Weekend Box Office Report
March 16 - March 18, 2018
By Daniel Garris
| Weekend Estimates Update: |
| Disney’s Black Panther led the weekend box office for a fifth straight frame with an estimated $27.02 million this weekend. In doing so, Black Panther became the first film since 2009’s
Avatar to lead the weekend box office for five consecutive weekends. This weekend also saw Black Panther pass the $600 million domestic mark, making it just the seventh film ever to reach the $600 million domestic
milestone. Black Panther has grossed $605.40 million through 31 days of release. Before long, Black Panther will zoom past both last year’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi ($619.80 million) and 2012’s
Marvel’s The Avengers ($623.36 million) on the all-time domestic list. Black Panther was down 33.8 percent this weekend. That represented a strong hold, especially given that the film lost its IMAX shows to
Tomb Raider this weekend and that the St. Patrick’s Day holiday deflated Saturday’s grosses in general. Black Panther registered the fourth largest fifth weekend gross of all-time, behind only Avatar,
1997's Titanic and 2013's Frozen. |
| Internationally, Black Panther grossed an estimated $30.0 million this weekend. The film has grossed $577.1 million to date internationally and a massive $1.183 billion globally. Current international
totals for Black Panther include $96.0 million in China, $59.5 million in the U.K., $42.7 million in South Korea, $32.7 million in Brazil, $28.1 million in Australia, $27.2 million in France, $26.0 million in Mexico,
$19.2 million in Germany and $18.0 million in Russia. |
| Warner and MGM’s Tomb Raider debuted in second place with an estimated $23.53 million. Tomb Raider opened towards the lower end of expectations, which had ranged from the low twenties to the high
twenties heading into the weekend. Compared to the previous Tomb Raider films, Tomb Raider started 50.7 percent below the $47.74 million debut of 2001’s Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and 8.0 percent ahead of the
$21.78 million start of 2003’s Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life. In addition to the Tomb Raider property not being as popular as it once was, potential for Tomb Raider looks to have been limited somewhat by the
film not really appealing to younger moviegoers (only 32 percent of the film’s audience was under the age of 25). |
| Tomb Raider took in $9.07 million on Friday (which included an estimated $2.10 million from Thursday night shows that began at 7 PM), declined a slim 3.4 percent on St. Patrick’s Day Saturday to gross
$8.76 million and is estimated to decrease 34.9 percent on Sunday for $5.70 million. Critical reviews for Tomb Raider have been mixed, but the film looks to be going over better with audiences, as it received a respectable
B rating on CinemaScore. |
| Tomb Raider was more impressive internationally this weekend with an estimated $84.5 million. International debuts for Tomb Raider this weekend included $41.1 million in China,
$4.4 million in Russia, $4.2 million in the U.K., $3.2 million in France, $2.15 million in Germany, $2.15 million in Mexico, $2.1 million in Australia and $2.1 million in Brazil. Additional totals for Tomb Raider
include $4.4 million in Indonesia, $4.0 million in Korea and $3.6 million in Taiwan. To date, Tomb Raider has grossed $102.5 million internationally and $126.0 million globally. |
| In other box office news, Roadside Attractions’ I Can Only Imagine was off to an exceptional third place start with an estimated $17.06 million. The faith-based drama from the Erwin Brothers essentially
doubled high-end expectations for the film heading into the weekend (which had been driven upwards by the film’s strong online presales). I Can Only Imagine easily set a new opening weekend record for distributor Roadside; a
mark which had just recently been set by Forever My Girl back in January with $4.25 million. Making this weekend’s performance even more impressive for I Can Only Imagine was that the film was playing in a relatively
modest 1,629 locations, for a strong per-location average of $10,476 for the frame. I Can Only Imagine outpaced the $16.17 million debut of last year’s The Shack by 5.5 percent and did so while debuting in 1,259 fewer
locations. |
| I Can Only Imagine started with an estimated $6.23 million on Friday (which included an estimated $1.30 million from Thursday night shows that began at 7 PM), declined 4.0 percent on Saturday to take in
$5.98 million and is estimated to decrease just 19.0 percent on Sunday to gross $4.85 million. I Can Only Imagine looks to be going over extremely well with audiences, as the film received a perfect A+ rating on CinemaScore.
