On its second weekend in North American theaters, Disney Pixar’s “Finding Dory” (left) overwhelmed a trio of new releases, including “The Legend of Tarzan” and “The BFG”.
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For the Fourth of July weekend, the sequel had competition from The BFG, The Legend of Tarzan and The Purge: Election Year. While many might expect that gross to be decent, considering the movie cost close to $200 million to make, that’s a failure in all terms when we discuss Hollywood. Proving that sometimes the experts don’t know what they’re talking about, Warner Bros.’ The Legend of Tarzan had a pretty successful opening weekend. And weve only opened in two worldwide markets: Australia and Russian Federation..
This puts the film on course to eventually become the all-time biggest animated hit if it surpasses the $441,226,247 earned by Shrek 2 in 2004. “It’s a success story all the way around, even here as we are in the middle of it”.
Burbank, California-based Disney also released Spielberg’s “The BFG”, which is based on the book by Roald Dahl and features Oscar victor Mark Rylance as the benevolent giant who befriends a young girl. Debuting in limited release is Bleecker Street’s Captain Fantastic, Saban Films’ Cell, Well Go USA’s Cold War 2, ESX Entertainment’s The Dog Lover, Independent’s Fathers and Daughters, Sony Classics’ Our Little Sister, Magnolia’s Zero Days and Music Box Films’ Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You. “We’re hoping to be the beneficiary of some good word-of-mouth”. Box Office Mojo is saying “the franchise is showing zero signs of decay now that it has three films under its belt”. That film opened to $29.8 million in July 2014. It has already outpaced its predecessor Finding Nemo, which reeled in $191.5 million its first three weeks in summer 2003 on its way to $339.7 million total.
Traditionally, the 4th of July weekend is one of the biggest period in cinema business.
Independence Day: Resurgence rounded off the top five, taking $16.5m (£12.4m) in its second week. It could end up making $4 million for the four-day holiday weekend, which would be around $10 million more than analysts predicted, Variety said.
“It’s frustrating when there’s a disconnect between the critical response, the consumer response and ultimately the box office”.
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Looks like Dory remembers exactly where to find the top of the box office charts. The horror threequel is guaranteed a third-place finish with a three-day tally of $30.9 million from 2,796 theaters and an estimated four-day debut of $34 million-plus.
