By Leonard Klady Klady@moviecitynews.com
The Weekend Report
It was a Coco three-peat as the animation led weekend biz with an estimated $18.5 million in a not-terribly festive frame. In one of the lowest-attended weekends of 2017, the sole new national opener was Just Getting Started, at tenth with $3.2 million.
The national expansion of The Disaster Artist laughed up $6.4 million. Also continuing slow roll-outs were Lady Bird and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Among exclusives, I, Tonya pulled off the box office equivalent of a triple axel with a $248,000 debut from four rinks.
Indian imports were again fallow, with Hindi titles Fukrey Returns and Sat Shri Akaal England opening to respective soft box office of $178,000 and $162,000. But it’s proven to be a strong season for Filipino films with Unexpectedly Yours bowing with $288,000.
Revenues for the three days crawled to about $85 million and took a 20% dip from last weekend. It was less than a percentage downturn change from 2016 when Moana maintained top position with $18.5 million with the opening weekend of Office Christmas Party right behind with $16.9 million.
Expectations weren’t exactly buoyant for Just Getting Started but estimates in the $5-$6 million range proved to be overly confident. Industryites saw the film as the last blow-out of its three-year old distributor. Broad Green stepped out promisingly in 2015 with A Walk in the Woods but has steadily lost momentum since last year’s Bad Santa 2. A fire sale looks imminent.
| Weekend (estimates) December 8 – 10, 2017 | |||||
| Title | Distributor | Gross (avg) | % chng | Thtrs | Cume |
| Coco | BV | 18.5 (4,920) | -33% | 3748 | 135.7 |
| Justice League | WB | 9.6 (2,740) | -42% | 3508 | 211 |
| Wonder | Lionsgate | 8.4 (2,400) | -30% | 3519 | 100.3 |
| The Disaster Artist | A24 | 6.4 (7,580) | 426% | 840 | 8 |
| Thor: Ragnarok | BV | 6.3 (2,070) | -36% | 3047 | 301.2 |
| Daddy’s Home 2 | Par | 5.9 (1,820) | -21% | 3263 | 91.1 |
| Murder on the Orient Express | Fox | 5.1 (1,640) | -25% | 3089 | 92.7 |
| The Star | Sony | 3.7 (1,240) | -9% | 2976 | 32 |
| Lady Bird | A24/Elevation | 3.5 (2,220) | -19% | 1557 | 22.2 |
| Just Getting Started | Broad Green | 3.2 (1,470) | NEW | 2161 | 3.2 |
| Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Fox Searchlight | 2.9 (1,770) | -35% | 1620 | 18.3 |
| A Bad Moms Christmas | STX/eOne | 2.5 (1,180) | -26% | 2124 | 68.6 |
| The Shape of Water | Fox Searchlight | 1.1 (27,070) | 565% | 41 | 1.3 |
| Roman J. Israel, Esq. | Sony | .85(590) | -56% | 1453 | 11 |
| Darkest Hour | Focus | .76 (14,410) | 607% | 53 | 1.2 |
| The Man Who Invented Christmas | Bleecker Street | .69 (960) | -22% | 720 | 4.3 |
| Call Me By Your Name | Sony Classics | .29 (32,550) | -1% | 9 | 1.4 |
| Unexpectedly Yours | ABS | .29 (5,650) | NEW | 51 | 0.29 |
| Blade Runner 2046 | WB | .26 (680) | -36% | 388 | 91.2 |
| The Mountain Between Us | Fox | .26 (480) | 343% | 535 | 30.2 |
| I, Tonya | Neon | .25 (62,050) | 4 | 0.25 | |
| Junior majeur | Seville | .19 (2,490) | -33% | 77 | 1.3 |
| Furkey Returns | Zee Studios | .18 (2,580) | NEW | 69 | 0.18 |
| Jigsaw | Lionsgate | .16 (620) | -28% | 257 | 37.8 |
| Sat Shri Akaal England | Grand Showbiz | .16 (4,150) | NEW | 39 | 0.16 |
| Wonder Wheel | Amazon | .15 (3,170) | 18% | 47 | 0.31 |
| Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) | $79.40 | ||||
| % Change (Last Year) | -1% | ||||
| % Change (Last Week) | -20% | ||||
| Also debuting/expanding | |||||
| My Friend Dahmer | FilmRise | .13 (1,150) | -5% | 110 | 1.1 |
| Loving Vincent | Good Deed/Mongrel | .13 (910) | -38% | 145 | 5.8 |
| Malli Raava | Blue Sky | 98,100 (2,040) | 48 | 0.1 | |
| The Florida Project | A24/Elevation | 93,700 (930) | -15% | 101 | 5 |
| Last Flag Flying | Lionsgate | 46,300 (540) | -55% | 85 | 0.92 |
| Noel & Cie | MK2 | 45,400 (950) | 48 | 0.05 | |
| The Square | Magnolia | 42,800 (950) | -52% | 45 | 1 |
| Jane | Abramorama | 41,200 (980) | -48% | 42 | 1.3 |
| November Criminals | Lotus | 6,200 (310) | 20 | 0.01 | |
| Bullet Head | Saban | 4,400 (490) | 9 | 0.01 | |
| Domestic Market Share (January 2 – November 30, 2017) | |||||
| Distributor (releases) | Box Office (millions) | Market Share | |||
| Warner Bros. (23) | 1971.1 | 20.20% | |||
| Buena Vista (10) | 1746.6 | 17.90% | |||
| Universal (16) | 1451.4 | 14.90% | |||
| 20th Century Fox (23) | 1196.7 | 12.30% | |||
| Sony (22) | 850.9 | 8.70% | |||
| Lionsgate (22) | 754.8 | 7.70% | |||
| Paramount (16) | 486.2 | 5.00% | |||
| STX (8) | 170.3 | 1.80% | |||
| Focus (15) | 139.9 | 1.40% | |||
| Weinstein Co. (7) | 118.9 | 1.20% | |||
| Open Road (9) | 100.5 | 1.00% | |||
| CBS (4) | 69.2 | 0.70% | |||
| Fox Searchlight (11) | 68 | 0.70% | |||
| A24 (12) | 60.6 | 0.60% | |||
| Bleecker Street (7) | 51.2 | 0.50% | |||
| Entertainment (3) | 51.2 | 0.50% | |||
| eOne/Seville (15) | 48.4 | 0.50% | |||
| Other * (342) | 416.6 | 4.30% | |||
| 9752.5 | 100% | ||||
| * none greater than .04% | |||||
