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Weekend Box Office Report
January 5 - January 7, 2018




By Daniel Garris

Weekend Actuals Update:

With actuals now in, Sony’s Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle came in even higher than estimated yesterday with a first place take of $37.234 M. The film was down just 25.6 percent from last weekend.

Universal’s Insidious: The Last Key came in slightly above its weekend estimate with a stronger than expected second place start of $29.581 M.

Other weekend actuals for the frame include: Star Wars: The Last Jedi ($23.729 M), The Greatest Showman ($13.771 M / down only 11.3 percent), Pitch Perfect 3 ($10.298 M), Ferdinand ($7.698 M), Molly’s Game ($6.857 M), Darkest Hour ($6.050 M), Coco ($5.383 M), All the Money in the World ($3.571 M) and The Shape of Water ($3.139 M).

On the platform front, NEON’s I, Tonya took in $2.446 M from 256 locations, Fox’s The Post (in advance of its expansion into wide release on Friday) grossed $1.698 M from just 36 locations, A24’s Lady Bird registered $1.572 M from 562 locations and Focus’ Phantom Thread took in $240 K from 6 locations in NY/LA/Tor.



Weekend Estimates Update:

Sony’s Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle continued to impress in a big way this weekend with an estimated first place take of $36.00 M. That represented a decline of just 28.1 percent from last weekend’s three-day frame, as the film continues to be aided by strong word of mouth. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle registered the 16th largest third weekend gross of all-time. The 19-day total for Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle stands at a stronger than expected $244.37 M. That already makes Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle the ninth highest grossing release of 2017 to date. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is running a terrific 13.9 percent ahead of the $214.51 M 19-day take of 2016’s Sing and will continue to see that percentage gap increase thanks to stronger holding power.

Internationally, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle grossed an estimated $70.0 M this weekend from 86 territories. With an international total for $275.0 M; Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle passed the $500 M global mark this weekend and has grossed $519.4 M to date globally. International debuts for the film this week included $7.1 M in Brail, $6.8 M in Italy (over 7 days) and $6.8 M in South Korea (over 5 days). International totals to date include $35.7 M in the U.K., $19.2 M in Russia, $18.8 M in France, $14.8 M in Germany, $14.7 M in Mexico and $12.9 M in Malaysia. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle will open in China on January 12.

Universal’s Insidious: The Last Key was off to a strong second place start with an estimated $29.27 M. Horror films have a history of exceeding expectations in January and that was certainly the case for Insidious: The Last Key this weekend as pre-release expectations for the film had tended to range from $16 M - $22 M. The film registered the 16th largest debut ever for the month of January. Insidious: The Last Key opened an impressive 29.0 percent ahead of the $22.69 M start of 2015’s Insidious: Chapter 3. Insidious: The Last Key represents another healthy performer from Blumhouse, especially given the film’s low $10 M production budget.

Insidious: The Last Key started out with $12.73 M on Friday (which included an estimated $1.98 M from Thursday night shows that began at 7PM), decreased a respectable 13.4 percent on Saturday to take in $11.03 M and is estimated to decline 50.0 percent on Sunday to gross $5.51 M. While critical reviews for Insidious: The Last Key have been soft, the film looks to be going over much better with audiences, as it received a B- rating on CinemaScore (which is very solid for a horror film).

Internationally (where the film is being released by Sony), Insidious: The Last Key was also strong with an estimated $20.1 M from 33 markets this weekend. The film’s international performance this weekend represented the strongest debut ever for the Insidious franchise in the same 33 markets. Debuts for Insidious: The Last Key this weekend included $4.1 M in Mexico, $2.2 M in France and $2.0 M in Germany. Insidious: The Last Key will open in the U.K. on January 12, in Russia, Brazil and Italy on January 18, in South Korea on January 31 and in Australia on February 8.

