Title|Gross|Thtr|% Chgn|Cume
Venom|33|4250|NEW|33
A Star is Born|15.7|3686|NEW|15.7
Smallfoot|3.5|4131|-46%|31.3
Night School|3.5|3019|-63%|37.9
The House Wirh a Clock in its Walls|1.8|3463|-43%|49.5
A Simple Favor|1|2408|-50%|46.6
The Nun|0.75|2264|-52%|111.5
Hell Fest|0.6|2297|-70%|7.4
Crazy Rich Asians|0.6|1466|-51%|167.6
The Predator|0.25|1643|-77%|49.3
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Also Debuting||||
The Hate U Give|0.17|36||
Shine|85,600|609||
Exes Baggage|75,900|62||
NOTA|71,300|138||
96|61,600|62||
Andhadhun|55,000|54||
Afsar|45,400|33||
Project Gutenberg|36,000|17||
Love Yatri|22,300|41||
Hello, Mrs. Money|22,200|37||
Studio 54|5,300|1||
Loving Pablo|4,200|15||
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Friday Box Office Estimates
Saturday, October 6th, 2018The Weekend Report
Sunday, September 30th, 2018Weekend (estimates) September 28 – 30, 2018) | |||||
Title | Distributor | Gross (average) | % Chng | Thtr | Cume |
Night School | Uni | 27.9 (9,280) | NEW | 3010 | 27.9 |
Smallfoot | WB | 22.8 (5,530) | NEW | 4131 | 22.8 |
The House With a Clock in its Walls | Uni | 12.5 (3,470) | -53% | 3592 | 44.7 |
A Simple Favor | Lionsgate | 6.5 (2,130) | -36% | 3073 | 43 |
The Nun | WB | 5.4 (1,630) | -46% | 3331 | 109 |
Hell Fest | Lionsgate | 5.1 (2,220) | NEW | 2297 | 5.1 |
Crazy Rich Asians | WB | 4.1 (1,760) | -35% | 2347 | 165.7 |
The Predator | Fox | 3.6 (1,240) | -60% | 2926 | 47.6 |
White Boy Rick | Sony | 2.4 (1,180) | -51% | 2017 | 21.7 |
Peppermint | STX/Elevation | 1.8 (890) | -52% | 2002 | 33.5 |
My Hero Academia: Two Heroes | FunImation | 1.6 (3,090) | 508 | 1.6 | |
Fahrenheit 11/9 | Briarcliff | 1.1 (630) | -64% | 1719 | 5.2 |
The Meg | WB | 1.0 (790) | -57% | 1243 | 141.9 |
Searching | Sony | .94 (930) | -56% | 1014 | 23.88 |
Life Itself | Amazon | .74 (320) | -65% | 2355 | 3.7 |
The Wife | Sony Classics | .71 (1,620) | -20% | 437 | 6 |
Little Women | Pinnacle Peak | .68 (1,060) | NEW | 643 | 0.68 |
Mission: Impossible – Fallout | Par | .59 (1,100) | -49% | 538 | 219.2 |
Sui Dhaaga | Yash Raj | .58 (2,970) | NEW | 195 | 0.58 |
Chekka Chivantha Vaanam/Nawab | G2G1 | .56 (5,060) | NEW | 111 | 0.56 |
Unbroken: Path to Redemption | Pure Flix | .47 (630) | -64% | 741 | 5.6 |
BlacKKKlansman | Focus | .45 (1,040) | -31% | 436 | 47.8 |
DevaDas | FlyHigh | .42 (2,470) | NEW | 171 | 0.42 |
Colette | Bleecker Street | .40 (10,600) | 150% | 38 | 0.62 |
Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) | $100.60 | ||||
% Change (Last Year) | 14% | ||||
% Change (Last Week) | 14% | ||||
Also debuting/expanding | |||||
Free Solo | NatGeo | .28 (69,500) | 4 | 0.28 | |
The Sisters Brothers | Anapurna | .23 (8,320) | 101% | 28 | 0.39 |
Parahuna | Saga | .17 (4,530) | 38 | 0.17 | |
The Old Man and the Gun | Fox Searchlight | .15 (29,820) | 5 | 0.15 | |
Monsters and Men | NEON | .13 (7,080) | 18 | 0.13 | |
Golden Job | Well Go | .12 (3,470) | 34 | 0.12 | |
Love, Gilda | Magnolia | .11 (1,270) | -41% | 88 | 0.39 |
Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. | Abramorama | 50,600 (25,300) | 2 | 0.05 | |
Pataakha | B4U | 36,900 (700) | 53 | 0.04 | |
Bad Reputation | Magnolia | 31,200 (2,840) | 11 | 0.03 | |
All About Nina | Orchard | 29,800 (7,450) | 4 | 0.03 | |
Trico Tri Happy Halloween | AMC | 18,200 (190) | 97 | 0.02 | |
El Dia de la Union | Tribe | 15,400 (330) | 46 | 0.02 | |
The Samuel Project | In8 | 9,800 (4,900) | 2 | 0.01 |
Friday Box Office Estimates
Saturday, September 29th, 2018Title|Gross|Thtr|% Chgn|Cume
Night School|9.5|3020|NEW|9.5
Smallfoot|6.3|4131|NEW|6.3
The House Wirh a Clock in its Walls|3.1|3592|-60%|35.3
A Simple Favor|2.1|3073|-36%|38.6
Hell Fest|2|877|NEW|2
The Nun|1.6|3331|-47%|105.2
Crazy Rich Asians|1.2|2347|-35%|162.7
The Predator|1|2926|-61%|44.9
White Boy Rick|0.7|2017|-52%|20
Peppermint|0.5|2002|-52%|32.3
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Also Debuting||||
Little Women|0.31|643||
Chekka Chivantha Vaanam/Nawab|0.18|111||
Sui Dhaaga|0.16|195||
My Hero Academia: Two Heroes|0.11|96||
Free Solo|0.1|4||
The Old Man and the Gun|44,450|5||
Parahuna|42,500|33||
Golden Job|38,400|34||
Monsters and Men|32,500|18||
All About Nina|11,600|4||
Pataakha|11,500|53||
Bad Reputation|11,100|11||
Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.|9,600|2||
The Samuel Project|5,400|2||
Trico Tri Happy Halloween|5,100|88||
El Dia de la Union|3,900|44||
The Weekend Report
Sunday, September 23rd, 2018Location Location Location
The debut of The House With a Clock in its Walls ticked in with an estimated $26.8 million to take the weekend box office crown. Three other films opened nationally with dull to dire results. The doc Fahrenheit 11/9 bowed to a passable $3.1 million but it was curtains for the romantic pastiche Life Itself that grossed $2.1 million and the action comedy Assassination Nation that struggled to $1 million.
In the niches new Indian releases included a potent $380,000 start for the Punjabi Qismat and a just OK $153,000 start for the Hindi Batti Gul Meter Chalu. There were good launches for the Filipino comedy Miss Granny of $132,000 and the Chinese actioner The Great Battle with $114,000. The doc Love, Gilda had a tepid launch of $154,000.
Exclusive newcomers saw two potent titles that included a $123,000 tally for the skewered western The Sisters Brothers at four sites and a $154,000 for the biopic Colette.
Revenues for the session approached $93 million and slid back 14% from the prior weekend. It was a more severe 23% erosion from 2017 when the opening of Kingsman: The Golden Circle led with $39 million and the debut of The Lego Ninjago Movie grossed $20.4 million.
A clever emphasis on audacity appeared to elevate The House With a Clock in its Walls that was tracking to debut to $20 million to $22 million. Its audience was 52% male with 78% aged 25-years and younger. Families accounted for 53% of ticket sales.
The film also dipped its toe into international waters with an estimated $8.7 million box office from 22 territories. The UK dominated with a $4.3 million tally.
The trio of other new releases all seriously under-performed pundit’s predictions. Fahrenheit 11/9 was expected to debut to $5 million to $6 million, Life Itself was pegged at $4 million to $5 million and Assassination Nation was given a $2 million to $3 million debut.
Weekend (estimates) September 21 – 23, 2018 | |||||
Title | Distributor | Gross (average) | % Chng | Thtr | Cume |
The House With a Clock in its Walls | Uni | 26.8 (7,470) | NEW | 3592 | 26.8 |
A Simple Favor | Lionsgate | 10.3 (3,330) | -36% | 3102 | 32.5 |
The Nun | WB | 10.1 (2,720) | -45% | 3707 | 100.7 |
The Predator | Fox | 8.6 (2,120) | -65% | 4070 | 40.4 |
Crazy Rich Asians | WB | 6.5 (2,310) | -26% | 2802 | 159.4 |
White Boy Rick | Sony | 5.0 (1,980) | -44% | 2504 | 17.4 |
Peppermint | STX/Elevation | 3.7 (1,380) | -38% | 2680 | 30.3 |
Fahrenheit 11/9 | Briarcliff | 3.1 (1,790) | NEW | 1719 | 3.1 |
The Meg | WB | 2.3 (1,170) | -39% | 2003 | 140.5 |
Searching | Sony | 2.2 (1,330) | -49% | 1787 | 23.1 |
Life Itself | Amazon | 2.1 (790) | NEW | 2609 | 2.1 |
Unbroken: Path to Redemption | Pure Flix | 1.3 (900) | -40% | 1484 | 4.6 |
Mission: Impossible – Fallout | Par | 1.2 (1,340) | -49% | 871 | 218.1 |
Christopher Robin | BV | 1.1 (850) | -50% | 1252 | 96.9 |
Assassination Nation | NEON | 1.0 (710) | NEW | 1403 | 1 |
The Wife | Sony Classics | .93 (1.980) | -18% | 468 | 4.9 |
BlacKKKlansman | Focus | .65 (1,430) | -49% | 454 | 47.1 |
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation | Sony | .59 (1,140) | -24% | 518 | 166.1 |
Incredibles 2 | BV | .53 (1,060) | -28% | 500 | 606.3 |
Alpha | Sony | .40 (730) | -63% | 544 | 35.2 |
Qismat | White Hill | .38 (7,660) | NEW | 50 | 0.38 |
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again | Uni | .36 (1,2400 | 3% | 292 | 120.3 |
Operation Finale | MGM | .34 (660) | -70% | 525 | 17.2 |
Ant-Man and the Wasp | BV | .27 (1,030) | -31% | 260 | 215.8 |
Lizzie | Roadside Attractions | .26 (1,070) | 438% | 240 | 0.33 |
Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) | $88.00 | ||||
% Change (Last Year) | -23% | ||||
% Change (Last Week) | -14% | ||||
Also debuting/expanding | |||||
Colette | Bleecker Street | .16 (39,520) | 4 | 0.16 | |
Love, Gilda | Magnolia | .15 (2,370) | 65 | 0.15 | |
Batti Gul Meter Chalu | Eros | .15 (2,390) | 64 | 0.15 | |
The Hows of Us | ABS | .14 (2,820) | -58% | 50 | 1.5 |
Miss Granny | Viva Intl | .13 (4,000) | 33 | 0.13 | |
The Sisters Brothers | Anapurna | ,12 (30,920) | 4 | 0.12 | |
Nannu Dochukunduvate | ShowTime | 12 (1,200) | 102 | 0.12 | |
Juliet, Naked | Roadside Attractions | ;12 (1,170) | -57% | 102 | 3.3 |
The Great Battle | Well Go | .11 (3,800) | 30 | 0.11 | |
The Children Act | eOne/A24 | .10 (1,710) | 57% | 61 | 0.2 |
Three Identical Strangers | Neon/Mongrel | 58,100 (1,0500 | -46% | 55 | 12.2 |
Les Disparition des lucioles | Seville | 51,400 (2,570) | 20 | 0.05 | |
Moses and the Ten Commandments | Swen | 47,200 (830) | 57 | 0.05 | |
Sammy 2 | Southern Star | 46,900 (980) | 48 | 0.05 | |
Museo | Vitagraph | 22,800 (3,260) | -13% | 7 | 0.06 |
The Negotiation | CJ | 14,600 (7,300) | 2 | 0.01 | |
Tea With the Dames | IFC | 14,300 (14,300) | 1 | 0.01 | |
Top Domestic Grossers (January 2 – September 20, 2018) | |||||
Title | Distributor | Box Office | |||
Black Panther | BV | 700,059,566 | |||
Avenger Infinity War | BV | 678,788,703 | |||
Incredibles 2 | BV | 605,824,358 | |||
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | Uni | 416,376,615 | |||
Deadpool 2 | Fox | 318,482,400 | |||
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle * | Sony | 219,290,534 | |||
Mission: Impossible – Fallout | Par | 216,974,667 | |||
Ant-Man and the Wasp | BV | 215,538,206 | |||
Solo: A Star Wars Story | BV | 213,716,869 | |||
A Quiet Place | Par | 188,071,846 | |||
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation | Sony | 165,476,985 | |||
Crazy Rich Asians | WB | 152,924,483 | |||
Ocean’s 8 | WB | 139,377,762 | |||
The Meg | WB | 138,172,919 | |||
Ready Player One | WB | 137,236,383 | |||
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again | Uni | 119,926,835 | |||
The Greatest Showman * | Fox | 119,917,641 | |||
Peter Rabbit | Sony | 115,254,425 | |||
The Equalizer 2 | Sony | 102,084,362 | |||
A Wrinkle in Time | BV | 100,478,608 | |||
* does not include 2017 box office |
Friday Box Office Estimates
Saturday, September 22nd, 2018Title|Gross|Thtr|% Chgn|Cume
The House Wirh a Clock in its Walls|7.8|3592|NEW|7.8
A Simple Favor|3.3|3102|-45%|25.4
The Nun|2.9|3707|-50%|93.6
The Predator|2.4|4070|-70%|34.1
Crazy Rich Asians|1.8|2802|-28%|154.7
White Boy Rick|1.5|2504|-57%|13.9
Peppermint|1.1|2680|-38%|27.7
Fahrenheit 11/9|1|1719|NEW|1
Life Itself|0.75|2609|NEW|0.75
Searching|0.65|1787|-37%|21.6
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Also Debuting||||
Assassination Nation|0.42|1403||
Quismat|94,300|49||
Colette|48,500|4||
Batti Gul Meter Chalu|44,900|64||
Love, Gilda|44,400|59||
Miss Granny|40,100|32||
The Sisters Brothers|37,500|4||
Nannu Dochukunduvate|35,000|102||
The Great Battle|31,500|29||
Sammy 2|19,650|48||
Moses and the Ten Commandments|18,200|54||
Les Disparition des lucioles|17,200|20||
The Negotiation|4,400|2||
Tea With the Dames|4,100|1||
The Weekend Report
Sunday, September 16th, 2018Date Night
The re-boot of The Predator horrorfest arrived at the top of weekend movie going with an estimated $24 million debut. Three other films bowed in what’s shaping up as a very crowded fall/awards season. The suburban whodunit A Simple Favor was off to a fast start of $16.1 to rank third while the ripped-from-the-headlines White Boy Rick had a tepid response of $8.7 million. The faith-targeted Unbroken: Path to Redemption was left in the pews with $2.2 million.
In the niches Indian imports mostly stiffed with only the Hindi Manmarziyaan registering a faint pulse with a $310,000 box office from 99 screens. The offbeat revenge drama Mandy failed to make the crossover with a $250,000 tally from 92 venues.
Exclusive freshmen saw some encouraging but not breakout grosses including Lizzie on the infamous axe-wielder of $48,300 from four playdates. Also good were the heist yarn Museo with a single screen gross of $17,7000 and the doc Science Fair posted $12,100 from its solo engagement.
Revenues for the session hovered around $107 million for a 15% abatement from the prior weekend. It was a more modest 6% decline from 2017 when the second weekend of It led with $60.1 million. Newcomers American Assassin and Mother! followed with $14.8 million and $7.5 million respectively.
The extraterrestrial killing machine known as Predator first reared its ugly head in 1987. Since taking on the Governator, the official strain has wrecked havoc on both human and other worldly evils and had re-landed with a new askew view. Expectations, despite a bit of extraneous controversy, were a stronger bow of about $30 million. On the domestic front the audience was 62% male with 66% aged 25-years and older.
The film also bowed in most major international markets (France, Mexico and China still to come) with an estimated $31 million. Top grossers were Russia with $4.7 million, the UK with $3 million and Japan grossing $2.1 million.
Coming in slightly ahead of tracking A Simple Favor appeared to get a boost from positive response on social platforms. However, the film will need to expand beyond its core crowd that came out in force with demos that were 67% female with 86% aged 25-years and older. The film stepped out in 28 mostly secondary international territories to a $3.5 million box office. Australia dominated with $2 million including previews.
White Boy Rick had been positioned as an awards contender but early reviews were lukewarm with high end predictions of a comparatively modest $10 million. Its opening domestic audience was 57% male with 68% of viewers aged 25-years and older.
Weekend (estimates) September 14 – 16, 2018 | |||||
Title | Distributor | Gross (average) | % Chng | Thtr | Cume |
The Predator | Fox | 24.0 (5,950) | NEW | 4037 | 24 |
The Nun | WB | 18.1 (4,670) | -66% | 3876 | 85 |
A Simple Favor | Lionsgate | 16.1 (5,180) | NEW | 3102 | 16.1 |
White Boy Rick | Sony | 8.7 (3,460) | NEW | 2504 | 8.7 |
Crazy Rich Asians | WB | 8.6 (2,550) | -34% | 3385 | 149.5 |
Peppermint | STX/Elevation | 6.1 (2,040) | -55% | 2980 | 24.3 |
The Meg | WB | 3.8 (1,320) | -38% | 2851 | 137.1 |
Searching | Sony | 3.2 (1,580) | -31% | 2009 | 19.6 |
Mission: Impossible – Fallout | Par | 2.3 (1,300) | -41% | 1761 | 216.1 |
Unbroken: Path to Redemption | Pure Flix | 2.2 (1,380) | NEW | 1620 | 2.2 |
Christopher Robin | BV | 2.0 (1,070) | -40% | 1902 | 95 |
BlacKKKlansman | Focus | 1.3 (1,360) | -50% | 942 | 45.9 |
Operation Finale | MGM | 1.2 (790) | -59% | 1472 | 16.3 |
The Wife | Sony Classics | 1.1 (2,110) | 78% | 541 | 3.4 |
Alpha | Sony | 1.0 (670) | -59% | 1534 | 34.4 |
Incredibles 2 | BV | .76 (1,070) | -44% | 710 | 605.6 |
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation | Sony | .74 (1,100) | -34% | 673 | 165.3 |
God Bless the Broken Road | FreeStyle | .44 (360) | -68% | 1201 | 2.4 |
Ant-Man and the Wasp | BV | .39 (1,090) | -37% | 356 | 215.4 |
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again | Uni | .36 (780) | -39% | 455 | 119.7 |
Slender Man | Sony | .35 (870) | -58% | 402 | 30.3 |
The Hows of Us | ABS | .33 (4,690) | -40% | 71 | 1.2 |
Manmarziyaan | Eros | .31 (3,110) | NEW | 99 | 0.31 |
Juliet, Naked | Roadside Attractions | .28 (1,070) | -56% | 265 | 3 |
Mandy | RLJ/Elevation | .25 (2,850) | NEW | 89 | 0.25 |
Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) | $101.20 | ||||
% Change (Last Year) | -6% | ||||
% Change (Last Week) | -15% | ||||
Also debuting/expanding | |||||
Shailaja Reddy Alludu | LA Telugu | .23 (1,380) | 169 | 0.23 | |
U-Turn | Magnus | .20 (1,950) | 104 | 0.2 | |
Three Identical Strangers | Neon/Mongrel | .10 (1,090) | -31% | 95 | 12.1 |
Eighth Grade | A24 | 87,500 (870) | -52% | 101 | 13.4 |
The Children Act | eOne/A24 | 76,400 (3,320) | 23 | 0.08 | |
Seema Raja | 24 AM | 72,600 (700) | 107 | 0.07 | |
A Boy. A Girl. A Dream | Goldwyn | 69,100 (1,110) | 62 | 0.07 | |
Where Hands Touch | Vertical | 64,600 (630) | 103 | 0.06 | |
Sorry to Bother You | Annapurna/eOne | 56,300 (1,200) | -32% | 47 | 17.4 |
Lizzie | Roadside Attractions | 48,300 (12,080) | 4 | 0.05 | |
Kusama-Infinity | Magnolia | 41,500 (4,150) | 43% | 10 | 0.09 |
Puzzle | Sony Classics | 36,700 (610) | -60% | 60 | 1.9 |
The Dawn Wall | Orchard | 20,400 (10,200) | 2 | 0.02 | |
Museo | Vitagraphj | 17,700 (17,700) | 1 | 0.02 | |
Bel Canto | Screen Media | 13,850 (6,930) | 2 | 0.01 | |
Science Fair | NatGeo | 12,100 (12,100) | 1 | 0.01 | |
I Think We’re Alone Now | Momentum | 11,700 (5,850) | 2 | 0.01 |
Friday Box Office Estimates
Saturday, September 15th, 2018Title|Gross|Thtr|% Chgn|Cume
The Predator|10.4|4037|NEW|10.4
A Simple Favor|5.9|3102|NEW|5.9
The Nun|5.9|3876|-68%|72.8
White Boy Rick|3.4|2504|NEW|3.4
Crazy Rich Asians|2.5|3385|-35%|143.3
Peppermint|1.7|2980|-64%|19.9
The Meg|1|2851|-26%|134.3
Searching|1|2009|-31%|17.4
Unbroken: Path to Redemption|0.8|1620|NEW|0.8
Mission: Impossible – Fallout|0.6|1761|-38%|214.4
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Also Debuting||||
Mandy|0.1|89||
Manmarziyaan|86,100|97||
Shailaja Reddy Alludu|78,200|169||
U-Turn|61,500|104||
Seema Raja|24,200|107||
A Boy. A Girl. A Dream|22,100|59||
Where Hands Touch|17,200|98||
The Children Act|17,100|23||
Lizzie|17,100|1||
Museo|8,300|1||
The Dawn Wall|6,300|2||
Science Fair|5,900|1||
The Public Image is Rotten|4,500|1||
I Think We’re Alone Now|4,000|2||
The Weekend Report
Sunday, September 9th, 2018A Hard Habit to Break
Decidedly not second to The Nun, the hooded horror was an easy box office favorite with a $53.7 million debut. The session’s other national opener was the distaff actioner Peppermint that spiced up $13.2 million to rank third in the lineup. The faith targeted God Bless the Broken Road bowed in a limited wide pattern to a fractured $1.4 million.
