Weekend Chappie - 13.35M | Focus - 10.01M | 2nd Best Exotic Marigold - 8.54M | Unfinished Business - 4.77M

[Frozen]

Dang, Chappie....

[Sam]

CHAPPiE opened with an estimated $13.3M this weekend. #CHAPPiE— BoxOffice (@BoxOffice) March 8, 2015

Ya happy, CJohn?

[kayumanggi]

THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE OUT OF WATER took in an estimated $7.0M this weekend. Domestic total stands at $148.99M. #SpongeBob

— BoxOffice (@BoxOffice)

March 8, 2015

[kayumanggi]

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING: $79.1M Overseas Total / $114.6M Global Total #TheoryOfEverything

— BoxOffice (@BoxOffice)

March 8, 2015

[CoolioD1]

wow, this sucks. cinderella better explode next weekend.

[The Futurist]

I know Chappie s budget is not that big but that s a very weak opening nonetheless.

[kayumanggi]

Woohoo!

BIG HERO 6: $383.5M Overseas Total / $604.8M Global Total #BigHero6

— BoxOffice (@BoxOffice)

March 8, 2015

[CJohn]

Ya happy, CJohn?

Considering his OD I was expecting around 11M so it is ok, but no, I am not happy.

[kayumanggi]

MCFARLAND, USA took in an estimated $5.32M this weekend. Domestic total stands at $29.43M. #McFarlandUSA

— BoxOffice (@BoxOffice)

March 8, 2015

[kayumanggi]

Top BO: #1 CHAPPIE ($13.3M) #2 FOCUS ($10M) #3 EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL 2 ($8.6M) #4 KINGSMAN ($8.3M) #5 SPONGEBOB 2 ($7M)

— Exhibitor Relations (@ERCboxoffice)

March 8, 2015

[terrestrial]

March 6-8, 2015 Weekend

• Standard Chart
• Screens & Showings
• Studio

	View Index: By Year | By Weekend
TW LW Title (click to view) Studio Weekend Gross % Change Theater Count / Change Average Total Gross Budget* Week # 1 N Chappie Sony $13,300,000 - 3,201 - $4,155 $13,300,000 $49 1 2 1 Focus (2015) WB $10,020,000 -46.4% 3,323 - $3,015 $34,573,000 $50.1 2 3 N The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel FoxS $8,600,000 - 1,573 - $5,467 $8,600,000 - 1 4 2 Kingsman: The Secret Service Fox $8,300,000 -30.1% 3,101 -181 $2,677 $98,028,000 $81 4 5 3 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water Par. $7,000,000 -35.3% 3,097 -370 $2,260 $148,993,000 $74 5 6 4 Fifty Shades of Grey Uni. $5,604,000 -46.9% 2,788 -595 $2,010 $156,448,000 $40 4

 

7	6	McFarland, USA	BV	$5,318,000	-32.1%	2,792	+27	$1,905	$29,426,000	-	3
8	5	The Lazarus Effect	Rela.	$5,100,000	-50.0%	2,666	-	$1,913	$17,400,000	$3.3	2
9	8	The DUFF	LGF	$4,850,000	-29.4%	2,559	-63	$1,895	$26,116,000	$8.5	3
10	N	Unfinished Business	Fox	$4,800,000	-	2,777	-	$1,728	$4,800,000	$35	1
11	7	American Sniper	WB	$4,510,000	-39.0%	2,545	-369	$1,772	$337,209,000	$58.8	11
-	9	Still Alice	SPC	$1,651,000	-38.7%	1,197	-121	$1,379	$14,723,000	$5	8
-	11	Jupiter Ascending	WB	$1,155,000	-45.7%	943	-602	$1,225	$45,054,000	$176	5
-	15	A La Mala	LGF	$850,000	-39.4%	384	-	$2,214	$2,599,000	-	2
-	12	Birdman	FoxS	$733,000	-61.9%	777	-436	$943	$41,550,000	$18	21
-	10	Hot Tub Time Machine 2	Par.	$540,000	-77.9%	900	-2,001	$600	$11,815,000	$14	3
-	21	Selma	Par.	$370,000	-17.3%	270	-13	$1,370	$50,964,000	$20	11
-	27	What We Do in the Shadows	U/P	$329,000	+33.9%	100	+54	$3,290	$932,000	-	4
-	19	Big Hero 6	BV	$325,000	-37.5%	310	-38	$1,048	$221,312,000	$165	18
-	23	Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb	Fox	$287,000	-5.9%	265	-8	$1,083	$112,351,000	$127	12

 

-	16	Whiplash	SPC	$276,000	-59.2%	289	-249	$955	$12,734,000	$3.3	22
-	17	The Theory of Everything	Focus	$257,000	-59.5%	355	-256	$724	$35,497,000	$15	18
-	20	Black or White	Rela.	$242,000	-51.7%	389	-329	$622	$21,047,000	$9	6
-	25	Taken 3	Fox	$213,000	-18.3%	256	-39	$832	$88,323,000	$48	9
-	22	Seventh Son	Uni.	$168,000	-47.8%	203	-136	$828	$17,016,000	$95	5
-	26	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1	LGF	$165,000	-34.9%	225	-32	$733	$336,962,000	$125	16
-	29	Project Almanac	Par.	$145,000	-37.9%	186	-104	$780	$22,108,000	$12	6
-	38	Wild Tales	SPC	$145,000	+33.0%	28	+10	$5,179	$539,000	-	3
-	30	Mr. Turner	SPC	$127,000	-39.5%	114	-	$1,114	$3,532,000	-	12
-	N	Road Hard	FB	$113,000	-	22	-	$5,136	$113,000	-	1
-	34	Interstellar	Par.	$85,000	-29.6%	102	-13	$833	$187,892,000	$165	18
-	31	The Boy Next Door	Uni.	$75,000	-51.6%	122	-95	$615	$35,381,900	$4	7
-	33	Leviathan (2014)	SPC	$71,200	-43.0%	71	-9	$1,003	$994,200	-	11
-	39	Unbroken	Uni.	$68,400	-30.5%	119	-29	$575	$115,602,200	$65	11

 

[kayumanggi]

Powered by China, #BigHero6 breaks $600M worldwide. Japan top mkt at $75.1M, China already 2nd w/ $40.8M. $604.8M total.

— Gitesh Pandya (@giteshpandya)

March 8, 2015

[cory]

Worst year for this weekend since 94-95

Worst March Weekend since 93.

 

Yay for BH6!

[Spidey Freak]

So will BH6 chug past Tangled WW?

[kayumanggi]

1	Fifty Shades of Grey	Uni.	$156,448,000	3,655	$85,171,450	3,646	2/13	-
2	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water	Par.	$148,993,000	3,680	$55,365,012	3,641	2/6	-
3	Kingsman: The Secret Service	Fox	$98,028,000	3,282	$36,206,331	3,204	2/13	-
4	Taken 3	Fox	$88,323,000	3,594	$39,201,657	3,594	1/9	-
5	Paddington	W/Dim.	$70,799,868	3,355	$18,966,676	3,303	1/16	-
6	The Wedding Ringer	SGem	$63,170,089	3,003	$20,649,306	3,003	1/16	-
7	Jupiter Ascending	WB	$45,054,000	3,181	$18,372,372	3,181	2/6	-
8	The Boy Next Door	Uni.	$35,381,900	2,615	$14,910,105	2,602	1/23	-
9	Focus (2015)	WB	$34,573,000	3,323	$18,685,137	3,323	2/27	-
10	McFarland, USA	BV	$29,426,000	2,792	$11,020,798	2,755	2/20

 

[kayumanggi]

1	American Sniper	WB	$337,209,000	3,885	$633,456	4	12/25	-
2	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1	LGF	$336,962,000	4,151	$121,897,634	4,151	11/21	-
3	Guardians of the Galaxy	BV	$333,176,600	4,088	$94,320,883	4,080	8/1	1/22
4	Captain America: The Winter Soldier	BV	$259,766,572	3,938	$95,023,721	3,938	4/4	8/21
5	The LEGO Movie	WB	$257,760,692	3,890	$69,050,279	3,775	2/7	9/4
6	The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies	WB	$254,456,608	3,875	$54,724,334	3,875	12/17	-
7	Transformers: Age of Extinction	Par.	$245,439,076	4,233	$100,038,390	4,233	6/27	10/9
8	Maleficent	BV	$241,410,378	3,948	$69,431,298	3,948	5/30	12/4
9	X-Men: Days of Future Past	Fox	$233,921,534	4,001	$90,823,660	3,996	5/23	10/9
10	Big Hero 6	BV	$221,312,000	3,773	$56,215,889	3,761	11/7	-

 

[kayumanggi]

So WB has won 2014 lol.

Edited March 8, 2015 by kayumanggi

[IKnowKungFu]

That awkward moment when John Wick had a higher OW than Chappie.

[TalismanRing]

So will BH6 chug past Tangled WW?

 

It already has. It will pass Dragons 2 this week - it's China hold was incredible.

[AniNate]

You mean how it ended in real life?

 

It's not that he dies, it's how they portray it, giving the guy such a foreboding, sinister air and having his wife look out suspiciously before shutting the door.