Weekend Wrap-Up
By Tim Briody
November 19, 2017
Daddy’s Home 2 takes fourth place with $14.8 million, down 50% from last weekend and giving the comedy sequel $50.5 million after two weekends. That’s only $100 million to go to match the performance of the original, which opened on Christmas Day 2015. As the only pure comedy around right now, it should hold well during Thanksgiving weekend, but it’s still not going to match the heights of the original.
In fifth we have Murder on the Orient Express, down 52% from opening weekend to $13.8 million and $51.7 million after two weekends. A top choice for older audiences (who also pushed it ahead of Daddy’s Home 2 midweek), it’s a bigger decline than Fox was hoping for, but it’s almost at its $55 million production budget so the Kenneth Branagh film is a mid-tier hit that should continue to play well over the next couple of weeks.
The Star is our third weekend opener, earning $10 million on the weekend. An animated Christian-themed comedy, The Star gets in ahead of Coco before it’s swallowed whole by the Pixar machine next week. With a strong voice cast but minimal marketing (depending on your location, I suppose), Sony shouldn’t have much trouble making back the $20 million reported cost, but it most certainly will not be the first choice of kids and families a few days from now.
A Bad Moms Christmas adds another $6.9 million to its total, giving it $50.9 million after three weekends. Another comedy sequel that goes down as a miss (compared to the first entry), The Bad Moms sequel is profitable (just a $28 million budget), but doesn’t have a chance to match the $113.2 million earned by the first film last year.
Lady Bird moves up two spots from last weekend after adding another 200 theaters. The film written and directed by Greta Gerwig earned $2.5 million in just 238 theaters, giving it $4.7 million in three weekends. A24 may begin to get more aggressive with the expansion here, as they’ve got a contender on their hands.
Another Oscar hopeful crashes the top ten, as Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri takes ninth on the weekend with $1.1 million in just 53 theaters. With expectations for Best Picture, Best Actress (Frances McDormand), Best Supporting Actor (Sam Rockwell) and Best Original Screenplay, Fox Searchlight will look to expand this one.
Rounding out the top ten is the fourth weekend of Jigsaw, dropping 69% to $1 million after shedding 1,400 screens. The Saw reboot has $35.6 million in the bank, one of the weakest performances in the franchise, but fine for something made on the cheap.
We finally have a weekend that beat last year, despite Justice League underwhelming. The top 12 films earned $196.1 million, ahead of the $149.1 million put up by last year’s top 12 when Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them opened with $74.4 million. Next weekend is Thanksgiving, and we’ve got the usual Wednesday opener, including Coco, the latest from Disney/Pixar, which is already wildly successful in Mexico.
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Top Ten for Weekend of November 17-19, 2017
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Rank |
Film |
Distrubutor |
Estimated
Gross ($) |
Weekly Change |
Cumulative
Gross ($) |
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1
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Justice League
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Warner Bros
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96.0
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New
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96.0
|
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2
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Wonder
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Lionsgate
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27
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New
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27
|
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3
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Thor: Ragnarok
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Walt Disney
|
21.7
|
-62%
|
247.3
|
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4
|
Daddy's Home 2
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Paramount
|
14.8
|
-50%
|
50.5
|
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5
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Murder on the Orient Express
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20th Century Fox
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13.8
|
-52%
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51.7
|
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6
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The Star
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Sony
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10.0
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New
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10.0
|
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7
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A Bad Moms Christmas
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STX Entertainment
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6.9
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-40%
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50.9
|
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8
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Lady Bird
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A24
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2.5
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+111%
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4.7
|
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9
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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
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Fox Searchlight
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1.1
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+246%
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1.5
|
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10
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Jigsaw
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Lionsgate
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1.0
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-69%
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35.6
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Box office data supplied by Exhibitor Relations
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