OK, let’s just quickly get the “boring” and “mundane” news out of the way: Yes, Finding Dory has once again claimed the top spot on the USA box office chart, when it pulled in an additional $41.9 million on the American Independence Day holiday weekend.
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“ORCRP0000017183-topic.html” class=”local_link” >Warner Bros’ “The Legend of Tarzan” swung higher than expected and Disney-Amblin’s “The BFG” fell short of projections, it was “Finding Dory” that reigned supreme at the box office again, taking the No. 1 spot for the third consecutive week.
Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day: Resurgence fell 57 per cent in its second week, ringing up $2.1 million over the weekend to bring its total to $8.5 million.
Hollywood’s big- budget summer line-up continued to falter over the weekend, at least in North America, as two movies with a combined US$500 million (S$671.5 million) in production and global marketing costs arrived to US$57.7 million in total ticket sales.
“Purge: Election Year” opened in third place with 30.9 million dollars from 2,796 locations.
Director Steven Spielberg on the set of Disney’s The BFG, based on the book by Roald Dahl.
Experts predicted as low as $19 million for the movie’s opening weekend. And weve only opened in two worldwide markets: Australia and Russian Federation..
The Legend Of Tarzan and The BFG were no match for Finding Dory at USA cinemas over the July 4th weekend. $180 million to make. Universal’s “The Purge: Election Year” debuted in third place to $30.9 million and should make $34 million over the holiday. It received an ‘A-‘ CinemaScore from audiences.
It made $38.1 million at the box office.
Elsewhere, Central Intelligence is creeping closer to $100 million domestic as is The Conjuring 2.
For a movie sequel that took only $10 million to produce, the movie is doing well, and it is even expected to finish the weekend with $33 million and a total of $37 million by Fourth of July holiday. In terms of the cumulative numbers, it was a really good showing, though individual films may have had their challenges..
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The “Finding Nemo” sequel beat out three newcomers to keep that box office title. Instead, the 20th Century Fox release bombed and dropped steeply in its second week, sliding 60 percent to $16.5 million in fifth place.
