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Friday Box Office Estimates

Saturday, October 6th, 2018

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||

The Weekend Report

Sunday, September 30th, 2018
Weekend (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, 2018

Title|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, 2018

Location 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, 2018

Title|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, 2018

Date 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, 2018

Title|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, 2018

A 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, 2018

Title|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, 2018

Sayonara 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, 2018

Destination 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, 2018

Title|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, 2018

Feltdown

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, 2018

Crazy 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, 2018

Orient 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, 2018

Crazy 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, 2018

Movies 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, 2018

The 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, 2018

Show 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, 2018

Mission: 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|||