Monday Update: Just like the president he impersonates on Saturday Night Live, Alec Baldwin unexpectedly took first place in a shocking victory where he was expected to finish second. Fox’s animated comedy The Boss Baby surpassed even the most optimistic predictions, taking first place with an estimated $50.1 million opening weekend.
In the process, it dethroned Beauty and the Beast, which was widely expected to lead for a third straight frame, but instead took second with a 49.8 percent decline to $45.4 million.
Paramount and DreamWorks’ Ghost in the Shell under-performed with an estimated $19.0 million and third place. The science-fiction action film starring Scarlett Johansson was expected to earn somewhere around the mid-to-high $20s. Instead, it was unable to overcome the limited fame of the source material and audience fatigue after a month of more successful male-aimed action films including Logan, Kong: Skull Island, and Power Rangers.
Full weekend actuals are below, followed by our original Sunday studio weekend estimates update with more facts and figures.
Weekend Actuals for Friday, March 31 – Sunday, April 2, 2017:
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Boss Baby | $50,198,902 | — | 3,773 | — | $13,305 | $50,198,902 | 1 | Fox / DreamWorks Animation |
| 2 | Beauty and the Beast | $45,420,743 | -50% | 4,210 | 0 | $10,789 | $393,337,585 | 3 | Disney |
| 3 | Ghost in the Shell | $18,676,033 | — | 3,440 | — | $5,429 | $18,676,033 | 1 | Paramount / DreamWorks |
| 4 | Power Rangers | $14,200,307 | -65% | 3,693 | 0 | $3,845 | $64,762,477 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 5 | Kong: Skull Island | $8,587,454 | -41% | 3,141 | -525 | $2,734 | $147,635,658 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | Logan | $6,108,084 | -41% | 2,323 | -840 | $2,629 | $211,775,721 | 5 | Fox |
| 7 | Get Out | $5,660,210 | -36% | 1,844 | -630 | $3,070 | $156,734,170 | 6 | Universal |
| 8 | Life (2017) | $5,551,767 | -56% | 3,146 | 0 | $1,765 | $22,296,006 | 2 | Sony / Columbia |
| 9 | CHiPs | $3,958,188 | -45% | 2,464 | 0 | $1,606 | $14,270,554 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | The Shack | $2,042,041 | -47% | 1,430 | -900 | $1,428 | $52,957,048 | 5 | Lionsgate / Summit |
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Zookeeper’s Wife | $3,288,835 | — | 541 | — | $6,079 | $3,288,835 | 1 | Focus Features |
| 2 | The LEGO Batman Movie | $750,139 | -64% | 812 | -826 | $924 | $172,676,702 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | The Belko Experiment | $528,165 | -72% | 453 | -888 | $1,166 | $8,990,355 | 3 | BH Tilt |
| 4 | Hidden Figures | $414,389 | -45% | 352 | -288 | $1,177 | $167,805,062 | 15 | Fox |
| 5 | T2: Trainspotting | $377,618 | -3% | 140 | 81 | $2,697 | $1,155,125 | 5 | Sony |
| 6 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | $249,074 | -44% | 224 | -43 | $1,112 | $531,721,570 | 16 | Disney |
| 7 | John Wick: Chapter 2 | $217,548 | -52% | 210 | -193 | $1,036 | $91,283,469 | 8 | Lionsgate / Summit |
| 8 | The Last Word | $210,816 | -61% | 289 | -91 | $729 | $1,482,904 | 5 | Bleeker Street |
