Peanuts has banked $82.5M to date and may end up in the $150-160M range for Fox. The weekend represents a 49 per cent drop from its opening.
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The second weekend percentage hold for “Spectre” was stronger than both the second weekend percentage hold of 2012’s “Skyfall” and the second weekend hold of 2008’s “Quantum of Solace”.
Final numbers are expected Monday.
In its second weekend, Spectre earned an estimated $35.4 million from 3,929 screens.
The 24th installment in the iconic James Bond film franchise, opening Wednesday in France, grossed $14.6 million through Sunday (that includes $2 million in previews from last weekend). Unless there’s an audience clamoring for more films of this sort that I don’t know about, my $1.7 million prediction almost feels generous.
With the exception of “The Intern”, which has grossed $72 million to date here in the U.S, and $182 million worldwide, 8 out of Warners’ last 9 releases have been box office flops. It follows similarly disappointing releases for Jolie in the director’s chair, after poorly reviewed war dramas “Unbroken” (which opened to $30.6 million last December) and “In the Land of Blood and Honey” ($19,000 in limited release in 2011). The $20 million Aviron Pictures production didn’t win over many critics and played best in Texas and the South. The $245 million Sony/MGM production’s ten-day domestic total is $130.7 million. With a budget estimated around $90 million, this is definitely lower than the studio anticipated at this point.
And rounding out the top five was the holdover sci-fi blockbuster, The Martian, which took in another $7-million, placing it fourth and bringing its cumulative total over the $200-million mark. Like Love the Coopers, this one boasted a stellar ensemble cast but fell short in critical regard, with a 40% RT rating. Audiences liked it much better though, giving it an A- CinemaScore.
Coopers cost about $18-M to make, and is being distributed by Lionsgate (NYSE:LGF) via its deal with CBS Films, a unit of CBS (NYSE:CBS). It is only the second October film in history to reach $200M+ following Gravity.
This week, the Open Road Films movie extended to 60 screens, pulling in nearly $1.4 million. That’s a drop of only 27%. Playing in just 10 theaters, it made only $95,440. It should be able to top $75 million stateside with several markets left to open in overseas.
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Bollywood actors Salman Khan, right, and Sonam Kapoor dance with children from Dharavi slum during a promotional event for their upcoming movie ‘ Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’ in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, November 11, 2015.
