Monday Update: Audiences went ape this weekend, bringing Fox’s War for the Planet of the Apes to a first place debut with a $56.52million. A neck-and-neck race was predicted for the top spot between War and last weekend’s leader Spider-Man: Homecoming, but the latter fell further than expected to $44.2 million, allowing War a decent lead.
The full table of box office weekend actuals is at bottom, after the Sunday update featuring fuller numbers and analysis.
Sunday Update: Audiences went ape this weekend, bringing Fox’s War for the Planet of the Apes to a first place debut with an estimated $56.5 million. A neck-and-neck race was predicted for the top spot between War and last weekend’s leader Spider-Man: Homecoming, but the latter fell further than expected, allowing War a decent lead.
The third and final installment in the rebooted Apes trilogy, starring Andy Serkis and Woody Harrelson, War starts 22.1 percent behind the second installment Dawn. In pure dollars it starts 3.0 percent ahead of the first installment Rise, but that film was released in 2011 — adjusted for ticket price inflation, War starts 7.4 percent behind Rise instead.
Still, War should be considered a decent if not overwhelming success for Fox, which had earned the top grosser in only one of the previous 15 weekends. The film was boosted by its great word of mouth, led by a 95 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes — better than the two previous installments’ 81 and 90 percent ratings respectively.
[Read our interview with War For the Planet of the Apes director Matt Reeves here.]
Sony’s Spider-Man: Homecoming fell further than expected in its second weekend, dropping 61.3 percent to an estimated $45.2 million. That’s a noticeably steeper second-weekend drop than other superhero films this year: -55.5 percent for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, -43.3 percent for Wonder Woman, or -56.9 percent for Logan.
On Sunday, Homecoming overtook the total gross of 2014’s previous franchise installment The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and appears likely to overtake 2011’s The Amazing Spider-Man by the end of the month unless it drops off particularly fast. (Overtaking the cumulative gross for any of the three original Spider-Man installments starring Tobey Maguire will be much more difficult.)
[Read our interview with Spider-Man: Homecoming screenwriters Writers Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley here.]
With a “healthy” start in fifth place was The Big Sick, from Lionsgate and Amazon Studios, making an estimated $7.6 million. Expanding into wide release on its third weekend after two frames in limited release, the romantic comedy-drama starring Kumail Nanjiani and Emily Gordon has now earned $16.0 million.
With a terrific 97 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the film is perhaps the first release of the year to earn possible Best Picture buzz, albeit as a dark-horse candidate. That counter-programming likely attracted some adult audiences who otherwise wouldn’t be as interested in any other movies currently playing during the summer blockbuster season.
Broad Green Pictures’ Wish Upon made a “wish” and earned a seventh place debut of $5.5 million. The low-budget fantasy horror thriller wasn’t expected to crack the top five, and its opening was about in line with the other three wide-release openings from Broad Green Pictures since the studio began in 2015.
Elsewhere at the box office, Universal’s Despicable Me 3 took third place with a 43.7 percent decline to $18.9 million. It’s now pacing 28.3 and 31.8 percent behind Minions and Despicable Me 2 through the same point in release. Sony and TriStar’s Baby Driver took fourth place, declining a respectable 32.7 percent to $8.7 million.
The top 10 films this weekend earned an estimated $157.2 million total. That’s 20.7 percent behind the $198.3 million earned by the top 10 last weekend. It’s also 23.6 percent percent below the $205.9 million earned by the top 10 on this weekend last year, when The Secret Life of Pets led with $104.3 million.
Overseas Update:
Spider-Man: Homecoming — and not War — was the biggest movie on the “planet” this weekend with a $117.5 million global weekend. After earning the #31-highest global weekend of all time last frame, Homecoming made $72.3 million overseas this time, a 48.4 percent decline. The film has now earned $261.1 million overseas and $469.3 million globally.
Despicable Me 3 earned $71.0 million overseas, down 48.1 percent. Following last weekend’s record-breaking start in China, it was the second-place film there this frame, after a local title. The film has earned $113.6 million in China to date, as part of a $434.1 million overseas and $619.4 million global total.
War For the Planet of the Apes started with $46.0 million overseas, for a $102.5 million global opening weekend. The film only opened in two of the top 10 international markets, meaning that future territories such as China and others will help the film out quite a bit internationally as the summer goes along.
