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Weekend Box Office Report
May 19 - May 21, 2017




By Daniel Garris

Weekend Actuals Update:

With actuals now in, Fox’s Alien: Covenant was able to hold onto first place with a debut of $36.161 M. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 placed in a very close second with $34.654 M, as it trailed Alien: Covenant by $1.507 M for the frame.

Other weekend actuals for the frame include: Everything, Everything ($11.727 M), Snatched ($7.833 M), King Arthur: Legend of the Sword ($7.152 M) and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul ($7.126 M).

Weekend Estimates Update:

In a close race for first place this weekend; Fox’s Alien: Covenant currently has the slight edge over Disney’s Guardians of the Galaxy. Alien: Covenant debuted with an estimated $36.00 M. That gives Alien: Covenant an estimated $938 K lead over Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 for the frame. Alien: Covenant opened on the lower end of expectations, which tended to range anywhere from $35 M to $50 M heading into the weekend. The film opened an underwhelming 29.5 percent below the $51.05 M start of 2012’s Prometheus. The mixed reaction to Prometheus looks to have ultimately limited the potential a bit for Alien: Covenant. Instead, Alien: Covenant opened more along the lines of the $38.29 M launch of 2004’s Alien vs Predator (without taking into account ticket price inflation).

Alien: Covenant started out with $15.35 M on Friday (which included an estimated $4.2 M from Thursday night shows that began at 7 PM), decreased a concerning 21.7 percent on Saturday to take in $12.03 M and is estimated to decline 28.3 percent on Sunday to gross $8.63 M. The film was clearly front-loaded this weekend, which usually isn’t a good early sign. Critical and online reaction to Alien: Covenant has been lukewarm, as the film currently has a score of 6.989 on our LoveHate Rate aggregate measurement. Alien: Covenant received a respectable B rating on CinemaScore.

Disney’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 placed in a very close second with an estimated $35.06 M. That represented the 18th largest unadjusted third weekend gross of all-time. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 was down 46.3 percent from last weekend, which represented a solid third weekend decline for a comic book sequel. In comparison, 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy decreased 40.4 percent in its third weekend to gross $25.12 M, while 2013’s Iron Man 3 fell 50.7 percent to take in $35.77 M.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is projected to pass the $300 M domestic mark today on the film’s 17th day of release. The 17-day total for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 stands at a strong $301.80 M. The film is running 35.5 percent ahead of the $222.66 M 17-day gross of Guardians of the Galaxy and 10.6 percent behind the $337.66 M 17-day take of Iron Man 3. Before much longer, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 will zoom past the $333.18 M final domestic gross of Guardians of the Galaxy.

Warner’s Everything, Everything debuted in third place with an estimated $12.00 M. Everything, Everything opened on the very high end of expectations and performed nicely with its low $10 M production budget in mind. Everything, Everything started out 23.5 percent below the $15.68 M start of 2014’s If I Stay (though it had not been expected to duplicate that performance) and just 5.1 percent below the $12.65 M launch of 2015’s Paper Towns.

Everything, Everything grossed $4.74 M on Friday (which included an estimated $525 K from Thursday evening shows that began at 5 PM), slowed just 7.4 percent on Saturday to take in $4.39 M and is estimated to decrease 34.6 percent on Sunday to claim $2.87 M. Critical and online reaction to Everything, Everything hasn’t been great, as the film currently has a modest LoveHate Rate of 5.934. However, the film appears to be going over far better with audiences, as it received a promising A- rating on CinemaScore.

Fox’s Snatched claimed fourth place with an estimated $7.60 M. On the heels of last weekend’s solid start, Snatched was down two spots and a sharp 61.1 percent this weekend. Mixed word of mouth and last weekend being inflated by a strong Mother’s Day performance appear to have both taken a toll on Snatched this weekend. Snatched has grossed $32.78 M through ten days of release. The film is running 39.8 percent ahead of the $23.45 M ten-day take of 2015’s Hot Pursuit and 46.7 percent behind the $61.53 M ten-day start of 2015’s Trainwreck.

Fellow Fox release Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul rounded out the weekend’s top five with an estimated debut of $7.20 M. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul opened below its already modest expectations and started out a lackluster 50.8 percent softer than the $14.62 M launch of 2012’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days. At the end of the day, there just wasn’t much demand for another Diary of a Wimpy Kid film after a 5 year wait and the film’s poor critical reviews (The Long Haul currently has a very soft LoveHate Rate of 3.125) didn’t help matters either. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul does appear to be going over significantly better with audiences than with critics, as it received a respectable B rating on CinemaScore.

Warner’s King Arthur: The Legend of the Sword was down three spots and a sizable 55.4 percent from last weekend to place in sixth with an estimated $6.85 M. The film has grossed a disappointing $27.20 M in ten days and continues to perform very poorly with its expensive price tag in mind. King Arthur: The Legend of the Sword is running slightly ahead of the $26.53 M ten-day take of director Guy Ritchie’s last film, 2015’s The Man from U.N.C.L.E., which declined 45.5 percent in its second weekend to gross $7.32 M.





