Weekend 4-Day Actuals: ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Leads Memorial Day Weekend With $79.8M; ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ Second With $33.5M

News & Analysis • Boxoffice Staff • May 31 2016

Over the Memorial Day weekend, Fox’s X-Men: Apocalypse opened with $79.81 million, enough to lead the box office by more than double its nearest competitor but down from its prequel, 2014’s X-Men: Days of Future Past. Disney’s Alice Through the Looking Glass took second place with a $33.50 million opening, also down substantially from the $116 million opening of its predecessor, 2010’s Alice in Wonderland. Sony’s The Angry Birds Movie got knocked off its first place perch from last weekend, as it fell 35.6 percent in its second weekend to $24.56 million. Disney’s Captain America: Civil War declined 40.1 percent to $20.00 million, but surpassed Fox’s Deadpool  to become the highest grossing film of 2016.

Weekend Actuals (4-day) for Friday, May 27 – Monday, May 30, 2016:

WIDE (1000+)
# TITLE WEEKEND LOCATIONS AVG. TOTAL WKS. DIST.
1 X-Men: Apocalypse $79,810,133 — 4,150 — $19,231 $79,810,133 1 Fox
2 Alice Through the Looking Glass $33,507,621 — 3,763 — $8,904 $33,507,621 1 Disney
3 The Angry Birds Movie $24,560,955 -36% 3,932 0 $6,246 $72,214,264 2 Sony / Columbia
4 Captain America: Civil War $20,004,509 -39% 3,395 -831 $5,892 $377,480,457 4 Disney
5 Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising $11,442,975 -47% 3,416 32 $3,350 $40,679,555 2 Universal
6 The Jungle Book (2016) $9,512,646 -13% 2,523 -937 $3,770 $341,024,555 7 Disney
7 The Nice Guys $8,253,432 -26% 2,865 0 $2,881 $23,617,104 2 Warner Bros.
8 Money Monster $5,626,175 -20% 2,315 -789 $2,430 $35,278,401 3 Sony / TriStar
9 The Darkness $887,901 -61% 1,004 -765 $884 $10,000,280 3 High Top / BH Tilt

LIMITED (100 — 999)
# TITLE WEEKEND LOCATIONS AVG. TOTAL WKS. DIST.
1 Love & Friendship $3,153,391 463% 493 446 $6,396 $4,146,939 3 Roadside / Amazon
2 Zootopia $1,121,189 -33% 572 -805 $1,960 $336,164,834 13 Disney
3 The Lobster $989,490 154% 116 92 $8,530 $2,207,424 10 A24
4 The Meddler $700,829 795% 420 -44 $1,669 $3,144,047 6 Sony Pictures Classics
5 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice $635,393 104% 361 40 $1,760 $329,479,318 10 Warner Bros.
6 The Man Who Knew Infinity $607,665 23% 291 21 $2,088 $2,470,423 5 IFC Films
7 A Bigger Splash $520,256 58% 378 250 $1,376 $1,433,107 4 Fox Searchlight
8 The Huntsman: Winter’s War $445,280 -63% 374 -872 $1,191 $47,576,025 6 Universal
9 Barbershop: The Next Cut $327,527 -61% 265 -479 $1,236 $53,309,119 7 Warner Bros. / New Line
10 Miracles from Heaven $310,590 -5% 207 8 $1,500 $61,074,007 11 Sony / Columbia
11 Kung Fu Panda 3 $307,836 38% 193 -26 $1,595 $143,143,205 18 Fox / DreamWorks Animation
12 Mother’s Day (2016) $298,677 -74% 335 -1384 $892 $32,182,620 5 Open Road
13 The Boss $276,765 -58% 231 -441 $1,198 $62,736,865 8 Universal
14 Deadpool $158,715 29% 140 -52 $1,134 $362,940,368 16 Fox
15 Sing Street $158,586 -54% 175 -345 $906 $2,804,560 7 Weinstein Company
16 10 Cloverfield Lane $108,416 -3% 120 -56 $903 $72,055,218 12 Paramount
17 The Divergent Series: Allegiant $103,729 -15% 153 -41 $678 $66,157,930 11 Lionsgate / Summit
18 Keanu $88,001 -83% 121 -586 $727 $20,330,419 5 Warner Bros. / New Line
19 Ratchet & Clank $17,445 -91% 159 -187 $110 $8,800,908 5 Focus / Gramercy

