Official Weekend Estimates: Maze Runner - 30.3M | Black Mass - 23.4M | Everest - 7.5M | The Visit - 11.4M | Perfect Guy - 9.7M

[PenguinHyphy]

 

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I have never seen a 25+ percentage that high.   

[Avatree]

Film rebates and tax credits going to good use.

So You're saying that productions with 120M budgets don't use tax benefits?

[TalesofToday]

So You're saying that productions with 120M budgets don't use tax benefits?

Ah. What? No. How did you come to that conclusion?

[CJohn]

So You're saying that productions with 120M budgets don't use tax benefits?

Didn't he said the budget of Scorch Trials is so low because Fox used tax benefits ? This is what I took from his post. 

Edited September 20, 2015 by CJohn

[TalesofToday]

Didn't he said the budget of Scorch Trials is so low because Fox used tax benefits ? This is what I took from his post. 

No I didn't you're putting words in my mouth. If you read my comment, you will see I said "film rebates and tax credits are going to good use." I never said that the budget is low because of it.

[CJohn]

No I didn't you're putting words in my mouth. If you read my comment, you will see I said "film rebates and tax credits are going to good use." I never said that the budget is low because of it.

But it is. Same with the first movie which somehow only cost 35M.

[Chewy]

Even the 200M blockbusters are rolling in tax breaks. All of these blockbusters are budgeted and scheduled around them

[TalesofToday]

But it is. Same with the first movie which somehow only cost 35M.

My reply to the comments I quoted did not revolve around why the budget was low, but why the film looks grander in scale for its budget. I simply pointed out rebates and tax credits were put to good use. Every film uses these benefits, but you don't always see it translated on the big screen.

[terrestrial]

 Studio Weekend Estimates  Fri, Sep. 18 - Sun, Sep. 20

 

sorted per studio

Fox:
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials    $30,300,000    --    3,791    --    $7,993    $30,300,000        
Hitman: Agent 47    $263,000    -64%    391    -660    $673    $22,221,742
Fantastic Four (2015)    $222,000    -50%    355    -321    $625    $55,708,819
Mistress America    $66,000    -73%    97    -306    $680    $2,396,684

WB:
Black Mass    $23,360,000    --    3,188    --    $7,327    $23,360,000    
UNCLE    $770,000    -59%    955    -701    $806    $44,547,354

Universal:
The Visit (2015)    $11,350,000    -55%    3,148    79    $3,605    $42,348,320    
Everest (2015)    $7,560,000    --    545    --    $13,872    $7,560,000    
SOC    $1,970,000    -50%    1,938    -874    $1,017    $158,921,260        
Minions    $890,000    -41%    1,134    -451    $785    $890,000
Jurassic World    $621,000    -47%    753    -416    $825    $649,845,035
Trainwreck    $442,000    -52%    539    -199    $820    $109,435,665    

Sony:
The Perfect Guy    $9,655,000    -63%    2,230    9    $4,330    $41,365,472    
War Room    $6,320,000    -19%    1,945    298    $3,249    $49,158,662    
Grandma    $1,595,820    148%    1,061    931    $1,504    $3,789,539
Coming Home (2015)    $38,307    45%    10    7    $3,831    $82,625

Broad Green Pictures:
A Walk in the Woods    $2,732,730    -42%    2,158    19    $1,266    $24,792,246    
Learning to Drive    $530,335    -26%    339    62    $1,564    $2,368,632

Paramount:
MI 5    $2,250,000    -45%    2,202    -447    $1,022    $191,732,210    
Captive (2015)    $1,400,000    --    806    --    $1,737    $1,400,000

Weinstein:
No Escape (2015)    $1,017,000    -65%    2,054    -968    $495    $26,237,002    
Southpaw    $114,000    -61%    232    -271    $491    $52,074,271

Disney:
Inside Out (2015)    $964,000    -37%    1,200    -802    $803    $352,883,169    
Ant-Man    $936,000    -44%    977    -377    $958    $177,586,846

EuropaCorp:    
Transporter Refueled    $675,000    -76%    1,742    -1692    $387    $15,255,816    

IDP/Samuel Goldwyn:
90 Minutes in Heaven    $1,005,082    -51%    899    22    $1,118    $3,747,378        
A Brilliant Young Mind    $39,708    26%    18    15    $2,206    $80,990

Lionsgate:
Un Gallo con muchos Huevos    $1,000,000    -51%    606    -10    $1,650    $8,204,356
Shaun the Sheep Movie    $260,000    -44%    509    -259    $511    $19,000,523
Sicario (2015)    $390,000    --    6    --    $65,000    $390,000
American Ultra    $60,000    -83%    184    -411    $326    $14,331,340

STX:
The Gift (2015)    $531,000    -61%    757    -632    $701    $43,372,735    
    
IFC Films:    
Phoenix (2015)    $174,000    -36%    165    -32    $1,055    $2,808,450    
Sleeping with Other People    $104,000    17%    27    22    $3,852    $217,318

Vladar:
Jeremy Scott: The People's Designer    $225,000    --    12    --    $18,750    $225,000    

Bleecker Street:
Pawn Sacrifice    $207,000    --    33    --    $6,273    $222,933    

Alchemy:
Meet the Patels    $160,040    122%    34    29    $4,707    $253,735        

PBS:
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution    $46,985    --    8    --    $5,873    $151,302
    
RADiUS-TWC:
Goodnight Mommy    $45,764    -28%    9    4    $5,085    $140,676        
Before We Go    $380    -88%    3    -11    $127    $36,320

Cohen:
The New Girlfriend    $41,000    --    13    --    $3,154    $41,000    

Oscilloscope:    
10    The Second Mother    $41,000    -7%    27    5    $1,519    $217,328    
    
China Lion Film:
Office    $37,000    --    15    --    $2,467    $37,000    

Ciesla:    
Rosenwald    $36,940    --    18    --    $2,052    $287,426    

Showtime:    
Prophet's Prey    $5,000    --    1    --    $5,000    $5,000    

Cinema Libre:    
Olvidados    $3,220    --    1    --    $3,220    $3,220    

Orchard:
Cartel Land    $2,023    --    7    --    $289    $693,874    
Digging for Fire    $557    --    5    --    $111    $118,379

[Maxmoser3]

Black Mass should do about at least 70 million domestic, Maze Runner will probably make between 75-80 which is bleh for the anticipated sequel but should do fine overseas. Everest is off to a decent start it should bring in a decent opening next weekend against Hotel Transylvania 2.

[TLK]

Unless Everest breaks out in wide release, none of this week's three releases will make $100 million domestic. I was expecting all three to do that.

[Asyulus]

Wow, thats a complete letdown for Maze Runner 2.

[babz06]

Unless Everest breaks out in wide release, none of this week's three releases will make $100 million domestic. I was expecting all three to do that.

you where? Everest and Black Mass always looked like 80-90m grossers at best to me. Maze Runner was the only one i thought would hit 100m, so that was a disappointment. 

[PenguinHyphy]

you where? Everest and Black Mass always looked like 80-90m grossers at best to me. Maze Runner was the only one i thought would hit 100m, so that was a disappointment. 

 

Black Mass is not hitting that.       

[MovieMan89]

Was gone this weekend, but geez what a disappointing weekend after all the potential with MR2 and BM. So much for MT's decent track record. At least Everest did decent for IMAX only.