By Leonard Klady Klady@moviecitynews.com
The Weekend Report
Coco prevailed at the Thanksgiving movie feast with an estimated $49.3 million for the weekend and a 5-day gross of $71.5 million. The session’s other national newcomer was the legal eagle Roman J. Israel, Esq. with $4.5 million that ranked ninth. All figures reflect 3-day portion of the holiday.
In limited wide, the tale of Dickens writing “A Christmas Carol,” The Man Who Invented Christmas bowed to a modest $1.3 million. Indian imports were again tepid with Telugu Mental Madhilo providing a faint pulse of $127,000 at 79 venues. Conversely there’s nothing like a hockey movie to stir up audiences north of the border and Junior majeur was a winning slapshot in Quebec with $767,000 at 94 rinks.
Exclusive activity included doc Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story grossing $17,100 on a single Manhattan screen. Fest faves with awards buzz provided Gary Oldman-Winston Churchill Darkest Hour with $174,000 at four sites and a very potent $389,000 for the romance Call Me By Your Name also at four locations.
The session also saw significant expansions for both Lady Bird and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri with both maintaining commercial propulsion in the awards season.
Revenues for the frame approached $190 million and ebbed back 6% from last weekend. It was a slight 1% improvement from 2016 when the debut of Moana topped the charts with $56.6 million and the incoming Allied ranked fourth with $12.7 million.
The tale of musical rebellion wrapped up in Mexico’s Dia das Mortes Coco bowed a month and set new box office records in Mexico with a cume that’s surpassed $53 million. Industry pundits were bullish on its domestic prospects with predictions of $70 million to $75 million for its opening five days. The film had a slight 53% female tilt with 56% of viewers aged 25-years and younger and 73% of the audience identifying as families.
Coco also spread its wings in 25 international markets to an estimated $30 million. China led with $18 million and Russia grossed $3 million. The brunt of the initial releases are in secondary markets with few Latin territories in the mix.
Anticipation for Roman J. Israel, Esq. was less buoyant as a counter-programmer than the prior weekend’s Wonder v. Justice League. Its audience was 52% male with 77% aged 25-years and older.
Weekend (estimates) November 24 – 26, 2017 | |||||
Title | Distributor | Gross (avg) | % chng | Thtrs | Cume |
Coco | BV | 49.3 (12,360) | NEW | 3987 | 71.5 |
Justice League | WB | 40.9 (10,100) | -56% | 4051 | 171.8 |
Wonder | Lionsgate | 22.2 (6,990) | -20% | 3172 | 69.2 |
Thor: Ragnarok | BV | 16.8 (5,120) | -22% | 3281 | 277.5 |
Murder on Orient Express | Fox | 13.0 (4,140) | -6% | 3152 | 74.3 |
Daddy’s Home 2 | Par | 13.0 (3,690) | -10% | 3518 | 72.4 |
The Star | Sony | 6.8 (2,400) | -31% | 2837 | 22 |
A Bad Moms Christmas | STX/eOne | 4.9 (2,130) | -30% | 2306 | 59.6 |
Roman J. Israel, Esq. | Sony | 4.5 (2,680) | 7109% | 1669 | 6.2 |
Three Billboards | Fox Searchlight | 4.3 (7,050) | 293% | 614 | 7.6 |
Lady Bird | A24/Elevation | 4.0 (5,030) | 58% | 791 | 10.7 |
The Man Who Invented Christmas | Bleecker Street | 1.3 (2,140) | NEW | 626 | 1.8 |
Junior majeur | Seville | .77 (8,160) | NEW | 94 | 0.81 |
Blade Runner 2046 | WB | .53 (1,220) | -16% | 434 | 90 |
