 5.6 (1,730) | -47% | 3258 | 20.5 |
| American Made | Uni | 5.4 (1,740) | -36% | 3098 | 40.1 |
| Kingsman: The Golden Circle | Fox | 5.3 (1,780) | -38% | 2982 | 89.7 |
| The Lego Ninjago Movie | WB | 4.4 (1,430) | -38% | 3053 | 51.6 |
| My Little Pony | Lionsgate | 4.0 (1,600) | -55% | 2528 | 15.5 |
| Victoria & Abdul | Focus | 3.1 (3,430) | -26% | 900 | 11.3 |
| Marshall | Open Road | 3.0 (3,640) | NEW | 821 | 3 |
| Flatliners | Sony | 1.5 (750) | -63% | 1983 | 15.6 |
| Battle of the Sexes | Fox Searchlight | 1.4 (1,000) | -46% | 1394 | 9.6 |
| Professor Marston and the Wonder Women | Annapurna | .73 (600) | NEW | 1229 | 0.73 |
| American Assassin | CBS | .52 (640) | -63% | 820 | 35.6 |
| The Florida Project | A24 | .40 (12,030) | 153% | 33 | 0.62 |
| Loving Vincent | Good Deed | .31 (5,650) | 85% | 55 | 0.73 |
| Til Death Do Us Part | Novus | .29 (950) | -62% | 306 | 3.2 |
| The Stray | Pure Flix | .27 (630) | -55% | 430 | 1.2 |
| Spider-Man: Homecoming | Sony | .26 (940) | -4% | 277 | 333.5 |
| Despicable Me 3 | Uni | .24 (910) | -16% | 266 | 263 |
| Raju Gari Gadhi 2 | Param | .22 (2,220) | NEW | 97 | 0.22 |
| Home Again | Open Road/eOne | .17 (470) | -70% | 361 | 26.8 |
| Never Say Die | Media Asia | .16 (4,970) | -45% | 33 | 0.96 |
| American Satan | Sumerian | .13 (2,420) | NEW | 55 | 0.13 |
| Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) | $95.35 | ||||
| % Change (Last Year) | 3% | ||||
| % Change (Last Week) | -5% | ||||
| Also debuting/expanding | |||||
| Mark Felt: Man Who Brought Down the WH | Sony Classics | .12 (1,340) | 99% | 89 | 0.25 |
| Lucky | Magnolia | .11 (1,880) | 16% | 59 | 0.26 |
| Goodbye Christopher Robin | Fox Searchlight | 55,300 (6,140) | 9 | 0.06 | |
| Human Flow | Magnolia | 46,100 (15,370) | 3 | 0.05 | |
| The Outlaws | Novus | 37,300 (3,390) | 11 | 0.04 | |
| Como Cortar a tu Patan | MUBI | 34,600 (6,920) | 50 | 0.03 | |
| Breathe | Bleecker Street | 27,100 (6,770) | 4 | 0.03 | |
| Innocent | Orange Medias | 24,100 (710) | 34 | 0.02 | |
| Udhahararnam Sujatha | B Cinemas | 22,700 (1,510) | 15 | 0.02 | |
| 120 Battements par minute | MK2 | 17,900 (1,490) | 12 | 0.02 | |
| Wasted! The Story of Food Waste | Super | 17,100 (1,550) | 11 | 0.02 | |
| The Young Karl Marx | K-Film | 11,800 (2,950) | 4 | 0.01 | |
| Tom of Finland | Kino | 11,300 (11,300) | 1 | 0.01 | |
| For Ahkeem | Fork | 5,600 (2,800) | 2 | 0.01 | |
| The Departure | MUBI | 5,200 (5,200) | 1 | 0.01 | |
| Domestic Market Share (January 2 – October 5, 2017) | |||||
| Distributor (releases) | Box Office (millions) | Market Share | |||
| Warner Bros. (20) | 1611.1 | 19.60% | |||
| Buena Vista (8) | 1381.8 | 16.80% | |||
| Universal (13) | 1348.6 | 16.40% | |||
| 20th Century Fox (21) | 1059.7 | 12.90% | |||
| Sony (18) | 790.9 | 9.60% | |||
| Lionsgate (17) | 571.5 | 6.90% | |||
| Paramount (14) | 404.7 | 4.90% | |||
| Focus (14) | 119.5 | 1.50% | |||
| Weinstein Co. (7) | 117.4 | 1.40% | |||
| Open Road (7) | 90.2 | 1.10% | |||
| STX (6) | 85.7 | 1.00% | |||
| CBS (4) | 65.9 | 0.80% | |||
| Entertainment (3) | 51.1 | 0.60% | |||
| Fox Searchlight (9) | 49.8 | 0.60% | |||
| Bleecker Street (5) | 48.4 | 0.60% | |||
| A24 (9) | 42.1 | 0.50% | |||
| Other * (291) | 390.6 | 4.80% | |||
| 8229 | 100% | ||||
| * none greater than .04% | |||||
