It was another weekend of new arrivals stumbling in the face of solid holdovers at the American box office as Spectre handily retained its first place spot with $35.4 million.
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Box office projections from Sony forecast a 35.4 million USA dollars take for “Spectre” this weekend, adding to a 130.7 million dollars total over 10 days, according to figures gathered by Rentrak.
Staying in second place for a second weekend was the animated family comedy The Peanuts Movie with an estimated $24.2M falling by 45%.
With an estimated $48M this weekend, Sony/MGM/Eon’s Spectre has bonded with Chinese audiences.
Spectre (2015), the 24 James Bond film produced by Eon Productions, which was directed by Sam Mendes, seems to prepare the end of a cycle, that of Daniel Craig’s interpretation of 007, as the actor has only one Bond film left in his contract. The Matt Damon drama earned $6.7 million from 2,788 theaters, a drop of only 26% from last weekend. You might consider that amount of money something of a success given the bashing it received at the hands of critics (a painful 17% at Rotten Tomatoes), but conidering the limited likelihood of worldwide interest and a reported $18 million production budget, Love The Coopers is set to be a holiday bust for CBS films. The Peanuts Movie should be able to work its way to at least $135 million. The first two films in the franchise opened with over $150 million, and “Mockingjay Part 1” opened previous year with $121 million; so a few are already saying that if “Part 2” opens with anything less than $120 million, it will considered a disappointment.
This was the weekend that nothing went as expected at the box office – hinting that the multiplex may be in for a wild ride this winter.
Meanwhile The Dressmaker showed great legs in its third weekend, mustering $2 million as it dropped by 33 per cent.
Despite the stellar Australian debut, the action-adventure has little chance of reaching Skyfall’s $49 million lifetime cume, given the looming competition from the last chapter of The Hunger Games on Thursday and J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: Episode V11- The Force Awakens on December 17.
“By the Sea” grossed a measly US$95,440 at 10 sites for a doleful per-screen average of US$9,544.
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Spectre and The Peanuts Movie spent their second weekends at the top of the charts once again, besting a trio of new wide releases. Where available, the latest global numbers for Friday through Sunday are also included.
