Monday Update: While not quite “towering” over the competition, Sony’s The Dark Tower eked out a narrow win at the box office with $19.1 million. Warner Bros.’ Dunkirk, after leading the past two weekends and a contender to three-peat, took second place with $17.1 million.
Aviron’s Kidnap started decently with $10.0 million in fifth place, Annapurna’s Detroit came in slightly below expectations with $7.1 million and eighth place, and the Despicable Me franchise became the highest-grossing animated series of all time globally — overtaking the Shrek franchise.
The full table of weekend actuals is at bottom, after our Sunday update article featuring fuller numbers and analysis.
Sunday Update: While not quite “towering” over the competition, Sony’s The Dark Tower eked out a narrow win at the box office. Warner Bros.’ Dunkirk, after leading the past two weekends and a contender to three-peat, took second place.
Aviron’s Kidnap started decently, Annapurna’s Detroit came in slightly below expectations, and the Despicable Me franchise became the highest-grossing animated series of all time globally.
Contrary to some pre-release predictions that it would open as runner-up, The Dark Tower was able to snag first place with an estimated $19.5 million — despite poor reviews including an 18 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
The hybrid sci-fi/Western Stephen King adaptation starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey continues Sony’s reversal of fortune, as the formerly-beleaguered studio posts three of the top six films this weekend, and four of the top 11. As recently as a month ago, Sony ranked last place for the year among the seven major studios, but they now rank in fifth place.
After leading for the past two weekends, Warner Bros.’ Dunkirk took second place with $17.6 million. Although some expected the film to three-peat, this should still be considered a win for the film.
It’s already earned $133.5 million and looks likely to potentially clear the $200 million mark by the end of its run — the absolute upper end of pre-release projections. If it can continue to post drops as low as its 34 percent decline this weekend, the title could potentially remain in the top 10 for two months, given the relative lack of competition expected this August and September.
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Kidnap, a thriller starring Halle Berry and the debut release from the new studio Aviron, opened in fifth place with $10.2 million.
Despite a 40 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, Kidnap was able to exceed expectations by several million dollars — the average prediction on Box Office Theory was $7.4 million. Along with Girls Trip and Atomic Blonde, three of this weekend’s top seven films star a woman in the lead role.
(A meaningless but quirky fun fact: the top six films this weekend came in alphabetical order.)
Annapurna’s Detroit, a drama directed by Oscar winner Kathryn Bigelow and considered an awards contender, came in seventh place with $7.2 million on its first weekend in wide release After opening well if not amazingly on select screens last weekend, the film came in a bit below most expectations — the average prediction on Box Office Theory was $9.4 million.
Phrased another way, of this weekend’s two wide releases besides Dark Tower, Detroit was expected to finish a few million dollars ahead of Kidnap, but instead it was the other way around. Still, the 88 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes and awards buzz may help Detroit continue its run heading forward.
Although it finished in 10th place domestically this weekend, Universal’s Despicable Me 3 notched a major milestone. The Despicable Me franchise became the highest-grossing animated series of all time globally, overtaking the Shrek series.
One caveat: due to rising ticket prices through the years, the Shrek franchise has still sold more total tickets (at least for now). Nevertheless, this accomplishment reflects just what a cash cow Despicable has become, despite DM3 being on track to finish lower both domestically and globally than either DM2 or Minions.
And Warner Bros.’ Wonder Woman, coming in 12th place, finally fell out of the top 10 this weekend. But its nine weekends spent in the top 10 rank in the top five for that metric this year, alongside La La Land, Hidden Figures, Beauty and the Beast, and The Boss Baby.
The top 10 films this weekend earned an estimated $106.6 million. That’s 20 percent behind last weekend, and 39 percent below this same weekend last year, when Jason Bourne led with $59.2 million. Year-to-date gross is 3.1 percent behind last year.
