Weekend Estimates: War Room 9.35 | SOC 8.8 | Walk 8.25 | MI 7.15 | Transporter 7.13 | Escape 5.4 | Gallo 3.4

[DAR]

I liked Rope of Silicon a lot and was sad it's no more. But this is a good thing

[kayumanggi]

ANT-MAN: $210.5M Overseas Total / $383.69M Global Total #AntMan

— BoxOffice (@BoxOffice)

September 6, 2015

[The Dark Alfred]

750m WW for MI5 looks likely. Terrific. Even 800m doable if it breaks out in China.

[kayumanggi]

#Boxoffice suffering worst #LaborDay wknd in 15yrs! Top20 at just $78M FRI-SUN. Thx studios for dumping out all your crap.

— Gitesh Pandya (@giteshpandya)

September 6, 2015

[mahnamahna]

War Room only dipped -17.6%, pretty good...

It's definitely solid. Should end up with $45-50 million DOM on a $3 million budget, with potential for $55-60 million, if its legs really catch on through September. 

[mahnamahna]

 

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If only Everest, Black Mass or The Walk had opened late August... seriously, any of those three would have been a welcome addition to the August lineup. Other than Compton, the landscape was barren. 

[Avatree]

It's definitely solid. Should end up with $45-50 million DOM on a $3 million budget, with potential for $55-60 million, if its legs really catch on through September. 

Wow, 3M budget is great. Did it have much marketing?

[kayumanggi]

Yay!

INSIDE OUT: $386.2M Overseas Total / $734.419M Global Total #InsideOUt

— BoxOffice (@BoxOffice)

September 6, 2015

[mahnamahna]

Wow, 3M budget is great. Did it have much marketing?

Not really. War Room got a lot of free advertising from pastors and social media. The Kendrick brothers don't exactly have the money to create elaborate ad campaigns, so their marketing is very grassroots/WOM. 

[boxofficeth]

If only Everest, Black Mass or The Walk had opened late August... seriously, any of those three would have been a welcome addition to the August lineup. Other than Compton, the landscape was barren.

Late August has been pretty bad partly because some films, i.e. Regression, Masterminds, Underdogs, etc. have dropped out quite last minute and only War Room stepped in.

I seriously think Everest would have filled the gap perfectly.

[La Binoche]

"Grandma" is a lot of fun. It has serious breakout potential. 

[kayumanggi]

A WALK IN THE WOODS opened with an estimated $8.17M over the 3-day weekend. 5-Day domestic total stands at $10.07M. #AWalkInTheWoods

— BoxOffice (@BoxOffice)

September 6, 2015

[kayumanggi]

#MI5 joins #JurassicWorld as only films this summer to spend 6 wknds in Top5. New #LaborDay wknd chart: http://t.co/y4XTkEO0za

— Gitesh Pandya (@giteshpandya)

September 6, 2015

[terrestrial]

Weekend estimates

= The-Numbers, as this time too many 'limited' titles are higher up in the chart

 