| 9 | Lion | $198,831 | -50% | 175 | -145 | $1,136 | $51,117,883 | 19 | Weinstein Company |
| 10 | Personal Shopper | $161,457 | -25% | 153 | 46 | $1,055 | $794,857 | 4 | IFC Films |
| 11 | Sing (2016) | $154,360 | -26% | 202 | -26 | $764 | $269,943,555 | 15 | Universal |
| 12 | KEDi | $150,337 | -28% | 108 | 1 | $1,392 | $2,025,391 | 8 | Oscilloscope Laboratories |
| 13 | La La Land | $133,067 | -32% | 143 | -69 | $931 | $150,459,658 | 17 | Lionsgate / Summit |
| 14 | A Dog’s Purpose | $132,295 | -49% | 189 | -110 | $700 | $63,665,480 | 10 | Universal |
| 15 | Fist Fight | $126,584 | 32% | 172 | 19 | $736 | $32,026,656 | 7 | Warner Bros. / New Line |
| 16 | Moana | $110,247 | -47% | 175 | -37 | $630 | $248,558,024 | 19 | Disney |
| 17 | Wilson | $107,730 | -68% | 311 | 1 | $346 | $585,059 | 2 | Fox Searchlight |
| 18 | Split | $89,795 | -53% | 141 | -121 | $637 | $137,415,270 | 11 | Universal |
| 19 | Rock Dog | $67,722 | 11% | 133 | 11 | $509 | $9,340,388 | 6 | Summit Premiere |
| 20 | The Great Wall | $66,865 | -30% | 104 | -54 | $643 | $45,125,480 | 7 | Universal |
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Devotion of Suspect X | $323,207 | — | 43 | — | $7,516 | $323,207 | 1 | China Lion Films |
| 2 | I am Not Your Negro | $86,908 | -26% | 60 | -20 | $1,448 | $6,789,285 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 3 | A United Kingdom | $80,413 | -57% | 86 | -73 | $935 | $3,696,378 | 8 | Fox Searchlight |
| 4 | The Prison | $80,376 | — | 23 | — | $3,495 | $80,376 | 1 | Well Go USA |
| 5 | The Sense Of An Ending | $79,353 | -71% | 88 | -147 | $902 | $1,235,432 | 4 | CBS Films |
| 6 | Phillauri | $71,496 | -73% | 65 | -9 | $1,100 | $417,308 | 2 | FIP |
| 7 | Raw | $69,643 | -10% | 42 | 15 | $1,658 | $302,781 | 4 | Focus World |
| 8 | Song To Song | $58,418 | -57% | 95 | 15 | $615 | $325,580 | 3 | Broad Green Pictures |
| 9 | Donnie Darko (15th Anniversary Re-Release) | $57,259 | — | 21 | — | $2,727 | $57,259 | 1 | Arrow Films |
| 10 | Passengers | $46,196 | -88% | 57 | -449 | $810 | $99,956,732 | 15 | Sony / Columbia |
| 11 | Moonlight (2016) | $41,677 | -43% | 69 | 7 | $604 | $27,768,288 | 24 | A24 |
| 12 | Before I Fall | $35,616 | -82% | 98 | -253 | $363 | $12,045,216 | 5 | Open Road |
| 13 | Badrinath Ki Dulhania | $31,760 | -77% | 26 | -67 | $1,222 | $1,966,459 | 4 | FIP |
| 14 | Paterson | $28,629 | -39% | 31 | -5 | $924 | $2,106,349 | 14 | Bleecker Street |
| 15 | After the Storm | $23,999 | 2% | 16 | 6 | $1,500 | $109,474 | 3 | Film Movement |
| 16 | The Founder | $23,081 | -23% | 31 | -26 | $745 | $12,751,693 | 11 | Weinstein Company |
| 17 | Land of Mine | $20,660 | -39% | 32 | 6 | $646 | $333,866 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 18 | Toni Erdmann | $20,437 | 84% | 5 | -11 | $4,087 | $1,430,938 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 19 | Neruda | $17,261 | -16% | 13 | -6 | $1,328 | $892,916 | 16 | The Orchard |
| 20 | Cezanne and I | $15,744 | — | 2 | — | $7,872 | $15,744 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 21 | Carrie Pilby | $13,944 | — | 6 | — | $2,324 | $13,944 | 1 | The Orchard |
| 22 | The Blackcoat’s Daughter | $12,402 | — | 26 | — | $477 | $12,402 | 1 | A24 |
