By Leonard Klady Klady@moviecitynews.com
The Weekend Report
A Quiet Place returned to the top of weekend viewing with an estimated $21.9 million. Two national releases vied for third and fourth. Fantasy-comedy I Feel Pretty grossing $16 million gave a slight edge over the $14.8 million Broken Lizard hijinks in Super Troopers 2. In limited wide release, the thriller Traffik bowed to $3.9 million.
The frame saw an effective expansion of Lynne Ramsay’s Cannes-prized hallucination You Were Never Really Here. Exclusive freshmen lacked a powerhouse starter. Telugu Bharat Ane Nenu had a potent start of $2.9 million.
Revenues for the session generated roughly $128 million and ebbed back 15% from the prior weekend. It was nonetheless an 18% improvement from 2017 when the second weekend of Fate of the Furious led with a $38.4 million box office and the top newcomer was Unforgettable in fifth spot with a $4.8 million tally.
Amy Schumer’s I Feel Pretty, a tale of a woman with an unbridled sense of her beauty and intelligence, was given a top end prospect of $15 million. It did slightly better than that, but the promise of Trainwreck may have gone off the tracks. Her rival Melissa McCarthy will be back on screen next month.
The marketplace surprise was unquestionably Super Troopers 2, expected to open to the tune of $6-$7 million. The original screen venture for the Broken Lizard comedy troupe premiered 16 years ago and proved to be a cult hit. But subsequent screen ventures have produced meh results and the same appeared the case for the retread. Instead the fan base was yearning for this revival.
Traffik, the perennial yarn of a vacationing couple beset by a gang of hooligans in a remote bucolic setting, recruited an audience 52% female and 92% 25 and older.
Weekend (estimates) April 20 – 22, 2018 | |||||
Title | Distributor | Gross (avg) | % chng | Thtrs | Cume |
A Quiet Place | Par | 21.9 (5,740) | -34% | 3808 | 132.2 |
Rampage | WB | 20.6 (5,010) | -42% | 4115 | 66.2 |
I Feel Pretty | STX/eOne | 16.0 (4,650) | NEW | 3440 | 16 |
Super Troopers 2 | Fox Searchlight | 14.8 (4,860) | NEW | 3038 | 14.8 |
Truth or Dare | Uni | 7.9 (2,570) | -58% | 3068 | 30.3 |
Ready Player One | WB | 7.5 (2,350) | -34% | 3208 | 126.2 |
Blockers | Uni | 7.0 (2,220) | -35% | 3134 | 48.2 |
Black Panther | BV | 4.7 (2,430) | -19% | 1930 | 681.1 |
Traffik | Lionsgate | 3.9 (3,710) | NEW | 1046 | 3.9 |
Bharat Ane Nenu | Great India | 2.9 (8,920) | NEW | 323 | 2.9 |
Isle of Dogs | Fox Searchlight | 3.5 (1,790) | -36% | 1947 | 24.4 |
I Can Only Imagine | Roadside/Lionsgate | 2.4 (1,220) | -41% | 1994 | 79.4 |
Acrimony | Lionsgate | 2.0 (1,720) | -46% | 1148 | 41 |
Chappaquiddick | Entertainment/D Films | 1.9 (1,330) | -37% | 1455 | 14.4 |
Sherlock Gnomes | Par | 1.4 (980) | -49% | 1459 | 39.6 |
The Miracle Season | Mirror/Elevation | 1.1 (1,000) | -49% | 1122 | 8.8 |
Beirut | Bleecker Street | .1.1 (1,420) | -38% | 755 | 3.9 |
A Wrinkle in Time | BV | .72 (1,080) | -48% | 665 | 93.7 |
Pacific Rim Uprising | Uni | .57 (880 | -61% | 646 | 58.7 |
Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero | Fun Academy | .56 (400) | -56% | 1386 | 2.3 |
You Were Never Really Here | Amazon | .54 (3,000) | 67% | 181 | 1.2 |
Love, Simon | Fox | .51 (1,030) | -52% | 491 | 40.2 |
The Death of Stalin | IFC/Elevation | .34 (1,630) | -29% | 210 | 6.9 |