Weekend Studio Estimates for May 19 - May 21, 2017.

Film (Distributor) Weekend
Gross
Theatre
Count
Per-Thea.
Average
%Change
Total
Gross
TG to OW
Ratio
Week
1 Alien: Covenant
(Fox)
$36,000,000 3,761 $9,572 NEW $36,000,000 1.000 1
2 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
(Disney)
$35,062,000 4,347 $8,066 -46.3% $301,799,000 2.060 3
3 Everything, Everything
(Warner Bros.)
$12,000,000 2,801 $4,284 NEW $12,000,000 1.000 1
4 Snatched
(Fox)
$7,600,000 3,501 $2,165 -61.1% $32,783,000 1.678 2
5 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
(Fox)
$7,200,000 3,157 $2,281 NEW $7,200,000 1.000 1
6 King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
(Warner Bros.)
$6,850,000 3,702 $1,850 -55.4% $27,201,000 1.770 2
7 The Fate of the Furious
(Universal)
$3,174,000 2,287 $1,388 -41.2% $219,884,000 2.226 6
8 The Boss Baby
(Fox / DWorks Anim.)
$2,800,000 2,071 $1,352 -37.7% $166,153,000 3.310 8
9 Beauty and the Beast
(Disney)
$2,403,000 1,792 $1,341 -50.0% $497,782,000 2.849 10
10 How to Be a Latin Lover
(Lionsgate / Pantelion)
$2,200,000 948 $2,321 -43.0% $29,459,000 2.404 4
11 Lowriders
(BH Tilt)
$1,162,000 365 $3,183 -51.7% $4,190,000 1.743 2
12 Gifted
(Fox Searchlight)
$765,000 824 $928 -50.4% $22,899,000 7.409 7

Norman
(Sony Pictures Classics)
$621,000 373 $1,665 +62.2% $2,328,000 3.750 6
Smurfs: The Lost Village
(Sony / Columbia)
$520,000 652 $798 -54.2% $43,012,000 3.256 7
The Circle
(STX / EuropaCorp)
$450,000 647 $696 -74.7% $20,029,000 2.217 4
Born in China
(Disneynature)
$425,000 575 $739 -53.5% $13,191,000 2.754 5
The Wall
(Roadside / Amazon)
$321,000 524 $613 -64.2% $1,579,000 1.758 2
The Lovers
(A24)
$300,000 105 $2,861 +139.8% $555,000 1.847 3
Saban's Power Rangers
(Lionsgate)
$235,000 221 $1,063 +122.1% $85,098,000 2.112 9
The Zookeeper's Wife
(Focus)
$234,000 275 $853 -36.0% $16,842,000 5.121 8
Get Out
(Universal)
$233,000 262 $888 -41.5% $174,927,000 5.241 13
Paris Can Wait
(Sony Pictures Classics)
$204,000 23 $8,854 +106.0% $334,000 1.641 2
A Quiet Passion
(Music Box Films)
$203,000 130 $1,560 -4.5% $1,081,000 5.090 6
The Lost City of Z
(Bleecker Street / Amazon)
$197,000 217 $906 -61.3% $8,006,000 3.773 6
Logan
(Fox)
$180,000 213 $845 -36.6% $225,861,000 2.555 12
The Wedding Plan
(Roadside)
$173,000 53 $3,264 +446.4% $219,000 1.266 2
Their Finest
(STXfilms / EuropaCorp)
$153,000 160 $956 -50.7% $3,181,000 5.732 7
The Case for Christ
(Pure Flix)
$88,000 138 $638 -53.4% $14,447,000 3.641 7
Sleight
(BH Tilt)
$84,810 113 $751 -71.4% $3,848,000 2.261 4
Colossal
(NEON)
$78,173 105 $745 -35.3% $2,868,000 4.908 7
Hidden Figures
(Fox)
$68,000 81 $840 -16.6% $169,287,000 7.425 22
Ghost in the Shell
(Paramount / DWorks)
$50,000 124 $403 -50.7% $40,529,000 2.170 8
Kedi
(Oscilloscope)
$18,000 19 $947 +2.4% $2,626,000 8.276 15
Risk
(NEON)
$11,096 12 $925 -70.8% $171,000 2.240 3
Chasing Trane
(Abramorama)
$9,835 10 $984 -57.1% $221,000 6.617 6
Manifesto
(FilmRise)
$7,000 1 $7,000 -27.3% $24,504 2.545 2
Truman
(FilmRise)
$6,500 6 $1,083 +11.8% $187,000 5.478 10
3 Generations
(Weinstein Company)
$6,198 13 $477 -73.0% $66,371 2.892 3
BANG! The Bert Berns Story
(Abramorama)
$4,352 2 $2,176 -5.7% $31,449 5.981 4
The Last Shaman
(Abramorama)
$2,175 3 $725 -68.0% $9,269 1.363 2

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