Monday Update: It was a good three days for Happy Death Day, as Universal and Blumhouse’s horror opened on Friday the 13th to a first place weekend of $26.0 million.
That was higher than almost anybody predicted, with most projections topping off at $25 million maximum.
Warner Bros.’ Blade Runner 2049, last weekend’s leader, slipped to second with a 53 percent drop to $15.4 million.
STX Entertainment’s The Foreigner, an action film starring Jackie Chan, started in third place with $13.1 million, about in line with pre-release expectations.
The full table of weekend actuals is at bottom, after our Sunday update with further analysis.
Sunday Update: It’s been a good three days for Happy Death Day, as Universal and Blumhouse’s horror opened on Friday the 13th to a first place weekend of $26.5 million.
The film beat even the most optimistic expectations, as the highest that anybody forecast on prediction website Box Office Theory was $25 million.
Exploiting the 1-2 punch of the superstitious holiday and Halloween approaching, the movie — about a woman who relives the day of her death on repeat — continues the horror genre’s highest-grossing year of the 21st century.
Day exceeds not only the opening but also the entire cumulative gross of The Bye Bye Man, another horror which opened on Friday the 13th in January.
While it does open below two of Blumhouse’s other horror releases this year, Get Out and Split, those comparisons might be unfair, as those were both two of the highest grossing horror titles in ages.
Day received a “B” average CinemaScore, from an audience that was 54 percent female and 63 percent under age 25.
While horror films are usually frontloaded, it’s possible this could hold well for the next two weekends as Halloween comes up. But with two new horror releases coming out in the next two weekends with Boo 2! and Jigsaw, it will face some tough competition — not to mention the continued terrific hold of last month’s It.
Warner Bros.’ Blade Runner 2049 took second place after leading last frame, with a 53 percent drop to $15.1 million.
The film has earned $60.5 million to date, below what most expected by this point in its run. Despite stellar reviews, it now appears the film may even fail to reach $100 million domestically, despite posting a $150 million budget.
STX’s The Foreigner opened in third place with $12.8 million, about in line with pre-release expectations.
Compared to other recent October action releases, it starts behind John Wick, The Accountant, and Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.
However it’s done much better overseas, with $88 million and counting. (Wick earned $45 million and Accountant earned $68 million from overseas markets.)
An action film starring Jackie Chan as a father getting revenge for his daughter’s murder, it marks Chan’s first wide-release live-action movie in America since The Karate Kid in 2010.
While Chan still remains one of the most popular (and highest paid) movie stars in the world while focusing on Chinese films the past few years, his star power has faded in the U.S. this decade.
So while this film’s opening was in line with expectations, it might have been considered a disappointment for Chan in the ’90s and 2000s back when he was one of Hollywood’s biggest box office draws.
Comparisons:
The top 10 films this weekend earned $88.3 million total.
That’s 9 percent below last weekend.
It’s also 5 percent below the same weekend last year, when The Girl on the Train led with $24.5 million.
Year-to-date box office is running 4.8 percent behind last year.
Limited Releases:
Open Road Films’ Marshall, a biopic starring Chadwick Boseman as U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, began with $3.0 million in 821 theaters.
[Read our interview with Marshall director Reginald Hudlin here.]
Focus Features’ Victoria and Abdul expanded its theater count but still remains in only 900 theaters, taking in $3.1 million. That actually represents a 25 percent decline, despite its theater expansion.