Paul, Apostle of Christ | Sony | .32 (850) | -47% | 377 | 17 |
Tomb Raider | WB | .30 (980) | -36% | 303 | 56.7 |
Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) | $122.50 | ||||
% Change (Last Year) | 18% | ||||
% Change (Last Week) | -15% | ||||
Also debuting/expanding | |||||
Indian Horse | Elevation | .27 (2,260) | -13% | 121 | 0.77 |
La Bolduc | Seville | .24 (3,050) | -28% | 79 | 1.6 |
Hector el Father: Conoceras la Verdad | Cristal | .19 (5,390) | 147% | 36 | 0.63 |
Finding Your Feet | Roadside Attractions | .19 (1,010) | -32% | 191 | 0.94 |
The Leisure Seeker | Sony Classics/eOne | .18 (970) | -35% | 183 | 2.7 |
Lean on Pete | A24 | .17 (2,460) | 120% | 69 | 0.34 |
The Rider | Sony Classics | 77,200 (8,580) | 83% | 9 | 0.14 |
Final Portrait | Sony Classics | 75,300 (750) | 89% | 100 | 0.3 |
Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami | Kino | 39,700 (4,410) | -29% | 9 | 0.12 |
Little Pink House | Da Da | 32,500 (4,060) | 8 | 0.03 | |
Khido Khundi | Rising Sun | 30,400 (820) | 37 | 0.03 | |
Beyond the Clounds | Zee Studios | 26,800 (640) | 42 | 0.03 | |
Dude’s Manual | TBA | 23,200 (1,660) | 14 | 0.02 | |
Ghost Stories | IFC | 13,100 (13,100) | 1 | 0.01 | |
Godard Mon Amour | Cohen Media | 11,900 (2,980) | 4 | 0.01 | |
L’Apparition | MK2 | 11,600 (1,930) | 6 | 0.01 | |
The Devil and Father Amorth | Orchard | 10,300 (1,290) | 8 | 0.01 | |
Eye on Juliet | eOne | 7,700 (850) | 9 | 0.01 | |
Le Corbeau (reissue) | Rialto | 6,300 (6,300) | 1 | 0.01 | |
Domestic Market Share (January 2 – April 19, 2018) | |||||
Distributor (releases) | Box Office (millions) | Market Share | |||
Buena Vista (5) | 898.9 | 26.90% | |||
Warner Bros. (15) | 421.1 | 12.60% | |||
Sony (9) | 388.4 | 11.60% | |||
20th Century Fox (8) | 374.2 | 11.20% | |||
Universal (8) | 322.9 | 9.70% | |||
Paramount (5) | 189.1 | 5.70% | |||
Fox Searchlight (4) | 99.4 | 3.00% | |||
Lionsgate (7) | 94.4 | 2.80% | |||
Roadside Attractions (4) | 91.7 | 2.70% | |||
STX (5) | 67.8 | 2.00% | |||
Focus (4) | 63.5 | 1.90% | |||
Entertainment (3) | 47.1 | 1.40% | |||
MGM (2) | 36.9 | 1.10% | |||
Neon (3) | 25.5 | 0.80% | |||
CBS (1) | 23.5 | 0.70% | |||
Aviron (1) | 22.7 | 0.70% | |||
Other * (138) | 173.9 | 5.20% | |||
3341 | 100% | ||||
* none greater than 0.6% | |||||
Top Limited Releases (January 2 – April 19, 2018) | |||||
Title | Distributor | Box Office | |||
Padmaavat | Viva | 12,159,664 | |||
The Death of Stalin | IFC/Elevation | 6,522,703 | |||
Rangasthalam | Creative | 3,559,003 | |||
2018 Oscar Nominated Shorts | Magnolia | 3,508,777 | |||
La Boda de Valentina | Lionsgate | 2,816,208 | |||
Agnyaathavaasi – Prince in Exile | Blue Sky | 2,586,699 | |||
The Leisure Seeker | Sony Classics/eOne | 2,526,637 | |||
Mary and the Witch’s Flower | Gkids | 2,418,404 | |||
Detective Chinatown 2 | WB | 1,983,984 | |||
A Fantastic Woman | Sony Classics | 1,944,952 | |||
Pad Man | Sony | 1,670,192 | |||
Operation Red Sea | Well Go | 1,543,547 | |||
La Bolduc | Seville | 1,384,919 | |||
Baaghi 2 | Fox Intl | 1,319,579 | |||
Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds | Well Go | 1,185,528 | |||
TholiPrema | Creative | 1,181,228 | |||
Bhaagamathie | Great India | 1,177,302 | |||
Le Trip a trois | Seville | 1,157,655 | |||
Sajjan Singh Rangroot | Grand Showbiz | 1,091,908 | |||
Raid | Eros | 1,085,447 |