Daily Box Office Report
Thursday, May 18, 2017
By Daniel Garris
| Fox’s Alien: Covenant was off to an estimated $4.20 M start on Thursday night from preview screenings that began at 7 PM. That was 5 percent stronger than the $4.00 M Thursday night start of
last year’s Independence Day: Resurgence and 13.5 percent stronger than the $3.70 M Thursday night preview gross of 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road. The preview gross for Alien: Covenant was also 17.9 percent
stronger than the $3.56 M preview gross of 2012’s Prometheus, though it should be noted that Prometheus didn’t open until midnight. As is normally the case, the Thursday night performance of Alien: Covenant
will be counted towards Friday’s performance. Alien: Covenant looks to be in good shape to finish in first place this weekend based on its Thursday night launch. |
| Disney’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 rounded out its second week of release with a $3.696 M take on Thursday. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 declined 6.9 percent from Wednesday and a
respectable 48.4 percent from last Thursday. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 was the week’s top film with a weekly take of $83.580 M. That was down 54.4 percent from the film’s opening week performance and brings the
film’s two-week total to a strong $266.737 M. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is running 35.0 percent ahead of the $197.546 M 14-day take of 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy and 11.6 percent behind the $301.892 M
14-day gross of 2013’s Iron Man 3. |
| Fox’s Snatched wrapped up its first week with a second place take of $1.070 M. Snatched declined a sizable 11.9 percent from Wednesday’s performance. The film placed in second for the
week with a seven-day start of $25.183 M. Snatched performed towards the higher end of expectations this week, though it did show early signs of front-loading during the midweek after Sunday’s strong Mother’s Day performance. |
| Warner’s King Arthur: Legend of the Sword held steady in third with $941 K. King Arthur: Legend of the Sword was down 10.7 percent from Wednesday. The film took third place for the week
with a seven-day start of just $20.351 M. King Arthur: Legend of the Sword performed below its already relatively modest expectations this week and was off to a poor start with its expensive price tag in mind. |
| Universal’s The Fate of the Furious continued to occupy fourth place with $324 K. The Fate of the Furious declined 8.8 percent from Wednesday and 38.6 percent from last Thursday. The Fate of the Furious
finished in fourth this week with $6.976 M. That was down 37.3 percent from the previous week and brings the film’s five-week total to $216.710 M. |
| Disney’s Beauty and the Beast rounded out Thursday’s unchanged top five with $271 K. Beauty and the Beast decreased 4.2 percent from Wednesday and just 28.6 percent from last Thursday.
Beauty and the Beast placed in fifth for the week with $6.048 M. The film was down just 9.5 percent from the previous frame and has grossed a massive $495.379 M through nine weeks. |
Daily domestic box office results for Thursday, May 18, 2017.
| Film (Distributor) | Daily Gross |
Theatre Count |
Per-Thea. Average |
%Change Yesterday |
%Change Last Thu. |
Total Gross |
TG to OW Ratio |
Week | |
| 1 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (Disney) |
$3,696,324 | 4,347 | $850 | -6.9% | -48.4% | $266,737,474 | 1.821 | 2 |
| 2 | Snatched (Fox) |
$1,070,113 | 3,501 | $306 | -11.9% | N/A | $25,182,600 | 1.289 | 1 |
| 3 | King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (Warner Bros.) |
$941,462 | 3,702 | $254 | -10.7% | N/A | $20,351,221 | 1.324 | 1 |
| 4 | The Fate of the Furious (Universal) |
$323,505 | 3,067 | $105 | -8.8% | -38.6% | $216,710,300 | 2.194 | 5 |
