Monday Actuals Update: “There might be something there” for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, as audiences chose to be the film’s guest for the second straight weekend with $90.4 million, coming in higher than its Sunday studio weekend estimate. Lionsgate’s action-adventure Power Rangers proved that it could “Go! Go!” all the way to second place, debuting with $40.3 million. Sony’s sci-fi thriller Life started in fourth with $12.5 million and Warner Bros.’ comedy CHiPS began in seventh with $7.2 million. Boxoffice Pro’s Sunday studio weekend estimates article is below, after the weekend actuals numbers.
Weekend Actuals for Friday, March 24 – Sunday, March 26, 2017:
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beauty and the Beast | $90,426,717 | -48% | 4,210 | 0 | $21,479 | $319,032,604 | 2 | Disney |
| 2 | Power Rangers | $40,300,288 | — | 3,693 | — | $10,913 | $40,300,288 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 3 | Kong: Skull Island | $14,670,653 | -47% | 3,666 | -180 | $4,002 | $133,747,891 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | Life (2017) | $12,501,936 | — | 3,146 | — | $3,974 | $12,501,936 | 1 | Sony / Columbia |
| 5 | Logan | $10,334,390 | -42% | 3,163 | -524 | $3,267 | $201,644,986 | 4 | Fox |
| 6 | Get Out | $8,851,845 | -34% | 2,474 | -505 | $3,578 | $147,669,880 | 5 | Universal |
| 7 | CHiPs | $7,258,248 | — | 2,464 | — | $2,946 | $7,258,248 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | The Shack | $3,859,551 | -36% | 2,330 | -495 | $1,656 | $49,146,595 | 4 | Lionsgate / Summit |
| 9 | The LEGO Batman Movie | $2,100,951 | -54% | 1,638 | -1097 | $1,283 | $170,972,203 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | The Belko Experiment | $1,878,370 | -55% | 1,341 | 0 | $1,401 | $7,648,935 | 2 | BH Tilt |
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hidden Figures | $753,140 | -49% | 640 | -522 | $1,177 | $167,015,012 | 14 | Fox |
| 2 | The Last Word | $535,494 | 171% | 380 | 286 | $1,409 | $988,218 | 4 | Bleeker Street |
| 3 | John Wick: Chapter 2 | $457,414 | -61% | 403 | -662 | $1,135 | $90,851,421 | 7 | Lionsgate / Summit |
| 4 | Rogue One: A Star Wars ry | $446,992 | -11% | 267 | 88 | $1,674 | $531,314,491 | 15 | Disney |
| 5 | Passengers | $397,472 | 581% | 506 | 416 | $786 | $99,886,692 | 14 | Sony / Columbia |
| 6 | Lion | $394,481 | -46% | 320 | -301 | $1,233 | $50,736,321 | 18 | Weinstein Company |
| 7 | Wilson | $336,227 | — | 310 | — | $1,085 | $336,227 | 1 | Fox Searchlight |
| 8 | The Sense Of An Ending | $276,816 | -42% | 235 | -47 | $1,178 | $1,031,040 | 3 | CBS Films |
| 9 | A Dog’s Purpose | $258,310 | -46% | 299 | -295 | $864 | $63,397,540 | 9 | Universal |
| 10 | Personal Shopper | $214,655 | 41% | 107 | 72 | $2,006 | $543,400 | 3 | IFC Films |
| 11 | Sing (2016) | $209,575 | -35% | 228 | -50 | $919 | $269,687,885 | 14 | Universal |
| 12 | Moana | $208,770 | -39% | 212 | -52 | $985 | $248,368,125 | 18 | Disney |
| 13 | KEDi | $207,513 | -28% | 107 | -23 | $1,939 | $1,762,138 | 7 | Oscilloscope Laboratories |
| 14 | Before I Fall | $198,518 | -80% | 351 | -1200 | $566 | $11,906,308 | 4 | Open Road |
| 15 | La La Land | $195,343 | -63% | 212 | -373 | $921 | $150,229,030 | 16 | Lionsgate / Summit |
| 16 | Split | $189,475 | -63% | 262 | -342 | $723 | $137,255,265 | 10 | Universal |
| 17 | A United Kingdom | $187,253 | -38% | 159 | -98 | $1,178 | $3,521,425 | 7 | Fox Searchlight |
| 18 | Fifty Shades Darker | $131,960 | -71% | 189 | -418 | $698 | $114,376,885 | 7 | Universal |
| 19 | Fist Fight | $95,560 | -79% | 153 | -380 | $625 | $31,857,410 | 6 | Warner Bros. / New Line |