After leading the weekend box office for the past three frames, Disney’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi fell to third place this weekend with an estimated $23.55 M. Star Wars: The Last Jedi was down 55.2 percent from last weekend, which represented one of the weekend’s sharper percentage declines among wide releases (though that had been expected heading into the weekend). Even with the large percentage decline, Star Wars: The Last Jedi was still able to claim the 16th largest fourth weekend gross of all-time. Star Wars: The Last Jedi remains the sixth highest grossing film of all-time domestically with a massive 24-day take of $572.41 M. That places the film 19.9 percent ahead of the $477.36 M 24-day haul of 2016’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi grossed an estimated $64.7 M internationally this weekend from 55 territories. The film debuted with an estimated $28.7 M in China this weekend. To date, Star Wars: The Last Jedi has grossed $632.7 M internationally and $1.205 B globally. International totals include $102.9 M in the U.K., $73.5 M in Germany, $57.6 m in France, $52.2 M in Japan, $39.8 M in Australia, $23.1 M in Spain, $17.6 M in Brazil, $17.5 M in Italy and $15.3 M in Russia.

Fox’s The Greatest Showman continued to display tremendous holding power this weekend with an estimated fourth place take of $13.80 M. The Greatest Showman was down a very slim 11.1 percent from last weekend. After initially opening on the low end of expectations, The Greatest Showman is now exceeding expectations with a 19-day gross of $76.90 M and doesn’t look to be slowing down anytime soon. The Greatest Showman already has a current total gross to opening weekend ratio of 8.73 to 1. The film is running just 5.0 percent behind the $80.91 M 19-day take of 2016’s Passengers and is set to overtake Passengers in the comparison before long.

Internationally, The Greatest Showman grossed an estimated $24.0 M this weekend from 74 markets. That brings the film’s international total to $74.5 M and global haul to $151.4 M. This weekend saw The Greatest Showman debut with $3.7 M in Russia and $2.2 M in Germany. International totals for the film so far include $13.5 M in the U.K., $9.2 M in Australia, $8.0 M in South Korea and $7.2 M in Mexico.

Universal’s Pitch Perfect 3 rounded out the weekend’s top five with an estimated $10.23 M. Pitch Perfect 3 was down a very solid 39.2 percent from last weekend. Pitch Perfect 3 has grossed $85.98 M in 17 days domestically, which is in line with expectations and leaves the film $14.02 M away from reaching the $100 M domestic mark. Internationally, Pitch Perfect 3 grossed an estimated $18.1 M this weekend from 42 territories, which included an estimated $8.4 M debut in Australia. To date, Pitch Perfect 3 has grossed $55.0 M internationally and $141.0 M globally.

Computer animated holdovers Ferdinand and Coco claimed sixth and ninth place with respective weekend estimates of $7.73 M and $5.54 M. Both films held up nicely this weekend, as Fox’s Ferdinand was down 32.1 percent and Disney’s Coco slowed by just 25.8 percent. Respective domestic totals stand at an impressive $192.08 M for Coco in 47 days and at a respectable $70.50 M for Ferdinand in 24 days. Internationally, Ferdinand grossed an estimated $23.3 M this weekend, while Coco took in an estimated $19.9 M. To date, Coco has grossed $397.0 M internationally and $589.1 M globally. Ferdinand has grossed $112.8 M internationally and $183.3 M globally.

This weekend also saw STXfilms’ Molly’s Game and Focus’ Darkest Hour expand into wide release with similar results. Molly’s Game claimed seventh place this weekend with an estimated $7.00 M from 1,608 locations, while Darkest Hour followed in eighth with an estimated $6.36 M from 1,733 locations. Molly’s Game performed on the high end of expectations this weekend, while Darkest Hour came in a bit higher than its expectations for the weekend. Respective total grosses stand at $28.39 M for Darkest Hour in 47 days and at $14.22 M for Molly’s Game in 14 days.









Weekend Studio Estimates for January 5 - January 7, 2018.

