By Leonard Klady Klady@moviecitynews.com
The Weekend Report
The final weekend of 2017 was a horse race between Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle with the former grossing an estimated $52.7 million and the latter close behind with $50.9 million. There were no new national releases but All the Money in the World and Molly’s Game had their first full weekends, with the poker opus surprisingly strong in its limited wide exposure.
Exclusive newcomers included Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool with OK returns of $35,400 at four venues, and Germany’s Oscar short-listed In the Fade grossing a disappointing $11,200 from three sites. Phantom Thread was on fire with a $217,000 box office from four houses. Indian import Okka Kshanam opened to a disappointing $138,000. Ex-File 3 from China and the Filipino The Revenger Squad bowed to good response of $114,000 and $111,000.
Revenues for the sessions nudged right up to $200 million and saw an 11% upswing from last weekend. It was a 5% improvement from 2016 when Rogue One led with $65.5 million and Sing took the bridesmaid slot with $57.3 million.
Entering the weekend 2017 box office was off the prior year’s pace by 4% and the current year will likely finish in the area of $11.15 billion.
If last year’s existential question was: how do you ensure the next generation has the moviegoing habit, then the past twelve months provided an even more disturbing query. What happens when there’s nothing in the multiplex that viewers want to see? Happy New Year and a prosperous 2018.
Weekend (estimates) December 29 – 31, 2017 | |||||
Title | Distributor | Gross (average) | % chng | Thtrs | Cume |
Star Wars: The Last Jedi | BV | 52.7 (12,460) | -26% | 4232 | 517.4 |
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | Sony | 50.9 (13,530) | 40% | 3765 | 170.2 |
Pitch Perfect 3 | Uni | 17.7 (5,110) | -11% | 3468 | 64.2 |
The Greatest Showman | Fox | 15.3 (4,620) | 74% | 3316 | 48.8 |
Ferdinand | Fox | 11.6 (3,470) | 58% | 3337 | 53.7 |
Coco | BV | 7.2 (3,430) | 34% | 2104 | 179.6 |
All the Money in the World | Sony | 5.4 (2,620) | NEW | 2074 | 12.6 |
Darkest Hour | Focus | 5.3 (5,590) | 35% | 943 | 17.9 |
Downsizing | Par | 4.6 (1,740) | -6% | 2664 | 17.1 |
Father Figures | WB | 3.7 (1,290) | 14% | 2902 | 12.8 |
The Shape of Water | Fox Searchlight | 3.5 (4,680) | 18% | 756 | 15.7 |
Wonder | Lionsgate | 3.2 (2,710) | 63% | 1193 | 121.5 |
Molly’s Game | STX/eOne | 2.3 (8,380) | NEW | 271 | 5.2 |
Lady Bird | A24/Elevation | 1.4 (3,670) | 44% | 392 | 31.4 |
Justice League | WB | 1.3 (1,120) | 19% | 1130 | 225.6 |
The Disaster Artist | A24/Elevation | .96 (1,890) | 8% | 507 | 17.9 |
Daddy’s Home 2 | Par | .93 (1,210) | 0% | 770 | 101.8 |
Tiger Zinda Hai | Yash Raj | .92 (3,330) | -48% | 275 | 4.6 |
Thor: Ragnarok | BV | .91 (1,690) | 9% | 540 | 311.3 |
Call Me By Your Name | Sony Classics | .71 (6,160) | -5% | 115 | 4.6 |
I, Tonya | Neon | .65 (13,330) | 58% | 49 | 2.4 |
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Fox Searchlight | .64 (2,420) | 22% | 266 | 24.1 |
Murder on the Orient Express | Fox | .61 (1,570) | 18% | 391 | 100.6 |
The Post | Fox | .53 (59,330) | 1% | 9 | 1.7 |