Call Me By Your Name | Sony Classics | .39 (97,250) | NEW | 4 | 0.39 |
Jigsaw | Lionsgate | .38 (1,000) | -65% | 383 | 37.2 |
Loving Vincent | Good Deed | .26 (1,780) | -35% | 147 | 5.1 |
The Florida Project | A24/Elevation | .22 (1,330) | -27% | 164 | 4.7 |
Boo 2! A Madea Halloween | Lionsgate | .19 (770) | -59% | 248 | 47 |
The Lego Ninjago Movie | WB | .19 (650) | -25% | 292 | 59.2 |
It | WB | .18 (770) | -19 | 231 | 327.1 |
Last Flag Flying | Lionsgate | .18 (1,810) | 45% | 98 | 0.67 |
Darkest Hour | Focus | .17 (43,650) | NEW | 4 | 0.25 |
My Friend Dahmer | FilmRise | .15 (1,860) | -7% | 81 | 0.74 |
Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) | $182.30 | ||||
% Change (Last Year) | 1% | ||||
% Change (Last Week) | -6% | ||||
Also debuting/expanding | |||||
Mental Madhilo | Freeze Frame | .13 (1,610) | 79 | 0.16 | |
Victoria & Abdul | Focus | .12 (810) | -46% | 144 | 21.9 |
The Square | Magnolia | .11 (2,090) | 1% | 53 | 0.74 |
Let There Be Light | Atlas | 89,300 (500) | -75% | 199 | 7 |
Jane | Abramorama | 81,200 (1,590) | -32% | 51 | 1.2 |
Novitiate | Sony Classics | 75,700 (630) | 19% | 120 | 0.37 |
The Killing of a Sacred Deer | A24 | 62,600 (1.060) | -67% | 59 | 2.1 |
Explosion | China Lion | 58,300 (1,770) | 33 | 0.06 | |
Bomnshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story | Zeitgeist | 17,100 (17,100) | 1 | 0.02 | |
L’Amant double | MK2 | 11,500 (1,910) | 6 | 0.01 | |
The Passion of Joan of Arc (reissue) | Janus | 6,500 (6,500) | 1 | 0.01 | |
Domestic Market Share (January 2 – November 23, 2017) | |||||
Distributor (releases) | Box Office (millions) | Market Share | |||
Warner Bros. (23) | 1900.5 | 20.00% | |||
Buena Vista (10) | 1665.2 | 17.50% | |||
Universal (16) | 1451.1 | 15.30% | |||
20th Century Fox (23) | 1179.6 | 12.40% | |||
Sony (22) | 836.8 | 8.80% | |||
Lionsgate (22) | 721.1 | 7.60% | |||
Paramount (16) | 470.3 | 5.00% | |||
STX (8) | 162.6 | 1.70% | |||
Focus (14) | 139.4 | 1.50% | |||
Weinstein Co. (7) | 118.9 | 1.20% | |||
Open Road (9) | 100.5 | 1.10% | |||
CBS (4) | 69.2 | 0.70% | |||
Fox Searchlight (11) | 62.1 | 0.65% | |||
A24 (12) | 54.9 | 0.60% | |||
Entertainment (3) | 51.2 | 0.55% | |||
Bleecker Street (7) | 49.5 | 0.50% | |||
eOne/Seville (14) | 46.9 | 0.50% | |||
Other * (338) | 413.2 | 4.40% | |||
9493 | 100% | ||||
* none greater than .04% | |||||
Top Limited Releases (January 2 – November 23, 2017) | |||||
Title | Distributor | Box Office | |||
Baahubali 2: The Conclusion | Great India | 21,086,279 | |||
The Beguiled | Focus | 10,630,795 | |||
Marshall | Open Road | 8,820,763 | |||
The Lost City of Z | Bleecker/Elevation | 8,580,409 | |||
I Am Not Your Negro | Magnolia/Mongrel | 7,123,919 | |||
Beatriz at Dinner | Roadside/Elevation | 7,115,584 | |||
Silence * | Par | 6,826,130 | |||
Let There Be Light | Atlas | 6,738,588 | |||
Lady Bird | A24 | 6,661,088 | |||
Lowriders | High Top | 6,268,060 | |||
De Pere en flic 2 | Seville | 5,871,581 | |||
Maudie | Mongrel/IFC | 5,844,175 | |||
Bon Cop Bad Cop 2 | Seville | 5,816,713 | |||
Paris Can Wait | Sony Classics | 5,617,731 | |||
20th Century Women * | A24/Elevation | 5,486,188 | |||
Your Name | FunImation | 5,014,670 | |||
Loving Vincent | Good Deed/Mongrel | 4,884,746 | |||
The Book of Henry | Focus | 4,458,877 | |||
The Florida Project | A24/Elevation | 4,444,815 | |||
A Beautiful Planet * | Imax | 4,389,580 | |||
* does not include 2016 box office |