Monday’s Weekend Actuals for Friday, October 13 – Sunday, October 15, 2017:
# | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
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1 | Happy Death Day | $26,039,025 | — | 3,149 | — | $8,269 | $26,039,025 | 1 | Universal / Blumhouse |
2 | Blade Runner 2049 | $15,492,244 | -53% | 4,058 | 0 | $3,818 | $60,970,631 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
3 | The Foreigner | $13,113,024 | — | 2,515 | — | $5,214 | $13,113,024 | 1 | STX Entertainment |
4 | It (2017) | $6,055,633 | -39% | 3,176 | -429 | $1,907 | $314,935,154 | 6 | Warner Bros. / New Line |
5 | The Mountain Between Us | $5,750,951 | -45% | 3,259 | 171 | $1,765 | $20,603,873 | 2 | 20th Century Fox |
6 | American Made | $5,500,950 | -35% | 3,098 | 67 | $1,776 | $40,230,815 | 3 | Universal |
7 | Kingsman: The Golden Circle | $5,379,417 | -38% | 2,982 | -506 | $1,804 | $89,716,457 | 4 | Fox |
8 | The LEGO Ninjago Movie | $4,316,424 | -38% | 3,053 | -558 | $1,414 | $51,579,113 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
9 | My Little Pony: The Movie | $4,111,877 | -54% | 2,528 | 0 | $1,627 | $15,625,311 | 2 | Lionsgate |
10 | Flatliners | $1,544,995 | -61% | 1,983 | -569 | $779 | $15,672,966 | 3 | Sony Pictures |
11 | Battle of the Sexes | $1,338,564 | -48% | 1,394 | -428 | $960 | $10,352,762 | 4 | Fox Searchlight |
12 | Professor Marston & The Wonder Women | $736,883 | — | 1,229 | — | $600 | $736,883 | 1 | Annapurna Pictures |
# | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Victoria & Abdul | $3,006,155 | -28% | 900 | 168 | $3,340 | $11,233,099 | 4 | Focus Features |
2 | Marshall | $3,000,805 | — | 821 | — | $3,655 | $3,000,805 | 1 | Open Road |
3 | American Assassin | $520,583 | -63% | 820 | -836 | $635 | $15,625,311 | 5 | CBS Films / Lionsgate |
4 | The Stray | $286,494 | -52% | 430 | -210 | $666 | $1,191,487 | 2 | Purdie Distribution |
5 | Spider-Man: Homecoming | $282,953 | 4% | 306 | -20 | $925 | $333,528,381 | 15 | Sony / Columbia |
6 | ‘Til Death Do Us Part | $282,408 | -62% | 310 | -240 | $911 | $3,222,376 | 3 | Novus Content |
7 | Despicable Me 3 | $244,730 | -15% | 266 | -38 | $920 | $263,015,205 | 16 | Universal |
8 | The Emoji Movie | $181,355 | -20% | 220 | -34 | $824 | $85,487,846 | 12 | Sony / Columbia |
9 | Home Again | $164,526 | -71% | 361 | -642 | $456 | $26,798,552 | 6 | Open Road |
10 | A Question Of Faith | $153,930 | -66% | 228 | -380 | $675 | $2,195,224 | 3 | Pure Flix Entertainment |
11 | Dunkirk | $152,419 | -32% | 268 | -45 | $569 | $187,552,594 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
12 | mother! | $128,374 | -67% | 159 | -322 | $807 | $17,634,778 | 5 | Paramount |
13 | Annabelle: Creation | $115,801 | -22% | 202 | 14 | $573 | $101,933,294 | 10 | Warner Bros. / New Line |
14 | Stronger | $110,312 | -60% | 174 | -161 | $634 | $4,034,669 | 4 | Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions |
15 | Wind River | $109,241 | -47% | 194 | -162 | $563 | $21,435,766 | 11 | The Weinstein Company |