In the niches the top Indian import was the Telugu C/o Kancharapalem with a passable $197,000 at 96 locations. Following its record breaking debut last week in the Philippines The Hows of Us posted a potent domestic start of $537,000. And the raft of exclusive freshmen saw but a single encouraging start for the doc portrait of an artist Kusama: Infinity with two screens ushering in $29,100.
Revenues for the fall start amounted to roughly $122 million that translated into a 26% spike for last weekend. It was a 25% decline from 2017 when the launch of It had a thunderous opening of $123.4 million.
With albeit loose ties to The Conjuring franchise, The Nun’s tale of a possessed “daughter” was tracking to debut at record levels for the series in the neighborhood of $45 million. It proved to be even scarier than anticipated. Exit demos identified viewers as ever so slightly male at 51% with 56% aged 25-years and younger. The core 18-34 year-old corridor dominated with 58% of the audience.
The film opened day-and-date in 60 overseas markets to an estimated $77 million with series topping numbers in 75% of the initial wave of debuts. Top grossing markets included Mexico with $10.7 million, Brazil grossing $6.8 million, a $7.7 million from the genre-loving Indonesians and the UK bowing with $5.2 million.
Peppermint provided fuel to the kickass female empowerment movie of recent note with a debut on the high end of tracking estimates. Its audience was 56% female with 78% aged 25-years and older. The film also dipped its toe into international waters with 17 largely second tier territories to tepid returns of $1.4 million.
Weekend (estimates) September 7 – 9, 2018 | |||||
Title | Distributor | Gross (average) | % Chng | Thtr | Cume |
The Nun | WB | 53.7 (13,850) | NEW | 3876 | 53.7 |
Crazy Rich Asians | WB | 13.5 (3,500) | -38% | 3865 | 136.2 |
Peppermint | STX/Elevation | 13.2 (4,440) | NEW | 2980 | 13.2 |
The Meg | WB | 6.0 (1,710) | -43% | 3511 | 131.6 |
Searching | Sony | 4.4 (2,210) | -27% | 2009 | 14.2 |
Mission: Impossible – Fallout | Par | 3.8 (1,640) | -46% | 2334 | 212.1 |
Christopher Robin | BV | 3.2 (1,280) | -39% | 2518 | 91.7 |
Operation Finale | MGM | 3.0 (1,670) | -50% | 1818 | 14.1 |
BlacKKKlansman | Focus | 2.6 (1,660) | -39% | 1547 | 43.5 |
Alpha | Sony | 2.4 (960) | -47% | 2521 | 32.4 |
God Bless the Broken Road | FreeStyle | 1.4 (1,140) | NEW | 1235 | 1.4 |
Incredibles 2 | BV | 1.3 (880) | -62% | 1446 | 604.4 |
Mile 22 | STX/VVS | 1.2 (660) | -69% | 1802 | 35 |
The Happytime Murders | STX/VVS | 1.1 (590) | -76% | 1839 | 20 |
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation | Sony | 1.1 (1,060) | -50% | 1012 | 164.2 |
Slender Man | Sony | .83 (840) | -54% | 983 | 29.7 |
Kin | Lionsgate | .81 (380) | -74% | 2141 | 5.3 |
Ya Veremos | Lionsgate | .75 (2,040) | -58% | 369 | 3.3 |
The Wife | Sony Classics | .69 (4,530)) | 33% | 153 | 2 |
Juliet, Naked | Roadside Attractions | .67 (1,430) | -19% | 467 | 2.5 |
Ant-Man and the Wasp | BV | .62 (1,130) | -56% | 548 | 214.8 |
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again | Uni | .58 (950) | -53% | 614 | 119.1 |
The Hows of Us | ABS | .54 (7.070) | NEW | 76 | 0.54 |
The Equalizer 2 | Sony | .51 (780) | -65% | 646 | 101.6 |
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | Uni | ,42 (720) | -73% | 579 | 415.9 |
Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) | $117.90 | ||||
% Change (Last Year) | -25% | ||||
% Change (Last Week) | 26% | ||||
Also debuting/expanding | |||||
The Bookshop | Greenwich | .26 (1,900) | -6% | 136 | 0.7 |
C/o Kancharapalem | Weekend | .20 (2,050) | 96 | 0.2 | |
Eighth Grade | A24 | .18 (1,010) | -34% | 176 | 13.3 |
Stree | Viva | .16 (3,190) | -23% | 51 | 0.51 |
Three Identical Strangers | Neon/Mongrel | .15 (1,140) | -40% | 132 | 11.9 |
Puzzle | Sony Classics | 91,600 (700) | -51% | 131 | 1.8 |
Sorry to Bother You | Annapurna/eOne | 82,200 (1,140) | -36% | 72 | 17.3 |
The Little Stranger | Focus | 64,800 (140) | -84 | 477 | 0.68 |
Little Italy | eOne | 62,500 (670) | -37% | 93 | 0.91 |
Manu | Nirvana | 48,300 (470) | 103 | 0.05 | |
Kusama-Infinity | Magnolia | 29,100 (14,550) | 2 | 0.03 | |
The Favorite | Lightbearer | 24,700 (2,740) | 9 | 0.02 | |
Paltan | Zee Studios | 15,600 (1,040) | 15 | 0.02 | |
Silly Fellows | Magnus | 12,300 (320) | 39 | 0.01 | |
Tenderness | A-Z Films | 11,400 (1,420) | 8 | 0.01 | |
The Apparition | Music Box | 10,200 (1,460) | 7 | 0.01 | |
Domestic Market Share (January 2 – September 3, 2018) | |||||
Distributor (releases) | Box Office (millions) | Market Share | |||
Buena Vista (10) | 2726.8 | 32.70% | |||
Universal (13) | 1078.3 | 12.90% | |||
Warner Bros. (22) | 1019.1 | 12.20% | |||
Sony (18) | 792.6 | 9.50% | |||
20th Century Fox (11) | 715.8 | 8.60% | |||
Paramount (8) | 552.9 | 6.60% | |||
Lionsgate (14) | 244.4 | 2.90% | |||
STX (8) | 184.9 | 2.20% | |||
Focus (11) | 158.2 | 1.90% | |||
Fox Searchlight (4) | 139.8 | 1.70% | |||
Roadside Attractions (7) | 103.7 | 1.30% | |||
A24 (8) | 77.1 | 0.90% | |||
Entertainment (3) | 51.7 | 0.60% | |||
MGM (3) | 46.7 | 0.50% | |||
Other * (294) | 447.4 | 5.40% | |||
8339.4 | 100% | ||||
* none greater than 0.45% |
Friday Box Office Estimates
Saturday, September 8th, 2018Title|Gross|Thtr|% Chgn|Cume
The Nun|22.2|3876|NEW|22.2
Peppermint|4.6|2980|NEW|4.6
Crazy Rich Asians|3.8|3865|-35%|126.4
Searching|1.4|2009|-27%|11.2
The Meg|1.4|3511|-41%|126.9
Mission: Impossible – Fallout|1|2334|-37%|209.3
Operation Finale|0.8|1818|-52%|11.9
Christopher Robin|0.75|2518|-39%|89.3
BlacKKKlansman|0.75|1547|-27%|41.6
Alpha|0.55|2521|-46%|30.5
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Also Debuting||||
God Bless the Broken Road|0.47|1235||
The Hows of Us|0.16|76||
C/o Kancharapalem|57,400|96||
Manu|21,700|103||
The Favorite|11,900|9||
Kusama-Infinity|8,900|2||
Paltan|4,300|15||
Silly Fellows|4,100|39||
The Apparition|2,500|7||
Tenderness|2,400|7||
The Weekend Report
Monday, September 3rd, 2018Sayonara Summer
Crazy Rich Asians made it a hat trick atop weekend movie going with an estimated $28.4 million for the four-day Labor holiday.
The closing weekend of summer ended on an upbeat note with a seasonal box office of $4.42 billion that represented a 15% increase from 2017 revenues for the period. Disney was dominant in market share with box office of $1.47 billion that translated into 33.3% of summer revenues.
Universal was the runner up with $727.5 million and almost 16.5% in market share.
The majority of major distributors had a juggernaut title that translated into global box office powerhouses. One could argue that the exception was Warner Bros. that compensated with volume but the end result is filigree.
On the domestic front it was also a good season for alternative films as diverse as Sorry to Bother You, Three Identical Strangers and Eighth Grade. But on a global scale genre fare such as Adrift and Hereditary translated most effectively. The market for non-English language movies continues to erode.
