Monday Update: December is no longer the most “wonder”-ful time of the year, as Wonder Woman launched with a $103.2 million opening.
Despite a Sunday estimate of $100.2 million that caused doubt about whether the “actual” number would remain above $100 million once Monday weekend actuals were revealed, the film actually came in several million dollars above its original estimate. The Warner Bros. superhero film became the third movie to debut at nine digits this year, along with Beauty and the Beast and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
Fox’s animated Captain Underpants started in second place with $23.8 million, the lowest DreamWorks animation opening since 2013 but about in line with pre-release expectations.
The full table of weekend actuals is at bottom, after our Sunday update featuring deeper analysis.
Sunday Update: December is no longer the most “wonder”-ful time of the year, as Wonder Woman launched with an estimated $100.5 million opening.
The Warner Bros. superhero origin story, starring Gal Gadot in the title role, is not guaranteed to remain above the $100 million mark by the time weekend actuals come out on Monday. In April, Universal’s The Fate of the Furious posted a Sunday weekend estimate of $100.2 million, but that dropped to $98.7 million by Monday’s weekend actuals.
“This resonated with audiences around the globe, since it’s just fun,” Warner Bros. president of domestic distribution Jeff Goldstein tells Boxoffice in an interview. “[Director] Patty Jenkins had a vision for the movie, there’s a great story, great characters, great chemistry, great marketing with the iconic poster featuring the sunset in the background. Then all the things that go with it, like the release at the beginning of June.”
Wonder‘s audience was 52 percent female, unusually high for the male-driven superhero genre. Asked about the film’s female audience, Goldstein says, “We weren’t expecting that, but we were hoping we might. But a large male audience was also our goal, and we also achieved that.”
Compared to other superhero origin films of recent years, Wonder begins higher than some and lower than others: 18.1 percent above Doctor Strange and 6.5 percent above Guardians of the Galaxy, but 24.1 percent below Deadpool and 24.8 percent below Suicide Squad.
Wonder rode its positive word of mouth including a 93 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes and an “A” CinemaScore. Goldstein also expressed optimism regarding the film’s future earnings, citing its very mild 7.6 percent Friday-to-Saturday decline as evidence that it may not prove as frontloaded as many other superhero titles.
This release represents a much-needed rebound for Warner Bros., which is coming off one of Hollywood’s biggest financial losses of the entire decade with May’s King Arthur: Legend of the Sword.
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie started in second place with an estimated $23.5 million. Fox’s animated comedy based on the long-popular children’s book series starring the voices of Ed Helms and Kevin Hart came about in line with pre-release expectations.
Compared to other recent DreamWorks animated films, it posts the lowest start since Turbo in summer 2013. It starts well below other recent DreamWorks hits like The Boss Baby, Trolls, and Home, instead opening comparably to moderate earners like Storks and Ice Age: Collision Course.
Last weekend’s leader, Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, took third place with an estimated $21.6 million. It fell 65.7 percent, the largest second-weekend drop among the five Pirates film, “beating” the 61.5 percent decline of At World’s End. Disney’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 took fourth place with $9.7 million, while Paramount’s Baywatch rounded out the top five with $8.5 million.
The top 10 films this weekend earned an estimated $174.9 million total. That’s 30.5 percent above the $133.9 million earned by the top 10 last weekend. It’s also 11.1 percent above the $157.2 earned by the top 10 on this weekend last year, when X-Men: Apocalypse led with $65.7 million.
Overseas Update:
Wonder Woman started with a terrific $122.5 million estimated overseas weekend in 55 markets, led by $38.0 million in China. That makes for a $223.0 million global opening and total, a great start. [More numbers and info here.]
Pirates, after a huge overseas start last weekend, fell 64.6 percent to $73.8 million. Its totals now stand at $386.6 million overseas and $501.2 million globally, which appears likely to result in a lower global total than the previous two Pirates installments.
The Fate of the Furious continues to pad its amazing overseas total, with a $1.5 million overseas weekend. That lifts its total to $1.004 billion overseas (#6 all time) and $1.227 billion globally (#11 all time).