| 20 | The Great Wall | $95,135 | -68% | 158 | -281 | $602 | $45,009,415 | 6 | Universal |
| 21 | Fences | $76,093 | 17% | 111 | 17 | $686 | $57,642,961 | 15 | Paramount |
| 22 | Rock Dog | $60,968 | -76% | 122 | -322 | $500 | $9,235,312 | 5 | Summit Premiere |
| 23 | The Red Turtle | $32,390 | 129% | 127 | 105 | $255 | $828,165 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T2: Trainspotting | $389,453 | 128% | 59 | 54 | $6,601 | $622,727 | 4 | Sony |
| 2 | Phillauri | $260,982 | — | 74 | — | $3,527 | $260,982 | 1 | FIP |
| 3 | Badrinath Ki Dulhania | $139,808 | -67% | 93 | -63 | $1,503 | $1,888,366 | 3 | FIP |
| 4 | Song To Song | $136,747 | 170% | 80 | 76 | $1,709 | $136,747 | 2 | Broad Green Pictures |
| 5 | I am Not Your Negro | $117,504 | -32% | 80 | -30 | $1,469 | $6,640,337 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 6 | Raw | $77,030 | 59% | 27 | 18 | $2,853 | $189,739 | 3 | Focus World |
| 7 | Moonlight (2016) | $72,602 | -70% | 62 | -221 | $1,171 | $27,685,071 | 23 | A24 |
| 8 | Paterson | $48,965 | 2% | 36 | -3 | $1,360 | $2,055,751 | 13 | Bleecker Street |
| 9 | Frantz | $47,570 | 154% | 10 | 8 | $4,757 | $79,811 | 2 | Music Box Films |
| 10 | The Salesman | $46,905 | -52% | 35 | -40 | $1,340 | $2,295,989 | 9 | Cohen Media Group |
| 11 | Land of Mine | $34,017 | -10% | 26 | -12 | $1,308 | $298,306 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 12 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | $32,784 | -59% | 88 | -65 | $373 | $234,018,657 | 19 | Warner Bros. |
| 13 | The Founder | $29,902 | -37% | 57 | -45 | $525 | $12,710,444 | 10 | Weinstein Company |
| 14 | Resident Evil: The Final Chapter | $26,307 | 48% | 17 | -28 | $1,547 | $26,844,692 | 9 | Sony / Screen Gems |
| 15 | After the Storm | $23,500 | -16% | 10 | 4 | $2,350 | $72,692 | 2 | Film Movement |
| 16 | Neruda | $20,950 | 3% | 15 | -7 | $1,397 | $867,020 | 15 | The Orchard |
| 17 | Table 19 | $17,124 | -86% | 33 | -176 | $519 | $3,591,047 | 4 | Fox Searchlight |
| 18 | My Life As A Zucchini | $15,194 | -45% | 34 | -8 | $447 | $249,514 | 5 | GKIDS |
| 19 | 20th Century Women | $14,742 | -34% | 14 | -19 | $1,053 | $5,613,689 | 13 | A24 |
| 20 | I Called Him Morgan | $14,154 | — | 1 | — | $14,154 | $14,154 | 1 | Submarine Deluxe |
| 21 | Manchester By the Sea | $13,085 | -54% | 23 | -24 | $569 | $47,660,579 | 19 | Roadside / Amazon |
| 22 | Toni Erdmann | $11,104 | -35% | 16 | -5 | $694 | $1,408,493 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 23 | Trolls | $9,674 | -57% | 21 | -48 | $461 | $153,694,574 | 21 | Fox / DreamWorks Animation |
| 24 | The Eagle Huntress | $9,309 | -6% | 12 | 0 | $776 | $3,128,761 | 21 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 25 | The Lure | $7,253 | 102% | 4 | 0 | $1,813 | $83,375 | 8 | Janus |
| 26 | Julieta | $6,851 | -32% | 12 | -5 | $571 | $1,443,276 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 27 | A Woman, A Part | $5,869 | — | 1 | — | $5,869 | $10,875 | 1 | Strand Releasing |
| 28 | Bluebeard | $5,347 | — | 6 | — | $891 | $39,745 | 2 | Well Go USA |
| 29 | Elle (2016) | $5,244 | -53% | 6 | -5 | $874 | $2,325,009 | 20 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 30 | Donald Cried | $5,032 | -60% | 8 | -9 | $629 | $43,042 | 4 | The Orchard |
| 31 | Jackie | $3,996 | -68% | 14 | -11 | $285 | $13,949,935 | 17 | Fox Searchlight |
| 32 | The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2017 | $3,974 | -23% | 6 | -1 | $662 | $2,833,441 | 7 | Magnolia |
| 33 | The Daughter | $3,543 | 850% | 2 | 0 | $1,772 | $26,376 | 9 | Kino Lorber |
| 34 | Keep Quiet | $3,143 | — | 2 | — | $1,572 | $48,966 | 6 | Kino Lorber |
| 35 | Love & Taxes | $2,789 | -44% | 2 | -2 | $1,395 | $22,775 | 4 | Abramorama |