The Star | Sony | .49 (750) | -62% | 661 | 40.1 |
Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) | $193.55 | ||||
% Change (Last Year) | 5% | ||||
% Change (Last Week) | 11% | ||||
Also debuting/expanding | |||||
Le Trip a trois | Seville | .31 (5,320) | 89% | 59 | 0.89 |
Phantom Thread | Focus | .22 (54,250) | 4 | 0.53 | |
Youth | China Lion | .19 (5,370) | -42% | 35 | 1.6 |
Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds | Well Go | .18 (10,820) | -1% | 17 | 0.63 |
Okka Kshanam | Sarigama | .14 (1,600) | 86 | 0.22 | |
Ex-File 3 | China Lion | .11 (54,10) | 21 | 0.11 | |
The Revenger Squad | ABS | .11 (2,920) | 38 | 0.11 | |
The Man Who Invented Christmas | Bleecker/Elevat | 66,300 (450) | -43% | 146 | 5.6 |
Loving Vincent | Good Deed/Mong | 44,800 (1,090) | -16% | 41 | 6.2 |
The Liquidator | Edko | 36,600 (1,460) | 25 | 0.04 | |
Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool | Sony Classics | 35,400 (8,820) | 4 | 0.04 | |
Hostiles | Entertainment | 33,600 (6,720) | 47% | 5 | 0.09 |
1987: When the Day Comes | CJ | 27,100 (13,550) | 2 | 0.03 | |
In the Fade | Magnolia | 11,200 (3,730) | 3 | 0.01 | |
2 Countries | Magnus | 8,400 (380) | 22 | 0.01 | |
Domestic Market Share (January 2 – December 28, 2017) | |||||
Distributor (releases) | Box Office (millions) | Market Share | |||
Buena Vista (11) | 2329.8 | 21.40% | |||
Warner Bros. (24) | 2026.1 | 18.60% | |||
Universal (17) | 1498.5 | 13.80% | |||
20th Century Fox (26) | 1296.2 | 11.90% | |||
Sony (24) | 998.2 | 9.20% | |||
Lionsgate (22) | 799.1 | 7.30% | |||
Paramount (18) | 524.8 | 4.80% | |||
STX (9) | 182.4 | 1.70% | |||
Focus (16) | 152.9 | 1.40% | |||
Weinstein Co. (7) | 119 | 1.10% | |||
Open Road (9) | 101.1 | 0.95% | |||
Fox Searchlight (12) | 94.6 | 0.85% | |||
A24 (13) | 92.7 | 0.85% | |||
CBS (4) | 69.2 | 0.65% | |||
Bleecker Street (7) | 53.9 | 0.50% | |||
Other * (389) | 547.5 | 5.00% | |||
10886 | 100% | ||||
* none greater than .45% | |||||
Top Global Grossers (January 2 – December 28, 2017) | |||||
Title | Distributor | Box Office | |||
Beauty and the Beast | BV | 1,262,158,904 | |||
The Fate of the Furious | Uni | 1,237,667,453 | |||
Despicable Me 3 | Uni | 1,034,780,739 | |||
Star Wars: The Last Jedi | BV | 934,182,077 | |||
Spider-Man: Homecoming | Sony | 881,246,309 | |||
Wolf Warrior II | Bona; Well Go | 867,876,145 | |||
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | BV | 862,581,275 | |||
Thor: Ragnarok | BV | 847,153,905 | |||
Wonder Woman | WB | 824,519,701 | |||
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales | BV | 769,452,354 | |||
It | WB | 703,297,095 | |||
Justice League | WB | 648,940,561 | |||
Logan | Fox | 618,191,538 | |||
Kong: Skull Island | WB | 564,663,975 | |||
Transformers: The Last Knight | Par | 558,357,889 | |||
Dunkirk | WB | 521,147,926 | |||
Coco | BV | 503,657,116 | |||
The Boss Baby | Fox; DmWks | 496,799,169 | |||
War for the Planet of the Apes | Fox | 490,786,719 | |||
The Mummy | Uni | 410,431,038 | |||
Kingsman: The Golden Circle | Fox | 395,258,972 | |||
La La Land * | Lionsgate | 384,729,036 | |||
Cars 3 | BV | 383,734,665 | |||
Fifty Shades Darker | Uni | 381,182,553 | |||
Sing * | Uni | 369,492,462 | |||
* does not include 2016 box office |