Kung Fu Panda 3 features the voices of Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross, James Hong, Randall Duk Kim, Bryan Cranston, J.K. Simmons and Kate Hudson.
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“Kung Fu Panda 3” (20th Century Fox) was the No. 1 movie at the weekend box office, taking in about $21 million, for a two-week domestic total of $69.1 million, according to comScore, which compiles ticketing data.
Meanwhile, the Coen brothers’ “Hail, Caesar!” brought in an estimated $4.3 million in its Friday debut in 2,232 theaters.
Grahame-Smith’s “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” also struggled at the box office when it was released in 2012. The movie earned $5.2 million from 2,931 theaters, putting it behind Nicholas Sparks’ film adaptation The Choice, which took in $6.1 million from 2,631 locations.
“It’s all about timing and Kung Fu Panda took advantage of that opening last weekend, with very few options for families at the multiplex in 2016, as far as something brand new”, comScore senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian says.
“It’s one of those weekends that Hollywood braces for, but they know how to course correct before it happens”, he said. The film received a C- CinemaScore from audiences. Starring Josh Brolin as a studio fixer within the basic Hollywood period and that includes George Clooney and Channing Tatum as “50s stars, “Hail, Caesar!” is the Coens’ most broad comedy since their 2008 “Burn After Reading”.
The Revenant was down a spot to #3 in its seventh weekend as it continues rolling toward the Oscars. On Saturday, Inarritu also won best director from the Directors Guild Awards.
In its eighth week of release, “Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens” celebrated a pair of milestones. The film has now grossed $906 million domestically and $2.008 billion worldwide, making it the third film to cross that worldwide mark. Apparently there wasn’t enough zombies to draw the Walking Dead crowd and too much zombies for the Austen crowd as it banked just $5 million for a weak sixth place start. “Hail, Caesar!” $11.4 million. 3. It won’t be catching the $2.7 billion haul of “Avatar”, but also, who cares? The Choice is the 11th Sparks adaptation to make it to the big screen, and it’s the first one to debut below $10 million.
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The 5th Wave was again in 3rd, this time with $13.8 million. The raunchy comedy Dirty Grandpa grossed an estimated $4.1M, down 47%, for a $29.4M sum for Lionsgate. Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Road Chip, $12.8 million.5. Star Wars and The Revenant have kept the box office pulse going through January but at some point, the lack of new quality films was going to catch up to us. That’s putting it on an expected pace of between $22 million and $25 million in the USA and Canada during its sophomore weekend in theaters, even though the Super Bowl will probably keep many moviegoers at home Sunday.
