The film is now on-track to become Disney’s highest-grossing film of 2016, and that’s saying something: The studio’s The Jungle Book has amassed $357.1 million total thus far, while Zootopia trails closely behind with $340.2 million and counting.
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Disney-Pixar’s “Finding Dory” easily emerged in the top spot at this weekend’s box office, grossing $73.2 million from 4,305 screens.
The survival horror thriller, starring Blake Lively, earned approximately $16.7 million and lands in fourth place, behind the action-comedy “Central Intelligence”, which added an estimated $18.4 in its second weekend.
The Civil War drama “Free State of Jones” had a dismal opening.
In a weekend full of ups and downs, the opening of “Independence Day” was the most closely watched debut.
“Independence Day” came in at the low end of the studio’s projected range, said Chris Aronson, president of domestic distribution for 20th Century Fox.
Independence Day earned more than $500 million at the global box office, marking one of the first major Hollywood blockbusters to do significantly more money overseas.
Fox, perhaps smarting from the critical reaction to its recent release “X-Men: Apocalypse”, took the unusual move of not screening the film for critics before release. With a budget of $165 million, this followup will be lucky if it can make over $100 million domestically. The film’s nett collections now stand at 9.29 crores.
The well-liked sequel set a record at the box office for animated films last week when it hauled in $136 million. “There’s definitely been a pushback from audiences for numerous sequels, including ‘Independence Day'”.
Also new this weekend in America are: The Shallows at number 4 and Free State of Jones at number 5.
The film also fell short of its predicted opening weekend goal, which fans say could do with actor Will Smith not reprising his role in the franchise.
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Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at US and Canadian theaters, according to comScore.