16 | Judwaa 2 | $102,256 | -67% | 106 | -86 | $965 | $1,404,957 | 3 | FIP |
17 | Leap! | $100,093 | -53% | 185 | -216 | $541 | $21,426,618 | 8 | The Weinstein Company |
18 | Cars 3 | $87,728 | -21% | 119 | -12 | $737 | $152,743,252 | 18 | Disney |
19 | The Hitman’s Bodyguard | $80,438 | -52% | 165 | -149 | $488 | $75,184,323 | 9 | Lionsgate / Summit |
20 | War for the Planet of the Apes | $65,589 | -18% | 100 | -21 | $656 | $146,676,660 | 14 | Fox |
21 | Wonder Woman | $47,601 | -45% | 118 | -37 | $403 | $412,486,266 | 20 | Warner Bros. |
# | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Florida Project | $368,149 | 134% | 33 | 29 | $11,156 | $590,957 | 2 | A24 |
2 | Loving Vincent | $331,602 | 98% | 55 | 27 | $6,029 | $750,674 | 4 | Good Deed Entertainment |
3 | American Satan | $135,378 | — | 55 | — | $2,461 | $135,378 | 1 | Sumerian |
4 | Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down The White House | $117,572 | 96% | 89 | 72 | $1,321 | $250,884 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
5 | Lucky | $114,838 | 20% | 60 | 26 | $1,914 | $361,909 | 3 | Magnolia |
6 | Goodbye Christopher Robin | $57,917 | — | 9 | — | $6,435 | $57,917 | 1 | Fox Searchlight |
7 | City Of Rock | $48,176 | -58% | 22 | -21 | $2,190 | $227,519 | 2 | Well Go USA Entertainment |
8 | Human Flow | $45,677 | — | 3 | — | $15,226 | $45,677 | 1 | Amazon Studios |
9 | Faces Places | $43,762 | 41% | 25 | 20 | $1,750 | $93,884 | 2 | Cohen Media Group |
10 | Chasing The Dragon | $35,768 | -58% | 17 | -14 | $2,104 | $396,241 | 3 | Well Go USA Entertainment |
11 | Kidnap | $33,002 | -39% | 61 | -16 | $541 | $30,649,919 | 11 | Aviron Pictures |
12 | Take Every Wave: the Life of Laird Hamilton | $31,381 | 24% | 21 | 9 | $1,494 | $87,811 | 3 | IFC Films |
13 | The Big Sick | $26,421 | 26% | 64 | 30 | $413 | $42,861,332 | 17 | Lionsgate |
14 | Brad’s Status | $23,582 | -79% | 39 | -208 | $605 | $2,112,518 | 5 | Amazon Studios / Annapurna Pictures |
15 | The Dark Tower | $23,437 | -56% | 59 | -55 | $397 | $50,692,621 | 11 | Sony / Columbia |
16 | Breathe | $22,285 | — | 4 | — | $5,571 | $22,285 | 1 | Bleeker Street |
17 | Chavela | $22,247 | -1% | 14 | 10 | $1,589 | $63,450 | 2 | Music Box Films |
18 | Baby Driver | $20,017 | -61% | 48 | -47 | $417 | $107,816,745 | 16 | Sony / TriStar |
19 | Viceroy’s House | $16,895 | -61% | 27 | -40 | $626 | $1,066,914 | 7 | IFC Films |
20 | So B. It | $15,388 | 106% | 22 | 20 | $699 | $23,863 | 2 | Good Deed Entertainment |
21 | Tom of Finland | $13,524 | — | 1 | — | $13,524 | $24,573 | 1 | Kino Lorber |
22 | Walking Out | $13,132 | 140% | 14 | 12 | $938 | $22,034 | 2 | IFC Films |
23 | Dina | $12,374 | 106% | 4 | 3 | $3,094 | $19,376 | 2 | The Orchard |
24 | The King’s Choice | $12,136 | -39% | 10 | 0 | $1,214 | $74,876 | 4 | Samuel Goldwyn Films |
25 | All Saints | $11,661 | -39% | 39 | -26 | $299 | $5,773,671 | 8 | Sony Pictures |
26 | Logan Lucky | $10,555 | -40% | 0 | -61 | — | $27,716,429 | 9 | Bleeker Street |
