It was a truly outrageous weekend at the box office, and not in a good way. The popular 1980s cartoon adaptation had negative buzz from the start and its $5 million budget was a sign that the studio didn’t have much faith in it. A little surprise was Bill Murray’s Rock the Kasbah. It grossed $1.3M, which is the worst opening ever for a major studio release playing in at least 2,000 theaters. Universal’s Steve Jobs earned $294,000 in 1,748 theaters with shows beginning at 8 p.m. while Jem and the Holograms grossed $34,000 in 944 theaters after shows kicked off at 7 p.m. “Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension” debuted in sixth with $8.2 million. That is by far the lowest debut for a “Paranormal Activity” film since the first movie, which doesn’t even count considering that it opened in only twelve theaters before word of mouth spread and it became a huge hit. Vin Diesel has been riding a wave of popularity and while his The Last Witch Hunter cost $70 million to make, you’d think it would have brought in more than a paltry $10.8 million.
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Universal is not disenchanted with the enlargement numbers and anticipates that “Steve Jobs” will proceed to be within the cultural dialog, particularly because the awards season kicks off. The movie value roughly $ 30 million to make and has made $ 9.ninety eight million up to now. Matt Damon’s “The Martian” took the top spot this weekend with $15.9 million.
Finally, Suffragette opened in limited on four screens with $77,000. Usually they have to wait 90 days.
Take two on the Steve Jobs biopic did a much better job critically than Ashton Kutcher’s 2013 version, but financially it didn’t perform that much better. AMC and Cineplex agreed to take part within the mannequin, however others refused to play the film. This result for the Ridley Scott film might mean better news for it Oscar-wise than financially, as a return to number one will garner more headlines. There were several new movies in theaters, but none of them really managed to capture a solid audience.
As audiences pick and choose where to spend their entertainment dollars, Dergarabedian also notes that there is a handful of probable blockbusters on the way with “Spectre”, “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2” and “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”.
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“It’s not like all is lost at the box office”, Dergarabedian said. Final domestic figures will be released Monday. Goosebumps held surprisingly strong in its second weekend, making $15.5 million for a total of $43.7 million.
