Weekend Box Office Report
April 28 - April 30, 2017
By Daniel Garris
| Weekend Actuals Update: |
| With actuals now in, Universal’s The Fate of the Furious ended up a bit ahead of Sunday’s studio estimate with an actual gross of $19.937 M. |
| Other weekend actuals for the frame include: How to Be A Latin Lover ($12.252 M), Baahubali 2: The Conclusion ($10.355 M), The Boss Baby ($9.372 M, to move up to fourth), The Circle ($9.034 M, to fall to fifth), Beauty and the Beast ($6.826 M) and Sleight ($1.702 M). |
| Weekend Estimates Update: |
| Universal’s The Fate of the Furious took in an estimated $19.39 M this weekend to lead the domestic box office for a third consecutive frame. The Fate of the Furious slowed 49.5 percent
from last weekend. That wasn’t the greatest hold, especially since The Fate of the Furious likely received a bit a boost this weekend from audiences who wanted to catch the film before Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
arrives in the marketplace next weekend. With that said, The Fate of the Furious has still grossed $192.72 M in 17 days. The film is running 5.0 percent behind the $202.813 M 17-day take of 2013’s Fast & Furious 6. |
| The Fate of the Furious continued to perform far more impressively internationally this weekend with an estimated $68.4 M. In the process, the film surpassed the $1 billion global mark this
weekend. With a current international total of $867.6 M, the film’s current global total stands at a massive $1.060 B. Key international totals to date for The Fate of the Furious include $361.0 M in China, $33.4 M
in Mexico, $32.8 M in the United Kingdom, $32.4 M in Brazil, $27.5 M in Germany and $26.5 M in Russia. |
| Turning back to the domestic front, Lionsgate’s How to Be a Latin Lover was off to a strong second place start with an estimated $12.02 M. How to Be a Latin Lover earned a very healthy
$10,750 per-location average from a semi-wide 1,118 locations. How to Be a Latin Lover exceeded pre-release expectations, which had tended to range from $6 M to $8 M heading into the weekend. The film also outpaced
the $7.85 M debut of 2013’s Instructions Not Included (Eugenio Derbez’s previous vehichle, which opened in just 348 locations) by an impressive 53.1 percent, to easily register the largest opening ever for Pantelion Films.
How to Be a Latin Lover has a modest 6.253 score on our LoveHate Rate aggregate measurement of online critical metrics. However, the
film appears to be going over far better with audiences, as it received a strong A rating on CinemaScore. |
| Also making headlines this weekend was Great India Film’s Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, which opened in third place with an estimated $10.14 M. It should be noted that the film’s reported weekend
gross includes an estimated $2.5 M from Thursday previews that began as early as 12:30 PM. Regardless, Baahubali 2: The Conclusion had an amazing performance this weekend, especially given that the film was only
playing in 425 locations (giving it a per-location average of $23,855 for the frame). Baahubali 2: The Conclusion started out far stronger than 2015’s Baahubali: The Beginning, which opened in the range of $3.58 M
to $4.63 M (there were varying reported grosses at the time for Baahubali: The Beginning). It will be interesting to see if the performance of Baahubali 2: The Conclusion can help lead to Indian films getting
larger location counts in the future. |
| STX Entertainment and EuropaCorp’s The Circle debuted softly in fourth place with an estimated $9.32 M. The Circle opened below pre-release expectations, which had tended to range from
$10 M to $15 M. The film also opened 37.3 percent below the $14.86 M start of last year’s Inferno. The Circle had hoped to ride the wave from Emma Watson’s ongoing success with Beauty and the Beast, but
that ultimately didn’t happen, in part from the poor critical reaction to The Circle (the film currently has a LoveHate Rate of just 3.640).