PLATFORM (1 — 99)
# TITLE WEEKEND LOCATIONS AVG. TOTAL WKS. DIST.
1 Weiner $213,545 154% 26 21 $8,213 $342,213 2 IFC Films / Sundance Selects
2 A Beautiful Planet $211,389 22% 42 6 $5,033 $1,633,297 5 IMAX
3 Maggie’s Plan $136,999 116% 19 14 $7,210 $225,477 2 Sony Pictures Classics
4 Hello, My Name Is Doris $77,638 -37% 83 -73 $935 $14,202,769 12 Roadside Attractions
5 London Has Fallen $66,100 -31% 96 -43 $689 $62,506,916 13 Focus / Gramercy
6 Dark Horse (2016) $44,765 54% 13 -4 $3,443 $139,237 4 Sony Pictures Classics
7 Green Room $42,419 -63% 30 -132 $1,414 $3,161,910 7 A24
8 High-Rise $39,214 -5% 27 -7 $1,452 $228,056 3 Magnolia / Magnet
9 God’s Not Dead 2 $36,083 -32% 48 -54 $752 $20,676,849 9 Pure Flix
10 Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero $35,553 1% 6 0 $5,926 $156,718 3 Oky Doky Productions
11 Kaptaan $32,597 -70% 23 -6 $1,417 $196,258 2 UTV
12 Sunset Song $20,202 14% 15 5 $1,347 $73,586 3 Magnolia Pictures
13 Ma ma $18,865 — 11 — $1,715 $29,059 2 Oscilloscope
14 Star Wars: The Force Awakens $18,212 -79% 20 -38 $911 $936,660,090 24 Disney
15 Hockney $15,956 170% 9 1 $1,773 $82,972 6 Film Movement
16 The Fallen Idol (2016 re-issue) $15,718 — 2 — $7,859 $15,718 1 Rialto Pictures
17 Meet the Blacks $13,969 -44% 28 -22 $499 $9,076,099 9 Freestyle Releasing
18 Holy Hell $11,338 — 3 — $3,779 $11,338 1 WRA Productions LLC
19 Pelé: Birth of a Legend $8,298 -52% 11 -8 $754 $42,918 3 IFC Films
20 The Ones Below $6,605 — 4 — $1,651 $6,605 1 Magnolia / Magnet
21 Presenting Princess Shaw $6,049 — 3 — $2,016 $6,049 1 Magnolia Pictures
22 Eva Hesse $5,811 53% 4 -2 $1,453 $92,016 5 Zeitgeist Films
23 A Hologram for the King $5,480 -91% 38 -100 $144 $4,118,818 6 Roadside Attractions
24 Unlocking the Cage $4,890 — 1 — $4,890 $8,684 1 First Run Features
25 Born to Be Blue $4,855 45% 7 -7 $694 $801,192 10 IFC Films
26 Born to Be Wild 3D $4,175 2% 13 11 $321 $24,705,474 269 Warner Bros. / IMAX
27 Viva (2016) $3,888 -64% 6 -7 $648 $159,394 5 Magnolia Pictures
28 Tale of Tales $3,744 -65% 6 -7 $624 $92,078 6 IFC Films
29 Papa: Hemingway in Cuba $3,481 -86% 12 -33 $290 $1,110,376 5 Yari Film Group
30 Hubble 3D $3,055 -44% 5 2 $611 $51,680,017 324 Warner Bros. / IMAX
31 The First Monday in May $2,880 56% 4 -2 $720 $520,322 7 Magnolia Pictures
32 Ran (2016 re-issue) $2,745 531% 2 1 $1,373 $59,113 14 Rialto Pictures
33 Under the Sea 3D $2,272 -26% 8 6 $284 $35,022,612 381 Warner Bros. / IMAX
34 April and the Extraordinary World $2,140 -68% 7 -7 $306 $292,112 10 GKIDS
35 Sembene! $1,895 — 1 — $1,895 $28,059 29 Kino Lorber
36 Almost Holy $1,751 -58% 5 3 $350 $7,230 2
37 The Measure of a Man $1,410 -78% 2 -3 $705 $94,085 7 Kino Lorber
38 Krisha $1,316 32% 4 2 $329 $143,978 11 A24
39 Journey to the South Pacific $1,064 20% 2 0 $532 $7,129,840 131 IMAX / MacGillivray Freeman
40 Elstree 1976 $1,000 -14% 3 1 $333 $11,224 4 FilmRise
41 Louder Than Bombs $773 -41% 3 -7 $258 $163,237 8 The Orchard
42 Lolo $752 — 1 — $752 $23,754 12 FilmRise
43 Colliding Dreams $535 328% 2 1 $268 $77,412 13 International Film Circuit
44 Island of Lemurs: Madagascar $495 -15% 4 2 $124 $10,637,113 113 Warner Bros. / IMAX
45 Take Me to the River (2016) $364 -27% 1 0 $364 $27,938 11 Film Movement
46 The Other Side $298 -76% 1 0 $298 $3,947 2 Film Movement
47 To the Arctic 3D $216 — 4 — $54 $14,445,234 215 Warner Bros. / IMAX
48 Mountains May Depart $114 -76% 1 0 $114 $80,408 16 Kino Lorber
49 Burning Bodhi $5 0% 1 0 $5 $3,213 11 Monterey Media

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