Weekend Wrap-Up
The Box Office Good, Bad and Ugly Over Oscar Weekend
By John Hamann
February 26, 2017
Fifty Shades Darker is fifth. The Universal release got spanked hard this weekend, as the lusty thriller could only manage $7.7 million and dropped 62%, after earning $20 million last weekend. The domestic total rises to $103.6 million, but the real money is overseas, where Fifty Shades Darker has picked up almost $225 million, for a combined $325 million plus, against a budget of $55 million.
Sixth is Fist Fight from Warner Bros. This miss started with $12.2 million last weekend, and this weekend, it falls into the toilet, earning only $6.4 million. That gives it a nasty decline of 48%, a domestic cume of $23.3 million, and no chance of recouping its $25 million budget.
Seventh is Hidden Figures, as it rides into Oscar weekend as a box office superstar. In its eighth weekend of wide release, Hidden Figures found another $5.9 million, off a slim 19% compared to last weekend. The Fox release has now picked up $152.8 million stateside and another $23 million from a few choice markets. Should it pull a rabbit out of its hat and win Best Picture tonight, who knows where the box office goes, as that would be a huge story.
Likely the big winner at the Oscars tonight, La La Land finishes eighth. The Damien Chazelle flick added another $4.6 million and held steady compared to last weekend. The $30 million Lionsgate release has now picked up $140.9 million on the domestic side and almost $230 million overseas.
Ninth is the other Universal/Jason Blum release, Split. This horror/thriller earned $4.1 million in its sixth frame, and dropped 43%. Split has now picked up $130.8 million against that $9.5 million budget, and has crossed the $220 million mark worldwide.
Tenth is Lion, our third Oscar nominee in the top 10. This one has built on its weekend gross every weekend since January 27th, but dips a bit this weekend. Lion earned $3.8 million over Oscar weekend and fell 9%. LIon was made for $12 million. It has picked up $42.8 million stateside, and is approaching $50 million from overseas theaters.
Our other two openers, Rock Dog and Collide, finish outside of the top ten. The animated Rock Dog earned $3.7 million this weekend from 2,077 screens for Lionsgate. There are a couple of sources that put the budget at $60 million, but that seems high to me. It has put up about $8 million in overseas business but will finish at a loss.
The forgotten release this weekend is Collide, and it joins the worst openings for a film released on more than 2,000 screens. Made and dumped by Relativity, Collide could only earn $1.5 million this weekend, which means it joins recent losers like Morgan ($2 million opening on 2,020 screens), Warren Beatty’s Rules Don’t Apply ($1.58 million, 2,382 venues) and Zac Efron’s We Are Your Friends ($1.77 million, 2,333 venues). Collide cost $21.5 million to make.
Overall, theater owners and studios will be happy to have February behind them. This weekend, the top 12 films earned only $107 million, which is ahead of last year when the top 12 found $96.5 million. Next weekend should have a big winner in Logan, which is likely the last Wolverine film, Before I Fall, a drama with Zoey Deutch, and something called The Shack, from Lionsgate.
| 1 |
Get Out |
Universal |
$30,524,000 |
New |
$30,524,000 |
| 2 |
The Lego Batman Movie |
Warner Bros. |
$19,000,000 |
- 42% |
$133,007,000 |
| 3 |
John Wick: Chapter 2 |
Lionsgate |
$9,000,000 |
- 45% |
$74,412,700 |
| 4 |
The Great Wall |
Universal |
$8,719,000 |
- 53% |
$34,424,000 |
| 5 |
Fifty Shades Darker |
Universal |
$7,700,000 |
- 62% |
$103,635,000 |
| 6 |
Fist Fight |
Warner Bros. |
$6,380,000 |
- 48% |
$23,255,000 |
| 7 |
Hidden Figures |
Fox |
$5,875,000 |
- 19% |
$152,815,000 |
| 8 |
La La Land |
Lionsgate |
$4,600,000 |
+ 0% |
$140,860,065 |
| 9 |
Split |
Universal |
$4,118,000 |
- 42% |
$130,843,000 |
| 10 |
Lion |
Weinstein Co. |
$3,807,000 |
- 9% |
$42,815,337 |
| 11 |
Rock Dog |
Lionsgate |
$3,700,000 |
New |
$3,700,000 |
| 12 |
A Dog's Purpose |
Universal |
$3,561,000 |
- 38% |
$57,570,000 |
| |
Also Opening/Notables |
| |
Collide |
Open Road Films |
$1,539,590 |
New |
$1,539,590 |
| |
Bitter Harvest |
Roadside Attractions |
$200,000 |
New |
$200,000 |
| |
My Life As a Zucchini |
Gkids |
$28,206 |
New |
$28,206 |
| |
A Cure For Wellness |
Fox |
$1,375,000 |
- 68% |
$7,470,000 |
| |
Everybody Loves Somebody |
Lionsgate |
$410,000 |
- 56% |
$1,676,952 |
| |
2017 Oscar Nominated Short Films |
Shortshd |
$500,000 |
- 22% |
$2,600,000 |
| |
A United Kingdom |
FOX SEARCHLIGHT |
$548,000 |
+ 105% |
$1,027,000 |
| |
Kedi |
Oscilloscope |
$115,250 |
+ 47% |
$303,048 |
| |
Land of Mine |
Sony Classics |
$15,167 |
+ 10% |
$68,254 |
| |
I Am Not Your Negro |
Magnolia |
$825,000 |
- 19% |
$4,675,000 |
| |
The Red Turtle |
Sony Classics |
$120,437 |
+ 87% |
$595,540 |
| |
Toni Erdmann |
Sony Classics |
$140,417 |
- 30% |
$1,182,589 |
| |
Fences |
Paramount |
$725,000 |
- 13% |
$56,500,000 |
| |
Manchester By the Sea |
Roadside Attractions |
$500,000 |
- 5% |
$46,900,000 |
| |
Arrival |
Paramount |
$500,000 |
+ 65% |
$100,600,000 |
| |
Moonlight |
A24 |
$950,000 |
+ 76% |
$22,500,000 |
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Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations
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