The Circle doesn’t look to be going over any better with audiences either, as the film received a very poor D+ rating on CinemaScore. Given its reviews, early audience reaction and the start of the summer movie-going
season next weekend, The Circle is highly likely to have poor holding power going forward. |
| Fox and DreamWorks Animation’s The Boss Baby rounded out the weekend’s top five with an estimated $9.05 M. The Boss Baby continued to hold up nicely, as the film was down just 28.9 percent
from last weekend. The Boss Baby is now on the verge of reaching the $150 M domestic mark, with a stronger than expected 31-day gross of $148.47 M. Compared to previous DreamWorks Animation films, The Boss Baby
is running 15.7 percent ahead of the $128.35 M 31-day gross of last year’s Kung Fu Panda 3 and only 3.3 percent behind the $153.49 M 31-day take of 2015’s Home. |
| Disney’s Beauty and the Beast followed in sixth place with an estimated $6.40 M. Beauty and the Beast was down a very solid 33.8 percent from last weekend. The 45-day total for
Beauty and the Beast stands at a massive $480.10 M. This weekend Beauty and the Beast surpassed the $474.55 M lifetime gross of 1999’s Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace to move into ninth place
on the all-time unadjusted domestic list. Before long, Beauty and the Beast will pass the $486.30 M final gross of last year’s Finding Dory to move into eighth place on the chart. |
| In other box office news, BH Tilt’s Sleight opened very modestly in 14th place with an estimated $1.69 M. Sleight was limited in part by opening in just 565 locations, which gave the film
a respectable per-location average of $2,991 for the frame. |
| In advance of its domestic start next weekend, Disney’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 was off to an estimated international start of $101.2 M from 37 territories. Disney estimates that the
film’s start was 57 percent stronger than the debut of 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy in the respective international markets that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 opened in this weekend. Key international
grosses for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 included $15.5 M in the United Kingdom, $11.6 M in Australia, $8.3 M in Germany, $7.9 M in France, $7.6 M in Mexico and $6.9 M in Brazil. The film will open in additional
markets next weekend, including Russia, China and Korea. |
Weekend Studio Estimates for April 28 - April 30, 2017.
| Film (Distributor) | Weekend Gross |
Theatre Count |
Per-Thea. Average |
%Change |
Total Gross |
TG to OW Ratio |
Week | |
| 1 | The Fate of the Furious (Universal) |
$19,390,000 | 4,077 | $4,756 | -49.5% | $192,721,000 | 1.951 | 3 |
| 2 | How to Be a Latin Lover (Lionsgate / Pantelion) |
$12,019,000 | 1,118 | $10,750 | NEW | $12,019,000 | 1.000 | 1 |
| 3 | Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (Great India Films) |
$10,138,000 | 425 | $23,855 | NEW | $10,138,000 | 1.000 | 1 |
| 4 | The Circle (STX / EuropaCorp) |
$9,320,000 | 3,163 | $2,947 | NEW | $9,320,000 | 1.000 | 1 |
| 5 | The Boss Baby (Fox / DWorks Anim.) |
$9,050,000 | 3,739 | $2,420 | -28.8% | $148,466,000 | 2.958 | 5 |
| 6 | Beauty and the Beast (Disney) |