Weekend (estimates) August 31 – September 3, 2018) | |||||
Title | Distributor | Gross (average) | % Chng | Thtr | Cume |
Crazy Rich Asians | WB | 28.4 (7,340) | -11% | 3865 | 117.1 |
The Meg | WB | 13.5 (3,580) | -18% | 3761 | 123.5 |
Mission: Impossible – Fallout | Par | 9.1 (3,440) | -13% | 2639 | 206.4 |
Operation Finale | MGM | 7.8 (4,280) | NEW | 1818 | 9.5 |
Searching | Sony | 7.5 (6,190) | 1461% | 1207 | 8 |
Christopher Robin | BV | 6.8 (2,320) | -18% | 2925 | 87.2 |
Alpha | Sony | 6.0 (2,080) | -25% | 2881 | 28.9 |
The Happytime Murders | STX/VVS | 5.5 (1,680) | -53% | 3256 | 18.1 |
BlacKKKlansman | Focus | 5.3 (2,980) | -18% | 1766 | 39.5 |
Mile 22 | STX/VVS | 4.8 (1,620) | -42% | 2950 | 33 |
Incredibles 2 | BV | 4.5 (1,570) | 97% | 2890 | 602.4 |
Kin | Lionsgate | 3.6 (1,690) | NEW | 2141 | 3.6 |
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation | Sony | 2.7 (1,910) | -18% | 1421 | 162.6 |
Ya Veremos | Lionsgate | 2.3 (6,120) | NEW | 369 | 2.3 |
Slender Man | Sony | 2.2 (1,430) | -35% | 1534 | 28.6 |
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | Uni | 1.9 (1,200) | 104% | 1556 | 415.2 |
The Equalizer 2 | Sony | 1.8 (1,210) | -32% | 1476 | 100.7 |
A-X-L | Global Road | 1.8 (1,040) | -51% | 1710 | 5.6 |
Ant-Man and the Wasp | BV | 1.6 (1,980) | -26% | 830 | 213.8 |
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again | Uni | 1.6 (1,550) | -37% | 1010 | 118 |
Juliet, Naked | Roadside Attractions | 1.0 (3,210) | 239% | 318 | 1.5 |
The Wife | Sony Classics | .66 (8,470) | 144% | 78 | 1.1 |
Papillon | Bleecker/Elevation | .49 (900) | -65% | 539 | 2.1 |
The Little Stranger | Focus | .48 (1,010) | NEW | 474 | 0.48 |
Mar Gaye Oye Loko | Rising Sun | .46 (7,370) | 62 | 0.46 | |
Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) | $120.85 | ||||
% Change (Last Year) | 27% | ||||
% Change (Last Week) | -4% | ||||
Also debuting/expanding | |||||
The Spy Who Dumped Me | Lionsgate | .44 (960) | -66% | 460 | 33.1 |
Little Italy | eOne | .44 (3,110) | 22% | 141 | 0.91 |
Sorry to Bother You | Annapurna/eOne | .34 (670) | 86% | 505 | 17 |
Eighth Grade | A24 | .33 (1,440) | -37% | 227 | 13 |
Three Identical Strangers | Neon/Mongrel | .32 (1,870) | -22% | 170 | 11.7 |
The Bookshop | Greenwich | .31 (4,240) | 219% | 74 | 0.44 |
Stree | Viva | .28 (4,620) | 60 | 0.28 | |
Puzzle | Sony Classics | .24 (1,120) | -47% | 213 | 1.6 |
Imaikkaa Nodigal | Cameo | 86,500 (1,570) | 55 | 0.09 | |
Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se | Zee Studios | 79,700 (1,990) | 40 | 0.08 | |
The Miseducation of Cameron Post | FilmRise/FWL | 74,300 (1,220) | -50% | 61 | 0.77 |
Big Brother | Well Go | 52,400 (2,100) | 25 | 0.05 | |
We the Animals | Orchard | 48,600 (2,700) | -10% | 18 | 0.21 |
Nartanashala | Nagar | 35,200 (250) | 139 | 0.07 | |
The Witness | Well Go | 31,900 (2,900) | 11 | 0.03 | |
Pick of the Litter | IFC | 20,500 (10,250) | 2 | 0.02 | |
On Your Wedding Day | Opus | 15,200 (5,070) | 3 | 0.02 | |
Let the Corpses Tan | Kino | 14,600 (4,870) | 3 | 0.01 | |
Active Measures | Super | 12,700 (4,230) | 3 | 0.01 | |
Domestic Market Share (January 2 – August 30, 2018) | |||||
Distributor (releases) | Box Office (millions) | Market Share | |||
Buena Vista (10) | 2712.9 | 33.10% | |||
Universal (13) | 1074.4 | 13.10% | |||
Warner Bros. (22) | 975.8 | 11.90% | |||
Sony (18) | 771.8 | 9.40% | |||
20th Century Fox (11) | 715.6 | 8.70% | |||
Paramount (8) | 543.6 | 6.60% | |||
Lionsgate (12) | 237.6 | 2.90% | |||
STX (8) | 175.6 | 2.10% | |||
Focus (10) | 151.9 | 1.90% | |||
Fox Searchlight (4) | 139.8 | 1.70% | |||
Roadside Attractions (7) | 102.6 | 1.20% | |||
A24 (8) | 76.8 | 0.90% | |||
Entertainment (3) | 51.7 | 0.60% | |||
MGM (3) | 38.8 | 0.50% | |||
Other * (287) | 439.1 | 5.40% | |||
8208 | 100% | ||||
* none greater than 0.45% | |||||
Top Limited Releases (January 2 – August 30, 2018) | |||||
Title | Distributor | Box Office | |||
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? | Focus | 22,405,337 | |||
Sorry to Bother You | Annapurna/eOne | 16,690,613 | |||
RBG | Magnolia/Mongrel | 13,931,018 | |||
Eighth Grade | A24 | 12,663,293 | |||
Padmaavat | Viva | 12,159,664 | |||
Three Identical Strangers | NEON/Mongrel | 11,344,825 | |||
The Death of Stalin | IFC/Elevation | 8,681,157 | |||
Sanju | Fox Intl | 7,909,317 | |||
Leave No Trace | Bleecker/Elevation | 5,783,945 | |||
Death of a Nation | Quality | 5,662,849 | |||
Gotti | Vertical | 4,346,788 | |||
Blindspotting | Lionsgate | 4,177,608 | |||
Pandas | Imax/WB | 3,957,503 | |||
Bharat Ane Nenu | Great India | 3,662,967 | |||
Rangasthalam | Creative | 3,632,267 | |||
2018 Oscar Nominated Shorts | Magnolia | 3,508,777 | |||
Disobedience | Bleecker Street | 3,480,702 | |||
First Reformed | A24 | 3,448,256 | |||
The Leisure Seeker | Sony Classics/eOne | 3,226,443 | |||
Raazi | Zee Studios | 3,027,556 |
The Weekend Report
Sunday, September 2nd, 2018Destination Terminus
Crazy Rich Asians made it a hat trick atop weekend movie going with an estimated $22.4 million for the three-day portion of the Labor holiday (all figures reflect 3-day box office; chart update tomorrow). The closing of the summer season is traditionally fallow commercial ground so it was highly unusual to see three films make their national debuts.
The historic Operation Finale ranked fourth with $6 million and a notch behind with $5.8 million was the psychological thriller Searching that had a limited bow last weekend. The sci-fi yarn Kin struggled to $2.9 million.
The Gothic horror tale The Little Stranger went out in a limited wide pattern to OK results of $370,000.
In the niches the Mexican comedy Ya Veremos bowed with $1.8 million following a near $10 million tally south of the border in three weeks. Best of the flood of new Indian imports were Mar Gaye Oye Loko with $292,000 and Stree that grossed $189,000. Exclusive entries had no standout entries.
Revenues for the session edge close to $100 million and ebbed 7% from the prior weekend. It was a 26% improvement from 2017 when The Hitman’s Bodyguard led with $17.6 million and there were no new national releases. A breakdown of summer movie going will appear tomorrow. Initial figures suggest an improvement of about 13% from the prior year.
The capture of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann is the basis of Operation Finale. The story had been tackled previously in 1961’s Operation Eichmann (a year after the actual event) and several TV movies. Its audience per exit polling was 51% female with 65% of viewers aged 35-years and older.
For the record Kin had a 56% male profile with 65% of the crowd aged 25-years and older.
Weekend (estimates) August 31 – September 2, 2018) | |||||
Title | Distributor | Gross (average) | % Chng | Thtr | Cume |
Crazy Rich Asians | WB | 22.4 (5,800) | -10% | 3865 | 111.1 |
The Meg | WB | 10.2 (2,720) | -20% | 3761 | 120.2 |
Mission: Impossible – Fallout | Par | 6.9 (2,620) | -15% | 2639 | 204.3 |
Operation Finale | MGM | 6.0 (3,290) | NEW | 1818 | 7.7 |
Searching | Sony | 5.8 (4,840) | 1401% | 1207 | 6.3 |
Christopher Robin | BV | 5.2 (1,770) | -17% | 2925 | 85.6 |
The Happytime Murders | STX/VVS | 4.4 (1,340) | -54% | 3256 | 17 |
BlacKKKlansman | Focus | 4.2 (2,360) | -18% | 1766 | 38.4 |
Alpha | Sony | 4.2 (1,450) | -31% | 2881 | 27.1 |
Mile 22 | STX/VVS | 3.6 (1,230) | -43% | 2950 | 31.8 |
Incredibles 2 | BV | 3.2 (1,120) | 97% | 2890 | 601.1 |
Kin | Lionsgate | 2.9 (1,370) | NEW | 2141 | 2.9 |
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation | Sony | 2.1 (1,460) | -18% | 1421 | 162 |
Ya Veremos | Lionsgate | 1.8 (4,820) | NEW | 369 | 1.8 |
Slender Man | Sony | 1.8 (1,150) | -37% | 1534 | 28.1 |
The Equalizer 2 | Sony | 1.4 (970) | -30% | 1476 | 100.3 |
Ant-Man and the Wasp | BV | 1.3 (1,610) | -25% | 830 | 213.5 |
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | Uni | 1.3 (850) | 79% | 1556 | 414.6 |
A-X-L | Global Road | 1.2 (720) | -56% | 1710 | 5 |
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again | Uni | 1.1 (1,130) | -43% | 1010 | 117.6 |
Juliet, Naked | Roadside Attractions | .78 (2,460) | 225% | 318 | 1.2 |
The Wife | Sony Classics | .52 (6,690) | 145% | 78 | 1 |
The Little Stranger | Focus | .37 (7,760) | NEW | 474 | 0.37 |
Papillon | Bleecker/Elevation | .33 (610) | -70% | 539 | 1.9 |
The Spy Who Dumped Me | Lionsgate | .32 (690) | -69% | 460 | 33 |
Little Italy | eOne | .31 (2,170) | 5% | 141 | 0.78 |
Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) | $92.30 | ||||
% Change (Last Year) | 26% | ||||
% Change (Last Week) | -7% | ||||
Also debuting/expanding | |||||
Mar Gaye Oye Loko | Rising Sun | .29 (4,710) | 62 | 0.29 | |
Sorry to Bother You | Annapurna/eOne | .26 (520) | 80% | 505 | 16.9 |
Eighth Grade | A24 | .26 (1.130) | -39% | 227 | 12.9 |
The Bookshop | Greenwich | .23 (3,010) | 205% | 75 | 0.36 |
Three Identical Strangers | Neon/Mongrel | .22 (1,310) | -30% | 170 | 11.6 |
Stree | Viva | .19 (3,150) | 60 | 0.19 | |
Puzzle | Sony Classics | .17 (810) | -51% | 213 | 1.6 |
Imaikkaa Nodigal | Cameo | 69,900 (1,270) | 55 | 0.07 | |
The Miseducation of Cameron Post | FilmRise/FWL | 63,200 (1,400) | -48% | 45 | 0.76 |
Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se | Zee Studios | 55,300 (1,380) | 40 | 0.06 | |
Big Brother | Well Go | 38,400 (1,540) | 25 | 0.04 | |
We the Animals | Orchard | 35,500 (1,970) | -21% | 18 | 0.2 |
Nartanashala | Nagar | 28,800 ( 210) | 139 | 0.06 | |
The Witness | Well Go | 22,500 (2,040) | 11 | 0.02 | |
Pick of the Litter | IFC | 17,200 (8,600) | 2 | 0.02 | |
Let the Corpses Tan | Kino | 11,600 (3,870) | 3 | 0.01 | |
On Your Wedding Day | Opus | 10,100 (3,370) | 3 | 0.01 | |
Active Measures | Super | 8,700 (2,900) | 3 | 0.01 | |
Domestic Market Share (January 2 – August 30, 2018) | |||||
Distributor (releases) | Box Office (millions) | Market Share | |||
Buena Vista (10) | 2712.9 | 33.10% | |||
Universal (13) | 1074.4 | 13.10% | |||
Warner Bros. (22) | 975.8 | 11.90% | |||
Sony (18) | 771.8 | 9.40% | |||
20th Century Fox (11) | 715.6 | 8.70% | |||
Paramount (8) | 543.6 | 6.60% | |||
Lionsgate (12) | 237.6 | 2.90% | |||
STX (8) | 175.6 | 2.10% | |||
Focus (10) | 151.9 | 1.90% | |||
Fox Searchlight (4) | 139.8 | 1.70% | |||
Roadside Attractions (7) | 102.6 | 1.20% | |||
A24 (8) | 76.8 | 0.90% | |||
Entertainment (3) | 51.7 | 0.60% | |||
MGM (3) | 38.8 | 0.50% | |||
Other * (287) | 439.1 | 5.40% | |||
8208 | 100% | ||||
* none greater than 0.45% | |||||
Top Limited Releases (January 2 – August 30, 2018) | |||||
Title | Distributor | Box Office | |||
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? | Focus | 22,405,337 | |||
Sorry to Bother You | Annapurna/eOne | 16,690,613 | |||
RBG | Magnolia/Mongrel | 13,931,018 | |||
Eighth Grade | A24 | 12,663,293 | |||