| 36 | Mr. Gaga: A True Story of Love and Dance | $1,750 | -61% | 4 | -1 | $438 | $159,511 | 8 | Abramorama |
| 37 | The Son of Joseph | $1,504 | -33% | 1 | -2 | $1,504 | $24,705 | 11 | Kino Lorber |
| 38 | Suntan | $1,367 | 219% | 1 | 0 | $1,367 | $5,083 | 3 | Strand Releasing |
| 39 | Bitter Harvest | $1,344 | -91% | 5 | -15 | $269 | $555,518 | 5 | Roadside Attractions |
| 40 | My Scientology Movie | $1,296 | -10% | 5 | 1 | $259 | $18,574 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 41 | Contemporary Color | $1,134 | -63% | 2 | -3 | $567 | $11,655 | 4 | Oscilloscope Laboratories |
| 42 | Sophie and the Rising Sun | $754 | — | 2 | — | $377 | $29,059 | 10 | Monterey Media |
| 43 | Tim Timmerman, Hope of America | $628 | -78% | 2 | -5 | $314 | $87,190 | 4 | Purdie Distribution |
| 44 | Lovesong | $482 | — | 3 | — | $161 | $8,157 | 6 | Strand Releasing |
| 45 | Pelle the Conqueror (2017 Re-release) | $353 | -64% | 21 | 19 | $17 | $8,718 | 5 | Film Movement |
| 46 | Staying Vertical | $249 | -26% | 1 | 0 | $249 | $11,124 | 10 | Strand Releasing |
| 47 | The Levelling | $160 | — | 1 | — | $160 | $160 | 1 | Monterey Media |
| 48 | Apprentice | $52 | -51% | 1 | -1 | $52 | $1,678 | 4 | Film Movement |
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Sunday Update: “There might be something there” for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, as audiences chose to be the film’s guest for the second straight weekend with an estimated $88.3 million.
The live-action fantasy romance remake starring Emma Watson fell 49.4 percent after setting the March opening record last frame. That’s about in line with the 48.5 and 50.6 percent second-weekend declines of Cinderella and Maleficent, though higher than the 40.4 percent drop for The Jungle Book.
[Read our interview with Beauty and the Beast producers David Lieberman and Todd Hoberman here.]
With $316.9 million to date, the film has earned 51.4 percent above Alice in Wonderland and 64.8 percent above The Jungle Book through the same point. This weekend it also surpasses the $302.4 million inflation-adjusted cumulative total of the original Beauty film from 1991.
Lionsgate’s Power Rangers proved it could “go! go!” to second place with an estimated $40.5 million. With 70 percent of the audience over age 18 and that group giving the film an “A” CinemaScore, the film clearly did a successful job of marketing to fans of the 1990s-era original television series and action figures.
The action adventure about five teenagers who acquire superpowers began 38.2 percent behind the $65.5 million opening of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, another ’90s television show film adaptation. But it was 55.4 percent above the inflation-adjusted $26.0 million opening of 1995’s Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers.
Power Rangers started with an estimated $14.9 million on Friday, including $3.6 million from Thursday night previews, declined an estimated 2.4 percent on Saturday to $14.5 million, and is projected to fall 25.0 percent on Sunday to $10.9 million. That puts the film’s opening weekend to Friday ratio at an estimated 2.70 to 1.
Sony’s Life debuted in fourth place with an estimated $12.6 million. The R-rated science fiction thriller about astronauts encountering an alien species stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Ryan Reynolds, and Rebecca Ferguson. That start is 45.1 percent below the $24.0 million opening of Arrival. Unless Life proves to have exceptionally high staying power, it seems unlikely to earn back its $58 million budget based upon domestic grosses alone.