$6,400,000 | 3,155 | $2,029 | -33.8% | $480,100,000 | 2.747 | 7 |
| 7 | Going in Style (Warner / New Line) |
$3,580,000 | 2,761 | $1,297 | -27.1% | $37,320,000 | 3.128 | 4 |
| 8 | Smurfs: The Lost Village (Sony / Columbia) |
$3,315,000 | 2,554 | $1,298 | -32.1% | $37,735,000 | 2.856 | 4 |
| 9 | Gifted (Fox Searchlight) |
$3,300,000 | 2,215 | $1,490 | -27.6% | $15,830,000 | 5.122 | 4 |
| 10 | Unforgettable (Warner Bros.) |
$2,345,000 | 2,417 | $970 | -51.0% | $8,884,000 | 1.856 | 2 |
| 11 | Born in China (Disneynature) |
$2,243,000 | 1,508 | $1,487 | -53.2% | $8,677,000 | 1.811 | 2 |
| 12 | The Lost City of Z (Bleecker Street / Amazon) |
$1,733,000 | 866 | $2,001 | -18.3% | $4,833,000 | 2.278 | 3 |
| 13 | Get Out (Universal) |
$1,716,000 | 1,563 | $1,098 | +2.9% | $172,540,000 | 5.169 | 10 |
| 14 | Sleight (BH Tilt) |
$1,690,000 | 565 | $2,991 | NEW | $1,690,000 | 1.000 | 1 |
| 15 | The Promise (Open Road) |
$1,412,000 | 2,251 | $627 | -65.5% | $7,036,000 | 1.718 | 2 |
| Kong: Skull Island (Warner Bros.) |
$1,100,000 | 933 | $1,179 | -26.2% | $165,465,000 | 2.711 | 8 | |
| The Zookeeper's Wife (Focus) |
$997,000 | 997 | $1,000 | -28.7% | $14,813,000 | 4.504 | 5 | |
| The Case for Christ (Pure Flix) |
$950,000 | 1,050 | $905 | -40.0% | $13,015,000 | 3.280 | 4 | |
| Saban's Power Rangers (Lionsgate) |
$870,000 | 889 | $979 | -36.3% | $84,249,000 | 2.091 | 6 | |
| Logan (Fox) |
$760,000 | 614 | $1,238 | -21.8% | $224,497,000 | 2.539 | 9 | |
| Colossal (NEON) |
$502,000 | 326 | $1,540 | -13.3% | $2,072,000 | 3.545 | 4 | |
| Their Finest (STXfilms / EuropaCorp) |
$460,000 | 330 | $1,394 | -6.2% | $1,775,000 | 3.198 | 4 | |
| Ghost in the Shell (Paramount / DWorks) |
$430,000 | 456 | $943 | -51.3% | $39,942,000 | 2.139 | 5 | |
| Life (Sony / Columbia) |
$315,000 | 503 | $626 | -29.7% | $29,835,000 | 2.386 | 6 | |
| Free Fire (A24) |
$288,000 | 817 | $352 | -71.1% | $1,701,000 | 1.710 | 2 | |
| Norman (Sony Pictures Classics) |
$236,000 | 47 | $5,013 | +89.8% | $541,000 | 2.294 | 3 | |
| Battle of Memories (China Lion Film) |
$210,000 | 42 | $5,000 | NEW | $210,000 | 1.000 | 1 | |
| The Shack (Lionsgate / Summit) |
$180,000 | 285 | $632 | -34.8% | $57,012,000 | 3.525 | 9 | |
| Split (Universal) |
$106,000 | 103 | $1,027 | -23.4% | $138,122,000 | 3.452 | 15 | |
| Hidden Figures (Fox) |
$95,000 | 124 | $766 | -48.3% | $169,001,000 | 7.412 | 19 | |
| A Dog's Purpose (Universal) |
$68,060 | 122 | $553 | -10.0% | $64,225,000 | 3.524 | 14 | |
| The Belko Experiment (BH Tilt) |
$40,970 | 83 | $494 | +29.1% | $9,694,000 | 2.343 | 7 | |
| Tommy's Honour (Roadside) |
$40,500 | 60 | $675 | -49.1% | $492,000 | 2.350 | 3 | |
| Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Disney) |
$38,000 | 43 | $884 | -5.3% | $532,181,000 | 3.432 | 20 | |
| Lion (Weinstein Company) |
$32,000 | 65 | $492 | -33.7% | $51,678,000 | 13.744 | 23 | |
| Kedi (Oscilloscope) |
$31,000 | 39 | $795 | -38.3% | $2,522,000 | 7.948 | 12 | |
| Chasing Trane (Abramorama) |
$30,907 | 16 | $1,932 | +34.6% | $94,164 | 3.047 | 3 | |
| One Week and a Day (Oscilloscope) |
$9,500 | 3 | $3,167 | NEW | $9,500 | 1.000 | 1 | |
| BANG! The Bert Berns Story (Abramorama) |
$4,227 | 1 | $4,227 | NEW | $8,875 | 2.100 | 1 |
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