Padmaavat | Viva | 12,159,664 | |||
Three Identical Strangers | NEON/Mongrel | 11,344,825 | |||
The Death of Stalin | IFC/Elevation | 8,681,157 | |||
Sanju | Fox Intl | 7,909,317 | |||
Leave No Trace | Bleecker/Elevation | 5,783,945 | |||
Death of a Nation | Quality | 5,662,849 | |||
Gotti | Vertical | 4,346,788 | |||
Blindspotting | Lionsgate | 4,177,608 | |||
Pandas | Imax/WB | 3,957,503 | |||
Bharat Ane Nenu | Great India | 3,662,967 | |||
Rangasthalam | Creative | 3,632,267 | |||
2018 Oscar Nominated Shorts | Magnolia | 3,508,777 | |||
Disobedience | Bleecker Street | 3,480,702 | |||
First Reformed | A24 | 3,448,256 | |||
The Leisure Seeker | Sony Classics/eOne | 3,226,443 | |||
Raazi | Zee Studios | 3,027,556 |
Friday Box Office Estimates
Saturday, September 1st, 2018Title|Gross|Thtr|% Chgn|Cume
Crazy Rich Asians|5.8|3865|-17%|94.6
The Meg|2.3|2761|-30%|112.3
Searching|1.9|1207|1477%|2.4
Operation Finale|1.7|1818|NEW|3.4
Mission: Impossible – Fallout|1.5|2639|-32%|198.9
Christopher Robin|1.2|2925|-26%|81.6
The Happytime Murders|1.2|3256|-70%|13.8
Kin|1|2141|NEW|1
BlacKKKlansman|1|1766|-28%|35.2
Alpha|1|2881|-38%|23.9
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Also Debuting||||
Ya Veremos|0.52|369||
The Little Stranger|0.12|474||
Mar Gaye Oye Loko|83,800|62||
Stree|48,800|60||
Imaikkaa Nodigal|19,700|55||
Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se|14,600|40||
Big Brother|11,600|25||
Nartanashala|11,400|139||
The Witness|6,150|11||
Let the Corpses Tan|4,850|3||
Pick of the Litter|4,450|2||
On Your Wedding Day|2,700|2||
Active Measures|2,600|3||
The Weekend Report
Sunday, August 26th, 2018Feltdown
Those zany Singaporans of Crazy Rich Asians literally maintained its box office potency with an estimated $25.3 million second weekend. The waning days of summer saw the arrival of two national newcomers. The whatdunit The Happytime Murders slotted third with $9.9 million while the last dog of the season _ robotic canine A-X-L _ arrived with $2.9 million. Also bowing nationally in a limited wide pattern was the remake of 1973’s Papillon that grossed $1.1 million.
In the niches the urban drama Beautifully Broken failed to crack the marketplace with a $540,000 box office. New films from India failed to provide a late season juggernaut while the ron-com Little Italy bowed to a tepid $381,000 in Canada prior to its U.S. launch in September.
Exclusive preems provided one bright spot with the psychological thriller Searching opening with $372,000 from just nine screens.
Revenues for the frame amounted to about $105 million and slid 12% from the prior weekend. Conversely it was a 51% boost from 2017 when the second weekend of The Hitman’s Bodyguard led with $10.3 million and the top newcomer was the animated Leap! with a $4.7 million debut.
ndustry pundits expected a strong hold for Crazy Rich Asians that might translate into a $20 million sophomore session. However, no one expected single figure erosion … or the prospect of an arcane record. In this case it’s eyeing the best second weekend hold for a non-holiday release.
The film also had its first openings in Asian territories and its $18 million weekend featured upbeat results led by a $1.8 million start in Singapore. It was also the top title in the Philippines and posted strong initial numbers in Malayasia, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Though helmed by Henson fils Brian, the long in development The Happytime Murders was viewed as a nightmare vision of the beloved Muppets universe. Film mavens were skeptical of its appeal and tracking suggested a $12 million to $14 million launch that proved to be overly optimistic. Exit polling identified the audience as 59% male with 63% of viewers aged 25-years and older.
Similarly A-X-L arrived at the low end of dire prospects of a $3 million or $4 million opening.
Though the fading box office of summer continues to the upcoming Labor holiday session, the 2018 season has seen some outstanding results that will see significant expansion from last year.
Title | Distributor | Gross (average) | % Chng | Thtr | Cume |
Crazy Rich Asians | WB | 25.3 (7,170) | -5% | 3526 | 77.1 |
The Meg | WB | 13.0 (3,230) | -38% | 4031 | 105.3 |
The Happytime Murders | STX/VVS | 9.9 (3,050) | NEW | 3256 | 9.9 |
Mission: Impossible – Fallout | Par | 8.1 (2,650) | -25% | 3052 | 194 |
Christopher Robin | BV | 6.4 (1,880) | -28% | 3394 | 77.7 |
Mile 22 | STX/VVS | 6.1 (1,730) | -56% | 3520 | 25.2 |
Alpha | Sony | 5.6 (2,070) | -45% | 2719 | 20.2 |
BlacKKKlansman | Focus | 5.3 (2,780) | -28% | 1914 | 32 |
A-X-L | Global Road | 2.9 (1,680) | NEW | 1710 | 2.9 |
Slender Man | Sony | 2.8 (1,360) | -42% | 2065 | 25.4 |
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation | Sony | 2.5 (1,370) | -35% | 1802 | 158.6 |
The Equalizer 2 | Sony | 2.0 (1,040) | -30% | 1914 | 98 |
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again | Uni | 1.9 (1,210) | -45% | 1557 | 115.2 |
Ant-Man and the Wasp | BV | 1.8 (1,550) | -31% | 1178 | 211.5 |
Incredibles 2 | BV | 1.6 (1,550) | -29% | 1060 | 597 |
Papillon | Bleecker/Elevation | 1.1 (2,100) | NEW | 544 | 1.1 |
The Spy Who Dumped Me | Lionsgate | 1.0 (800) | -60% | 1295 | 32.3 |
2001: A Space Odyssey (reissue) | WB | .81 (2,490) | 324 | 2.2 | |
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | Uni | .75 (1,230) | -35% | 608 | 413 |
Beautifully Broken | ArtAffects | .54 (830) | NEW | 650 | 0.54 |
Eighth Grade | A24 | .43 (1,170) | -42% | 366 | 12.5 |
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies | WB | .42 (950) | -44% | 444 | 28.2 |
Little Italy | eOne | .38 (3,050) | NEW | 125 | 0.38 |
Searching | Sony | .37 (41,330) | NEW | 9 | 0.37 |
Puzzle | Sony Classics | .36 (1,370) | 70% | 265 | 1.2 |
Geetha Govindam | Sarigama | .31 (2,150) | -65 | 144 | 2.2 |
Three Identical Strangers | Neon/Mongrel | .30 (1,380) | -39% | 221 | 11.1 |
Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) | $99.40 | ||||
% Change (Last Year) | 51% | ||||
% Change (Last Week) | -21% | ||||
Also debuting/expanding | |||||
Juliet, Naked | Roadside Attractions | .25 (5,860) | 313% | 43 | 0.35 |
The Wife | Sony Classics | .21 (11,560) | 93% | 18 | 0.37 |
Sorry to Bother You | Annapurna/eOne | .15 (1,690) | -41% | 88 | 16.6 |
The Miseducation of Cameron Post | FilmRise/FWL | .13 (1,370) | -10% | 93 | 0.62 |
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? | Focus | .12 (740) | -45% | 160 | 22.3 |
Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2 | B4U | .11 (2,460) | 44 | 0.11 | |
Parwaaz Hai Junoon | HUM | .10 (2,600) | 38 | 0.1 | |
The Bookshop | Greenwich | 76,100 (4,760) | 16 | 0.08 | |
Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi | Eros | 71,800 (1,840) | 39 | 0.07 | |
Support the Girls | Magnolia | 47,400 (1,580) | 30 | 0.05 | |
We the Animals | Orchard | 43,700 (3,970) | -31% | 11 | 0.13 |
McQueen | Bleecker Street | 38,300 (750) | -66% | 51 | 1.1 |
Go Brother! | Purple Plan | 34,600 (2,030) | 17 | 0.03 | |
Load Wedding | Zee Studios | 17,500 (920) | 19 | 0.02 | |
Oolong Courtyard | China Lion | 16,900 (1,880) | 9 | 0.02 | |
The Day After Valentine’s | Viva | 14,100 (590) | 24 | 0.01 | |
Crime + Punishment | IFC | 8,300 (2,770) | 3 | 0.01 | |
John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection | Oscilloscope | 7,400 (7,400) | 1 | 0.01 | |
Crown and Anchor | C&A | 3,400 (1,700) | 2 | 0.01 | |
Get the Sucker Back | Factory | 3,200 (3,200) | 1 | 0.01 | |
Domestic Market Share (January 2 – August 23, 2018) | |||||
Distributor (releases) | Box Office (millions) | Market Share | |||
Buena Vista (10) | 2698.6 | 33.50% | |||
Universal (13) | 1069.8 | 13.30% | |||
Warner Bros. (22) | 918.8 | 11.40% | |||
Sony (17) | 752.5 | 9.30% | |||
20th Century Fox (11) | 715.5 | 8.90% | |||
Paramount (8) | 532.2 | 6.60% | |||
Lionsgate (12) | 236.1 | 2.90% | |||
STX (7) | 156.2 | 1.90% | |||
Focus (10) | 144.3 | 1.80% | |||
Fox Searchlight (4) | 139.7 | 1.70% | |||
Roadside Attractions (7) | 102.2 | 1.30% | |||
A24 (8) | 76.1 | 0.95% | |||
Entertainment (3) | 51.7 | 0.65% | |||
Other * (279) | 462.3 | 5.70% | |||
8056 | 100% | ||||
* none greater than 0.45% | |||||
Domestic Box Office Champs (January 2 – August 23, 2018) | |||||
Title | Distributor | Box Office | |||
Black Panther | BV | 700,059,566 | |||
Avenger Infinity War | BV | 678,630,680 | |||
Incredibles 2 | BV | 595,412,966 | |||
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | Uni | 412,268,695 | |||
Deadpool 2 | Fox | 318,365,417 | |||
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle * | Sony | 219,290,534 | |||
Solo: A Star Wars Story | BV | 213,521,649 | |||
Ant-Man and the Wasp | BV | 209,666,699 | |||
A Quiet Place | Par | 188,071,846 | |||
Mission: Impossible – Fallout | Par | 185,900,660 | |||
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation | Sony | 156,117,389 | |||
Ocean’s 8 | WB | 138,876,427 | |||
Ready Player One | WB | 137,236,383 | |||
The Greatest Showman * | Fox | 119,917,641 | |||
Peter Rabbit | Sony | 115,254,425 | |||
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again | Uni | 113,355,110 | |||
A Wrinkle in Time | BV | 100,478,608 | |||
Fifty Shades Freed | Uni | 100,407,760 | |||
Rampage | WB | 100,170,940 | |||
The Equalizer 2 | Sony | 96,020,332 | |||
* does not include 2017 box office |
Friday Box Office Estimates
Saturday, August 25th, 2018Crazy Rich Asians|7|3526|-4%|58.8
The Happytime Murders|3.9|3256|NEW|3.9
The Meg|3.2|4031|-43%|95.6
Mission: Impossible – Fallout|2.3|3052|-24%|188.2
Mile 22|1.7|3520|-68%|20.8
Alpha|1.6|2719|-52%|16.2
Christopher Robin|1.6|3394|-41%|73.9
BlacKKKlansman|1.4|1914|-30%|28.1
A-X-L|0.8|1710|NEW|0.8
Slender Man|0.75|2065|-46%|23.4
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Also Debuting||||
Papillon|0.39|544||
Beautifully Broken|0.2|650||
Searching|0.12|9||
Little Italy|67,800|125||
Parwaaz Hai Junoon|27,600|38||
Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2|25,900|39||
Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi|22,600|39||
The Bookshop|21,100|16||
Support the Girls|13,700|30||
Go Brother!|9,800|17||
Oolong Courtyard|6,600|9||
Load Wedding|5,700|19||
The Day After Valentine’s|4,350|24||
Crime + Punishment|2,750|3||
Crown and Anchor|2,200|2||
Get the Sucker Back|2,100|1||
John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection|2,100|1||
The Weekend Report
Sunday, August 19th, 2018Orient Express
Appropriately Crazy Rich Asians debuted on Chinese Valentine’s Day and its sweet message took the weekend box office crown with an estimated $25.3 million. The session saw two other national freshmen releases. The testosterone-charged Mile 22 ranked third with $13.6 million while the tale of canine origins was a couple of slots back with $10.4 million.