| 23 | David Lynch: The Art Life | $10,823 | — | 1 | — | $10,823 | $10,823 | 1 | Janus |
| 24 | The Eagle Huntress | $10,618 | 14% | 17 | 5 | $625 | $3,141,860 | 22 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 25 | 20th Century Women | $10,296 | -30% | 15 | 1 | $686 | $5,632,847 | 14 | A24 |
| 26 | The Red Turtle | $9,908 | -69% | 17 | -110 | $583 | $858,225 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 27 | The Death of Louis XIV | $8,002 | — | 1 | — | $8,002 | $8,002 | 1 | Cinema Guild |
| 28 | Mr. Gaga: A True Story of Love and Dance | $7,852 | 349% | 2 | -2 | $3,926 | $169,706 | 9 | Abramorama |
| 29 | Julieta | $7,409 | 8% | 14 | 2 | $529 | $1,457,196 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 30 | Table 19 | $6,906 | -60% | 16 | -17 | $432 | $3,606,977 | 5 | Fox Searchlight |
| 31 | Elle (2016) | $5,346 | 2% | 5 | -1 | $1,069 | $2,332,213 | 21 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 32 | Manchester By the Sea | $4,220 | -68% | 10 | -13 | $422 | $47,677,763 | 20 | Roadside / Amazon |
| 33 | Love & Taxes | $3,589 | 29% | 2 | 0 | $1,795 | $26,414 | 5 | Abramorama |
| 34 | The Lure | $2,951 | -59% | 3 | -1 | $984 | $88,427 | 9 | Janus |
| 35 | Donald Cried | $2,624 | -48% | 6 | -3 | $437 | $51,379 | 5 | The Orchard |
| 36 | Remember the Goal | $1,910 | — | 1 | — | $1,910 | $118,467 | 32 | Five & Two Pictures |
| 37 | A Woman, A Part | $1,652 | -72% | 1 | 0 | $1,652 | $15,285 | 2 | Strand Releasing |
| 38 | My Scientology Movie | $1,565 | 21% | 4 | -1 | $391 | $20,583 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 39 | The Son of Joseph | $1,476 | -2% | 1 | 0 | $1,476 | $28,753 | 12 | Kino Lorber |
| 40 | Who’s Crazy? | $804 | — | 1 | — | $804 | $3,045 | 4 | Kino Lorber |
| 41 | Sophie and the Rising Sun | $705 | -6% | 2 | 0 | $353 | $30,348 | 11 | Monterey Media |
| 42 | Bitter Harvest | $680 | -49% | 2 | -3 | $340 | $557,004 | 6 | Roadside Attractions |
| 43 | Jackie | $563 | -86% | 5 | -9 | $113 | $13,954,026 | 18 | Fox Searchlight |
| 44 | Keep Quiet | $373 | -88% | 1 | -1 | $373 | $49,899 | 7 | Kino Lorber |
| 45 | Lovesong | $270 | -44% | 2 | -1 | $135 | $8,711 | 7 | Strand Releasing |
| 46 | Suntan | $178 | -87% | 1 | 0 | $178 | $5,954 | 4 | Strand Releasing |
| 47 | Tim Timmerman, Hope of America | $120 | -81% | 1 | -1 | $120 | $87,828 | 5 | Purdie Distribution |
| 48 | Staying Vertical | $97 | -61% | 1 | 0 | $97 | $11,239 | 11 | Strand Releasing |
| 49 | Anatahan (2017 re-release) | $90 | — | 1 | — | $90 | $7,785 | 9 | Kino Lorber |
| 50 | Apprentice | $57 | 10% | 1 | 0 | $57 | $1,858 | 5 | Film Movement |
| 51 | Pelle the Conqueror (2017 Re-release) | $49 | -86% | 1 | 0 | $49 | $8,797 | 6 | Film Movement |
Sunday Update: Just like the president he impersonates on Saturday Night Live, Alec Baldwin unexpectedly took first place in a shocking victory where he was expected to finish second. Fox’s animated comedy The Boss Baby surpassed even the most optimistic predictions, taking first place with an estimated $49.0 million opening weekend — dethroning Beauty and the Beast, which was widely expected to lead for a third straight frame.