Weekend Actuals for Friday, August 4 – Sunday, August 6, 2017:
# | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
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1 | The Dark Tower | $19,153,698 | — | 3,451 | — | $5,550 | $19,153,698 | 1 | Sony / Columbia |
2 | Dunkirk | $17,135,246 | -36% | 4,014 | 266 | $4,269 | $133,090,984 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
3 | The Emoji Movie | $12,005,409 | -51% | 4,075 | 0 | $2,946 | $49,107,113 | 2 | Sony / Columbia |
4 | Girls Trip | $11,401,495 | -42% | 2,582 | -66 | $4,416 | $85,426,515 | 3 | Universal |
5 | Kidnap | $10,016,323 | — | 2,378 | — | $4,212 | $10,016,323 | 1 | Aviron Pictures |
6 | Spider-Man: Homecoming | $8,845,978 | -33% | 3,116 | -509 | $2,839 | $294,953,754 | 5 | Sony / Columbia |
7 | Atomic Blonde | $8,157,555 | -55% | 3,326 | 22 | $2,453 | $34,037,930 | 2 | Focus Features |
8 | Detroit | $7,125,601 | 1935% | 3,007 | 2987 | $2,370 | $7,641,083 | 2 | Annapurna Pictures |
9 | War for the Planet of the Apes | $6,169,134 | -41% | 2,704 | -670 | $2,281 | $130,449,389 | 4 | Fox |
10 | Despicable Me 3 | $5,429,735 | -28% | 2,445 | -585 | $2,221 | $240,920,645 | 6 | Universal |
11 | Baby Driver | $2,573,956 | -35% | 1,424 | -537 | $1,808 | $97,074,886 | 6 | Sony / TriStar |
12 | Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets | $2,395,377 | -62% | 1,795 | -1758 | $1,334 | $36,137,260 | 3 | EuropaCorp/STXfilms |
13 | Wonder Woman | $2,286,334 | -32% | 1,307 | -344 | $1,749 | $399,432,413 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
14 | The Big Sick | $2,163,021 | -32% | 1,005 | -584 | $2,152 | $33,927,449 | 7 | Lionsgate |
# | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
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1 | Jab Harry Met Sejal | $1,284,740 | — | 280 | — | $4,588 | $1,284,740 | 1 | Yash Raj Films USA |
2 | An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power | $961,193 | 670% | 180 | 176 | $5,340 | $1,113,564 | 2 | Paramount |
3 | Cars 3 | $539,750 | -44% | 477 | -384 | $1,132 | $147,620,695 | 8 | Disney |
4 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | $453,768 | 64% | 252 | 21 | $1,801 | $388,399,203 | 14 | Disney |
5 | Wish Upon | $314,485 | -67% | 345 | -562 | $912 | $13,774,273 | 4 | Broad Green Pictures |
6 | Transformers: The Last Knight | $302,214 | -46% | 322 | -216 | $939 | $129,393,527 | 7 | Paramount |
7 | 47 Meters Down | $289,252 | 48% | 411 | 171 | $704 | $43,109,618 | 8 | Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures |
8 | Maudie | $253,833 | -24% | 187 | -41 | $1,357 | $5,109,733 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
9 | Landline | $226,812 | 78% | 143 | 105 | $1,586 | $489,940 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
10 | Captain Underpants | $207,493 | -30% | 229 | -38 | $906 | $72,866,165 | 10 | Fox / DreamWorks Animation |
11 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales | $180,983 | -14% | 167 | -43 | $1,084 | $171,338,511 | 11 | Disney |
12 | Lady Macbeth | $166,966 | -5% | 131 | 27 | $1,275 | $739,598 | 4 | Roadside Attractions |
13 | A Ghost Story | $144,442 | -61% | 208 | -121 | $694 | $1,315,589 | 5 | A24 |
14 | Mubarakan | $140,478 | -55% | 128 | 0 | $1,097 | $632,101 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing International |
15 | The Mummy | $139,695 | -26% | 146 | -38 | $957 | $79,948,195 | 9 | Universal |
16 | The House (2017) | $97,859 | -49% | 124 | -101 | $789 | $25,129,761 | 6 | Warner Bros. / New Line |