In the niches a flood of new Indian imports cued to holiday audiences arrived with the Telugu Geetha Govindam and the Hindi Gold emerging as top grossers with respective weekends of $1 million and $528,000. Also flush were exclusive openers that posted sufficient reason for expansion. The troubled marriage of The Wife garnered $108,000 from four venues, the Outfest top prized We the Animals opened with $65,300 at three locations and the musical rom-com Juliet, Naked grossed $58,700 from four screens.
Aside from a strong push that Crazy Rich Asians was a comedy for everyone, there was little doubt that the rarity of essentially an all-Asian cast would bring out an ethnically under-represented group. Tracking ranged widely from low-end predictions that touched on $30 million for its five day span (it opened on Wednesday) to an optimum pegged at $35 million that it almost reached. (The studio did not provide a percentage for Asian ticket buyers)
The domestic audience tilted female with an unexpectedly high 68% with 66% of viewers aged 25-years and older.
The film also opened in six overseas markets to an estimated $730,000. None of the initial release nations were Asian. Next week will provide a better sense of its foreign appeal with openings in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and Malaysia.
Mile 22 also had an Asian connection with the presence of Indonesian actor Iko Uwais as the “package” being transported by the government team. The film was a bit shy of industry expectations in the range of $15 million to $16 million. It audience to no great surprise tilted 60% male with 73% aged 25-years and older.
The film dipped its toe in the international arena with openings in six territories including Singapore and Taiwan that saw an initial gross of $550,000.
The last of the season’s dog days saw the arrival of the Ice Age-set Alpha that promoted the story of the beginnings of man’s faithful companion. Tracking suggested a tame start of $7 million to $8 million that underestimated the appeal to dog’s devoted companions. They showed up at the multiplex 56% male and 73% aged 25-years and younger. Those identifying as families accounted for two-thirds of viewers.
Weekend (estimates) August 17 – 19, 2018 | |||||
Title | Distributor | Gross (average) | % Chng | Thtr | Cume |
Crazy Rich Asians | WB | 25.3 (7,470) | NEW | 3384 | 34 |
The Meg | WB | 21.2 (5,150) | -53% | 4118 | 83.8 |
Mile 22 | STX/VVS | 13.6 (3,860) | NEW | 3520 | 13.6 |
Mission: Impossible – Fallout | Par | 10.5 (3,010) | -46% | 3482 | 180.7 |
Alpha | Sony | 10.4 (3,810) | NEW | 2719 | 10.4 |
Christopher Robin | BV | 8.8 (2,430) | -32% | 3602 | 66.8 |
BlacKKKlansman | Focus | 7.0 (3,900) | -35% | 1788 | 23 |
Slender Man | Sony | 5.0 (2,100) | -56% | 2358 | 20.7 |
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation | Sony | 3.7 (1,670) | -29% | 2187 | 153.9 |
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again | Uni | 3.4 (1,490) | -42% | 2270 | 111.2 |
The Equalizer 2 | Sony | 2.8 (1,490) | -48% | 1888 | 94.7 |
Ant-Man and the Wasp | BV | 2.6 (1,730) | -36% | 1520 | 208.4 |
The Spy Who Dumped Me | Lionsgate | 2.6 (1,080) | -60% | 2409 | 29.9 |
Incredibles 2 | BV | 2.3 (1,840) | -34% | 1238 | 594.1 |
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | Uni | 1.1 (1,400) | -43% | 814 | 411.7 |
Geetha Govindam | Sarigama | 1.0 (5,540) | NEW | 181 | 1.7 |
Dog Days | LD Ent/Elevation | .82 (340) | -68% | 2387 | 5.9 |
Eighth Grade | A24 | .73 (1,340) | -54% | 542 | 11.6 |
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies | WB | .72 (1,220) | -61% | 590 | 27.3 |
Gold | Zee Studios | .53 (2,720) | NEW | 194 | 0.66 |
Three Identical Strangers | Neon/Mongrel | .50 (1,790) | -33% | 276 | 10.6 |
Skyscraper | Uni | .31 (830) | -54% | 370 | 66.8 |
Death of a Nation | Quality | .30 (850) | -70% | 351 | 5.3 |
The Darkest Minds | Fox | .26 (620) | -88% | 422 | 12.3 |
Sorry to Bother You | Annapurna/eOne | .24 (1,700) | -42% | 143 | 16.5 |
Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) | $124.60 | ||||
% Change (Last Year) | 37% | ||||
% Change (Last Week) | -13% | ||||
Also debuting/expanding | |||||
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? | Focus | .22 (1,060) | -37% | 206 | 22.1 |
Puzzle | Sony Classics | .21 (1,960) | 32% | 108 | 0.73 |
Kolamavu Kokila | Zee Studios | .15 (2,740) | 54 | 0.15 | |
The Miseducation of Cameron Post | FilmRise/FWL | .14 (1,690) | 11% | 81 | 0.4 |
The Island | Well Go | .12 (3,620) | -52% | 34 | 0.52 |
McQueen | Bleecker Street | .11 (1,190) | -30% | 95 | 0.97 |
The Wife | Sony Classics | .11 (27,300) | 4 | 0.11 | |
Mr. & Mrs. 420 Returns | Rising Sun | .11 (3,450) | 31 | 0.11 | |
Blindspotting | Lionsgate | .10 (2,210) | -54% | 47 | 4 |
Satyameva Jayate | Rising Sun | 93,600 (2,180) | 43 | 0.09 | |
Along With the Gods: The Last 49 Days | Well Go | 86,200 (4,790) | -50% | 18 | 1 |
Leave No Trace | Bleecker Street | 80,700 (870) | -44% | 93 | 5.7 |
We the Animals | Orchard | 65,300 (21,770) | 3 | 0.07 | |
Juliet, Naked | Roadside Attractions | 58,700 (14,670) | 4 | 0.06 | |
Europe Raiders | Media Asia | 46,400 (1,250) | 37 | 0.05 | |
Blaze | IFC | 41,500 (20,750) | 2 | 0.04 | |
Les As de la jungle | TVA | 40,500 (1,090) | 37 | 0.04 | |
Memoir of War | Music Box | 10,800 (5,400) | 2 | 0.01 | |
Down a Dark Hall | Lionsgate | 9,400 (630) | 15 | 0.01 | |
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich | RLJ Entertainment | 6,900 (410) | 17 | 0.01 | |
Minding the Gap | Hulu | 6,500 (1,620) | 4 | 0.01 | |
A Whale of a Tale | Fine Line | 3,900 (3,900) | 1 | 0.01 | |
Domestic Market Share (January 2 – August 16, 2018) | |||||
Distributor (releases) | Box Office (millions) | Market Share | |||
Buena Vista (10) | 2677.5 | 34.00% | |||
Universal (13) | 1061.9 | 13.50% | |||
Warner Bros. (22) | 844.1 | 10.70% | |||
Sony (16) | 720.9 | 9.20% | |||
20th Century Fox (11) | 715.1 | 9.10% | |||
Paramount (8) | 516.5 | 6.60% | |||
Lionsgate (12) | 231.8 | 2.90% | |||
STX (7) | 139.8 | 1.80% | |||
Fox Searchlight (4) | 139.7 | 1.80% | |||
Focus (10) | 133.2 | 1.70% | |||
Roadside Attractions (6) | 102.1 | 1.30% | |||
A24 (8) | 74.9 | 0.95% | |||
Entertainment (3) | 51.7 | 0.65% | |||
MGM (2) | 37.1 | 0.50% | |||
Other * (267) | 414.7 | 5.30% | |||
7861 | 100% | ||||
* none greater than 0.45% |
Friday Box Office Estimates
Saturday, August 18th, 2018Crazy Rich Asians|7.2|3384|NEW|16|
The Meg|5.8|4118|-64%|68.4|
Mile 22|5.2|3520|NEW|5.2|
Alpha|3.3|2719|NEW|3.3|
Mission: Impossible – Fallout|3|3482|-44%|173.2|
Christopher Robin|2.6|3602|-29%|60.6|
BlacKKKlansman|2|1788|-45%|18|
Slender Man|1.4|2358|-71%|17.2|
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again|1|2270|-41%|108.8|
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation|1|2187|-32%|151.2|
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Also Debuting|||||
Geetha Govindam|0.27|181|||
Gold|0.13|194|||
Kolamavu Kokila|49,000|54|||
The Wife|32,900|4|||
Mr. & Mrs. 420 Returns|27,900|31|||
Satyameva Jayate|27,000|43|||
Les As de la jungle|21,800|37|||
We the Animals|20,300|3|||
Europe Raiders|19,800|37|||
Juliet, Naked|19,400|4|||
Blaze|8,900|2|||
Down a Dark Hall|3,450|14|||
Memoir of War|3,200|2|||
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich|2,700|16|||
Minding the Gap|2,600|4|||
A Whale of a Tale|1,900|1|||
The Weekend Report
Sunday, August 12th, 2018Movies with Bite
Super shark The Meg tore through the competition to take the weekend box office crown with an estimated 44.4 million. The session saw two other films debut in wide release and a third launch a bit less wide. The urban legend horror yarn Slender Man slotted fourth overall with $11.2 million while there wasn’t much woof for the rom-com Dog Days that unleashed $2.6 million.
