Disney’s “The Jungle Book” remained the most popular movie in North America for a third straight weekend. It took in about US$9.4 million, below what Warner Bros and its New Line unit had hoped for before release. In it, they play Los Angeles cousins who are led into a criminal underworld in their search for a lost cat. Banking on a primarily female audience, the film has an all-star cast including Jennifer Aniston, Julia Roberts, Jason Sudeikis, Kate Hudson and comedian and talk show host Loni Love. Naturally, this was more than enough to conquer the weekend’s two big newcomers, the ensemble comedy Mother’s Day and R-rated action-comedy Keanu.
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HOLLYWOOD-Well, it was not a good weekend for new releases at the box-office.
This added to Disney’s worldwide dominance, since Captain America: Civil War launched internationally this weekend to give the company an enormous boost. Some expect the film to be the year’s biggest hit. Final domestic figures will be released today. “The Jungle Book”, $42.4 million; 2.
Key & Peele’s Keanu took in $9.35M in its opening weekend off of a $15M budget. The total gross of it in first 10 days is up to $34 million. In the Philippines, the film made the record for the highest grossing debut of all time, amassing $7.5 million (P352,350,000 as of yesterday’s exchange rate), according to Variety magazine. “Ratchet & Clank“, $4.8 million; 8. It also crossed the $250 million mark today, its 17th day, which is incredibly speedy for a film not released in summer or at Christmas (it tied Iron Man 2). ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, ‘ $3.8 million ($2.8 million international). 10. The DC Extended Universe film brought its totals to $325.1 million domestically and $862.9 million worldwide. That number is the sum of estimated opening weekends in France, Germany, Spain, U.K., Australia, Japan, Korea, Brazil and Mexico, plus close to 30 smaller foreign markers that all get to see Civil War before the USA does. Captain America: Civil War opens on May 6, and it should easily dust The Jungle Book.
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While watching “The Jungle Book” in the theatre, you feel the world around you transform – walking deep into the jungle, climbing the giant tree, falling off a dry brunch, clinging on to a wild buffalo and braving Sher Khan. Finding Mr. Right, $51 million.4.