27 | Friend Request | $9,578 | -87% | 50 | -104 | $192 | $3,733,254 | 4 | Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures |
28 | The Trip to Spain | $7,705 | -56% | 10 | -5 | $771 | $1,139,004 | 10 | IFC Films |
29 | Bending The Arc | $6,496 | 106% | 3 | 1 | $2,165 | $12,157 | 2 | Abramorama |
30 | Night Of The Living Dead (4K Restoration) | $5,452 | — | 1 | — | $5,452 | $5,452 | 1 | Janus |
31 | Menashe | $4,074 | -57% | 7 | -4 | $582 | $1,699,062 | 12 | A24 |
32 | 78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene | $3,738 | — | 1 | — | $3,738 | $3,738 | 1 | IFC Films |
33 | Rebel in the Rye | $3,252 | -61% | 14 | -15 | $232 | $366,182 | 6 | IFC Films |
34 | The Midwife | $3,063 | 43% | 3 | 2 | $1,021 | $601,992 | 13 | Music Box Films |
35 | Paradise | $2,862 | 19% | 3 | 2 | $954 | $7,371 | 2 | Film Movement |
36 | Captain Underpants | $2,790 | -78% | 38 | 13 | $73 | $73,903,006 | 20 | Fox / DreamWorks Animation |
37 | Beach Rats | $2,703 | -68% | 8 | -6 | $338 | $468,195 | 8 | Neon |
38 | Tulip Fever | $2,587 | -62% | 6 | -6 | $431 | $2,405,104 | 7 | Weinstein Company |
39 | The Nile Hilton Incident | $2,242 | 308% | 2 | 0 | $1,121 | $80,803 | 10 | Strand Releasing |
40 | The Unknown Girl | $1,862 | -79% | 5 | -6 | $372 | $146,115 | 6 | IFC Films |
41 | Ingrid Goes West | $1,735 | -51% | 5 | -5 | $347 | $3,019,728 | 10 | Neon |
42 | Dawson City: Frozen Time | $1,714 | — | 1 | — | $1,714 | $128,265 | 19 | Kino Lorber Films |
43 | In Pursuit of Silence | $1,671 | 59% | 2 | 1 | $836 | $27,270 | 17 | Cinema Guild |
44 | Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World | $1,624 | — | 4 | — | $406 | $202,363 | 12 | Kino Lorber |
45 | Super Dark Times | $1,522 | -29% | 5 | 0 | $304 | $32,529 | 3 | The Orchard |
46 | Maudie | $1,486 | -72% | 9 | -7 | $165 | $6,159,219 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics |
47 | Better Watch Out | $1,308 | -90% | 4 | -21 | $327 | $17,865 | 2 | Well Go USA |
48 | The Force (2017) | $1,288 | — | 3 | — | $429 | $57,446 | 5 | Kino Lorber |
49 | The Women’s Balcony | $1,194 | -32% | 3 | 0 | $398 | $1,190,186 | 33 | Menemsha Films |
50 | The Teacher | $1,060 | -62% | 2 | -1 | $530 | $56,772 | 7 | Film Movement |
51 | Hermia & Helena | $1,049 | — | 1 | — | $1,049 | $43,104 | 21 | Kino Lorber |
52 | Polina | $889 | -15% | 2 | 0 | $445 | $163,802 | 8 | Oscilloscope Laboratories |
53 | School Life | $754 | -65% | 8 | -1 | $94 | $35,856 | 6 | Magnolia |
54 | Rat Film | $745 | -59% | 1 | 0 | $745 | $26,896 | 5 | Cinema Guild |
55 | Pearl Jam: Let’s Play Two | $659 | -92% | 1 | -2 | $659 | $348,833 | 3 | Abramorama |
56 | The Challenge | $556 | 77% | 1 | -1 | $556 | $7,776 | 6 | Kino Lorber |
57 | Trophy | $531 | -63% | 5 | -11 | $106 | $21,066 | 6 | The Orchard |
58 | Bobbi Jene | $460 | -57% | 3 | 1 | $153 | $17,440 | 4 | Oscilloscope Laboratories |
59 | Pop Aye | $421 | -74% | 1 | -2 | $421 | $76,001 | 16 | Kino Lorber |
60 | 47 Meters Down | $420 | -83% | 1 | -6 | $420 | $44,307,164 | 18 | Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures |
61 | Time To Die | $395 | 9% | 2 | 1 | $198 | $10,840 | 5 | Film Movement |
62 | The Fencer | $312 | -52% | 1 | -1 | $312 | $90,174 | 13 | CFI Releasing |
63 | The Untamed | $309 | — | 1 | — | $309 | $27,148 | 13 | Strand Releasing |
64 | Brigsby Bear | $262 | -83% | 2 | 0 | $131 | $532,616 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
65 | Bugs | $252 | — | 2 | — | $126 | $2,562 | 3 | Kino Lorber |
66 | Memoir of a Murderer | $191 | -10% | 1 | 0 | $191 | $91,335 | 6 | Well Go USA |
67 | Bad Lucky Goat | $170 | — | 3 | — | $57 | $170 | 1 | Film Movement |
68 | Machines | $121 | — | 1 | — | $121 | $8,530 | 10 | Kino Lober Films |
69 | The Villainess | $77 | -71% | 1 | -3 | $77 | $27,519 | 8 | Well Go USA Entertainment |
70 | Red Christmas | $75 | -73% | 1 | -1 | $75 | $2,235 | 8 | Artsploitation |
71 | Wolf Warrior 2 | $66 | — | 1 | — | $66 | $2,721,100 | 12 | The H Collective |
72 | Leon Morin, Priest (2017 re-release) | $66 | — | 1 | — | $66 | $44,511 | 23 | Rialto Pictures |
73 | A Taxi Driver | $11 | -79% | 1 | -6 | $11 | $1,527,829 | 10 | Well Go USA |
Sunday’s Studio Weekend Estimates for Friday, October 13 – Sunday, October 15, 2017:
# | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Happy Death Day | $26,500,000 | — | 3,149 | — | $8,415 | $26,500,000 | 1 | Universal / Blumhouse |
2 | Blade Runner 2049 | $15,100,000 | -54% | 4,058 | 0 | $3,721 | $60,578,387 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
3 | The Foreigner | $12,840,000 | — | 2,515 | — | $5,105 | $12,840,000 | 1 | STX Entertainment |
4 | It (2017) | $6,050,000 | -39% | 3,176 | -429 | $1,905 | $314,929,521 | 6 | Warner Bros. / New Line |
5 | The Mountain Between Us | $5,650,000 | -46% | 3,259 | 171 | $1,734 | $20,502,922 | 2 | 20th Century Fox |
6 | American Made | $5,423,000 | -36% | 3,098 | 67 | $1,750 | $40,152,865 | 3 | Universal |
7 | Kingsman: The Golden Circle | $5,315,000 | -39% | 2,982 | -506 | $1,782 | $89,652,040 | 4 | Fox |
8 | The LEGO Ninjago Movie | $4,315,000 | -38% | 3,053 | -558 | $1,413 | $51,577,689 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
9 | My Little Pony: The Movie | $4,000,000 | -55% | 2,528 | 0 | $1,582 | $15,513,434 | 2 | Lionsgate |
10 | Flatliners | $1,500,000 | -62% | 1,983 | -569 | $756 | $15,627,971 | 3 | Sony Pictures |
11 | Battle of the Sexes | $1,375,000 | -46% | 1,394 | -428 | $986 | $10,389,198 | 4 | Fox Searchlight |
12 | Professor Marston & The Wonder Women | $737,000 | — | 1,229 | — | $600 | $737,000 | 1 | Annapurna Pictures |
# | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Victoria & Abdul | $3,115,000 | -25% | 900 | 168 | $3,461 | $11,341,944 | 4 | Focus Features |
2 | Marshall | $3,039,070 | — | 821 | — | $3,702 | $3,039,070 | 1 | Open Road |
3 | American Assassin | $525,000 | -62% | 820 | -836 | $640 | $35,607,509 | 5 | CBS Films / Lionsgate |
4 | ‘Til Death Do Us Part | $319,455 | -57% | 400 | -150 | $799 | $3,259,241 | 3 | Novus Content |
5 | The Stray | $300,000 | -50% | 430 | -210 | $698 | $1,204,993 | 2 | Purdie Distribution |