Film (Distributor) Weekend
Gross
Theatre
Count
Per-Thea.
Average
%Change
Total
Gross
TG to OW
Ratio
Week
1 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
(Sony / Columbia)
$36,000,000 3,801 $9,471 -28.1% $244,373,000 6.756 3
2 Insidious: The Last Key
(Universal)
$29,265,000 3,116 $9,392 NEW $29,265,000 1.000 1
3 Star Wars: The Last Jedi
(Disney)
$23,551,000 4,232 $5,565 -55.2% $572,514,000 2.602 4
4 The Greatest Showman
(Fox)
$13,800,000 3,342 $4,129 -11.1% $76,904,000 8.733 3
5 Pitch Perfect 3
(Universal)
$10,225,000 3,458 $2,957 -39.2% $85,982,000 4.315 3
6 Ferdinand
(Fox)
$7,730,000 3,156 $2,449 -32.1% $70,499,000 5.261 4
7 Molly's Game
(STXfilms)
$7,000,000 1,608 $4,353 +197.9% $14,217,000 2.031 2
8 Darkest Hour
(Focus)
$6,355,000 1,733 $3,667 +15.8% $28,391,000 7.295 7
9 Coco
(Disney)
$5,539,000 1,894 $2,924 -25.8% $192,082,000 3.781 7
10 All the Money in the World
(Sony / TriStar)
$3,550,000 2,123 $1,672 -36.4% $25,586,000 4.695 2
11 The Shape of Water
(Fox Searchlight)
$3,100,000 804 $3,856 -12.2% $21,653,000 7.217 6
12 I, Tonya
(NEON / 30West)
$2,426,000 242 $10,026 +297.4% $5,295,000 2.182 5
13 Wonder
(Lionsgate)
$2,400,000 1,258 $1,908 -26.2% $126,657,000 4.598 8
14 Downsizing
(Paramount)
$2,130,000 2,020 $1,054 -54.7% $22,860,000 4.614 3
15 The Post
(Fox / DreamWorks)
$1,700,000 36 $47,222 +203.0% $3,850,000 2.265 3

Lady Bird
(A24)
$1,559,000 562 $2,774 +6.3% $34,115,000 8.408 10
Father Figures
(Warner Bros.)
$1,280,000 1,717 $745 -66.5% $16,790,000 5.107 3
The Disaster Artist
(A24 / New Line)
$782,000 478 $1,635 -16.2% $19,467,000 3.058 6
Call Me By Your Name
(Sony Pictures Classics)
$759,000 117 $6,485 +1.6% $6,085,000 8.020 7
Three Billboards Outside
Ebbing, Missouri
(Fox Searchlight)
$705,000 310 $2,274 +4.4% $25,393,000 5.767 9
Justice League
(Warner Bros.)
$550,000 518 $1,062 -54.1% $227,026,000 2.419 8
Thor: Ragnarok
(Disney)
$534,000 325 $1,643 -37.5% $312,479,000 2.546 10
Daddy's Home 2
(Paramount)
$500,000 429 $1,166 -45.7% $102,962,000 3.472 9
Murder on the Orient Express
(Fox)
$445,000 314 $1,417 -27.8% $101,550,000 3.541 9
Hostiles
(Entertainment Studios
Motion Pictures)
$310,000 46 $6,739 +826.6% $435,000 1.404 3
Phantom Thread
(Focus)
$245,000 6 $40,833 +13.2% $952,000 3.886 2
Ex-File 3 (Qian Ren 3)
(China Lion Film)
$170,000 17 $10,000 +35.7% $511,000 4.079 2
The Star
(Sony / AFFIRM)
$140,000 268 $522 -71.1% $40,448,000 4.122 8
A Bad Moms Christmas
(STXfilms)
$90,000 144 $625 -43.1% $72,089,000 4.301 10
Youth
(China Lion Film)
$75,000 30 $2,500 -62.4% $1,809,000 5.342 4
Loving Vincent
(Good Deed)
$64,397 58 $1,110 -5.8% $6,381,000 10.612 16
The Florida Project
(A24)
$60,734 37 $1,641 +20.5% $5,410,000 8.537 14
Namiya
(China Lion Film)
$40,000 21 $1,905 NEW $40,000 1.000 1
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
(Sony Pictures Classics)
$24,268 4 $6,067 -29.7% $83,702 2.424 2
The Man Who Invented Christmas
(Bleecker Street)
$21,449 70 $306 -68.1% $5,653,000 4.178 7
Jane
(National Geographic / Abramorama)
$20,405 19 $1,074 -23.7% $1,540,000 6.728 12
Happy End
(Sony Pictures Classics)
$14,044 6 $2,341 +1.8% $83,637 3.622 3
Marshall
(Open Road)
$5,336 41 $130 -49.6% $9,481,000 3.159 13
My Friend Dahmer
(FilmRise)
$5,000 2 $2,500 +47.7% $1,306,000 6.944 10

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