Starring Baldwin as the voice of an infant who speaks English and doubles as a CEO, the highest that any user projected for the film on prediction website Box Office Theory was $48 million. Most projections were somewhere around $30 million or so, quite a bit behind the holdover projections for Beauty, but the film overtook Beauty nonetheless on the strength of its strong marketing campaign. It received an “A-” CinemaScore from an audience that was 53 percent female, 62 percent under age 25, and 67 percent families.
Compared to other animated titles released around the same time of year, it starts above most other similar titles: 52.1 percent ahead of the $32.2 million opening of Mr. Peabody & Sherman, 24.5 percent above the $39.3 million start of Rio 2, and 12.2 percent above the $43.6 million debut of The Croods. However, it did begin 5.9 percent below the $52.1 million start of Home.
Boss took in an estimated $15.5 million on Friday, including $1.5 million from Thursday night previews, improved an estimated 28.4 percent on Saturday to $20.0 million, and is projected to decline 32.8 percent on Sunday to $13.4 million. This places the film’s opening weekend to Friday ratio at an estimated 3.14 to 1.
The film almost everybody thought would three-peat at the top, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, was knocked off its perch and fell to second place. It fell 47.4 percent to $47.5 million, which was about what most analysts were predicting considering its nearly-equal 48.3 percent drop the weekend before. The problem is that almost nobody foresaw Boss‘s surge to beat it at the box office.
With $395.4 million earned to date, Beauty is not only by far the highest grossing film of the year so far, but this weekend it also surpassed the $364.0 million lifetime total of The Jungle Book. That film had previously been the highest grossing among the several live-action remakes of animated Disney classics which the studio had released during the past few years.
Paramount and DreamWorks’ Ghost in the Shell under-performed with an estimated $19.0 million and third place. The science-fiction action film starring Scarlett Johansson as a cyber-enhanced humanoid and based on the comic by Shirow Masamune was expected to earn somewhere around the mid-to-high $20s. Instead, it was unable to overcome the limited fame of the source material and audience fatigue after a month of more successful male-aimed action films including Logan, Kong: Skull Island, and Power Rangers.
Ghost began notably lower than almost every other comparable sci-fi film of the past few years: 56.7 percent below the $43.8 million opening of fellow Scarlett Johansson sci-fi movie Lucy, 48.7 percent below the $37.0 million start of Oblivion, 36.2 percent behind the $29.8 million debut of Elysium, and 33.9 percent behind the $28.7 million opening of Edge of Tomorrow. It even came in below the opening weekends of such sci-fi box office disappointments as After Earth and Ender’s Game.
Reviews were middling, including a 49 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and a “B” average CinemaScore. The audience was 61 percent male and 76 percent over age 25.
Ghost began with an estimated $7.6 million on Friday, including $1.8 million from Thursday night previews — actually beating out Boss Baby in Thursday night previews, a short-lived lead that was not to last much longer. It then declined an estimated 12.5 percent on Saturday to $6.7 million, and is projected to decline 30.7 percent on Sunday to $4.6 million. This places the film’s opening weekend to Friday ratio at an estimated 2.48 to 1.
The top 10 films this weekend earned an estimated $163.8 million. That’s 14.7 percent below the 192.1 million earned by the top 10 films last weekend. It’s also 32.6 percent behind the $243.4 million earned by the top 10 on this weekend last year, when Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice led with a $166.0 million opening.
Limited Releases:
Focus Features’ The Zookeeper’s Wife managed to crack the top 10 despite only starting in 561 theaters, about 1,500 fewer theaters than any other film in the top tier. The drama starring Jessica Chastain as an animal saver in Nazi-era Germany started with an estimated $3.3 million and 10th place.