Weekend Actuals for Friday, June 2 – Sunday, June 4, 2017:
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wonder Woman | $103,251,471 | — | 4,165 | — | $24,790 | $103,251,471 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | Captain Underpants | $23,851,539 | — | 3,434 | — | $6,946 | $23,851,539 | 1 | Fox / DreamWorks Animation |
| 3 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales | $22,087,099 | -65% | 4,276 | 0 | $5,165 | $115,095,870 | 2 | Disney |
| 4 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | $9,839,370 | -53% | 3,507 | -364 | $2,806 | $102,848,141 | 5 | Disney |
| 5 | Baywatch | $8,741,285 | -53% | 3,647 | 0 | $2,397 | $41,965,723 | 2 | Paramount |
| 6 | Alien: Covenant | $4,122,884 | -61% | 2,660 | -1112 | $1,550 | $67,342,368 | 3 | Fox |
| 7 | Everything, Everything | $3,301,366 | -45% | 2,375 | -426 | $1,390 | $28,282,953 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | Snatched | $1,318,582 | -67% | 1,625 | -1033 | $811 | $43,846,996 | 4 | Fox |
| 9 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul | $1,289,793 | -71% | 2,088 | -1086 | $618 | $17,894,397 | 3 | 20th Century Fox |
| 10 | King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword | $1,173,672 | -64% | 1,222 | -1281 | $960 | $37,176,629 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beauty and the Beast | $658,056 | -55% | 527 | -549 | $1,249 | $502,136,527 | 12 | Disney |
| 2 | The Boss Baby | $621,139 | -64% | 684 | -658 | $908 | $170,921,703 | 10 | Fox / DreamWorks Animation |
| 3 | 3 Idiotas | $609,249 | — | 349 | — | $1,746 | $609,249 | 1 | Lionsgate / Pantelion |
| 4 | Paris Can Wait | $529,395 | 23% | 151 | 81 | $3,506 | $1,606,002 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 5 | The Fate of the Furious | $489,465 | -67% | 593 | -765 | $825 | $223,807,400 | 8 | Universal |
| 6 | Churchill | $400,843 | — | 215 | — | $1,864 | $400,843 | 1 | Cohen Media Group |
| 7 | How to Be A Latin Lover | $277,496 | -71% | 277 | -392 | $1,002 | $31,701,000 | 6 | Lionsgate / Pantelion |
| 8 | The Lovers | $244,817 | -62% | 348 | -95 | $703 | $1,912,185 | 5 | A24 |
| 9 | Going in Style | $230,076 | -6% | 303 | -41 | $759 | $44,245,405 | 9 | Warner Bros. / New Line |
| 10 | Smurfs: The Lost Village | $224,882 | -21% | 272 | -90 | $827 | $44,035,646 | 9 | Sony / Columbia |
| 11 | Kong: Skull Island | $211,867 | -22% | 208 | -38 | $1,019 | $167,755,562 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | The Wedding Plan | $210,925 | -32% | 123 | 26 | $1,715 | $985,067 | 4 | Roadside Attractions |
| 13 | Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer | $202,826 | -58% | 232 | -92 | $874 | $3,458,709 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 14 | Lowriders | $201,620 | -67% | 179 | -155 | $1,126 | $5,754,625 | 4 | BH Tilt |
| 15 | Gifted | $177,362 | -54% | 225 | -155 | $788 | $24,066,707 | 9 | Fox Searchlight |
| 16 | The Zookeeper’s Wife | $75,885 | -51% | 115 | -50 | $660 | $17,304,281 | 10 | Focus Features |
| 17 | Get Out | $75,385 | -58% | 121 | -67 | $623 | $175,428,355 | 15 | Universal |
| 18 | The LEGO Batman Movie | $74,221 | -42% | 166 | -10 | $447 | $175,686,290 | 17 | Warner Bros. |
| 19 | Born in China | $73,395 | -25% | 115 | -115 | $638 | $13,664,718 | 7 | Disneynature |
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Quiet Passion | $100,912 | -42% | 98 | -20 | $1,030 | $1,618,107 | 8 | Music Box Films |
| 2 | The Circle | $54,286 | -54% | 91 | -117 | $597 | $20,476,300 | 6 | EuropaCorp/STXfilms |
| 3 | Their Finest | $51,765 | -59% | 73 | -34 | $709 | $3,506,461 | 9 | EuropaCorp/STXfilms |
| 4 | Love, Kennedy | $43,489 | — | 19 | — | $2,289 | $43,489 | 1 | Purdie Distribution |
| 5 | Logan | $42,993 | -63% | 92 | -67 | $467 | $226,187,306 | 14 | Fox |
| 6 | Wakefield | $41,923 | -33% | 30 | 14 | $1,397 | $153,735 | 3 | IFC Films |
| 7 | The Case For Christ | $34,891 | -19% | 73 | 10 | $478 | $14,606,100 | 9 | Pure Flix |
| 8 | Obit. | $29,361 | -3% | 22 | 2 | $1,335 | $234,569 | 6 | Kino Lorber |
| 9 | Band Aid | $29,013 | — | 3 | — | $9,671 | $29,013 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 10 | God of War | $23,912 | — | 27 | — | $886 | $23,912 | 1 | Well Go USA |
| 11 | The Exception | $21,351 | — | 2 | — | $10,676 | $21,351 | 1 | A24 |
| 12 | Letters from Baghdad | $19,725 | — | 2 | — | $9,863 | $19,725 | 1 | Vitagraph Films |
| 13 | Colossal | $19,278 | -47% | 53 | 1 | $364 | $2,983,656 | 9 | Neon |
| 14 | I, Daniel Blake | $18,682 | — | 12 | — | $1,557 | $70,106 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 15 | Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan | $13,707 | -31% | 4 | 2 | $3,427 | $57,358 | 2 | Abramorama |
| 16 | Stalker | $12,321 | -42% | 4 | -2 | $3,080 | $138,550 | 5 | Janus |
| 17 | Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent | $10,480 | 32% | 30 | 17 | $349 | $198,566 | 7 | The Orchard |
| 18 | KEDi | $10,258 | -43% | 10 | -9 | $1,026 | $2,685,756 | 17 | Oscilloscope Laboratories |
| 19 | Hidden Figures | $9,159 | -47% | 13 | -16 | $705 | $169,332,972 | 24 | Fox |
| 20 | Manifesto | $9,061 | -14% | 8 | 4 | $1,133 | $63,617 | 4 | FilmRise |
| 21 | Buena Vista Social Club: Adios | $8,412 | -87% | 27 | -53 | $312 | $118,253 | 2 | Broad Green Pictures |
| 22 | Chuck | $8,392 | -78% | 30 | -63 | $280 | $315,024 | 5 | IFC Films |
| 23 | Citizen Jane: Battle for the City | $8,194 | -19% | 10 | -2 | $819 | $274,299 | 7 | IFC Films |
| 24 | Like Crazy | $7,196 | -59% | 8 | 0 | $900 | $85,086 | 5 | Strand Releasing |
| 25 | Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary | $6,887 | — | 11 | — | $626 | $276,358 | 8 | Abramorama |
| 26 | David Lynch: The Art Life | $6,798 | 101% | 3 | 2 | $2,266 | $160,051 | 10 | Janus |
| 27 | The Recall | $6,570 | — | 7 | — | $939 | $6,570 | 1 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 28 | Cezanne and I | $4,591 | 3% | 3 | -1 | $1,530 | $243,071 | 10 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 29 | Hermia & Helena | $4,029 | -69% | 2 | 0 | $2,015 | $25,007 | 2 | Kino Lorber |
| 30 | The Commune | $3,854 | -50% | 11 | -2 | $350 | $31,556 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 31 | Champion | $3,805 | -72% | 5 | -11 | $761 | $151,706 | 3 | ArtAffects Entertainment |
| 32 | The Dinner | $3,471 | -59% | 10 | -10 | $347 | $1,318,305 | 5 | The Orchard |
| 33 | Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe | $3,253 | -77% | 1 | -1 | $3,253 | $58,648 | 4 | First Run Features |
| 34 | Bang! The Bert Berns Story | $3,182 | — | 4 | — | $796 | $55,151 | 6 | Abramorama |
| 35 | The Wall | $3,157 | -90% | 10 | -61 | $316 | $1,797,627 | 4 | Roadside Attractions |
| 36 | I am Not Your Negro | $3,065 | -9% | 4 | -2 | $766 | $7,120,626 | 18 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 37 | This Is Not What I Expected | $2,813 | -57% | 2 | -1 | $1,407 | $332,141 | 5 | Well Go USA |
| 38 | Frantz | $2,739 | 0% | 5 | 0 | $548 | $872,134 | 12 | Music Box Films |
| 39 | Risk | $2,671 | -52% | 6 | -2 | $445 | $193,852 | 5 | Neon |
| 40 | Truman | $2,385 | -64% | 3 | -2 | $795 | $205,184 | 9 | Filmrise |
| 41 | Donnie Darko (15th Anniversary Re-Release) | $2,359 | 31% | 5 | 3 | $472 | $186,639 | 10 | Arrow Films |
| 42 | The Last Shaman | $2,351 | — | 4 | — | $588 | $15,616 | 4 | Abramorama Entertainment |
| 43 | Leon Morin, Priest (2017 re-release) | $2,178 | -47% | 2 | 1 | $1,089 | $39,146 | 4 | Rialto Pictures |
| 44 | Buster Mal’s Heart | $2,108 | — | 4 | — | $527 | $69,269 | 6 | Well Go USA |
| 45 | Graduation | $2,047 | 28% | 2 | -2 | $1,024 | $173,668 | 9 | IFC Films / Sundance Selects |
| 46 | Personal Shopper | $1,994 | -3% | 3 | 0 | $665 | $1,302,844 | 13 | IFC Films |
| 47 | Afterimage | $1,813 | -83% | 5 | -1 | $363 | $23,937 | 3 | Film Movement |
| 48 | Abacus: Small Enough to Jail | $1,794 | -83% | 1 | -1 | $1,794 | $33,024 | 3 | PBS Distribution |
| 49 | After the Storm | $1,412 | 119% | 3 | 0 | $471 | $254,806 | 12 | Film Movement |
| 50 | Alive and Kicking | $1,296 | 7% | 2 | -2 | $648 | $56,628 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 51 | Phoenix Forgotten | $813 | -80% | 1 | -4 | $813 | $3,598,389 | 7 | Cinelou Films |
| 52 | Seven Beauties (1975) | $625 | -60% | 1 | 0 | $625 | $10,442 | 8 | Kino Lorber |
| 53 | One Week and a Day | $606 | — | 1 | — | $606 | $38,417 | 6 | Oscilloscope |
| 54 | Tomorrow | $469 | — | 2 | — | $235 | $1,667,837 | 13 | Under the Milky Way |
| 55 | Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait | $394 | — | 1 | — | $394 | $8,679 | 5 | Cohen Media Group |
| 56 | Behind the White Glasses | $216 | -36% | 1 | 0 | $216 | $2,223 | 7 | Kino Lorber |
| 57 | Slack Bay | $210 | -93% | 2 | -4 | $105 | $47,233 | 7 | Kino Lorber Films |
| 58 | Soul on a String | $49 | -91% | 1 | -1 | $49 | $2,077 | 3 | Film Movement |
Studio Weekend Estimates for Friday, June 2 – Sunday, June 4, 2017:
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wonder Woman | $100,505,000 | — | 4,165 | — | $24,131 | $100,505,000 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | Captain Underpants | $23,500,000 | — | 3,434 | — | $6,843 | $23,500,000 | 1 | Fox / DreamWorks Animation |
| 3 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales | $21,613,000 | -66% | 4,276 | 0 | $5,054 | $114,621,771 | 2 | Disney |
| 4 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | $9,733,000 | -53% | 3,507 | -364 | $2,775 | $355,474,332 | 5 | Disney |
| 5 | Baywatch | $8,500,000 | -54% | 3,647 | 0 | $2,331 | $41,724,438 | 2 | Paramount |
| 6 | Alien: Covenant | $4,000,000 | -62% | 2,660 | -1112 | $1,504 | $67,219,484 | 3 | Fox |
| 7 | Everything, Everything | $3,320,000 | -45% | 2,375 | -426 | $1,398 | $28,301,587 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | Snatched | $1,340,000 | -66% | 1,625 | -1033 | $825 | $43,868,414 | 4 | Fox |
| 9 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul | $1,220,000 | -73% | 2,088 | -1086 | $584 | $17,824,604 | 3 | 20th Century Fox |
| 10 | King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword | $1,170,000 | -65% | 1,222 | -1281 | $957 | $37,172,957 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Boss Baby | $635,000 | -63% | 684 | -658 | $928 | $170,935,564 | 10 | Fox / DreamWorks Animation |
| 2 | Beauty and the Beast | $620,000 | -58% | 527 | -549 | $1,176 | $502,098,471 | 12 | Disney |
| 3 | 3 Idiotas | $600,000 | — | 349 | — | $1,719 | $600,000 | 1 | Lionsgate / Pantelion |
| 4 | Paris Can Wait | $550,979 | 28% | 151 | 81 | $3,649 | $1,627,586 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 5 | The Fate of the Furious | $488,285 | -67% | 593 | -765 | $823 | $223,806,220 | 8 | Universal |
| 6 | Churchill | $426,616 | — | 215 | — | $1,984 | $426,616 | 1 | Cohen Media Group |
| 7 | How to Be A Latin Lover | $300,000 | -69% | 277 | -392 | $1,083 | $31,723,504 | 6 | Lionsgate / Pantelion |
| 8 | The Lovers | $273,180 | -58% | 348 | -95 | $785 | $1,940,548 | 5 | A24 |
| 9 | Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer | $213,378 | -55% | 232 | -92 | $920 | $3,469,261 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 10 | The Wedding Plan | $209,700 | -32% | 123 | 26 | $1,705 | $983,842 | 4 | Roadside Attractions |
| 11 | Lowriders | $193,410 | -68% | 179 | -155 | $1,081 | $5,746,415 | 4 | BH Tilt |
| 12 | Gifted | $170,000 | -56% | 225 | -155 | $756 | $24,059,345 | 9 | Fox Searchlight |
| 13 | Born in China | $81,000 | -17% | 115 | -115 | $704 | $13,672,323 | 7 | Disneynature |
| 14 | The Zookeeper’s Wife | $75,660 | -52% | 115 | -50 | $658 | $17,304,056 | 10 | Focus Features |
| 15 | Get Out | $72,825 | -60% | 121 | -67 | $602 | $175,425,795 | 15 | Universal |
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dean | $60,366 | — | 15 | — | $4,024 | $60,366 | 1 | CBS Films |
| 2 | Love, Kennedy | $49,300 | — | 19 | — | $2,595 | $49,300 | 1 | Purdie Distribution |
| 3 | The Lost City of Z | $44,460 | -66% | 77 | -44 | $577 | $8,370,779 | 8 | Amazon Studios / Bleecker Street |
| 4 | Wakefield | $42,000 | -33% | 28 | 12 | $1,500 | $201,042 | 3 | IFC Films |
| 5 | Band Aid | $31,500 | — | 3 | — | $10,500 | $31,500 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 6 | Beautiful Accident | $25,000 | — | 15 | — | $1,667 | $25,000 | 1 | China Lion Film Distribution |
| 7 | The Exception | $23,337 | — | 2 | — | $11,669 | $23,337 | 1 | A24 |
| 8 | Letters from Baghdad | $18,250 | — | 2 | — | $9,125 | $18,250 | 1 | Vitagraph Films |
| 9 | Colossal | $17,102 | -53% | 53 | 1 | $323 | $2,981,480 | 9 | Neon |
| 10 | Past Life | $16,215 | — | 4 | — | $4,054 | $16,215 | 1 | Orion Pictures / Samuel Goldwyn Films |
| 11 | Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan | $12,256 | -38% | 4 | 2 | $3,064 | $55,907 | 2 | Abramorama |
| 12 | Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent | $10,533 | 33% | 30 | 17 | $351 | $198,619 | 7 | The Orchard |
| 13 | KEDi | $9,500 | -48% | 9 | -10 | $1,056 | $2,684,998 | 17 | Oscilloscope Laboratories |
| 14 | Manifesto | $9,000 | -15% | 8 | 4 | $1,125 | $63,556 | 4 | FilmRise |
| 15 | The Recall | $6,728 | — | 7 | — | $961 | $6,728 | 1 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 16 | Maurice (2017 re-release) | $6,068 | -2% | 2 | 1 | $3,034 | $29,177 | 3 | Cohen Media Group |
| 17 | The Dinner | $3,634 | -57% | 10 | -10 | $363 | $1,318,468 | 5 | The Orchard |
| 18 | Truman | $2,500 | -62% | 3 | -2 | $833 | $205,299 | 9 | Filmrise |
| 19 | Risk | $2,414 | -57% | 6 | -2 | $402 | $193,595 | 5 | Neon |
| 20 | Radio Dreams | $2,053 | — | 1 | — | $2,053 | $2,053 | 1 | Matson Films |
| 21 | Phoenix Forgotten | $750 | -81% | 1 | -4 | $750 | $3,598,326 | 7 | Cinelou Films |
| 22 | Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait | $309 | — | 1 | — | $309 | $859 | 5 | Cohen Media Group |
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