| 5 | Beauty and the Beast (Disney) |
$271,307 | 2,172 | $125 | -4.2% | -28.6% | $495,379,049 | 2.835 | 9 |
| 6 | The Boss Baby (Fox / DWorks Anim.) |
$233,457 | 2,911 | $80 | -5.9% | -15.4% | $163,352,550 | 3.254 | 7 |
| 7 | How to Be a Latin Lover (Lionsgate / Pantelion) |
$184,361 | 1,123 | $164 | -15.9% | -44.8% | $27,258,810 | 2.215 | 3 |
| 8 | Lowriders (BH Tilt) |
$114,260 | 295 | $387 | -12.6% | N/A | $3,028,385 | 1.260 | 1 |
| 9 | The Circle (STX / EuropaCorp) |
$109,243 | 2,132 | $51 | -26.0% | -63.3% | $19,578,784 | 2.167 | 3 |
| 10 | Gifted (Fox Searchlight) |
$103,560 | 1,426 | $73 | -17.1% | -40.2% | $22,134,058 | 7.162 | 6 |
| 11 | Born in China (Disneynature) |
$95,628 | 1,055 | $91 | +7.7% | -35.5% | $12,766,047 | 2.665 | 4 |
| 12 | Going in Style (Warner / New Line) |
$81,965 | 1,244 | $66 | -9.2% | -50.1% | $42,772,817 | 3.585 | 6 |
| 13 | Smurfs: The Lost Village (Sony / Columbia) |
$71,384 | 1,605 | $44 | -12.2% | -21.0% | $42,492,004 | 3.217 | 6 |
| 14 | The Wall (Roadside / Amazon) |
$66,051 | 540 | $122 | -24.6% | N/A | $1,257,720 | 1.401 | 1 |
| 15 | The Belko Experiment (BH Tilt) |
$53,915 | 74 | $729 | +2.4% | +1,476.5% | $10,157,605 | 2.455 | 9 |
| 16 | The Zookeeper's Wife (Focus) |
$39,275 | 425 | $92 | +1.1% | -37.5% | $16,607,716 | 5.050 | 7 |
| 17 | Their Finest (STXfilms / EuropaCorp) |
$27,893 | 258 | $108 | +3.3% | -35.1% | $3,028,054 | 5.681 | 6 |
| 18 | Get Out (Universal) |
$27,395 | 405 | $68 | -28.8% | -55.8% | $174,694,705 | 5.234 | 12 |
| 19 | The Case for Christ (Pure Flix) |
$21,563 | 266 | $81 | +0.9% | -57.7% | $14,359,437 | 3.619 | 6 |
| 20 | Kong: Skull Island (Warner Bros.) |
$20,298 | 346 | $59 | -7.3% | -45.2% | $166,850,002 | 2.734 | 10 |
| 21 | Logan (Fox) |
$18,017 | 305 | $59 | -14.6% | -40.2% | $225,680,505 | 2.553 | 11 |
| 22 | Sleight (BH Tilt) |
$17,670 | 364 | $49 | -34.4% | -68.8% | $3,763,190 | 2.211 | 3 |
| 23 | Colossal (NEON) |
$14,349 | 165 | $87 | -10.0% | -46.0% | $2,790,312 | 4.774 | 6 |
| 24 | The Shack (Lionsgate / Summit) |
$13,715 | 201 | $68 | +13.9% | +44.5% | $57,386,418 | 3.548 | 11 |
| 25 | Ghost in the Shell (Paramount / DWorks) |
$12,016 | 188 | $64 | -6.9% | -15.6% | $40,479,086 | 2.167 | 7 |
| 26 | The LEGO Batman Movie (Warner Bros.) |
$11,485 | 220 | $52 | -3.9% | -9.2% | $175,174,491 | 3.305 | 14 |
| 27 | Unforgettable (Warner Bros.) |
$10,135 | 303 | $33 | -36.5% | -78.6% | $11,192,810 | 2.339 | 4 |
| 28 | The Lovers (A24) |
$9,598 | 23 | $417 | -3.1% | +83.9% | $254,445 | 2.031 | 2 |
| 29 | The Promise (Open Road) |
$8,866 | 110 | $81 | -7.0% | -67.8% | $8,224,288 | 2.008 | 4 |
| 30 | Saban's Power Rangers (Lionsgate) |
$5,940 | 197 | $30 | -9.2% | -62.7% | $84,862,570 | 2.106 | 8 |
| 31 | Hidden Figures (Fox) |
$4,525 | 103 | $44 | -21.9% | -48.2% | $169,218,871 | 7.422 | 20 |
| 32 | CHIPS (Warner Bros.) |
$3,559 | 105 | $34 | +3.3% | -37.4% | $18,558,435 | 2.403 | 8 |
| 33 | The Wedding Plan (Roadside) |
$3,446 | 8 | $433 | -0.5% | N/A | $45,984 | 1.453 | 1 |
| 34 | Phoenix Forgotten (Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures) |
$3,328 | 55 | $61 | -28.4% | -59.4% | $3,569,402 | 1.965 | 4 |
| 35 | Risk (NEON) |
$3,278 | 45 | $73 | +5.1% | -55.6% | $159,890 | 2.095 | 2 |
| 36 | 3 Generations (Weinstein Company) |
$2,833 | 37 | $77 | -20.9% | +95.5% | $60,173 | 2.622 | 2 |
| 37 | Léon Morin, Priest (2017 re-issue) (Rialto Pictures) |
$2,326 | 1 | $2,326 | -15.9% | N/A | $20,822 | 1.817 | 1 |
| 38 | Tommy's Honour (Roadside) |
$1,162 | 15 | $77 | +16.0% | -51.2% | $556,189 | 2.659 | 5 |
| 39 | Panique (2017 re-issue) (Rialto Pictures) |
$356 | 1 | $356 | +150.7% | +16.0% | $40,726 | 5.767 | 17 |
| 40 | Free Fire (A24) |
$180 | 6 | $30 | -18.9% | -90.0% | $1,799,322 | 1.809 | 4 |
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