Weekend Actuals for Friday, July 14 – Sunday, July 16, 2017:
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | War for the Planet of the Apes | $56,262,929 | — | 4,022 | — | $13,989 | $56,262,929 | 1 | Fox |
| 2 | Spider-Man: Homecoming | $44,205,210 | -62% | 4,348 | 0 | $10,167 | $207,275,524 | 2 | Sony / Columbia |
| 3 | Despicable Me 3 | $19,357,565 | -42% | 4,155 | -380 | $4,659 | $188,399,715 | 3 | Universal |
| 4 | Baby Driver | $8,714,045 | -33% | 3,043 | -183 | $2,864 | $73,115,902 | 3 | Sony / TriStar |
| 5 | The Big Sick | $7,529,590 | 111% | 2,597 | 2271 | $2,899 | $15,966,414 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 6 | Wonder Woman | $6,802,386 | -31% | 2,744 | -347 | $2,479 | $380,603,464 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 7 | Wish Upon | $5,467,084 | — | 2,250 | — | $2,430 | $5,467,084 | 1 | Broad Green Pictures |
| 8 | Cars 3 | $3,119,815 | -42% | 2,049 | -653 | $1,523 | $139,984,315 | 5 | Disney |
| 9 | Transformers: The Last Knight | $2,843,587 | -55% | 2,323 | -918 | $1,224 | $124,952,206 | 4 | Paramount |
| 10 | The House (2017) | $1,732,777 | -64% | 1,633 | -1501 | $1,061 | $23,067,335 | 3 | Warner Bros. / New Line |
| 11 | 47 Meters Down | $1,139,580 | -58% | 1,032 | -709 | $1,104 | $41,136,686 | 5 | Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures |
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Beguiled | $921,645 | -55% | 726 | -215 | $1,269 | $9,394,214 | 4 | Focus Features |
| 2 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | $509,535 | -41% | 399 | -261 | $1,277 | $386,571,925 | 11 | Disney |
| 3 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales | $496,332 | -58% | 448 | -591 | $1,108 | $170,047,218 | 8 | Disney |
| 4 | Jagga Jasoos | $490,232 | — | 210 | — | $2,334 | $490,232 | 1 | UTV Communications |
| 5 | The Mummy | $362,190 | -69% | 401 | -644 | $903 | $78,986,220 | 6 | Universal |
| 6 | Captain Underpants | $331,738 | 0% | 277 | -130 | $1,198 | $71,163,113 | 7 | Fox / DreamWorks Animation |
| 7 | The Hero | $326,637 | -44% | 315 | -132 | $1,037 | $3,384,747 | 6 | The Orchard |
| 8 | The Little Hours | $292,010 | 51% | 105 | 78 | $2,781 | $663,232 | 3 | Gunpowder & Sky |
| 9 | Beatriz at Dinner | $224,788 | -57% | 205 | -214 | $1,097 | $6,457,860 | 6 | Roadside Attractions |
| 10 | Paris Can Wait | $150,595 | 0% | 177 | 46 | $851 | $5,300,675 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 11 | All Eyez On Me | $143,530 | -76% | 195 | -404 | $736 | $44,724,803 | 5 | Lionsgate / Summit |
| 12 | The Boss Baby | $140,315 | -27% | 170 | -25 | $825 | $174,204,787 | 16 | Fox / DreamWorks Animation |
| 13 | Baywatch | $123,377 | -33% | 156 | -37 | $791 | $57,841,348 | 8 | Paramount |
| 14 | Megan Leavey | $103,198 | -57% | 162 | -92 | $637 | $12,705,458 | 6 | Bleeker Street |
| 15 | Rough Night | $93,775 | -67% | 123 | -228 | $762 | $21,781,082 | 5 | Sony |
| 16 | Alien: Covenant | $79,953 | -7% | 104 | -28 | $769 | $73,975,898 | 9 | Fox |
| 17 | Everything, Everything | $75,906 | -24% | 131 | -10 | $579 | $34,000,284 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 18 | King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword | $56,084 | -38% | 121 | -34 | $464 | $39,141,376 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maudie | $246,401 | 34% | 99 | 41 | $2,489 | $3,540,083 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 2 | A Ghost Story | $135,431 | 30% | 20 | 16 | $6,772 | $277,737 | 2 | A24 |
| 3 | Lost in Paris | $80,298 | 196% | 40 | 32 | $2,007 | $139,357 | 5 | Oscilloscope Laboratories |
| 4 | Lady Macbeth | $64,537 | — | 5 | — | $12,907 | $64,537 | 1 | Roadside Attractions |
| 5 | The Exception | $62,084 | -4% | 44 | -4 | $1,411 | $606,989 | 7 | A24 |
| 6 | The Women’s Balcony | $48,306 | -7% | 22 | -2 | $2,196 | $919,650 | 20 | Menemsha Films |
| 7 | It Comes At Night | $28,647 | -54% | 57 | -33 | $503 | $13,778,238 | 6 | A24 |
| 8 | Smurfs: The Lost Village | $24,068 | -28% | 49 | -21 | $491 | $44,949,021 | 15 | Sony / Columbia |
| 9 | City of Ghosts | $23,188 | 70% | 11 | 9 | $2,108 | $43,061 | 2 | IFC Films / Amazon |
| 10 | Gifted | $21,894 | -25% | 35 | -8 | $626 | $24,702,994 | 15 | Fox Searchlight |
| 11 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul | $21,657 | -38% | 68 | -23 | $318 | $20,638,993 | 9 | 20th Century Fox |
| 12 | Love, Kennedy | $20,101 | 205% | 13 | 7 | $1,546 | $272,292 | 7 | Purdie Distribution |
| 13 | Letters from Baghdad | $20,076 | -12% | 18 | 1 | $1,115 | $254,370 | 7 | Vitagraph Films |
| 14 | Our Time Will Come | $20,020 | -60% | 16 | -2 | $1,251 | $96,552 | 2 | China Lion |
| 15 | The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography | $18,416 | 49% | 15 | 7 | $1,228 | $65,590 | 3 | Neon |
| 16 | Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge | $14,773 | 7% | 9 | 5 | $1,641 | $73,297 | 3 | Society Films |
| 17 | The Journey | $14,228 | -13% | 26 | 5 | $547 | $112,360 | 5 | IFC Films |
| 18 | Snatched | $13,692 | -52% | 32 | -35 | $428 | $45,825,314 | 10 | Fox |
| 19 | Blind | $12,522 | — | 14 | — | $894 | $12,522 | 1 | Vertical Entertainment |
| 20 | Moka | $10,811 | -9% | 18 | 4 | $601 | $89,351 | 5 | Film Movement |
| 21 | My Cousin Rachel | $10,429 | -52% | 22 | -15 | $474 | $2,676,077 | 6 | Fox Searchlight |
| 22 | Churchill | $10,264 | -31% | 13 | -5 | $790 | $1,244,798 | 7 | Cohen Media Group |
| 23 | 13 Minutes | $10,116 | -36% | 9 | 0 | $1,124 | $56,242 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 24 | The Lost City of Z | $7,889 | -57% | 20 | -18 | $394 | $8,574,339 | 14 | Amazon Studios / Bleecker Street |
| 25 | False Confessions | $7,361 | — | 2 | — | $3,681 | $7,361 | 1 | Big World Pictures |
| 26 | Hare Krishna! | $6,614 | 15% | 4 | 3 | $1,654 | $57,751 | 5 | Abramorama |
| 27 | The Wrong Light | $5,429 | — | 1 | — | $5,429 | $5,429 | 1 | Cinema Guild |
| 28 | L’Important C’est D’Aimer (2017 re-release) | $5,370 | — | 1 | — | $5,370 | $5,370 | 1 | Rialto Pictures |
| 29 | Pop Aye | $5,180 | -37% | 5 | 2 | $1,036 | $32,756 | 3 | Kino Lorber |
| 30 | I Am The Blues | $5,105 | — | 4 | — | $1,276 | $6,530 | 1 | Film Movement |
| 31 | Hidden Figures | $5,002 | -22% | 17 | -1 | $294 | $169,368,525 | 30 | Fox |
| 32 | Manifesto | $4,439 | -19% | 3 | -4 | $1,480 | $143,656 | 10 | FilmRise |
| 33 | KEDi | $4,241 | -27% | 5 | -2 | $848 | $2,787,711 | 23 | Oscilloscope Laboratories |
| 34 | The Wedding Plan | $3,980 | -59% | 9 | -3 | $442 | $1,398,498 | 10 | Roadside Attractions |
| 35 | Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer | $3,821 | -62% | 16 | -14 | $239 | $3,810,812 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 36 | Dawson City: Frozen Time | $3,820 | -10% | 5 | 1 | $764 | $75,417 | 6 | Kino Lorber Films |
| 37 | Stalker | $3,299 | -67% | 2 | -2 | $1,650 | $234,723 | 11 | Janus |
| 38 | The Ornithologist | $3,185 | -58% | 5 | -1 | $637 | $40,110 | 4 | Strand Releasing |
| 39 | Birthright: A War Story | $3,006 | — | 1 | — | $3,006 | $3,006 | 1 | Abramorama |
| 40 | My Journey Through French Cinema | $2,981 | -55% | 3 | -1 | $994 | $43,742 | 4 | Cohen Media Group |
| 41 | Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan | $2,238 | 152% | 4 | 2 | $560 | $134,717 | 8 | Abramorama |
| 42 | Le Trou | $1,760 | -18% | 1 | 0 | $1,760 | $20,872 | 3 | Rialto Pictures |
| 43 | Hermia & Helena | $1,728 | 276% | 3 | 1 | $576 | $37,677 | 8 | Kino Lorber |
| 44 | Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary | $1,723 | -60% | 2 | 0 | $862 | $386,198 | 14 | Abramorama |
| 45 | Reset (Ni Shi Ying Jiu) | $1,610 | -84% | 1 | -6 | $1,610 | $107,719 | 3 | Well Go USA |
| 46 | I, Daniel Blake | $1,578 | -19% | 6 | -2 | $263 | $258,168 | 7 | IFC Films |
| 47 | The Bad Batch | $1,572 | -84% | 5 | -20 | $314 | $177,680 | 4 | Neon |
| 48 | Slack Bay | $1,563 | -29% | 2 | 0 | $782 | $62,159 | 13 | Kino Lorber Films |
| 49 | Abacus: Small Enough to Jail | $1,453 | — | 2 | — | $727 | $104,621 | 9 | PBS Distribution |
| 50 | Wakefield | $1,439 | 44% | 4 | 1 | $360 | $259,412 | 9 | IFC Films |
| 51 | The Lovers | $1,375 | -61% | 5 | -1 | $275 | $2,194,521 | 11 | A24 |
| 52 | Obit. | $1,252 | 160% | 4 | 1 | $313 | $304,191 | 12 | Kino Lorber |
| 53 | Band Aid | $1,102 | -83% | 5 | -9 | $220 | $237,535 | 7 | IFC Films |
| 54 | Harmonium | $669 | -72% | 3 | -1 | $223 | $14,876 | 5 | Film Movement |
| 55 | Radio Dreams | $648 | -23% | 4 | 0 | $162 | $24,356 | 9 | Matson Films |
| 56 | The Skyjacker’s Tale | $494 | 145% | 2 | 1 | $247 | $2,418 | 3 | Strand Releasing |
| 57 | Glory | $470 | — | 1 | — | $470 | $18,415 | 14 | Film Movement |
| 58 | The Transfiguration | $131 | 1538% | 5 | 4 | $26 | $21,464 | 15 | Strand Releasing |
| 59 | A Woman’s Life | $113 | — | 2 | — | $57 | $37,062 | 11 | Kino Lorber Films |
| 60 | Like Crazy | $112 | -81% | 1 | -2 | $112 | $106,547 | 11 | Strand Releasing |
Studio Weekend Estimates for Friday, July 14 – Sunday, July 16, 2017:
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | War for the Planet of the Apes | $56,500,000 | — | 4,022 | — | $14,048 | $56,500,000 | 1 | Fox |
| 2 | Spider-Man: Homecoming | $45,200,000 | -61% | 4,348 | 0 | $10,396 | $208,270,314 | 2 | Sony / Columbia |
| 3 | Despicable Me 3 | $18,947,840 | -44% | 4,155 | -380 | $4,560 | $187,989,990 | 3 | Universal |
| 4 | Baby Driver | $8,750,000 | -33% | 3,043 | -183 | $2,875 | $73,151,857 | 3 | Sony / TriStar |
| 5 | The Big Sick | $7,600,000 | 112% | 2,597 | 2271 | $2,926 | $16,036,824 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 6 | Wonder Woman | $6,885,000 | -30% | 2,744 | -347 | $2,509 | $380,686,078 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 7 | Wish Upon | $5,586,748 | — | 2,250 | — | $2,483 | $5,586,748 | 1 | Broad Green Pictures |
| 8 | Cars 3 | $3,167,000 | -41% | 2,049 | -653 | $1,546 | $140,031,500 | 5 | Disney |
| 9 | Transformers: The Last Knight | $2,780,000 | -56% | 2,323 | -918 | $1,197 | $124,888,619 | 4 | Paramount |
| 10 | The House (2017) | $1,795,000 | -62% | 1,633 | -1501 | $1,099 | $23,129,558 | 3 | Warner Bros. / New Line |