With a more concentrated launch BlacKkKlansman had an excellent start o $10.8 million.
In the niches Indian imports again failed to produce a big winner with Vishwaroopam 2 grossing $307,000 and Srinivasa Kalyanam with a box office of $143,000. However, in limited release the Punjabi biopic Dakuaan da Munda had a promising $133,000 start. Also strong was the Chinese The Island with a $273,000 box office from 40 screens. The ballyhooed Filipino actioner BuyBust has a tepid opener of $72,700 from 25 locations.
Revenues for the frame exceeded $145 million and rose 5% from the prior weekend. It was also a 26% improvement from 2017 when the debut of Annabelle: Creation led with $35 million and newcomer Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature was third in the lineup with $8.3 million.
What could be more summer than the King Kong of sharks and with The Meg it was Jurassic Park meets Jaws. The late season release was expected to inch ahead of Mission: Impossible – Fallout with an opening of about $25 million that appeared to be building to perhaps $30 million as it approached opening day. But this was clearly the choice of the hoi polloi that clearly would not be content with Sharknado XXI.
On the domestic front The Meg’s audience was 52% male with 68% aged 25-years and older.
The film also over-performed internationally where it grossed an estimated $97 million from 42 markets. China opened to $50 million and other top grossing nations included Mexico with $6.2 million, Russia opening with $5 million and the UK at a $4.4 million debut.
Expectations weren’t high for Slender Man in light of the competition and modest advertising push. Even a lawsuit in Texas against a similar-themed movie failed to generate much ink. It appeared to be heading toward possibly a $10 million opening that was comparable to tracking for BlacKkKlansman. Its audience was 52% male with 61% of viewers aged 25-years and younger.
Benefiting from today’s headlines the 1970s-set BlacKkKlansman was primed to be the the marketplace alternative viewing choice and largely succeeded to that end. Exit demos identified viewers as 52% female with 59% aged 35-years and older. And while it over-indexed with African Americans, its 23% share was not overwhelming. Anecdotally the film appears to be trending art house rather than ethnically.
Weekend (estimates) August 10 – 12, 2018 | |||||
Title | Distributor | Gross (average) | % Chng | Thtr | Cume |
The Meg | WB | 44.4 (10,780) | NEW | 4118 | 44.4 |
Mission: Impossible – Fallout | Par | 21.1 (5,160) | -43% | 3888 | 162.1 |
Christopher Robin | BV | 12.5 (3,480) | -49% | 3602 | 50.1 |
Slender Man | Sony | 11.2 (4,760) | NEW | 2358 | 11.2 |
BlacKKKlansman | Focus | 10.8 (7,120) | NEW | 1512 | 10.8 |
The Spy Who Dumped Me | Lionsgate | 6.6 (2,120) | -46% | 3111 | 24.5 |
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again | Uni | 5.8 (2,060) | -35% | 2812 | 103.8 |
The Equalizer 2 | Sony | 5.4 (2,270) | -38% | 2373 | 89.5 |
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation | Sony | 5.1 (1,970) | -36% | 2589 | 146.9 |
Ant-Man and the Wasp | BV | 4.1 (2,180) | -36% | 1863 | 203.5 |
Incredibles 2 | BV | 3.4 (2,210) | -31% | 1545 | 589.8 |
Dog Days | LD Entertainment | 2.6 (1,060) | NEW | 2442 | 3.6 |
The Darkest Minds | Fox | 2.1 (660) | -65% | 3127 | 10.9 |
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | Uni | 1.9 (1,570) | -50% | 1237 | 409.6 |
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies | WB | 1.7 (1,190) | -64% | 1437 | 25.5 |
Eighth Grade | A24 | 1.6 (1,460) | -45% | 1084 | 10.1 |
Death of a Nation | Quality | .97 (1,180) | -59% | 825 | 4.5 |
Three Identical Strangers | Neon/Mongrel | .69 (2,110) | -32% | 326 | 9.7 |
Skyscraper | Uni | .64 (950) | -71% | 670 | 66.2 |
Sorry to Bother You | Annapurna/eOne | .42 (2,050) | -48% | 204 | 15.8 |
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? | Focus | .36 (1,560) | -29% | 229 | 21.7 |
Vishwaroopam 2 | Magnus | .31 (1,720) | NEW | 179 | 0.42 |
The First Purge | Uni | .28 (950) | -78% | 293 | 68.5 |
The Island | Well Go | .27 (7,010) | NEW | 39 | 0.27 |
Ocean’s 8 | WB | .25 (1,090) | -12% | 233 | 138.4 |
Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) | $141.60 | ||||
% Change (Last Year) | 26% | ||||
% Change (Last Week) | 5% | ||||
Also debuting/expanding | |||||
Blindspotting | Lionsgate | .21 (1,540) | -68% | 138 | 3.8 |
1991 | Seville | .17 (2,700) | -37% | 64 | 1.7 |
Along With the Gods: The Last 49 Days | Well Go | .17 (4,670) | -46% | 36 | 0.81 |
Puzzle | Sony Classics | .16 (3,570) | 28% | 44 | 0.44 |
McQueen | Bleecker Street | .15 (2,890) | -16% | 53 | 0.75 |
Srinivasa Kalyanam | ShowTime | .14 (1,120) | 127 | 0.24 | |
Leave No Trace | Bleecker Street | .14 (1,130) | -49% | 123 | 5.5 |
The Miseducation of Cameron Post | FilmRise/FWL | .12 (3,290) | 151% | 37 | 0.2 |
Dakuaan da Munda | Rising Sun | .13 (6,330) | 21 | 0.13 | |
BuyBust | Well Go | 72,700 (2,910) | 25 | 0.07 | |
The Spy Gone North | CJ | 33,300 (16,650) | 2 | 0.03 | |
Dans la brume | Seville | 19,200 (1,600) | 12 | 0.02 | |
Madeline’s Madeline | Oscilloscope | 18,400 (18,400) | 1 | 0.02 | |
Skate Kitchen | Magnolia | 15,900 (15,900) | 1 | 0.02 | |
A Prayer Before Dawn | A24 | 14,300 (1,100) | 13 | 0.01 | |
Cielo | Second Sight | 10,500 (3,500) | 3 | 0.01 | |
Larguees | A-Z Films | 7,700 (700) | 11 | 0.01 | |
Domestic Market Share (January 2 – August 9, 2018) | |||||
Distributor (releases) | Box Office (millions) | Market Share | |||
Buena Vista (10) | 2644.9 | 34.60% | |||
Universal (13) | 1047.9 | 13.70% | |||
Warner Bros. (21) | 772.7 | 10.10% | |||
20th Century Fox (11) | 711.7 | 9.30% | |||
Sony (16) | 689.8 | 9.00% | |||
Paramount (8) | 488.2 | 6.40% | |||
Lionsgate (12) | 221.9 | 2.90% | |||
Fox Searchlight (4) | 139.7 | 1.80% | |||
STX (6) | 138.8 | 1.80% | |||
Focus (9) | 116.7 | 1.50% | |||
Roadside Attractions (6) | 102.1 | 1.40% | |||
A24 (8) | 72.5 | 1.00% | |||
Entertainment (3) | 51.7 | 0.70% | |||
MGM (2) | 37.1 | 0.50% | |||
Other * (261) | 402.3 | 5.30% | |||
7638 | 100% | ||||
* none greater than 0.45% | |||||
Top Global Grossers (January 2 – August 9, 2018) | |||||
Title | Distributor | Box Office | |||
Avenger Infinity War | BV | 2,044,387,260 | |||
Black Panther | BV | 1,346,337,705 | |||
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | Uni | 1,267,049,796 | |||
Incredibles 2 | BV | 1,070,098,839 | |||
Deadpool 2 | Fox | 733,111,911 | |||
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle * | Sony | 619,242,214 | |||
Operation Red Sea | Bona; Well Go | 584,005,699 | |||
Ready Player One | WB | 581,327,073 | |||
Detective Chinatown 2 | Wanda; WB | 542,745,147 | |||
Dying to Survive | Alibaba | 451,871,800 | |||
Ant-Man and the Wasp | BV | 440,303,470 | |||
Rampage | WB | 425,870,608 | |||
Solo: A Star Wars Story | BV | 391,504,686 | |||
Mission: Impossible – Fallout | Par | 380,043,416 | |||
Fifty Shades Freed | Uni | 371,476,815 | |||
Monster Hunt 2 | Edko; Lionsgate | 361,925,606 | |||
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation | Sony | 352,517,375 | |||
Peter Rabbit | Sony | 350,387,332 | |||
The Greatest Showman * | Fox | 345,299,566 | |||
A Quiet Place | Par | 333,454,022 | |||
Pacific Rim Uprising | Uni; Legendary | 290,659,971 | |||
Maze Runner: The Death Cure | Fox | 288,142,892 | |||
Skyscraper | Uni | 280,710,875 | |||
Star Wars: The Last Jedi * | BV | 278,351,455 | |||
* does not include 2017 box office | |||||
Friday Box Office Estimates
Saturday, August 11th, 2018The Meg|16.5|4118|NEW|16.5
Mission: Impossible – Fallout|5.3|3888|-46%|147.3
Slender Man|4.8|2358|NEW|4.8
Christopher Robin|3.6|3602|-62%|41.2
BlacKKKlansman|3.6|1512|NEW|3.6
The Spy Who Dumped Me|1.8|3111|-63%|19.8
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again|1.7|2812|-40%|99.7
The Equalizer|1.4|2373|-42%|85.4
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation|1.4|2589|-43%|143.2
Ant-Man and the Wasp|1.1|1863|-40%|200.6
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Also Debuting||||
Dog Days|0.75|2442||
Vishwaroopam 2|0.11|179||
The Island|78,500|39||
Srinivasa Kalyanam|46,300|127||
Dakuaan da Munda|37,600|21||
BuyBust|20,400|25||
The Spy Gone North|9,600|2||
Dans la brume|5,900|12||
Madeline’s Madeline|5,700|1||
Skate Kitchen|5,100|1||
A Prayer Before Dawn|4,500|13||
Cielo|3,800|3||
Larguees|2,400|11||
The Weekend Report
Sunday, August 5th, 2018Show Me the Honey!