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Chart Index

		Movie	Distributor	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(2)	War Room	Sony Pictures	$9,345,000	-18%	1,526	$6,124	$24,658,458	10
2	(1)	Straight Outta Compton	Universal	$8,848,840	-33%	3,094	$2,860	$147,784,545	24
3	new	A Walk in the Woods	Broad Green Pictures	$8,168,499		1,960	$4,168	$10,200,499	5
4	(3)	Mission: Impossible - Rogue…	Paramount Pictures	$7,150,000	-12%	2,849	$2,510	$180,386,692	38
5	new	The Transporter Refueled	Relativity Media / …	$7,100,000		3,434	$2,068	$7,100,000	3
6	(4)	No Escape	Weinstein Co.	$5,445,000	-33%	3,415	$1,594	$18,446,079	12
7	(6)	The Man From U.N.C.L.E.	Warner Bros.	$3,445,000	-22%	2,102	$1,639	$39,379,148	24
8	new	Un gallo con muchos huevos	Lionsgate	$3,400,000		395	$8,608	$3,400,000	3
9	(5)	Sinister 2	Focus Features	$3,377,000	-28%	2,651	$1,274	$23,716,893	17
10	(19)	Inside Out	Walt Disney	$3,146,000	+133%	2,967	$1,060	$348,219,280	80
11	(8)	Ant-Man	Walt Disney	$2,887,000	-6%	1,527	$1,891	$173,189,700	52
12	(11)	Minions	Universal	$2,717,070	-5%	1,927	$1,410	$328,588,530	59
13	(10)	The Gift	STX Entertainment	$2,617,000	-13%	1,591	$1,645	$39,635,012	31
14	(9)	Jurassic World	Universal	$2,600,005	-14%	1,571	$1,655	$646,643,645	87
15	(7)	Hitman: Agent 47	20th Century Fox	$2,175,000	-49%	2,191	$993	$19,723,787	17
-	(16)	Trainwreck	Universal	$1,454,400	-13%	808	$1,800	$107,134,650	52
-	(12)	American Ultra	Lionsgate	$1,200,000	-58%	1,729	$694	$13,029,251	17
-	(17)	Vacation	Warner Bros.	$1,145,000	-30%	1,045	$1,096	$56,652,064	40
-	(13)	Fantastic Four	20th Century Fox	$1,125,000	-37%	1,135	$991	$54,445,511	31
-	(21)	Southpaw	Weinstein Co.	$985,000	+12%	838	$1,175	$51,003,522	45
-	(20)	Shaun the Sheep	Lionsgate	$865,000	-21%	1,134	$763	$17,655,331	33
-	(14)	We Are Your Friends	Warner Bros.	$640,000	-64%	2,333	$274	$3,160,318	10
-	(22)	Mistress America	Fox Searchlight	$595,000	+41%	512	$1,162	$1,669,726	24
-	(26)	Grandma	Sony Pictures Classics	$491,020	+69%	52	$9,443	$1,063,034	17
-	(58)	Dope	Open Road	$390,427	+2,484%	1,023	$382	$17,169,612	80
-	(23)	The Diary of a Teenage Girl	Sony Pictures Classics	$258,926	-34%	255	$1,015	$1,342,274	31
-	(32)	Terminator: Genisys	Paramount Pictures	$135,000	-29%	168	$804	$89,579,703	68
-	(38)	Irrational Man	Sony Pictures Classics	$55,868	-44%	54	$1,035	$3,812,196	52
-	(47)	Rosenwald	PBS Distribution	$49,275	+5%	15	$3,285	$158,234	24
-	new	The Black Panthers: Vanguar…	PBS Distribution	$20,215		1	$20,215	$28,580	5
-	(67)	Cartel Land	The Orchard	$9,115	-4%	12	$760	$676,294	66
-	(46)	Digging for Fire	The Orchard	$8,071	-83%	17	$475	$98,081	17

 

[CJohn]

DOPE's expansion lmao.

[zackzack]

Terminator Genesys WW > MM FR

No justice....

[zackzack]

12%, MIRN's drop, pretty well deserved, $200M domestic here it comes

[La Binoche]

Is War Room another one of those shitty religious movies? 

 

I hope MI:5 has enough gas left in the tank to make it to $200M. 

 

Sad to see Diary of a Teenage Girl flop like this. Great movie. 

 

Mistress America had great potential but the movie is all over the place so no wonder it went nowhere. 

 

Go Grandma! 

[BoxOfficeFangrl]

It's definitely solid. Should end up with $45-50 million DOM on a $3 million budget, with potential for $55-60 million, if its legs really catch on through September. 

 

Hmmm, IDK, War Room has direct competition starting on Friday:

 

 

Not a huge theater count but look at what WR did last week with just 1100 or so locations.

 

 

Wow, 3M budget is great. Did it have much marketing?

 

Some on OWN for sure, probably other stations geared more toward black/Christian viewers, but the bigger thing is that it's the same team that did Fireproof and Courageous, so they have a following among their target audience. Variety called the Kendrick Brothers "the Steven Spielbergs of Christian cinema".

Edited September 6, 2015 by BoxOfficeChica

[DAJK]

DOPE's expansion lmao.

Doesn't seem to be the type of movie general audiences would flock to anyways.