Given the film’s strong early word of mouth and the approaching Easter holiday, I Can Only Imagine is highly likely to hold up well in the weeks ahead. |
| Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time claimed fourth with an estimated $16.57 million. A Wrinkle in Time was down a sizable 50.0 percent from last weekend, but that also represented a fairly typical second
weekend decline for a high-profile live-action film from Walt Disney Pictures. The ten-day total for A Wrinkle in Time stands at $61.06 million, which is towards the lower end of expectations. A Wrinkle in Time is
running 18.8 percent ahead of the $51.40 million ten-day haul of 2016’s Alice Through the Looking Glass and just 4.1 percent behind the $63.69 million ten-day launch of 2015’s Tomorrowland. A Wrinkle in Time
has surpassed the $52.08 million final gross of director Ava DuVernay’s Selma (in 2014/2015); to become DuVernay’s highest grossing film. |
| Internationally, A Wrinkle in Time took in an estimated $3.2 million this weekend from just 11 markets. The film has grossed $10.6 million to date internationally and $71.7 million globally. International
totals for A Wrinkle in Time include $5.2 million in Russia, $1.8 million in Spain and $1.0 million in France. The film will expand into other international markets throughout the next few weeks. |
| Fox’s Love, Simon rounded out the weekend’s top five with an estimated $11.50 million. That was right in line with expectations, which had tended to range from $10 million to $14 million, and represented
a solid start given the film’s modest production budget. Love, Simon opened essentially on par with the $11.73 million start of last year’s Everything, Everything (which also starred Nick Robinson). |
| Love, Simon registered $4.61 million on Friday (which included an estimated $850,000 from Thursday night shows that began at 7 PM), decreased 9.5 percent on Saturday to take in $4.17 million and is
estimated to decline 34.8 percent on Sunday to gross $2.72 million. Love, Simon has gone over very well with critics and looks to be going over very well with audiences as well, as like I Can Only Imagine,
Love, Simon also received a perfect A+ rating on CinemaScore. Given its critical reviews and early audience reaction, odds are good that Love, Simon will hold up well going forward. |
| Sony reached a pair of domestic milestones this weekend, as Peter Rabbit surpassed the $100 million domestic mark and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle surpassed the $400 million domestic mark. This
weekend Peter Rabbit took seventh place with an estimated $5.20 million, while Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle finished in twelfth with an estimated $1.65 million. Respective total grosses stand at $400.27 million for
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle in 89 days and at $102.44 million for Peter Rabbit in 38 days. |
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Weekend Studio Estimates for March 16 - March 18, 2018.
| Film (Distributor) | Weekend Gross |
Theatre Count |
Per-Thea. Average |
%Change |
Total Gross |
TG to OW Ratio |
Week | |
| 1 | Black Panther (Disney) |
$27,024,000 | 3,834 | $7,049 | -33.8% | $605,401,000 | 2.997 | 5 |
| 2 | Tomb Raider (Warner / MGM) |
$23,525,000 | 3,854 | $6,104 | NEW | $23,525,000 | 1.000 | 1 |
| 3 | I Can Only Imagine (Roadside) |
$17,065,000 | 1,629 | $10,476 | NEW | $17,065,000 | 1.000 | 1 |
| 4 | A Wrinkle in Time (Disney) |
$16,565,000 | 3,980 | $4,162 | -50.0% | $61,060,000 | 1.843 | 2 |
| 5 | Love, Simon (Fox) |
$11,500,000 | 2,402 | $4,788 | NEW | $11,500,000 | 1.000 | 1 |
| 6 | Game Night (Warner / New Line) |
$5,570,000 | 2,686 | $2,074 | -29.2% | $54,174,000 | 3.186 | 4 |
| 7 | Peter Rabbit (Sony / Columbia) |
