Weekend Ests. (p19): SOC 13.2M|War Room 11|MI 8.3|No Escape 8.29|Sinister 4.65 |UNCLE 4.41|JW 3.12|AM 3.03|Minions 2.9|WAYF 1.8

[filmlover]

Did the GA even realize A Million Ways and Ted were both MacFarlane?

I mostly think the novelty of a cursing, weed smoking teddy bear ran out.

"From the Director of Ted" was all over its marketing campaign, so yeah.

[grey ghost]

Umm..why does it take box office mojo forever to update its weekend numbers?

Site's quality is going down the drain

It used to be the first to do it..

They usually do it around noon.

[cookie]

Umm..why does it take box office mojo forever to update its weekend numbers?

Site's quality is going down the drain

It used to be the first to do it..

[filmlover]

Also doing quite horrible this weekend:

 

Sony Classics' DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL expanded into moderate wide release in 795 theaters, grossing just $425k ($535 per).

 

Why did SPC give this a wide release, especially after those weak limited numbers? I'm gonna assume it was part of a contractual obligation they had fulfill after they picked it up at Sundance because they never gave much more buzzed and commercial-friendly titles of theirs like Whiplash or Rachel Getting Married such treatment.

[The Dark Alfred]

Sub 30% drop for MI5. Awesome. With a decent LD weekend 200m is probable.

[Alpha]

 

He stares into me.

 

[TalismanRing]

Also doing quite horrible this weekend:

 

Sony Classics' DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL expanded into moderate wide release in 795 theaters, grossing just $425k ($535 per).

 

Why did SPC give this a wide release, especially after those weak limited numbers? I'm gonna assume it was part of a contractual obligation they had fulfill after they picked it up at Sundance because they never gave much more buzzed and commercial-friendly titles of theirs like Whiplash or Rachel Getting Married such treatment.

 

That and it was probably a  time of the year conducive to them getting that many theaters - there's not a lot of competition out there right now even on the Indie scene.

[AniNate]

Also doing quite horrible this weekend:

 

Sony Classics' DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL expanded into moderate wide release in 795 theaters, grossing just $425k ($535 per).

 

Why did SPC give this a wide release, especially after those weak limited numbers? I'm gonna assume it was part of a contractual obligation they had fulfill after they picked it up at Sundance because they never gave much more buzzed and commercial-friendly titles of theirs like Whiplash or Rachel Getting Married such treatment.

 

I was the only one in the theater at my showing. I definitely understand why it's not finding an audience.

[TalismanRing]

Studio Weekend Estimates (Domestic) Fri, Aug. 28 - Sun, Aug. 30

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Wide (1000+)

#	Title	weekend		Locations		Avg.	Total	Wks.	Dist.
1	Straight Outta Compton	$13,240,000	-50%	3,142	117	$4,214	$134,126,175	3	Universal
2	War Room	$11,000,000	--	1,135	--	$9,692	$11,000,000	1	Sony / TriStar
3	Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation	$8,300,000	-28%	3,095	-347	$2,682	$170,386,530	5	Paramount
4	No Escape (2015)	$8,288,000	--	3,355	--	$2,470	$10,348,860	1	Weinstein Company
5	Sinister 2	$4,650,000	-56%	2,799	33	$1,661	$18,511,602	2	Focus / Gramercy
6	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.	$4,410,000	-40%	2,706	-967	$1,630	$34,121,626	3	Warner Bros.
7	Hitman: Agent 47	$3,850,000	-54%	3,273	12	$1,176	$15,270,731	2	Fox
8	The Gift (2015)	$3,134,000	-27%	1,934	-369	$1,620	$35,960,443	4	STX Entertainment
9	Jurassic World	$3,120,000	229%	1,239	665	$2,518	$643,087,785	12	Universal
10	Ant-Man	$3,054,000	-25%	1,690	-326	$1,807	$169,186,526	7	Disney
11	Minions	$2,920,000	-24%	1,976	-250	$1,478	$324,800,590	8	Universal
12	American Ultra	$2,800,000	-49%	2,778	0	$1,008	$10,488,109	2	Lionsgate
13	We Are Your Friends	$1,800,000	--	2,333	--	$772	$1,800,000	1	Warner Bros.
14	Vacation (2015)	$1,705,000	-44%	1,555	-747	$1,096	$55,020,424	5	Warner Bros. / New Line
15	Ricki and the Flash	$1,700,000	-43%	1,716	-297	$991	$23,481,550	4	Sony / TriStar
16	Fantastic Four (2015)	$1,700,000	-54%	1,675	-906	$1,015	$52,663,098	4	Fox
17	Pixels	$1,550,000	-28%	1,005	-344	$1,542	$70,984,964	6	Sony / Columbia
18	Shaun the Sheep Movie	$1,100,000	-27%	1,358	-320	$810	$16,346,567	4	Lionsgate