17 | The Boss Baby | $59,964 | -38% | 120 | -29 | $500 | $174,804,209 | 19 | Fox / DreamWorks Animation |
# | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
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1 | Wolf Warrior 2 | $506,961 | 131% | 32 | -21 | $15,843 | $1,110,380 | 2 | The H Collective |
2 | Wind River | $161,558 | — | 4 | — | $40,390 | $161,558 | 1 | The Weinstein Company |
3 | Step | $146,053 | — | 29 | — | $5,036 | $146,053 | 1 | Fox Searchlight |
4 | The Midwife | $83,436 | 5% | 43 | 15 | $1,940 | $237,403 | 3 | Music Box Films |
5 | Menashe | $77,262 | 24% | 10 | 7 | $7,726 | $175,779 | 2 | A24 |
6 | Megan Leavey | $73,162 | 196% | 96 | 50 | $762 | $12,964,933 | 9 | Bleeker Street |
7 | The Little Hours | $68,260 | -43% | 60 | -36 | $1,138 | $1,341,050 | 6 | Gunpowder & Sky |
8 | The Beguiled | $55,550 | -41% | 89 | -55 | $624 | $10,542,504 | 7 | Focus Features |
9 | Lost in Paris | $50,486 | -9% | 35 | -6 | $1,442 | $410,522 | 8 | Oscilloscope Laboratories |
10 | Rough Night | $47,365 | 131% | 27 | -19 | $1,754 | $21,967,871 | 8 | Sony |
11 | Beatriz at Dinner | $43,097 | -35% | 44 | -33 | $979 | $6,923,142 | 9 | Roadside Attractions |
12 | Brigsby Bear | $38,941 | -2% | 15 | 12 | $2,596 | $93,528 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
13 | Alien: Covenant | $32,154 | -25% | 74 | -24 | $435 | $74,204,630 | 12 | Fox |
14 | The Hero | $30,987 | -51% | 52 | -54 | $596 | $3,921,145 | 9 | The Orchard |
15 | We Love You, Sally Carmichael! | $30,951 | — | 7 | — | $4,422 | $30,951 | 1 | Purdie Distribution |
16 | Columbus | $26,820 | — | 2 | — | $13,410 | $26,820 | 1 | Sundance Institute’s Creative Distribution Fellowship |
17 | Paris Can Wait | $15,818 | -48% | 28 | -16 | $565 | $5,564,452 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
18 | The Women’s Balcony | $14,922 | -51% | 14 | -8 | $1,066 | $0 | 23 | Menemsha Films |
19 | Brave New Jersey | $14,105 | — | 14 | — | $1,008 | $14,105 | 1 | Gravitas Ventures |
20 | Gifted | $10,690 | -11% | 17 | -4 | $629 | $24,779,154 | 18 | Fox Searchlight |
21 | 13 Minutes | $10,686 | -41% | 13 | -5 | $822 | $118,732 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
22 | Person to Person | $9,202 | -22% | 13 | 10 | $708 | $26,650 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures |
23 | From The Land Of The Moon | $8,832 | 97% | 9 | 7 | $981 | $16,207 | 2 | IFC Films |
24 | Love, Kennedy | $7,665 | -17% | 14 | -3 | $548 | $348,941 | 10 | Purdie Distribution |
25 | It Comes At Night | $7,165 | -36% | 15 | -8 | $478 | $13,856,732 | 9 | A24 |
26 | Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World | $7,112 | -20% | 2 | 0 | $3,556 | $50,790 | 2 | Kino Lorber |
27 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul | $5,730 | -63% | 18 | -18 | $318 | $20,728,336 | 12 | 20th Century Fox |
28 | The Untamed | $5,611 | 38% | 8 | 3 | $701 | $16,920 | 3 | Strand Releasing |
29 | Slack Bay | $4,821 | 21% | 4 | -2 | $1,205 | $95,375 | 16 | Kino Lorber Films |
30 | Churchill | $4,739 | 6% | 4 | -5 | $1,185 | $1,273,135 | 10 | Cohen Media Group |
31 | The Exception | $4,365 | -70% | 5 | -6 | $873 | $694,821 | 10 | A24 |
32 | City of Ghosts | $4,048 | -68% | 13 | -5 | $311 | $113,494 | 5 | IFC Films / Amazon |
33 | Dawson City: Frozen Time | $3,790 | 20% | 5 | 2 | $758 | $98,966 | 9 | Kino Lorber Films |
