Then again, it isn’t really fair to compare previews during summer when a lot of the target audience doesn’t have to go to school the next day. This is well short of the horror films we had during the summer, including The Shallows at $1.33 million and Lights Out at $1.8 million. Thursday Night Previews: Blair Witch Spooks the Box Office with $765,000īlair Witch led the way during Thursday’s previews with $765,000. This is great news, because it is the only September release so far that has done well enough to call it a box office success. It might not quite get to $22 million as predicted, but even if it doesn’t, it should come close enough to be considered a victory. The film earned $6.57 million on Friday, which is less than a 50% decline from its opening Friday. Two films, Blair Witch and Bridget Jones’s Baby both had aspirations to challenge Sully for the title, but had to settle for second and third place.įriday Estimates: New Releases Get Snowed Under by Sully’s $6.57 million Haulįriday was terrible for new releases and Sully will have no trouble repeating on top of the chart this weekend. Weekend Estimates: Sully Beats Trio of New ReleasesĪs expected, this weekend’s three new wide releases couldn’t budge Sully from the top of the chart with the Tom Hanks/ Clint Eastwood drama down a very respectable 37% in its second weekend to $22 million, for a total of $70.5 million to date. The winners of our Bewitching Prizes contest were determined and the entrants with the closest predictions for Blair Witch opening weekend were. Perhaps 2016 will still come out ahead in the year-over-year comparison, but I don't think it will quite make it.Ĭontest: Bewitching Prizes: Winning Announcement 2016 is better on top, but 2015 had better depth. Unfortunately, last year there were three other films that earned more than $10 million, while this year there will be only one. I think The Magnificent Seven will top that, while Storks will double the second place film, The Intern.
This weekend last year, Hotel Transylvania 2 debuted with $48 million, which is the record for a September weekend. This is both good news and bad news, as it is a combination of their strength and the rest of the box office’s weakness that is the cause. Those two movies will likely earn more than the rest of the box office combined pulls in.
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Storks is a digitally animated kids movie that is earning mixed reviews, but that’s fine for a kids movie. The Magnificent Seven is a remake of a remake and its solid, but not spectacular. It is a perfect weekend at the box office, as there are only two wide releases and there are almost no crossover audiences between them. Weekend Predictions: Will the New Releases be Magnificent? You usually only see that large a change in the year-over-year comparison when there is a misalignment in holidays. The overall box office rose 16% from last weekend, but was down 25% from this weekend last year. Neither bombed exactly, but they weren’t particular strong either. The overall box office was soft due to the weaker than expected openings of The Magnificent Seven and Storks. Is it time to panic? Not yet, but we are definitely getting concerned. Weekend Wrap-Up: Magnificent Wins Weekend with $34.70 million, but Box Office Slump Continues That said, we predicted $21 million and that seems safe at the moment.
However, The Accountant also earned significantly better reviews than Never Go Back is earning and that will likely hurt its legs. It is just a hair below the $1.35 million The Accountant earned last week.
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back pulled in $1.33 million during previews, which is approximately inline with expectations. Thursday Night Previews: Jack Reaches $1.33 million during Previews The best of the week is Denial on Blu-ray, while Best and Most Beautiful Things on DVD and The Librarians: Season Two on DVD are also worth grabbing. Strip those out of the mix and the week is really slow. However, most of the movies that are part of this deal are not good. Most cost between $8 and $10, so if you really wanted one of these movies and were planning on buying tickets for Fifty Shades Darker, then it is a bargain. There are a ton of romantic films being re-released on DVD, and a few on Blu-ray that I mention below, with Fandango money for Fifty Shades Darker. The first Tuesday of the year is deceptively busy. Home Market Releases for January 3rd, 2017
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