‘The Jungle Book’ Swings Past $130M Mark After Leading Thursday with $5.58M

Disney’s The Jungle Book took in $5.58 million on Thursday to easily lead the daily box office for a seventh consecutive day.  The 3D live-action computer animated hybrid directed by Jon Favreau declined 5 percent from Wednesday.  The Jungle Book was the week’s top film with a stronger than expected seven-day start of $130.67 million.  The film is running a very impressive 27 percent ahead of the $102.80 million seven-day gross of 2013’s Oz: The Great and Powerful (which was unchanged on its first Thursday to gross $5.13 million) and going forward is likely to hold up significantly better in comparison thanks to strong word of mouth.

Overseas, The Jungle Book took in an estimated $14.0 million on Thursday.  The film has now grossed $246.7 million overseas and $377.4 million globally.  Key overseas grosses to date by territory include $68.3 million in China, $25.5 million in India, $19.3 million in the United Kingdom and $15.8 million in Russia.

Barbershop: The Next Cut rounded out its first week of release with a second place take of $1.04 million.  The Ice Cube led comedy sequel from Warner Bros., New Line and MGM increased an encouraging 3 percent over Wednesday.  Barbershop: The Next Cut placed in second for the week with a seven-day start of $25.20 million.  The film is running in line with expectations and 11.5 percent behind the $28.47 million seven-day take of 2004’s Barbershop 2: Back in Business (which increased 11 percent on its first Thursday to gross $1.00 million).

Universal’s The Boss grossed $0.744 million to hold steady in third.  The Melissa McCarthy led R-rated comedy declined 3 percent from Wednesday and a solid 40 percent from last Thursday.  The Boss placed in third for the week with $13.25 million.  That represented a sharp 56 percent decline from the film’s opening week performance and brings the film’s two-week total to $43.43 million.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice took in $0.600 million to remain in fourth place.  Warner’s blockbuster 3D superhero film starring Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill was unchanged from Wednesday and down 46 percent from last Thursday.  Batman v Superman finished in fourth for the week with $11.68 million.  The film was down a very sharp 60 percent from the previous week and has grossed $313.98 million in four weeks.

Fellow blockbuster Zootopia rounded out the day’s unchanged top five with $0.566 million.  The 3D computer animated film from Disney was up 1 percent over Wednesday and down a very slim 16 percent from last Thursday.  Zootopia finished in fifth for the week with $10.58 million.  The film was down 40 percent from the previous frame and has grossed an exceptional $309.82 million in seven weeks.

Daily box office grosses for Thursday, April 21, 2016: