Fox’s family fantasy film Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children led the weekend box office with an estimated $28.50 million. The movie stars Asa Butterfield and Eva Green about a group of kids with special powers who are forced to live the same day over and over again for eternity. The film starts 6.1 percent ahead of the $26.85 million start of Alice Through the Looking Glass and 20.6 percent ahead of the $23.61 million opening of Goosebumps. Director Tim Burton declined to direct this summer’s sequel Alice Through the Looking Glass to helm this project instead, and at least from a box office standpoint that’s looking like the correct decision so far.
Miss Peregrine started with an estimated $9.0 million on Friday (including $1.2 million from Thursday night shows), increased 33.3 percent on Saturday to an estimated $12.0 million, and is projected to decline 37.5 percent on Sunday to $7.5 million. That places its opening weekend to Friday ratio at an estimated 2.94 to 1.
Lionsgate’s disaster survival movie Deepwater Horizon came in second with an estimated $20.60 million opening. Mark Wahlberg plays a real-life safety inspector aboard the oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico that exploded in 2010. Analysts expected the film to contend with holdover The Magnificent Seven for second place this weekend, but it delivered the runner-up position decisively with a lead of several million dollars. Still, Deepwater starts 41.1 percent behind the $35.02 million start of last month’s disaster film Sully, and 45.5 percent behind the $37.54 million wide opening of fellow Wahlberg disaster film Lone Survivor.
Deepwater started with an estimated $7.08 million on Friday (including $860 thousand from Thursday night shows), increased 17.3 percent on Saturday to an estimated $8.31 million, and is projected to decline 37.3 percent on Sunday to $5.21 million. This places its opening weekend to Friday ratio at an estimated 2.90 to 1.
Sony’s The Magnificent Seven, last weekend’s box office leader, was knocked to third place by the two newcomers but still took in a healthy estimated $15.70 million for third place. That 54.8 percent second-weekend drop was steeper than the 45.1 percent for Denzel Washington’s previous action film The Equalizer and the 33.6 percent for fellow Western Django Unchained, although it was milder than the 60.6 percent tumble for 2013’s The Lone Ranger. Magnificent has earned an estimated $61.60 million to date.
Relativity Media’s crime comedy Masterminds had a disappointing opening with an estimated $6.60 million. Starring Zach Galifianakis and Kristen Wiig as bank robbers, the film was unable to overcome its weak reviews, including a 38 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes. The film started with an estimated $2.33 million on Friday, increased 15.9 percent on Saturday to an estimated $2.70 million, and is projected to decline 41.9 percent on Sunday to $1.57 million. This places the film’s opening weekend to Friday ratio at 2.83 to 1.
Elsewhere at the box office, after opening last weekend in limited release, Disney’s Queen of Katwe expanded into wide release this weekend with an estimated $2.60 million weekend. The film about a Nigerian chess prodigy starring Nyong’o and Oyelowo has received an A+ CinemaScore and a 91 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, indicating potential staying power. And STX Entertainment’s Bad Moms has earned the highest multiple of the year of any wide release — a ratio measuring cumulative gross to opening weekend and indicating word of mouth over pre-release hype — with a multiple of 4.72 and counting. (The next closest this year is Zootopia with 4.54.)
The top 10 films this weekend earned a cumulative $102.94 million. That’s 10.8 percent above the $92.84 million of last weekend and 26.3 percent below the $139.83 million from this same weekend last year, when The Martian led the box office with $54.30 million.
Overseas Update:
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children also led the overseas box office with an estimated $36.5 million overseas weekend debut. Led by $5.1 million in South Korea, $4.5 million in the United Kingdom, $3.8 million in Mexico, $3.1 million in Australia, $2.6 million in Brazil, and and $2.0 million in Spain, the film has now earned $65.0 million globally.
L.O.R.D.: Lord of Ravaging Dynasties opened with an estimated $29.2 million in four markets. The Chinese fantasy film about a boy who becomes a magician’s apprentice opened to a second-place debut in China. (It has not opened in the U.S.)
Bridget Jones’s Baby earned an estimated $19.0 million overseas weekend, down 14.0 percent, in 50 markets. It’s now earned $99.9 million overseas — led by $41.1 million in the United Kingdom and $10.3 million in Australia — for $120.9 million globally. What’s noteworthy there is that about 82.6 percent of its global receipts are overseas so far, while most films with such a high percentage of global receipts internationally are summer blockbusters or special effects-laden movies, not dialogue-driven romantic comedies.
The Magnificent Seven earned an estimated $14.8 million overseas weekend, down 22.9 percent, in 68 markets. It’s now earned $46.5 million overseas for $108.1 million globally.
Storks earned an estimated $14.6 million overseas weekend, down 21.5 percent, in 47 markets. It’s now earned $38.8 million overseas — led by $8.4 million in China, $4.8 million in Mexico, and $3.6 million in Australia — for $77.6 million globally.
Finding Dory made an estimated $13.6 million overseas weekend, up 63.9 percent after opening in several new countries including Germany, in 17 markets. The film has earned $500.8 million overseas — led by $65.9 million in Japan, $54.6 million in the United Kingdom, $38.4 million in China, $36.1 million in Australia, and $34.5 million in Brazil — for $985.2 million globally. It may cross the billion-dollar mark worldwide within the next week.
Deepwater Horizon debuted with an estimated $12.6 million overseas weekend, led by $2.6 million in the United Kingdom and $1.2 million in Russia.
