(Although it’s close enough that things could change when final numbers are released on Monday.) After breaking records to become the biggest Rocky debut of all time, Creed pulled in $15.54 million in its second weekend for a domestic total of $65.1 million. The film overperformed what most were expecting for it; the general predictions had run in the low teens but solid reviews (64% on RT) and a dearth of other new options worked to the film’s favor. Those honors would have to go to No. 1 Gremlins and No. 2 The Nightmare Before Christmas, though one could certainly make the case that these films are not straight horror.
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Krampus was not expected to be a huge box office hit, let alone knock Pixar’s The Good Dinosaur off its perch, but that’s exactly what has happened. Overseas, it also dominated with $32.4 million, putting its foreign total at $296.8 million. Estimates have both Creed and The Good Dinosaur making $15.5 million. The animated pic, which follows an early human and a young dinosaur becoming friends, could top $75 million in domestic receipts by the end of the weekend. The movie has reached $121 million, but it will be unable to reach the $150 million plateau.
While Creed held on well, Pixar’s The Good Dinosaur did not. By contrast, we’ve seen top-performing films like “The Avengers”, “Jurassic World”, and “Avatar” within the last six years. And “Spectre’ took fifth position with $US5.4 million”. The Night Before, $4.9 million.7.
Brooklyn and The Secret in their Eyes rounded out the top ten with $2.4 million and $1.9 million. The movie has now grossed $523 million worldwide. It earned $US1.2 million over 305 screens and is being distributed by Roadside Attractions. The film continues to trail behind last year’s Hunger Games offering by approximately 12% domestically and seven percent overseas. Spectre, $5.4 million ($23 million international).6. Brooklyn, $2.4 million.10. The budget was $19.5 million. With just $227 million in its third weekend, Part 2 is unlikely to break $300 million, the only one of the four to fail to do so.
“Krampus” performed respectably in its first weekend of release, but it was unable to dethrone “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2” from the #1 position.
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In limited release, the Weinstein Company opened “MacBeth” in five theaters, where the film adaptation of the “Scottish Play” earned a lackluster $67,868, for a per-screen average of $13,573.
