By Leonard Klady Klady@moviecitynews.com
The Weekend Report
Thor: Ragnarok arrived with a thunderous estimate of $121.3 million to command about two of every three movie tickets sold over the weekend. That left a $17 million sliver for counter-programmer A Bad Moms Christmas, the other wide release. LBJ opened on a limited wide basis to a disappointing $1.1 million.
Exclusive newcomers were dominated by a powerful $372,000 launch for Lady Bird from four bedrooms while Last Flag Flying fluttered softly to $43,300 at a quartet of venues. Let There Be Light, The Killing of a Sacred Deer and The Florida Project were among effective expansions. Top Indian imports were Hindi Ittefaq and Telugu PSV Garduda Vega, which bowed to solid respective figures of $287,000 and $249,000.
Revenues for the frame approached $180 million and experienced a significant 139% climb from last weekend. It was still a 7% erosion from 2016 when debuts of Doctor Strange, Trolls and Hacksaw Ridge led the charge with respective openings of $85.1 million, $46.6 million and $15.2 million.
The coming of Odin’s favorite son was presaged last weekend when Ragnarok opened in 36 foreign climes to $109 million. The domestic debut appeared ready to bow with a six-figure number and studio reps notched its prospects around $110 million. Exit polling identified the opening audience as 56% male with 63% 25 and older. The 17-to-34 demographic comprised 50% of overall viewers. The film’s second weekend overseas added 19 markets and $150 million to its tally, propelled by a $55.6 million launch in China. Other debuting nations included a buoyant $10.8 million in Mexico, a staggering $5.2 million in India and Germany grossing $5.5 million.
On the heels of its sleeper success, the Bad Moms crew was expected to deliver about a $15 million weekend of yuletide cheer. It wisely chose to slip into the marketplace on Wednesday and grossed $4.5 million in two days.
| Weekend (estimates) November 3 – 5, 2017 | |||||
| Title | Distributor | Gross (avg) | % chng | Thtrs | Cume |
| Thor: Ragnarok | BV | 121.3 (2,,720) | NEW | 4080 | 121.3 |
| A Bad Moms Christmas | STX/eOne | 17.0 (4,700) | NEW | 3615 | 21.5 |
| Jigsaw | Lionsgate | 6.5 (2,220) | -61% | 2941 | 28.7 |
| Boo 2! A Madea Halloween | Lionsgate | 4.6 (2,110) | -54% | 2202 | 42.9 |
| Geostorm | WB | 3.1 (1,160) | -48% | 2666 | 28.8 |
| Happy Death Day | Uni | 2.8 (1,290) | -45% | 2184 | 53 |
| Blade Runner 2046 | WB | 2.2 (1,530) | -46% | 1464 | 85.5 |
| Thank You for Your Service | Uni | 2.2 (1,080) | -41% | 2083 | 7.3 |
| Only the Brave | Sony | 1.9 (930) | -45% | 2073 | 15.3 |
| Let There Be Light | Atlas | 1.7 (2,620) | -3% | 642 | 4.1 |
| The Foreigner | STX/VVS | 1.5 (1,060) | -55% | 1456 | 31.9 |
| Victoria & Abdul | Focus | 1.2 (1,490) | -27% | 796 | 19.8 |
| Suburbicon | Par/Elevation | 1.2 (570) | -58% | 2046 | 5.1 |
| LBJ | Electric | 1.1 (1,640) | NEW | 659 | 1.1 |
| It | WB | .95 (880) | -62% | 1081 | 325.8 |
| American Made | Uni | .80 (1,200) | -53% | 663 | 50 |
| The Lego Ninjago Movie | WB | .76 (970) | -41% | 785 | 57.5 |
| Kingsman: The Golden Circle | Fox | .75 (930) | -54% | 802 | 98.6 |
| The Florida Project | A24/Elevation | .65 (3,450) | 25% | 189 | 3 |
| My Little Pony | Lionsgate | .63 (800) | -39% | 785 | 20.9 |
| Loving Vincent | Good Deed | .56 (2,720) | 18% | 205 | 3 |
| Marshall | Open Road | .50 (980) | -45% | 514 | 7.8 |
| The Mountain Between Us | Fox | .46 (640) | -65% | 716 | 29 |
| Same Kind of Different as Me | Pure Flix | .43 (820) | -65% | 524 | 5.7 |
| The Killing of a Sacred Deer | A24 | .40 (4,630) | 77% | 86 | 0.9 |
| Lady Bird | A24 | .37 (93,100) | NEW | 4 | 0.37 |
| Goodbye Christopher Robin | Fox Searchlight | .35 (1,330) | 3% | 262 | 1.1 |
| Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) | $173.90 | ||||
| % Change (Last Year) | -7% | ||||
| % Change (Last Week) | 139% | ||||
| Also debuting/expanding | |||||
| Ittefaq | Yash Raj | .29 (4,280) | 67 | 0.29 | |
| Seven Sundays | ABS | .26 (4,650) | -28% | 55 | 0.84 |
| PSV Garuda Vega | Wall Poster | .25 (3,070) | 81 | 0.28 | |
| Wonderstruck | Roadside Attractions | .24 (2,010) | 83% | 121 | 0.51 |
| Battle of the Sexes | Fox Searchlight | .18 (1,160) | -43% | 158 | 12.3 |
| Jane | Abramorama | .18 (3,290) | 23% | 55 | 0.47 |
| The Square | Magnolia | .10 (5,370) | 37% | 19 | 0.21 |
| Sardar Mohammed | White Hill | 71,600 (1,840) | 39 | 0.7 | |
| Novitiate | Sony Classics | 53,400 (3,340) | 135% | 16 | 0.9 |
| Last Flag Flying | Lionsgate | 43,300 (10,820) | 4 | 0.04 | |
| Blade of the Immortal | Magnolia | 42,600 (1,580) | 27 | 0.04 | |
| Next Nuvve | Click | 38,900 (670) | 58 | 0.04 | |
| My Friend Dahmer | FilmRise | 35,800 (8,950) | 4 | 0.04 | |
| Villain | Zee Studios | 26,900 (660) | 41 | 0.03 | |
| 1945 | Menemsha | 23,300 (7,770) | 2 | 0.02 | |
| Wait for Your Laugh | Vitagraph | 16,900 (8,450) | 2 | 0.02 | |
| Les Grands espirits | Axia | 11,400 (1,630) | 7 | 0.01 | |
| Battlecreek | Hannover House | 8,800 (350) | 25 | 0.01 | |
| Le Petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes | Fun Film | 8,700 (1,740) | 5 | 0.01 | |
| The Jade Pendant | Crimson Forrest | 8,400 (4,200) | 2 | 0.01 | |
| Gilbert | Gravitas | 6,900 (6,900) | 1 | 0.01 | |
| Most Beautiful Island | Goldwyn | 5,900 (590) | 10 | 0.01 | |
| Domestic Market Share (January 2 – November 2, 2017) | |||||
| Distributor (releases) | Box Office (millions) | Market Share | |||
| Warner Bros. (20) | 1770.8 | 20.20% | |||
| Universal (16) | 1438.4 | 16.40% | |||
| Buena Vista (9) | 1396.9 | 15.90% | |||
| 20th Century Fox (22) | 1115.1 | 12.70% | |||
| Sony (20) | 814.9 | 9.30% | |||
| Lionsgate (20) | 652.9 | 7.40% | |||
| Paramount (15) | 409.2 | 4.70% | |||
| Focus (14) | 136.3 | 1.60% | |||
| Weinstein Co. (7) | 118.5 | 1.35% | |||
| STX (8) | 116.9 | 1.35% | |||
| Open Road (9) | 98.9 | 1.10% | |||
| CBS (4) | 69.1 | 0.80% | |||
| Fox Searchlight (10) | 57.5 | 0.65% | |||
| Entertainment (3) | 51.1 | 0.60% | |||
| Bleecker Street (6) | 48.9 | 0.55% | |||
| A24 (11) | 45 | 0.50% | |||
| Other * (331) | 429.3 | 4.90% | |||
| 8769.7 | 100% | ||||
| * none greater than .04% | |||||
| Top Global Grossers (January 2 – November 2, 2017) | |||||
| Title | Distributor | Box Office | |||
| Beauty and the Beast | BV | 1,262,158,904 | |||
| The Fate of the Furious | Uni | 1,236,486,021 | |||
| Despicable Me 3 | Uni | 1,030,942,072 | |||
| Spider-Man: Homecoming | Sony | 879,942,083 | |||
| Wolf Warrior II | Bona Intl | 867,853,287 | |||
| Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | BV | 862,581,275 | |||
| Wonder Woman | WB | 824,507,235 | |||
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales | BV | 769,452,354 | |||
| It | WB | 670,632,698 | |||
| Logan | Fox | 618,191,538 | |||
| Kong: Skull Island | WB | 564,663,975 | |||
| Transformers: The Last Knight | Par | 558,357,889 | |||
| Dunkirk | WB | 520,746,030 | |||
| The Boss Baby | Fox; DmWks | 496,799,169 | |||
| War for the Planet of the Apes | Fox | 489,529,773 | |||
| The Mummy | Uni | 409,418,713 | |||
| La La Land * | Lionsgate | 384,729,036 | |||
| Kingsman: The Golden Circle | Fox | 381,270,910 | |||
| Fifty Shades Darker | Uni | 381,082,129 | |||
| Cars 3 | BV | 380,820,958 | |||
| Sing * | Uni | 369,492,462 | |||
| xXx: Return of Xander Cage | Par | 344,515,124 | |||
| The Great Wall | Uni; China Film | 334,476,016 | |||
| Never Say Die | Huaxia | 319,368,805 | |||
| The Lego Batman Movie | WB | 314,542,428 | |||
| * does not include 2016 box office | |||||
