“The Jungle Book”, directed by Jon Favreau and costing a hefty $175 million to make, took in about $103.6 million at North American multiplexes, or roughly 40 percent more than analysts had predicted before release. Being the second biggest April opening, behind only “Furious 7’s” $147.2 million debut, it has picked up about $136.1 million overseas.
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“This is a flat-out stunner”.
Neet Sethi starrer The Jungle Book has been growing constantly despite Shah Rukh Khan getting away with all the attention for his recent release Fan. “It played to audiences across the board like an action adventure”.
The Jungle Book did not fail to impress the critics either and scored a high 95% on rotten tomatoes.
The Jungle Book dominated the weekend box office, grossing a massive $US290 million ($378.24 million) worldwide and extending the Walt Disney Company’s success in making live action versions of its classic animated features.
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice fell to fourth place with $9 million – it’s up over $300 million domestic, as well. It earned an estimated $31 million from 3D and $10.4 million from IMAX. It was one of the largest openings on record for a PG-rated film, according to the database Box Office Mojo. “Even without superhero competition, this movie just can not find a foothold”.
Criminal was another new entry for the weekend and it rounded up its debut with $5.8 million to come in at sixth place.
Animated Disney family film Zootopia, about an intrepid rabbit police officer who works with a fox to solve a crime in the animal kingdom, slipped from third to fifth.
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“To have this incredible vault of content that they can go back to and reimagine, retool and recreate for today’s audiences just gives them a depth and breadth of films that is nearly unparalleled”, Dergarabedian said. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