$5,200,000 | 2,725 | $1,908 | -23.3% | $102,440,000 | 4.096 | 6 |
| 8 | The Strangers: Prey at Night (Aviron Pictures) |
$4,810,000 | 2,464 | $1,952 | -53.8% | $18,612,000 | 1.789 | 2 |
| 9 | Red Sparrow (Fox) |
$4,450,000 | 2,583 | $1,723 | -47.7% | $39,584,000 | 2.349 | 3 |
| 10 | Death Wish (MGM) |
$3,368,000 | 2,676 | $1,259 | -48.8% | $29,950,000 | 2.302 | 3 |
| 11 | Annihilation (Paramount) |
$1,700,000 | 1,087 | $1,564 | -48.5% | $29,595,000 | 2.673 | 4 |
| 12 | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (Sony / Columbia) |
$1,650,000 | 1,556 | $1,060 | -39.8% | $400,274,000 | 11.067 | 13 |
| 13 | 7 Days in Entebbe (Focus) |
$1,630,000 | 838 | $1,945 | NEW | $1,630,000 | 1.000 | 1 |
| 14 | The Greatest Showman (Fox) |
$1,175,000 | 737 | $1,594 | -38.6% | $169,745,000 | 19.276 | 13 |
| 15 | The Hurricane Heist (Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures) |
$1,031,000 | 2,283 | $452 | -65.9% | $5,367,000 | 1.775 | 2 |
| The Shape of Water (Fox Searchlight) |
$800,000 | 758 | $1,055 | -65.9% | $62,689,000 | 20.893 | 16 | |
| Gringo (STXfilms / Amazon) |
$630,000 | 2,314 | $272 | -76.9% | $4,496,000 | 1.652 | 2 | |
| Fifty Shades Freed (Universal) |
$615,000 | 873 | $704 | -55.0% | $99,631,000 | 2.584 | 6 | |
| The Death of Stalin (IFC Films) |
$581,000 | 32 | $18,143 | +214.2% | $844,000 | 1.454 | 2 | |
| Thoroughbreds (Focus) |
$470,000 | 564 | $833 | -61.6% | $2,276,000 | 1.859 | 2 | |
| Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Fox Searchlight) |
$265,000 | 282 | $940 | -61.9% | $53,889,000 | 12.239 | 19 | |
| A Fantastic Woman (Sony Pictures Classics) |
$204,000 | 190 | $1,072 | -25.0% | $1,496,000 | 5.506 | 7 | |
| Coco (Disney) |
$196,000 | 177 | $1,107 | -24.3% | $209,182,000 | 4.118 | 17 | |
| Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Disney) |
$179,000 | 211 | $848 | -32.6% | $619,796,000 | 2.817 | 14 | |
| The Leisure Seeker (Sony Pictures Classics) |
$149,000 | 49 | $3,041 | +31.1% | $327,000 | 2.194 | 2 | |
| The Post (Fox / DreamWorks) |
$130,000 | 159 | $818 | -60.4% | $81,424,000 | 4.205 | 13 | |
| Call Me By Your Name (Sony Pictures Classics) |
$128,000 | 118 | $1,087 | -56.3% | $17,743,000 | 12.340 | 17 | |
| I, Tonya (NEON / 30West) |
$110,000 | 160 | $690 | -58.0% | $29,744,000 | 8.845 | 15 | |
| Darkest Hour (Focus) |
$105,000 | 133 | $789 | -60.5% | $56,311,000 | 14.469 | 17 | |
| Phantom Thread (Focus) |
$95,000 | 92 | $1,033 | -59.7% | $20,907,000 | 6.440 | 12 | |
| Wonder (Lionsgate) |
$78,000 | 96 | $813 | +42.2% | $132,407,000 | 4.806 | 18 | |
| Lady Bird (A24) |
$73,800 | 88 | $839 | -57.5% | $48,851,000 | 12.040 | 20 | |
| Early Man (Lionsgate) |
$70,000 | 144 | $486 | -33.4% | $8,170,000 | 2.561 | 5 | |
| The Party (Roadside) |
$63,040 | 80 | $788 | -37.1% | $601,000 | 4.712 | 5 | |
| Flower (The Orchard) |
$57,851 | 3 | $19,284 | NEW | $57,851 | 1.000 | 1 | |
| Foxtrot (Sony Pictures Classics) |
$52,650 | 12 | $4,388 | +92.0% | $176,000 | 3.339 | 3 | |
| Winchester (Lionsgate / CBS Films) |
$52,000 | 91 | $571 | -69.0% | $24,989,000 | 2.685 | 7 | |
| Hostiles (Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures) |
$52,000 | 102 | $510 | -15.6% | $29,701,000 | 2.938 | 13 | |
| Loveless (Sony Pictures Classics) |
$47,730 | 43 | $1,110 | -11.0% | $379,000 | 6.174 | 5 | |
| Samson (Pure Flix) |
$19,500 | 34 | $574 | -72.7% | $4,675,000 | 2.405 | 5 | |
| Forever My Girl (Roadside) |
$17,975 | 37 | $486 | -52.9% | $16,292,000 | 3.837 | 9 | |
| The Insult (Cohen Media Group) |
$17,668 | 12 | $1,472 | -10.7% | $932,000 | 8.430 | 10 | |
| Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (Sony Pictures Classics) |
$12,016 | 38 | $316 | -42.9% | $841,000 | 7.260 | 12 |
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