6 | Despicable Me 3 | $243,000 | -16% | 266 | -38 | $914 | $263,013,475 | 16 | Universal |
7 | Home Again | $167,143 | -71% | 361 | -642 | $463 | $26,801,169 | 6 | Open Road |
8 | A Question Of Faith | $155,000 | -66% | 228 | -380 | $680 | $2,196,294 | 3 | Pure Flix Entertainment |
9 | mother! | $125,000 | -68% | 159 | -322 | $786 | $17,631,404 | 5 | Paramount |
10 | Stronger | $115,035 | -59% | 174 | -161 | $661 | $4,039,392 | 4 | Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions |
11 | Judwaa 2 | $110,000 | -65% | 106 | -86 | $1,038 | $1,412,701 | 3 | FIP |
12 | Wind River | $106,806 | -48% | 194 | -162 | $551 | $33,454,511 | 11 | The Weinstein Company |
13 | Leap! | $99,287 | -53% | 185 | -216 | $537 | $21,425,812 | 8 | The Weinstein Company |
14 | Cars 3 | $95,000 | -15% | 119 | -12 | $798 | $152,750,524 | 18 | Disney |
15 | The Hitman’s Bodyguard | $83,000 | -51% | 165 | -149 | $503 | $75,186,885 | 9 | Lionsgate / Summit |
# | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
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1 | The Florida Project | $401,141 | 155% | 33 | 29 | $12,156 | $623,949 | 2 | A24 |
2 | Loving Vincent | $319,088 | 90% | 55 | 27 | $5,802 | $738,160 | 4 | Good Deed Entertainment |
3 | American Satan | $132,000 | — | 55 | — | $2,400 | $132,000 | 1 | Sumerian |
4 | Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down The White House | $123,707 | 106% | 89 | 72 | $1,390 | $1,457,019 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
5 | Goodbye Christopher Robin | $55,800 | — | 9 | — | $6,200 | $55,800 | 1 | Fox Searchlight |
6 | Human Flow | $47,000 | — | 3 | — | $15,667 | $47,000 | 1 | Amazon Studios |
7 | Faces Places | $46,159 | 49% | 25 | 20 | $1,846 | $96,282 | 2 | Cohen Media Group |
8 | The Big Sick | $27,500 | 31% | 64 | 30 | $430 | $42,862,411 | 17 | Lionsgate |
9 | Dolores | $26,460 | -39% | 33 | 7 | $802 | $486,152 | 7 | PBS Distribution |
10 | Breathe | $26,254 | — | 4 | — | $6,564 | $26,254 | 1 | Bleeker Street |
11 | Columbus | $25,370 | — | 30 | — | $846 | $942,500 | 11 | Sundance Institute’s Creative Distribution Fellowship |
12 | Brad’s Status | $23,300 | -79% | 39 | -208 | $597 | $2,112,236 | 5 | Amazon Studios / Annapurna Pictures |
13 | Dina | $12,775 | 112% | 4 | 3 | $3,194 | $19,777 | 2 | The Orchard |
14 | Friend Request | $11,482 | -85% | 50 | -104 | $230 | $3,735,158 | 4 | Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures |
15 | Beach Rats | $2,935 | -65% | 8 | -6 | $367 | $468,427 | 8 | Neon |
16 | Tulip Fever | $2,244 | -67% | 6 | -6 | $374 | $2,404,761 | 7 | Weinstein Company |
17 | Ingrid Goes West | $2,032 | -43% | 5 | -5 | $406 | $3,020,025 | 10 | Neon |
18 | Super Dark Times | $1,925 | -11% | 5 | 0 | $385 | $32,932 | 3 | The Orchard |
19 | Trophy | $646 | -55% | 5 | -11 | $129 | $21,181 | 6 | The Orchard |
20 | 47 Meters Down | $401 | -84% | 1 | -6 | $401 | $44,307,145 | 18 | Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures |
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