Limited (100 — 999)

#	Title	weekend		Locations		Avg.	Total	Wks.	Dist.
1	Trainwreck	$1,690,000	-31%	957	-376	$1,766	$105,101,515	7	Universal
2	Inside Out (2015)	$1,356,000	-15%	763	-58	$1,777	$344,525,107	11	Disney
3	Southpaw	$879,000	-25%	606	-452	$1,450	$49,478,879	6	Weinstein Company
4	Mr. Holmes	$468,000	-21%	367	-66	$1,275	$16,120,951	7	Roadside Attractions
5	Mistress America	$430,000	84%	150	118	$2,867	$909,733	3	Fox Searchlight
6	The Diary of a Teenage Girl	$424,984	149%	795	726	$535	$925,065	4	Sony Pictures Classics
7	Paper Towns	$190,000	-44%	254	-119	$748	$31,423,615	6	Fox
8	Terminator Genisys	$190,000	-15%	209	-27	$909	$89,384,045	9	Paramount

Platform (1 — 99)

#	Title	weekend		Locations		Avg.	Total	Wks.	Dist.
1	Grandma	$308,616	167%	19	15	$16,243	$486,498	2	Sony Pictures Classics
2	Learning to Drive	$121,616	84%	15	11	$8,108	$213,546	2	Broad Green Pictures
3	Irrational Man	$104,117	-51%	91	-94	$1,144	$3,719,593	7	Sony Pictures Classics
4	Z for Zachariah	$58,000	--	29	--	$2,000	$58,000	1	Roadside Attractions
5	Digging for Fire	$48,473	--	30	--	$1,616	$76,582	2	The Orchard
6	Rosenwald	$47,025	--	15	--	$3,135	$79,064	3	The Ciesla Foundation
7	Listen to Me Marlon	$41,506	-9%	38	12	$1,092	$313,049	5	Showtime
8	Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet	$38,401	-22%	35	10	$1,097	$208,205	4	GKIDS
9	Love & Mercy	$23,000	-14%	39	-2	$590	$12,458,083	13	Roadside Attractions
10	Dope	$16,334	5%	14	-4	$1,167	$16,761,277	11	Open Road
11	Cartel Land	$9,516	--	12	--	$793	$661,343	9	The Orchard
12	The Overnight	$1,343	--	3	--	$448	$1,109,808	11	The Orchard

 

[MinaTakla]

Fun fact: Minions' 8th weekend was higher than DM2's 8th weekend. Since last week, their tracking was identical.

DM2 gained 15 million from that point on. If that happens for Minions, it would be interesting (340m). It is unlikely though due to DM2 staying in cinemas until December.

Edited August 30, 2015 by MinaTakla

[Clef Ment]

Can Rogue Nation cross $200M?

 

I did not really like it but I think it would be cool.

[Kvikk Lunsj]

Terrible weekend.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Paramount may push Rogue Nation to 200m, not like they have any other movies left this year, sad year for them

[John Marston]

so apparently only fanboys will care about Batman and Superman but it won't be only fanboys that care about some comic book storyline they are adapting for CA Civil War? LOLz

[Giesi]

Take care F7, IO is coming for your place.

[CJohn]

Incredible for JW. I think most theaters might be forced to take it out of IMAX but will change it to a 2D screen instead.

[Maxmoser3]

So SOC could either increase or do less than 10 million next weekend?

[Lestranger]

WAYF is a historical flop. It is not just bad, it is a total disaster. Top 5 worst all time wide release, Top 3 if you throw out the Saw 10 year re-release. Just wow.

 

[Bishop54]

Great weekend for Jurassic World...could crawl to $650M.

[Asyulus]

Great weekend for Jurassic World...could crawl to $650M.

surpasses the titanics