Life took in $4.4 million on Friday, including $800 thousand from Thursday night previews, improved an estimated 10.4 percent on Saturday to $4.8 million, and is projected to decline 32.1 percent on Sunday to $3.3 million. This places the film’s opening weekend to Friday ratio at an estimated 2.98 to 1.
Warner Bros.’ CHiPS, the R-rated comedy starring Dax Shepard and Michael Peña as infighting California police officers, started in seventh place with an estimated $7.6 million. That could have better, coming in at less than half the $17.8 million opening of Let’s Be Cops, 43.3 percent behind the $13.4 million debut of The Man From U.N.C.L.E, and 19.6 percent below the $9.4 million opening of Keanu.
ChiPS earned a “B-” average CinemaScore from an audience 53 percent male and 68 percent over age 25. It started with an estimated $2.5 million on Friday, including $500 thousand from Thursday night previews, improved an estimated 17.8 percent on Saturday to $3.0 million, and is projected to decline 34.8 percent on Sunday to $1.9 million. This places the opening weekend to Friday ratio at an estimated 2.94 to 1.
The top 10 films this weekend earned a cumulative estimated $189.8 million. That’s 24.7 percent below last weekend. It’s also 63.9 percent above the $115.7 million from the same weekend last year, when Zootopia led for the third straight weekend with $37.1 million.
Limited Releases:
RiverRain Productions’ Slamma Jamma starts with an estimated $1.6 million on 502 screens. The movie is about a wrongfully accused basketball star who tries to readjust to civilian life after prison. After starting last week in five theaters, Sony/TriStar’s sequel T2: Trainspotting expanded to 59 theaters and earned an estimated $380 thousand. Wide release Beauty and the Beast claimed the highest per-theater average of the weekend with $20,985.
Overseas Update:
Beauty and the Beast posts its second straight nine-figure overseas weekend, with an estimated $119.2 million from 50 markets. That’s 31.8 percent below last weekend, but still a smash and the international leader yet again.
Notable grosses to date include $73.4 million in China and $48.8 million in the United Kingdom, where it earned the third-best second weekend of all time in the country behind only James Bond installments Skyfall and Spectre. The title has now earned $373.3 million overseas and $690.3 million globally, perhaps indicative of a billion-dollar global total when it’s all said and done.
Warner Bros.’ Kong: Skull Island took in a giant estimated $93.0 million overseas weekend, which would have made it the overseas leader in almost any other weekend if it wasn’t facing such steep competition from Beauty. Playing in 67 markets, Kong improved 35.4 percent from last frame.
That was led by a $72.1 million opening in China, the second-best Chinese opening for a non-Chinese film this year, behind Resident Evil: The Final Chapter. Kong has earned $285.6 million overseas total and $392.1 million globally. The film holds at third place domestically, dropping one spot from second place last frame.
Studio Weekend Estimates for Friday, March 24 – Sunday, March 26, 2017:
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beauty and the Beast | $88,347,000 | -49% | 4,210 | 0 | $20,985 | $316,952,887 | 2 | Disney |
| 2 | Power Rangers | $40,500,000 | — | 3,693 | — | $10,967 | $40,500,000 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 3 | Kong: Skull Island | $14,425,000 | -48% | 3,666 | -180 | $3,935 | $133,502,238 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | Life (2017) | $12,600,000 | — | 3,146 | — | $4,005 | $12,600,000 | 1 | Sony / Columbia |
| 5 | Logan | $10,145,000 | -43% | 3,163 | -524 | $3,207 | $201,455,596 | 4 | Fox |
| 6 | Get Out | $8,700,000 | -35% | 2,474 | -505 | $3,517 | $147,518,035 | 5 | Universal |
