By Leonard Klady Klady@moviecitynews.com
The Weekend Report
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle returned to the top of the weekend viewing charts with an estimated $11 million. As the Patriots and Eagles await kick off of Super Bowl LII in frigid Minneapolis, moviegoing takes a back seat. And with that chill in mind the sole national newcomer – haunted house Winchester – opened in third with $9.1 million.
Exclusive debuts were led by Chilean Oscar nominee A Fantastic Woman with a $69,500 box office from five screens. Another foreign-language nominee, Lebanon’s The Insult, has had an effective slow rollout, generating $121,000. A third nominee, Hungary’s Of Body and Soul, also opened this weekend; results were not available.
There was a strong start of $513,000 for Telugu import Chalo at the expense of Touch Chesi Chudu with a $149,000 kickoff. Also of note was the impressive 298 theater count for Emirate epic Bilal: A New Breed of Hero that grossed $308,000.
Revenues for the frame came up slightly short of $100 million and ebbed back 34% from last weekend. It was a slim 2% decline from 2017 when the third weekend of Split topped the charts with $14.4 million and newcomer Rings took second spot with $13 million.
Winchester, inspired by a real-life San Jose mansion, had tepid critical response. However it proved to be an ample guilty pleasure and football diversion to exceed high-end expectations of $8 million. Studio exit polling identified the audience as 58% female with 64% of viewers 25 and older.
Last night’s Directors Guild award to Guillermo del Toro for The Shape of Water (also cited by the Producers Guild) gives the imaginative fable an edge in the continuing Oscar race. Still there’s not a strong sense of inevitability or even a feeling of rising momentum for it or really any of the other contenders including Lady Bird and Three Billboards. One can only imagine the buildup of mounting dread at Academy central as officials brace for what could be one of the lowest rated broadcasts of the past decade.
Weekend (estimates) February 2 – 4, 2018 | |||||
Title | Distributor | Gross (avg) | % chng | Thtrs | Cume |
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | Sony | 11.0 (3,290) | -32% | 3352 | 352.7 |
Maze Runner: The Death Cure | WB | 10.3 (2,720) | -57% | 3793 | 39.9 |
Winchester | CBS | 9.1 (3,670) | NEW | 2480 | 9.1 |
The Greatest Showman | Fox | 7.8 (3,030) | -18% | 2588 | 137.5 |
Hostiles | Entertainment/Elevation | 5.3 (1,810) | -47% | 2934 | 21 |
The Post | Fox | 5.2 (2,100) | -43% | 2462 | 67.2 |
12 Strong | WB | 4.6 (1,590) | -47% | 2918 | 37.2 |
Den of Thieves | STX/VVS | 4.6 (2,170) | -47% | 2112 | 36.2 |
The Shape of Water | Fox Searchlight | 4.3 (1,850) | -27% | 2341 | 44.6 |
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Fox Searchlight | 3.1 (1,780) | -20% | 1726 | 41.8 |
Paddington 2 | WB | 3.1 (1,290) | -45% | 2388 | 36.2 |
I, Tonya | Neon | 2.5 (1,700) | -18% | 1450 | 22.5 |
Darkest Hour | Focus | 2.4 (1,620) | -16% | 1486 | 48.8 |
Forever My Girl | Roadside/Elevation | 2.4 (1,660) | -34% | 1427 | 12.6 |
Padmaavat | Viva | 2.3 (6,610) | -47% | 354 | 8.8 |
Star Wars: The Last Jedi | BV | 2.2 (1,530) | -47% | 1467 | 614.4 |
Phantom Thread | Focus | 2.1 (1,790) | -29% | 1186 | 14.1 |
The Commuter | Lionsgate/VVS | 1.6 (1,090) | -52% | 1494 | 34.2 |
Coco | BV | 1.6 (970) | 11% | 1636 | 204.7 |
Insidious: The Last Key | Uni/Sony | 1.4 (1,50) | -55% | 1253 | 65.7 |
Lady Bird | A24/Elevation | 1.3 (1,200) | -30% | 1109 | 43.7 |
Call Me By Your Name | Sony Classics | .93 (1,600) | -28% | 581 | 12.9 |
Molly’s Game | STX/eOne | .81 (960) | -10% | 843 | 27.1 |
Pitch Perfect 3 | Uni | .77 (810) | -44% | 951 | 103.9 |
Ferdinand | Fox | .63 (1,100) | -38% | 575 | 81.4 |
Proud Mary | Sony | .55 (1,070) | -59% | 513 | 20.2 |
Chalo | Sarigama | .51 (4,460) | NEW | 115 | 0.61 |
Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) | $92.40 | ||||
% Change (Last Year) | -2% | ||||
% Change (Last Week) | -34% | ||||
Also debuting/expanding | |||||
Bilal: A New Breed of Hero | Vertical | .31 (1,030) | 298 | 0.31 | |
Ang Dalawang Mrs. Reyes | ABS | .21 (5,190) | -17% | 41 | 0.64 |
Touch Chesi Chudu | Blue Sky | .15 (1,380) | 108 | 0.16 | |
The Insult | Cohen Media | .12 (3,360) | 99% | 36 | 0.29 |
Hochelaga, Terre des ames | Seville | 72,300 (2,190) | -23% | 33 | 0.45 |
A Fantastic Woman | Sony Classics | 69,500 (13,900) | 5 | 0.07 | |
Till the End of the World | China Lion | 59,100 (2,190) | 27 | 0.06 | |
Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool | Sony Classics | 53,700 (1,580) | 56% | 34 | 0.31 |
The Disaster Artist | A24/Elevation | 51,800 (780) | -48% | 65 | 21 |
Oru Nalla Naal Paathu Soiren | AP Intl | 41,900 (790) | 53 | 0.04 | |
24 Frames | Janus | 8,200 (8,200) | 1 | 0.01 | |
Before We Vanish | Super LTD | 8,100 (4,050) | 2 | 0.01 | |
Braven | Saban | 7,800 (780) | 10 | 0.01 |