Studio Weekend Estimates for Friday, September 30 – Sunday, October 2, 2016:
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children | $28,500,000 | — | 3,522 | — | $8,092 | $28,500,000 | 1 | Fox |
| 2 | Deepwater Horizon | $20,600,000 | — | 3,259 | — | $6,321 | $20,600,000 | 1 | Lionsgate / Summit |
| 3 | The Magnificent Seven (2016) | $15,700,000 | -55% | 3,674 | 0 | $4,273 | $61,605,901 | 2 | Sony / Columbia |
| 4 | Storks | $13,800,000 | -35% | 3,922 | 0 | $3,519 | $38,811,274 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | Sully | $8,400,000 | -38% | 3,717 | -238 | $2,260 | $105,387,463 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | Masterminds (2016) | $6,600,000 | — | 3,042 | — | $2,170 | $6,600,000 | 1 | Relativity Studios |
| 7 | Queen of Katwe | $2,608,000 | 755% | 1,242 | 1190 | $2,100 | $3,011,009 | 2 | Disney |
| 8 | Don’t Breathe | $2,375,000 | -37% | 1,653 | -785 | $1,437 | $84,734,937 | 6 | Sony / TriStar |
| 9 | Bridget Jones’s Baby | $2,330,000 | -50% | 2,055 | -875 | $1,134 | $20,981,735 | 3 | Universal |
| 10 | Snowden | $2,029,390 | -50% | 1,821 | -622 | $1,114 | $18,729,637 | 3 | Open Road |
| 11 | Suicide Squad | $1,905,000 | -39% | 1,638 | -534 | $1,163 | $320,845,629 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | Blair Witch | $1,575,000 | -61% | 1,828 | -1293 | $862 | $19,132,088 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | When the Bough Breaks | $1,200,000 | -52% | 901 | -543 | $1,332 | $28,513,916 | 4 | Sony / Screen Gems |
| 2 | M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story | $1,200,000 | — | 256 | — | $4,688 | $1,200,000 | 1 | FIP |
| 3 | Hell or High Water | $525,000 | -51% | 520 | -608 | $1,010 | $25,787,126 | 8 | CBS Films / Lionsgate |
| 4 | Bad Moms | $470,000 | -53% | 559 | -427 | $841 | $112,509,460 | 10 | STX Entertainment |
| 5 | The Secret Life of Pets | $445,000 | -36% | 462 | -285 | $963 | $364,931,200 | 13 | Universal |
| 6 | No Manches Frida | $380,000 | -47% | 256 | -160 | $1,484 | $10,900,772 | 5 | Lionsgate / Pantelion |
| 7 | The Dressmaker | $357,705 | 93% | 159 | 123 | $2,250 | $622,296 | 2 | Broad Green Pictures |
| 8 | Pete’s Dragon (2016) | $271,000 | -69% | 440 | -790 | $616 | $74,698,658 | 8 | Disney |
| 9 | Star Trek Beyond | $210,000 | -31% | 280 | -58 | $750 | $158,428,433 | 11 | Paramount |
| 10 | Sausage Party | $185,000 | -67% | 230 | -321 | $804 | $96,776,399 | 8 | Sony / Columbia |
| 11 | Finding Dory | $158,000 | -19% | 139 | -58 | $1,137 | $484,405,113 | 16 | Disney |
| 12 | The Light Between Oceans | $112,000 | -60% | 176 | -240 | $636 | $12,239,465 | 5 | Disney / DreamWorks |
| 13 | Florence Foster Jenkins | $100,000 | -43% | 128 | -107 | $781 | $27,156,624 | 8 | Paramount |
| 14 | The Hollars | $98,699 | -61% | 197 | -101 | $501 | $910,378 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 15 | Mechanic: Resurrection | $98,000 | -67% | 138 | -260 | $710 | $20,940,493 | 6 | Lionsgate / Summit |
| 16 | Nerve | $62,000 | -44% | 126 | -46 | $492 | $38,562,439 | 10 | Lionsgate |
| 17 | The Wild Life (2016) | $51,000 | -88% | 150 | -1281 | $340 | $7,853,028 | 4 | Lionsgate / Summit |
| 18 | Ben-Hur (2016) | $50,000 | -61% | 124 | -116 | $403 | $26,382,282 | 7 | Paramount |
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Belonged to You | $325,000 | — | 50 | — | $6,500 | $325,000 | 1 | China Lion Entertainment |
| 2 | Denial | $102,101 | — | 5 | — | $20,420 | $102,101 | 1 | Bleeker Street |
| 3 | Don’t Think Twice | $99,972 | -23% | 74 | -21 | $1,351 | $4,144,337 | 11 | The Film Arcade |
| 4 | American Honey | $75,370 | — | 4 | — | $18,843 | $75,370 | 1 | A24 |
| 5 | Harry & Snowman | $55,000 | — | 18 | — | $3,056 | $55,000 | 1 | FilmRise |
| 6 | The BFG | $48,000 | -48% | 86 | -45 | $558 | $55,436,675 | 14 | Disney / DreamWorks |
| 7 | Cafe Society | $45,000 | -30% | 64 | 16 | $703 | $11,075,385 | 12 | Lionsgate / Amazon |
| 8 | Hillsong – Let Hope Rise | $36,000 | -91% | 87 | -676 | $414 | $2,301,933 | 3 | |
| 9 | Command and Control | $13,725 | — | 5 | — | $2,745 | $27,405 | 3 | American Experience / PBS Films |
| 10 | White Girl | $13,000 | -37% | 5 | -7 | $2,600 | $176,527 | 5 | FilmRise |
| 11 | The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: A Tale of Billionaires & Ballot Bandits | $7,900 | -17% | 4 | 3 | $1,975 | $19,639 | 2 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 12 | Do Not Resist | $7,150 | — | 1 | — | $7,150 | $7,150 | 1 | |
| 13 | Generation Startup | $3,013 | -48% | 1 | 0 | $3,013 | $13,841 | 2 | Long Shot Factory |
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