| 7 | CHiPs | $7,600,000 | — | 2,464 | — | $3,084 | $7,600,000 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | The Shack | $3,785,000 | -37% | 2,330 | -495 | $1,624 | $49,072,044 | 4 | Lionsgate / Summit |
| 9 | The LEGO Batman Movie | $1,970,000 | -57% | 1,638 | -1097 | $1,203 | $170,841,252 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | The Belko Experiment | $1,807,000 | -56% | 1,341 | 0 | $1,348 | $7,577,565 | 2 | BH Tilt |
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slamma Jamma | $1,687,000 | — | 502 | — | $3,361 | $1,687,000 | 1 | RiverRain Productions |
| 2 | Hidden Figures | $785,000 | -47% | 640 | -522 | $1,227 | $167,046,872 | 14 | Fox |
| 3 | The Last Word | $520,802 | 163% | 380 | 286 | $1,371 | $971,866 | 4 | Bleeker Street |
| 4 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | $469,000 | -7% | 267 | 88 | $1,757 | $531,336,499 | 15 | Disney |
| 5 | John Wick: Chapter 2 | $465,000 | -61% | 403 | -662 | $1,154 | $90,859,007 | 7 | Lionsgate / Summit |
| 6 | Lion | $383,000 | -48% | 320 | -301 | $1,197 | $50,724,840 | 18 | Weinstein Company |
| 7 | Wilson | $330,000 | — | 310 | — | $1,065 | $330,000 | 1 | Fox Searchlight |
| 8 | The Sense Of An Ending | $270,000 | -44% | 235 | -47 | $1,149 | $1,024,224 | 3 | CBS Films |
| 9 | A Dog’s Purpose | $233,000 | -51% | 299 | -295 | $779 | $63,372,230 | 9 | Universal |
| 10 | Personal Shopper | $225,235 | 48% | 107 | 72 | $2,105 | $553,980 | 3 | IFC Films |
| 11 | Moana | $221,000 | -36% | 212 | -52 | $1,042 | $248,380,355 | 18 | Disney |
| 12 | Sing (2016) | $213,000 | -34% | 228 | -50 | $934 | $269,691,310 | 14 | Universal |
| 13 | KEDi | $205,000 | -29% | 107 | -23 | $1,916 | $1,759,625 | 7 | Oscilloscope Laboratories |
| 14 | La La Land | $200,000 | -62% | 212 | -373 | $943 | $150,233,687 | 16 | Lionsgate / Summit |
| 15 | Before I Fall | $198,518 | -80% | 351 | -1200 | $566 | $11,906,308 | 4 | Open Road |
| 16 | Split | $188,000 | -63% | 262 | -342 | $718 | $137,253,790 | 10 | Universal |
| 17 | A United Kingdom | $185,000 | -39% | 159 | -98 | $1,164 | $3,519,172 | 7 | Fox Searchlight |
| 18 | Fifty Shades Darker | $132,085 | -71% | 189 | -418 | $699 | $114,377,010 | 7 | Universal |
| 19 | The Great Wall | $88,470 | -71% | 158 | -281 | $560 | $45,002,750 | 6 | Universal |
| 20 | Fences | $75,000 | 15% | 111 | 17 | $676 | $57,641,868 | 15 | Paramount |
| 21 | Rock Dog | $56,000 | -78% | 122 | -322 | $459 | $9,230,344 | 5 | Summit Premiere |
| 22 | The Red Turtle | $31,032 | 119% | 127 | 105 | $244 | $826,807 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T2: Trainspotting | $380,000 | 123% | 59 | 54 | $6,441 | $613,274 | 4 | Sony |
| 2 | Phillauri | $265,000 | — | 74 | — | $3,581 | $265,000 | 1 | FIP |
| 3 | Badrinath Ki Dulhania | $150,000 | -64% | 93 | -63 | $1,613 | $1,898,558 | 3 | FIP |
| 4 | Song To Song | $142,005 | 181% | 80 | 76 | $1,775 | $213,580 | 2 | Broad Green Pictures |
| 5 | Moonlight (2016) | $82,200 | -66% | 62 | -221 | $1,326 | $27,694,669 | 23 | A24 |
| 6 | Raw | $74,000 | 53% | 27 | 18 | $2,741 | $186,709 | 3 | Focus World |
| 7 | Frantz | $50,000 | 167% | 10 | 8 | $5,000 | $82,241 | 2 | Music Box Films |
| 8 | Paterson | $48,647 | 1% | 36 | -3 | $1,351 | $2,055,878 | 13 | Bleecker Street |
| 9 | The Salesman | $46,485 | -52% | 35 | -40 | $1,328 | $2,295,569 | 9 | Cohen Media Group |
| 10 | Land of Mine | $34,283 | -10% | 26 | -12 | $1,319 | $298,572 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 11 | The Founder | $28,000 | -41% | 57 | -45 | $491 | $12,708,542 | 10 | Weinstein Company |
| 12 | Manchester By the Sea | $11,150 | -61% | 23 | -24 | $485 | $47,658,659 | 19 | Roadside / Amazon |
| 13 | Tim Timmerman, Hope of America | $658 | -77% | 2 | -5 | $329 | $87,220 | 4 | Purdie Distribution |
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