TriStar’s T2: Trainspotting expanded its theater count from 59 to 140, improving to an estimated $400 thousand weekend. In the process, it rises from 18th place to an estimated 14th place at the box office.
The Boss Baby earned the highest per-theater average at an estimated $12,987, better than any title playing in limited release.
Overseas Update:
Beauty and the Beast may have lost its top spot at the domestic box office, but it held on strong as the foreign leader. The movie earned an estimated $66.5 million overseas weekend, down 44.2 percent, in 55 markets. Notable grosses to date include $80.6 million in China, $64.6 million in the United Kingdom, $31.2 million in Brazil, and $30.2 million in South Korea. The total is now $480.8 million overseas and $876.3 million globally, as it aims towards a likely billion-dollar global total.
Ghost in the Shell opened with a decent if not mesmerizing estimated $40.1 million overseas weekend in 52 markets. That makes it almost certain to end up notably behind the $278.5 million and counting overseas gross fellow female-led sci-fi action flick Resident Evil: The Final Chapter. Notable grosses for Ghost include $5.3 million in Russia, $4.2 million in South Korea, $3.1 million in France, and $2.8 million in the United Kingdom.
The Boss Baby took in a good $36.2 million estimated overseas weekend, up more than double, in 34 markets. (The film opened overseas ahead of its domestic release.) Notable grosses to date include $21.4 million in Russia, $6.5 million in Mexico, $5.7 million in Australia, and $5.3 million in France. The total has now earned $59.0 million overseas and $108.0 million globally.
Studio Weekend Estimates for Friday, March 31 – Sunday, April 2, 2017:
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Boss Baby | $49,000,000 | — | 3,773 | — | $12,987 | $49,000,000 | 1 | Fox / DreamWorks Animation |
| 2 | Beauty and the Beast | $47,543,000 | -47% | 4,210 | 0 | $11,293 | $395,459,842 | 3 | Disney |
| 3 | Ghost in the Shell | $19,000,000 | — | 3,440 | — | $5,523 | $19,000,000 | 1 | Paramount / DreamWorks |
| 4 | Power Rangers | $14,500,000 | -64% | 3,693 | 0 | $3,926 | $65,062,170 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 5 | Kong: Skull Island | $8,800,000 | -40% | 3,141 | -525 | $2,802 | $147,848,204 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | Logan | $6,200,000 | -40% | 2,323 | -840 | $2,669 | $211,867,637 | 5 | Fox |
| 7 | Get Out | $5,800,000 | -34% | 1,844 | -630 | $3,145 | $156,873,960 | 6 | Universal |
| 8 | Life (2017) | $5,625,000 | -55% | 3,146 | 0 | $1,788 | $22,369,239 | 2 | Sony / Columbia |
| 9 | CHiPs | $4,055,000 | -44% | 2,464 | 0 | $1,646 | $14,367,366 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | The Shack | $2,170,000 | -44% | 1,430 | -900 | $1,517 | $53,085,007 | 5 | Lionsgate / Summit |
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Zookeeper’s Wife | $3,350,000 | — | 541 | — | $6,192 | $3,350,000 | 1 | Focus Features |
| 2 | The LEGO Batman Movie | $800,000 | -62% | 812 | -826 | $985 | $172,726,563 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | The Belko Experiment | $561,740 | -70% | 473 | -868 | $1,188 | $9,023,930 | 3 | BH Tilt |