| 11 | 47 Meters Down | $1,210,000 | -55% | 1,032 | -709 | $1,172 | $41,207,106 | 5 | Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures |
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Beguiled | $934,645 | -55% | 726 | -215 | $1,287 | $9,407,214 | 4 | Focus Features |
| 2 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | $512,000 | -40% | 399 | -261 | $1,283 | $386,574,390 | 11 | Disney |
| 3 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales | $494,000 | -58% | 448 | -591 | $1,103 | $170,044,886 | 8 | Disney |
| 4 | The Hero | $343,197 | -41% | 315 | -132 | $1,090 | $3,401,307 | 6 | The Orchard |
| 5 | Captain Underpants | $340,000 | 2% | 277 | -130 | $1,227 | $71,171,375 | 7 | Fox / DreamWorks Animation |
| 6 | The Mummy | $327,370 | -72% | 401 | -644 | $816 | $78,951,400 | 6 | Universal |
| 7 | The Little Hours | $318,510 | 65% | 105 | 78 | $3,033 | $689,732 | 3 | Gunpowder & Sky |
| 8 | Beatriz at Dinner | $222,720 | -57% | 205 | -214 | $1,086 | $6,455,808 | 6 | Roadside Attractions |
| 9 | Paris Can Wait | $153,580 | 2% | 177 | 46 | $868 | $5,303,660 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 10 | All Eyez On Me | $147,000 | -76% | 195 | -404 | $754 | $44,728,273 | 5 | Lionsgate / Summit |
| 11 | The Boss Baby | $142,000 | -26% | 170 | -25 | $835 | $174,206,472 | 16 | Fox / DreamWorks Animation |
| 12 | Baywatch | $118,000 | -36% | 156 | -37 | $756 | $57,835,971 | 8 | Paramount |
| 13 | Megan Leavey | $99,510 | -58% | 162 | -92 | $614 | $12,701,770 | 6 | Bleeker Street |
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maudie | $252,836 | 37% | 99 | 41 | $2,554 | $3,546,518 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 2 | A Ghost Story | $146,445 | 41% | 20 | 16 | $7,322 | $288,751 | 2 | A24 |
| 3 | Lost in Paris | $79,000 | 191% | 38 | 30 | $2,079 | $138,059 | 5 | Oscilloscope Laboratories |
| 4 | Lady Macbeth | $68,813 | — | 5 | — | $13,763 | $68,813 | 1 | Roadside Attractions |
| 5 | The Exception | $67,804 | 5% | 44 | -4 | $1,541 | $612,709 | 7 | A24 |
| 6 | It Comes At Night | $31,572 | -49% | 57 | -33 | $554 | $13,781,163 | 6 | A24 |
| 7 | Endless Poetry | $28,000 | — | 2 | — | $14,000 | $28,000 | 1 | abkco Films |
| 8 | City of Ghosts | $26,246 | 93% | 11 | 9 | $2,386 | $48,501 | 2 | IFC Films / Amazon |
| 9 | Love, Kennedy | $24,476 | 271% | 13 | 7 | $1,883 | $276,667 | 7 | Purdie Distribution |
| 10 | Our Time Will Come | $18,000 | -64% | 16 | -2 | $1,125 | $94,522 | 2 | China Lion |
| 11 | Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge | $12,848 | -7% | 9 | 5 | $1,428 | $71,372 | 3 | Society Films |
| 12 | Blind (2017) | $11,700 | — | 14 | — | $836 | $11,700 | 1 | Vertical Entertainment |
| 13 | Churchill | $10,871 | -27% | 14 | -4 | $777 | $1,243,746 | 7 | Cohen Media Group |
| 14 | 13 Minutes | $10,635 | -33% | 9 | 0 | $1,182 | $56,761 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 15 | False Confessions | $7,670 | — | 2 | — | $3,835 | $7,670 | 1 | Big World Pictures |
| 16 | Footnotes | $5,900 | — | 1 | — | $5,900 | $5,900 | 1 | Monument Releasing |
| 17 | Manifesto | $5,000 | -9% | 3 | -4 | $1,667 | $144,217 | 10 | FilmRise |
| 18 | My Journey Through French Cinema | $3,237 | -52% | 3 | -1 | $1,079 | $43,999 | 4 | Cohen Media Group |
| 19 | The Bad Batch | $1,466 | -85% | 5 | -20 | $293 | $177,574 | 4 | Neon |
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