Those Angry Birds ought to be downright furious, with a #1 opening weekend at the box office that’s been immediately overshadowed by Captain America: Civil War’s billion-dollar business.
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The launch for Sony’s animated avian tale performed in line with forecasts as did the third weekend of Disney-Marvel’s “Captain America” with $33.1 million at 4,266 sites for a 54% decline.
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“Rovio and Sony Imageworks did a phenomenal job bringing video game characters to life and giving them a personality that endeared themselves to the family audience”, Sony executive Josh Greenstein said in a statement”. The sequel to Universal’s 2014 film “Neighbors”, which earned $150.2 million on an $18 million budget, was expected to rake in $36.5 million in its first weekend, compared with its budget of $35 million. The promotional campaign was one of Sony’s largest ever, featuring tie-ins with McDonald’s, Ziploc, Panasonic and more than 100 partners worldwide.
“Angry Birds, ” based on a 2009 mobile game that became a pop-culture craze, sold an estimated $39 million in tickets, on the high end of pre-release analyst expectations. Rogen, Byrne and Efron reprise their roles for the follow-up, in which the couple this time faces off with a sorority, led by series newcomer Chloë Grace Moretz, that moves in next door.
The comedy also expanded into 10 more foreign markets this weekend for a total 45 territories in release.
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Internationally, the movie, which was in its second weekend of release, brought in an estimated 55.5 million dollars from 83 total markets in three-day weekend, bringing its worldwide gross to 112 million. I expect this is the last week that The Jungle Book will be in the TOP 5 as two major franchise films are hitting screens next week. Set in 1970s Los Angeles, the Shane Black-helmed project had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, and is produced by Joel Silver. Meanwhile, “The Jungle Book” nabbed the fifth place with approximately $11 million, bringing its domestic total to $327.5 million.
