And overseas, Jungle Book roared to another $96 million from 53 territories for a foreign total of $337 million and global haul of $528.5 million, including a hearty $97.4 million in China and $28.8 million in India, the top gross of all time for a Hollywood title. “Snow White and the Huntsman” opened in June 2012 right in between the releases of the final two “Twilight” films, which also starred Ms. Stewart.
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In second place was the debuting fantasy sequel, The Huntsman: Winter’s War, with Chris Hemsworth, Emily Blunt, Charlize Theron, and Jessica Chastain.
The family-friendly tent pole declined only 41 per cent from its opening frame and left Universal’s launch of The Huntsman: Winter’s War in the dust with US$20 million at 3,791 locations. Opening weekend audiences however gave the film a more promising B+ CinemaScore.I would have liked more people to go see ours, but I certainly wouldnt call it a flop either, said Nick Carpou, Universals president of domestic distribution. Dergarabedian noted that it could actually help jumpstart the summer movie season too.
He added that the sterling performance by “The Jungle Book” signals strong continued moviegoing in the upcoming weeks with Disney-Marvel’s “Captain America: Civil War” launching on May 6. Are you surprised that The Jungle Book ended up as number one over The Huntsman: Winter’s War?
“Barbershop: The Next Cut” landed in third place with $10.8 million in its second weekend in theatres.
Japanese drama Flying Colors came in at No. 7 with $630,000, followed by the Chinese romantic film Insomnia Lover with $300,000 and Yang Qing’s Chongqing Hot Pot, which raked in $260,000 to take its cumulative numbers to $56.9 million after 24 days.
A pair of high-profile indie films debuted at the specialty box office: Amazon Studios’ Elvis & Nixon, starring Michael Shannon and Kevin Spacey, and A Hologram for the King, starring Tom Hanks.
Disney’s eighth weekend of Zootopia finished fourth as it dropped only 19 per cent to US$6.6 million at 2,798 sites for a domestic total of US$316.4 million.
Universal’s third weekend of Melissa McCarthy’s, The Boss, came in fifth with US$6.1 million for a domestic total of US$49.3 million.
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While Eye in the Sky remained stubbornly in tenth with an estimated $1.2 million, newcomer Compadres managed to make the list.