34 | The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography | $3,763 | -43% | 15 | -6 | $251 | $121,498 | 6 | Neon |
35 | 4 Days in France | $3,728 | — | 1 | — | $3,728 | $3,728 | 1 | Cinema Guild |
36 | Pop Aye | $3,458 | -52% | 5 | 1 | $692 | $56,897 | 6 | Kino Lorber |
37 | Moka | $2,880 | 29% | 2 | -5 | $1,440 | $115,513 | 8 | Film Movement |
38 | Letters from Baghdad | $2,837 | -66% | 7 | -2 | $405 | $302,317 | 10 | Vitagraph Films |
39 | KEDi | $2,310 | 286% | 4 | 1 | $578 | $2,799,611 | 26 | Oscilloscope Laboratories |
40 | Stalker | $1,721 | 3% | 1 | 0 | $1,721 | $249,863 | 14 | Janus |
41 | Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge | $1,516 | -72% | 4 | -3 | $379 | $115,907 | 6 | Society Films |
42 | The Girl Without Hands | $1,246 | 30% | 4 | 3 | $312 | $7,461 | 3 | GKIDS |
43 | Abacus: Small Enough to Jail | $1,245 | -13% | 1 | -2 | $1,245 | $113,278 | 12 | PBS Distribution |
44 | The Wedding Plan | $1,191 | -18% | 3 | -5 | $397 | $1,409,102 | 13 | Roadside Attractions |
45 | The Ornithologist | $1,123 | 397% | 5 | 3 | $225 | $44,678 | 7 | Strand Releasing |
46 | It’s Not Yet Dark | $811 | — | 2 | — | $406 | $811 | 1 | FilmRise |
47 | My Journey Through French Cinema | $766 | 5% | 2 | 0 | $383 | $50,748 | 7 | Cohen Media Group |
48 | Il Boom | $705 | 48% | 2 | 1 | $353 | $42,413 | 8 | Rialto Pictures |
49 | Obit. | $559 | 832% | 2 | 1 | $280 | $310,349 | 15 | Kino Lorber |
50 | I Dream in Another Language | $524 | -35% | 1 | 0 | $524 | $2,306 | 2 | FilmRise |
51 | L’Important C’est D’Aimer (2017 re-release) | $519 | -52% | 1 | 0 | $519 | $15,828 | 4 | Rialto Pictures |
52 | Hidden Figures | $454 | -10% | 3 | 0 | $151 | $169,375,149 | 33 | Fox |
53 | I Am The Blues | $75 | -98% | 1 | -3 | $75 | $17,916 | 4 | Film Movement |
54 | The Skyjacker’s Tale | $59 | 7% | 1 | 0 | $59 | $2,788 | 6 | Strand Releasing |
Studio Weekend Estimates for Friday, August 4 – Sunday, August 6, 2017:
# | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
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1 | The Dark Tower | $19,500,000 | — | 3,451 | — | $5,651 | $19,500,000 | 1 | Sony / Columbia |
2 | Dunkirk | $17,600,000 | -34% | 4,014 | 266 | $4,385 | $133,555,738 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
3 | The Emoji Movie | $12,350,000 | -50% | 4,075 | 0 | $3,031 | $49,451,704 | 2 | Sony / Columbia |
4 | Girls Trip | $11,418,700 | -42% | 2,582 | -66 | $4,422 | $85,443,720 | 3 | Universal |
5 | Kidnap | $10,210,000 | — | 2,378 | — | $4,294 | $10,210,000 | 1 | Aviron Pictures |
6 | Spider-Man: Homecoming | $8,800,000 | -34% | 3,116 | -509 | $2,824 | $294,907,776 | 5 | Sony / Columbia |
7 | Atomic Blonde | $8,244,930 | -55% | 3,326 | 22 | $2,479 | $34,125,305 | 2 | Focus Features |
8 | Detroit | $7,251,000 | 1971% | 3,007 | 2987 | $2,411 | $7,766,482 | 2 | Annapurna Pictures |
9 | War for the Planet of the Apes | $6,000,000 | -43% | 2,704 | -670 | $2,219 | $130,280,255 | 4 | Fox |
10 | Despicable Me 3 | $5,288,640 | -30% | 2,445 | -585 | $2,163 | $240,779,550 | 6 | Universal |
11 | Baby Driver | $2,550,000 | -36% | 1,424 | -537 | $1,791 | $97,050,930 | 6 | Sony / TriStar |
12 | Wonder Woman | $2,360,000 | -29% | 1,307 | -344 | $1,806 | $399,506,079 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
13 | Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets | $2,360,000 | -63% | 1,795 | -1758 | $1,315 | $36,101,883 | 3 | EuropaCorp/STXfilms |
14 | The Big Sick | $2,200,000 | -31% | 1,005 | -584 | $2,189 | $33,964,428 | 7 | Lionsgate |
# | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
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1 | An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power | $900,000 | 621% | 180 | 176 | $5,000 | $1,052,371 | 2 | Paramount |
2 | Cars 3 | $605,000 | -37% | 477 | -384 | $1,268 | $147,685,945 | 8 | Disney |
3 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | $445,000 | 61% | 252 | 21 | $1,766 | $388,390,435 | 14 | Disney |
4 | 47 Meters Down | $289,000 | 48% | 411 | 171 | $703 | $43,109,366 | 8 | Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures |
5 | Transformers: The Last Knight | $270,000 | -52% | 322 | -216 | $839 | $129,361,313 | 7 | Paramount |
6 | Maudie | $262,496 | -21% | 187 | -41 | $1,404 | $5,118,396 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
7 | Landline | $240,000 | 88% | 141 | 103 | $1,702 | $503,128 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
8 | Captain Underpants | $195,000 | -34% | 229 | -38 | $852 | $72,853,672 | 10 | Fox / DreamWorks Animation |
9 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales | $177,000 | -15% | 167 | -43 | $1,060 | $171,334,528 | 11 | Disney |
10 | A Ghost Story | $146,232 | -60% | 208 | -121 | $703 | $1,317,379 | 5 | A24 |
11 | Mubarakan | $140,000 | -55% | 128 | 0 | $1,094 | $631,623 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing International |
12 | The Mummy | $129,095 | -32% | 146 | -38 | $884 | $79,937,595 | 9 | Universal |
# | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
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1 | Wolf Warrior 2 | $460,000 | 110% | 32 | -21 | $14,375 | $1,063,419 | 2 | The H Collective |
2 | Wind River | $164,167 | — | 4 | — | $41,042 | $164,167 | 1 | The Weinstein Company |
3 | Step | $145,000 | — | 29 | — | $5,000 | $145,000 | 1 | Fox Searchlight |
4 | The Midwife | $82,698 | 4% | 43 | 15 | $1,923 | $236,665 | 3 | Music Box Films |
5 | Menashe | $80,317 | 29% | 10 | 7 | $8,032 | $178,834 | 2 | A24 |
6 | The Little Hours | $75,260 | -37% | 60 | -36 | $1,254 | $1,348,050 | 6 | Gunpowder & Sky |
7 | Megan Leavey | $71,852 | 191% | 96 | 50 | $748 | $12,963,623 | 9 | Bleeker Street |
8 | The Beguiled | $54,495 | -42% | 89 | -55 | $612 | $10,541,449 | 7 | Focus Features |
9 | Lost in Paris | $50,000 | -10% | 35 | -6 | $1,429 | $410,036 | 8 | Oscilloscope Laboratories |
10 | Brigsby Bear | $42,790 | 8% | 15 | 12 | $2,853 | $97,377 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
11 | We Love You, Sally Carmichael! | $34,397 | — | 7 | — | $4,914 | $34,397 | 1 | Purdie Distribution |
12 | The Hero | $31,383 | -50% | 53 | -53 | $592 | $3,921,541 | 9 | The Orchard |
13 | Columbus | $28,800 | — | 2 | — | $14,400 | $28,800 | 1 | Kogonada |
14 | Love, Kennedy | $7,728 | -16% | 14 | -3 | $552 | $349,004 | 10 | Purdie Distribution |
15 | City of Ghosts | $4,650 | -63% | 15 | -3 | $310 | $114,096 | 5 | IFC Films / Amazon |
16 | The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography | $3,375 | -49% | 15 | -6 | $225 | $121,110 | 6 | Neon |
17 | Churchill | $3,159 | -30% | 5 | -4 | $632 | $1,271,023 | 10 | Cohen Media Group |
18 | It’s Not Yet Dark | $1,000 | — | 2 | — | $500 | $1,000 | 1 | FilmRise |
19 | My Journey Through French Cinema | $935 | 28% | 2 | 0 | $468 | $50,756 | 7 | Cohen Media Group |
20 | I Dream in Another Language | $600 | -26% | 1 | 0 | $600 | $2,382 | 2 | FilmRise |
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