By Leonard Klady Klady@moviecitynews.com
The Weekend Report
Unlike Blade Runner 2049 movie goers were undeterred that they hadn’t seen 1995’s Jumanji (both were box office disappointments at the time of their respective releases) and put its sequel Welcome to the Jungle on top of the weekend chart with an estimated $36.1 million. The session’s sole new wide release – from a more vigorous franchise – Insidious: The Last Key was close behind with a $29.2 million debut.
With the Golden Globes hours away a number of titles did strategic expansions including such contenders as Darkest Hour, I, Tonya and Molly’s Game. The trio maintained commercial momentum.
Imports from China included Goldbuster with a $78,600 opening and Hanson and the Beast grossing $43,300. While both were modest debuts continuing titles such as Ex-File 3 indicate that the Chinese market is evolving much in the way the Indian has evolved in the past two decades. In 2017 more than 150 Indian movies played in the U.S. and grossed in excess of $100 million for the first time.
Revenues for the frame exceeded $165 million and dipped 16% from last weekend. It was 19% improved from 2017 when the third weekend of Hidden Figures pushed ahead of Rogue One by $800,000 with a $22.8 million tally.
Final crunching for 2017 rendered a domestic box office of $11.135 billion (see charts) that translated into a 3.5% decline from 2016. It was a 5% downturn in terms of admissions. International revenues are still being sorted but initial figures indicate a slight improvement of 7%.
On the domestic front it was a good year for the majors (apart from Paramount) but the news of Fox’s acquisition by Disney has put the industry in a quandary. Obviously consolidation will change the landscape and that’s going to put a squeeze on independents. There’s a big question mark hanging over Weinstein Co. (obviously) as well as STX, Open Road and Bleecker Street that are all in desperate need of a very big picture with franchise potential. The latter aspect is exactly the kind of thing that elevated Lionsgate into the status of a major player.
Weekend (estimates) January 5 – 7, 2018 | |||||
Title | Distributor | Gross (avg) | % chng | Thtrs | Cume |
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | Sony | 36.1 (9,490) | -28% | 3801 | 244.5 |
Insidious: The Last Key | Uni | 29.2 (9,380) | NEW | 3116 | 29.2 |
Star Wars: The Last Jedi | BV | 23.7 (5,600) | -55% | 4232 | 572.7 |
The Greatest Showman | Fox | 13.7 (4,100) | -12% | 3342 | 76.8 |
Pitch Perfect 3 | Uni | 10.2 (2,950) | -39% | 3458 | 86 |
Ferdinand | Fox | 7.7 (2,430) | -33% | 3156 | 70.5 |
Molly’s Game | STX/eOne | 7.0 (4,340) | 197% | 1608 | 14.2 |
Darkest Hour | Focus | 6.3 (3,650) | 15% | 1733 | 28.4 |
Coco | BV | 5.4 (2,840) | -28% | 1894 | 191.9 |
All the Money in the World | Sony | 3.6 (1,680) | -36% | 2123 | 20.2 |
The Shape of Water | Fox Searchlight | 3.1 (3,880) | -11% | 804 | 21.7 |
Wonder | Lionsgate | 2.4 (1,900) | -26% | 1258 | 126.6 |
I, Tonya | Neon | 2.4 (9,290) | 288% | 255 | 5.2 |
Downsizing | Par | 2.1 (1,060) | -54% | 2020 | 22.9 |
The Post | Fox | 1.7 (48,050) | 208% | 36 | 3.9 |
Lady Bird | A24/Elevation | 1.6 (2,780) | 7% | 562 | 34.1 |
Father Figures | WB | 1.3 (750) | -66% | 1717 | 16.8 |
Call Me By Your Name | Sony Classics | .74 (6,350) | -1% | 117 | 6.1 |
The Disaster Artist | A24/Elevation | .73 (1,530) | -21% | 478 | 19.4 |
Three Billboards | Fox Searchlight | .71 (2,280) | 5% | 310 | 25.4 |
Justice League | WB | .55 (1,060) | -54% | 518 | 227 |
Thor: Ragnarok | BV | .52 (1,610) | -39% | 325 | 312.5 |
Daddy’s Home 2 | Par | .50 (1,140) | -74% | 429 | 102.9 |
Murder on the Orient Express | Fox | .44 (1,400) | -29% | 314 | 101.6 |
Tiger Zinda Hai | Yash Raj | .37 (2,240) | -60% | 164 | 5.6 |
Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) | $161.25 | ||||
% Change (Last Year) | 19% | ||||
% Change (Last Week) | -16% | ||||
Also debuting/expanding | |||||
Hostiles | Entertainment | .28 (6,130) | 743% | 46 | 0.41 |
Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds | Well Go | .27 (7,630) | 38% | 35 | 1.1 |
Phantom Thread | Focus | .24 (40,330) | 12% | 6 | 0.95 |
Le Trip a trois | Seville | .23 (4,290) | -23% | 54 | 1.4 |
Ex-File 3 | China Lion | .17 (9,280) | 34% | 18 | 0.51 |
Goldbuster | Well Go | 78,600 (3,270) | 24 | 0.08 | |
Youth | China Lion | 76,200 (2,540) | -62% | 30 | 1.8 |
Loving Vincent | Good Deed/Mongrel | 61,700 (1,060) | -10% | 58 | 6.4 |
Hanson and the Beast | Media Asia | 43,300 (2,160) | 20 | 0.04 | |
Namiya | China Lion | 41,300 (1.970) | 21 | 0.04 | |
Chamak | Kannada | 38,400 (1,420) | 27 | 0.04 | |
Chupan Chupai | Hum | 8,900 (730) | 12 | 0.01 | |
Giac Mo My – The American Dream | Galaxy | 5,300 (5,300) | 1 | 0.01 | |
Blame | Goldwyn | 4,500 (450) | 9 | 0.01 | |
The Strange Ones | Vertical | 4,200 (380) | 11 | 0.01 | |
Day of the Dead: Bloodline | Lionsgate | 4,100 (410) | 10 | 0.01 | |
Top Domestic Grossers (January 2,2017 – January 1, 2018) | |||||
Title | Distributor | Box Office | |||
Star Wars: The Last Jedi | BV | 531,511,829 | |||
Beauty and the Beast | BV | 504,014,165 | |||
Wonder Woman | WB | 412,563,408 | |||
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | BV | 389,813,101 | |||
Spider-Man: Homecoming | Sony | 334,201,140 | |||
It | WB | 327,621,899 | |||
Thor: Ragnarok | BV | 311,500,126 | |||
Despicable Me 3 | Uni | 264,759,902 | |||
Logan | Fox | 226,277,068 | |||
The Fate of the Furious | Uni | 225,966,192 | |||
Justice League | WB | 225,913,169 | |||
Dunkirk | WB | 188,373,161 | |||
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | Sony | 185,224,946 | |||
Coco | BV | 172,372,459 | |||
The Lego Batman Movie | WB | 175,969,510 | |||
Get Out | Uni | 175,589,248 | |||
The Boss Baby | Fox | 175,001,663 | |||
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales | BV | 172,610,484 | |||
Kong: Skull Island | WB | 168,583,087 | |||
Hidden Figures * | Fox | 167,061,097 | |||
* does not include 2016 box office |