Spectre opened to a strong $73 million, while The Peanuts Movie did a brisk $45 million in a strong rebound weekend at North American cineplexes.
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Domestically, “Spectre” failed to live up to the record-breaking standard set by “Skyfall”, which debuted to $88.4 million in 2012 and went on to become the first film in the franchise to earn over $1 billion worldwide.
Nonetheless, “Spectre” holds the title of being the most expensive of the series, costing an estimated $245 million, one of the priciest films to ever come out of Hollywood.
“Two pictures this size opening provided juice to the entire marketplace, ” said Rory Bruer, president of distribution for Sony Corp.’s Sony Pictures Entertainment, which released “Spectre”. That’s a lot of put on the table, and according to the Sony email hacks (via The New York Times), the studio only expected to make $38 million on “Spectre” provided it hauled in the same numbers as “Skyfall”, which doesn’t look like it’s going to happen.
Audiences, 70 per cent of whom were families, gave The Peanuts Movie a strong A CinemaScore, suggesting that word of mouth will be strong for the animated film. Cooking drama Burnt slipped one place to seventh with $3 million, while The Last Witch Hunter dropped to eighth with $2.6 million, ahead of The Intern at ninth and $1.8 million and Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension freefalling to 10th for $1.6 million.
Spectre took an easy first-place spot according to Rentrak estimates.
James Bond blew up the box office – again.
Completing the top five were Sony’s “Goosebumps” which pulled in another $7 million and Disney’s “Bridge of Spies”, which brough in another $6.1 million.
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In an earlier interview with Time Out London, the famed actor said “I’d rather break this glass and slash my wrists” in reference to making more Bond movies. The film cost around 100 million dollars (£66.2 million) to make. Brooklyn, which stars Saiorse Ronan as an Irish immigrant in Nineteen Fifties New York, additionally debuted in 5 theaters, incomes $181,00 for a per-location common of $36,200. Spotlight follows the team of reporters and editors at The Boston Globe who exposed the Catholic Church child-molestation scandal. The Open Road film starring Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton and Rachel McAdams averaged $60,455 on five screens, the best per-screen number of the week. Luckily for Spectre it did top the worldwide box office as well over the weekend.