Mission: Impossible – Fallout proved its mettle and continued to lead weekend movie going with an estimated $35.3 million. Three new national releases entered the fray with the family friendly Christopher Robin slotting second with $25 million and the comic mash-up The Spy Who Dumped Me one spot back with $12.2 million. However, there was no yeah for the YA The Darkest Minds that bowed with $5.7 million.
In limited wide release the political tract Death of a Nation displayed a faint pulse with a $2.3 million debut. New Indian imports also largely failed to connect apart from the Telugu Goodachari that opened with $514,000 from 148 venues. Other niche newcomers saw a strong start for the Korean sequel Along With the Gods: The Last 49 Days that grossed $311,000 from 48 screens and a bland $45,700 for the Filipino comedy Kusina Kings.
The sole exclusive entry to display signs of life was the Sundance winner The Miseducation of Cameron Post that opened with $53,200 from two engagements.
Revenues for the session topped $140 million and slid back 11% from the prior weekend. It was still a 15% improvement from 2017 when the debut of The Dark Tower led with $19.1 million and the third weekend of Dunkirk added $17.1 million.
An aggressive marketing campaign helped to put across the fanciful Christopher Robin even if it failed to reach high end predictions of a $30 million launch. The literary protagonist viewed in adulthood re-connects with Winnie-the-Pooh and you can guess the rest. It didn’t help that last year’s Goodbye Christopher Robin _ a more traditional telling of the creation of the beloved characters _ also debuted in cable rotation this week.
Exit demos identified the audience as 56% female with half of viewers aged 25-years and older. Roughly 60% of respondents identified as families.
The picture also dipped its toe into 18 international markets and generated almost $5 million. A studio exec said the picture poses hurdles outside English territories and Asian markets where the characters are well known. Nonetheless the initial top grossing nations were Mexico with $1.4 million and Russia that opened to $1.2 million. The UK opens in two weeks.
Critics generally characterized The Spy Who Dumped Me as the “dumb” action-comedy audiences have been anxiously awaiting. While verging on hyperbole, it nonetheless debuted with a commercial punch that was on target as far as tracking was concerned. Its domestic audience was 62% female with 70% aged 25-years and older.
With echoes of the likes of the The Maze Runner and X-Men franchises the bestselling youth novel The Darkest Minds appeared primed to become a potent movie trilogy. However signs of audience fatigue for the genre were evident from the on-set of previews and industry honchos felt it was likely to spiral downward with a dire $5 million or $6 million start. The studio clearly wants to press on and opted not to send out exit demos.
Weekend (estimates) August 3 – 5, 2018 | ||||||
Title | Distributor | Gross (average) | % Chng | Thtr | Cume | |
Mission: Impossible – Fallout | Par | 35.3 (8,030) | -43% | 4395 | 124.8 | |
Christopher Robin | BV | 25.0 (6,930) | NEW | 3602 | 25 | |
The Spy Who Dumped Me | Lionsgate | 12.2 (3,930) | NEW | 3111 | 12.2 | |
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again | Uni | 9.1 (2,700) | -40% | 3359 | 91.3 | |
The Equalizer 2 | Sony | 8.8 (3,220) | -37% | 2725 | 80.9 | |
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation | Sony | 8.2 (2,600) | -33% | 3162 | 136.5 | |
Ant-Man and the Wasp | BV | 6.2 (2,790) | -29% | 2233 | 195.5 | |
The Darkest Minds | Fox | 5.7 (1,830) | NEW | 3127 | 5.7 | |
Incredibles 2 | BV | 5.0 (2,790) | -31% | 1802 | 583.2 | |
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies | WB | 4.9 (1,530) | -53% | 3188 | 20.8 | |
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | Uni | 4.0 (2,080) | -41% | 1914 | 405.6 | |
Eighth Grade | A24 | 2.8 (2,620) | 107% | 1084 | 6.5 | |
Death of a Nation | Quality | 2.3 (2,220) | NEW | 1032 | 2.3 | |
Skyscraper | Uni | 2.2 (1,440) | -59% | 1523 | 64.4 | |
Three Identical Strangers | Neon | 1.0 (2,570) | -13% | 405 | 8.5 | |
The First Purge | Uni | .93 (1,320) | -59% | 708 | 67.8 | |
Sorry to Bother You | Annapurna | .81 (2,000) | -41% | 404 | 14.9 | |
Blindspotting | Lionsgate | .66 (1,270) | -48% | 523 | 3.2 | |
Goodachari | RedHeart | .51 (3,470) | NEW | 148 | 0.57 | |
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? | Focus | .49 (1,740) | -30% | 464 | 21 | |
1991 | Seville | .34 (4,680) | -2% | 73 | 1.3 | |
Sicario: Day of the Soldado | Sony | .33 (1,540) | -51% | 216 | 49.4 | |
Along With the Gods: The Last 49 Days | Well Go | .30 (6,190) | NEW | 48 | 0.41 | |
Ocean’s 8 | WB | .28 (1,140) | -56% | 248 | 138 | |
Leave No Trace | Bleecker Street | .26 (1,560) | -44% | 169 | 5.2 | |
Avengers: Infinity War | BV | .24 (1,180) | -41% | 205 | 678.1 | |
Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) | $136.10 | |||||
% Change (Last Year) | 15% | |||||
% Change (Last Week) | -11% | |||||
Also debuting/expanding | ||||||
McQueen | Bleecker Street | .17 (5,120) | 109% | 34 | 0.48 | |
Don’t Worry He Won’t Get Far on Foot | Amazon | .14 (840) | -56% | 177 | 1.2 | |
Fanney Khan | Rising Sun | .13 (1,590) | 83 | 0.13 | ||
Puzzle | Sony Classics | .13 (7,870) | 106% | 16 | 0.22 | |
Karwaan | Ishka | .10 (1,710) | 58 | 0.1 | ||
Chi La Sow | U.S. Telugu | 91,300 (1,000) | 91 | 0.09 | ||
Koode | Little Films | 55,600 (2,140) | 26 | 0.06 | ||
The Miseducation of Cameron Post | FilmRise | 53,200 (26,600) | 2 | 0.05 | ||
Mulk | Zee Studios | 52,600 (1,750) | 30 | 0.05 | ||
Kusina Kings | ABS | 45,700 (1,310) | 35 | 0.05 | ||
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood | Greenwich | 43,600 (8,720) | 55% | 5 | 0.08 | |
Doctor Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings | Well Go | 40,300 (1,020) | -68% | 20 | 0.22 | |
Fleuve noir | MK2 | 17,400 (2,180) | 8 | 0.02 | ||
Never Goin’ Back | A24 | 10,100 (5,050) | 2 | 0.01 | ||
Night Comes On | Goldwyn | 9,900 (1,100) | 9 | 0.01 | ||
Nico, 1988 | Magnolia | 3,500 (3,500) | 1 | 0.01 | ||
Domestic Market Share (January 2 – August 2, 2018) | ||||||
Distributor (releases) | Box Office (millions) | Market Share | ||||
Buena Vista (9) | 2588.1 | 34.90% | ||||
Universal (13) | 1021.4 | 13.80% | ||||
Warner Bros. (20) | 759.8 | 10.20% | ||||
20th Century Fox (10) | 702.5 | 9.50% | ||||
Sony (15) | 661.7 | 8.90% | ||||
Paramount (8) | 435.6 | 5.90% | ||||
Lionsgate (11) | 202.6 | 2.70% | ||||
Fox Searchlight (4) | 139.7 | 1.90% | ||||
STX (6) | 138.8 | 1.90% | ||||
Focus (9) | 115.5 | 1.60% | ||||
Roadside Attractions (6) | 102.1 | 1.40% | ||||
A24 (8) | 67.6 | 0.90% | ||||
Entertainment (3) | 51.7 | 0.70% | ||||
MGM (2) | 37.1 | 0.50% | ||||
Other * (247) | 389.3 | 5.20% | ||||
7413.5 | 100% | |||||
* none greater than 0.45% | ||||||
Top Limited Releases (January 2 – August 2, 2018) | ||||||
Title | Distributor | Box Office | ||||
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? | Focus | 20,536,607 | ||||
Sorry to Bother You | Annapurna/eOne | 14,106,602 | ||||
RBG | Magnolia/Mongrel | 13,475,351 | ||||
Padmaavat | Viva | 12,159,664 | ||||
The Death of Stalin | IFC/Elevation | 8,681,157 | ||||
Sanju | Fox Intl | 7,858,842 | ||||
Three Identical Strangers | NEON | 7,425,929 | ||||
Leave No Trace | Bleecker Street | 4,935,557 | ||||
Gotti | Vertical | 4,346,788 | ||||
Eighth Grade | A24 | 3,711,474 | ||||
Bharat Ane Nenu | Great India | 3,662,967 | ||||
Rangasthalam | Creative | 3,632,267 | ||||
2018 Oscar Nominated Shorts | Magnolia | 3,508,777 | ||||
Disobedience | Bleecker Street | 3,480,702 | ||||
First Reformed | A24 | 3,448,256 | ||||
Pandas | Imax/WB | 3,301,262 | ||||
The Leisure Seeker | Sony Classics/eOne | 3,226,443 | ||||
Raazi | Zee Studios | 3,027,556 | ||||
Veere di Wedding | Zee Studios | 2,934,416 | ||||
Whitney | Roadside Attractions | 2,927,951 | ||||
Friday Box Office Estimates
Saturday, August 4th, 2018Mission: Impossible – Fallout|9.8|4395|-42%|99.3|
Christopher Robin|9.5|3602|NEW|9.5|
The Spy Who Dumped Me|5|3111|NEW|5|
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again|2.8|3359|-41%|85|
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation|2.4|3162|-36%|130.7|
The Equalizer|2.4|2725|-40%|73.4|
The Darkest Minds|2.3|3127|NEW|2.3|
Ant-Man and the Wasp|1.8|2233|-29%|191.1|
Incredibles 2|1.4|1802|-34%|579.5|
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies|1.4|3188|-56%|17.3|
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Also Debuting|||||
Death of a Nation|0.9|1032|||
Goodachari|0.21|148|||
Along With the Gods: The Last 49 Days|80,800|46|||
Fanney Khan|43,300|83|||
Chi La Sow|27,600|91|||
Karwaan |26,300|58|||
The Miseducation of Cameron Post|18,200|2|||
Mulk|14,100|30|||
Kusina Kings|14,000|35|||
Koode|11,700|11|||
Fleuve noir|4,800|8|||
Never Goin’ Back|4,300|2|||
Night Comes On|4,000|9|||
Nico, 1988|1,100|1|||