| 4 | Hidden Figures | $425,000 | -44% | 352 | -288 | $1,207 | $167,815,673 | 15 | Fox |
| 5 | T2: Trainspotting | $400,000 | 3% | 140 | 81 | $2,857 | $1,177,507 | 5 | Sony |
| 6 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | $240,000 | -46% | 224 | -43 | $1,071 | $531,712,496 | 16 | Disney |
| 7 | John Wick: Chapter 2 | $230,000 | -50% | 210 | -193 | $1,095 | $91,295,921 | 8 | Lionsgate / Summit |
| 8 | The Last Word | $212,527 | -60% | 289 | -91 | $735 | $1,482,667 | 5 | Bleeker Street |
| 9 | Lion | $211,980 | -46% | 175 | -145 | $1,211 | $51,131,032 | 19 | Weinstein Company |
| 10 | KEDi | $165,500 | -20% | 105 | -2 | $1,576 | $2,040,554 | 8 | Oscilloscope Laboratories |
| 11 | Personal Shopper | $159,450 | -26% | 150 | 43 | $1,063 | $792,850 | 4 | IFC Films |
| 12 | Sing (2016) | $143,000 | -32% | 202 | -26 | $708 | $269,932,195 | 15 | Universal |
| 13 | La La Land | $142,000 | -27% | 143 | -69 | $993 | $150,468,591 | 17 | Lionsgate / Summit |
| 14 | A Dog’s Purpose | $125,000 | -52% | 189 | -110 | $661 | $63,658,185 | 10 | Universal |
| 15 | Moana | $117,000 | -44% | 175 | -37 | $669 | $248,564,777 | 19 | Disney |
| 16 | Wilson | $115,000 | -66% | 311 | 1 | $370 | $592,329 | 2 | Fox Searchlight |
| 17 | Split | $90,000 | -53% | 141 | -121 | $638 | $137,415,475 | 11 | Universal |
| 18 | Rock Dog | $70,000 | 15% | 133 | 11 | $526 | $9,342,666 | 6 | Summit Premiere |
| 19 | The Great Wall | $61,140 | -36% | 104 | -54 | $588 | $45,119,755 | 7 | Universal |
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Devotion of Suspect X | $330,000 | — | 43 | — | $7,674 | $330,000 | 1 | China Lion Films |
| 2 | A United Kingdom | $87,000 | -54% | 86 | -73 | $1,012 | $3,702,965 | 8 | Fox Searchlight |
| 3 | Frantz | $85,250 | 79% | 37 | 27 | $2,304 | $184,461 | 3 | Music Box Films |
| 4 | The Sense Of An Ending | $80,000 | -71% | 88 | -147 | $909 | $80,000 | 4 | CBS Films |
| 5 | Phillauri | $76,000 | -71% | 65 | -9 | $1,169 | $421,812 | 2 | FIP |
| 6 | Raw | $70,435 | -9% | 42 | 15 | $1,677 | $303,573 | 4 | Focus World |
| 7 | Song To Song | $58,747 | -57% | 95 | 15 | $618 | $325,909 | 3 | Broad Green Pictures |
| 8 | Donnie Darko (15th Anniversary Re-Release) | $53,200 | — | 21 | — | $2,533 | $53,200 | 1 | Arrow Films |
| 9 | Moonlight (2016) | $48,000 | -34% | 69 | 7 | $696 | $27,774,611 | 24 | A24 |
| 10 | Before I Fall | $36,247 | -82% | 98 | -253 | $370 | $12,045,847 | 5 | Open Road |
| 11 | Paterson | $33,782 | -31% | 31 | -5 | $1,090 | $2,114,806 | 14 | Bleecker Street |
| 12 | The Salesman | $30,220 | -36% | 37 | 2 | $817 | $60,440 | 10 | Cohen Media Group |
| 13 | The Founder | $20,460 | -32% | 31 | -26 | $660 | $12,749,072 | 11 | Weinstein Company |
| 14 | I Called Him Morgan | $20,437 | 44% | 5 | 4 | $4,087 | $40,546 | 2 | Submarine Deluxe |
| 15 | David Lynch: The Art Life | $12,126 | — | 1 | — | $12,126 | $12,126 | 1 | Janus |
| 16 | Tim Timmerman, Hope of America | $120 | -81% | 1 | -1 | $120 | $87,828 | 5 | Purdie Distribution |
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