JamesG
08-02-2015, 11:54 PM
Weekend Report: 5th Mission Phenomenal
by Keith Simanton
August 2, 2015
Powered by the Energizer bunny energy of the seemingly inexhaustible Tom Cruise, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation pulled in $56M for the weekend, taking #1 at the box office.
It's a good start for the $150M, fifth installment in the now-rejuvenated M:I series that seems to be have been carried, uphill, on Cruise's back.
Vacation, the reboot of the 1983 hit starring Ed Helms and Christina Applegate, was met with horrible reviews from critics and its weekend debut pulled in-between $27M - $30M.
The film will be lucky if it makes half that and crosses $15M.
A24's The End of the Tour had a strong start in limited release making $31,615 on four screens for a $126,459 weekend. If it can continue to perform next week when it opens in other major markets, and can keep its momentum going through August, it bodes well for Jason Segel.
His nuanced performance as author David Foster Wallace should be a contender for a Gold Derby Best Actor slot, which could carry the film into awards season, if the film can prove it also captured the indie summer crowd.
In holdover news Pixels took a 56.7% drop to a $10.4M weekend.
That's nothing, however, to the 63.6% drop off of Paper Towns to a $4.6M weekend. More people probably watched star Cara Delevingne fend off those snarky Good Day Sacramento hosts than saw the film the last three days.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4092&p=.htm
July 31-August 2, 2015 Weekend Studio Estimates:
1. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation $56,000,000
2. Vacation $14,850,000 / $21,172,000
3. Ant-Man $12,619,000 / $132,148,000
4. Minions $12,200,000 / $287,391,000
5. Pixels $10,400,000 / $45,611,000
6. Trainwreck $9,700,000 / $79,709,000
7. Southpaw $7,519,000 / $31,577,000
8. Paper Towns $4,600,000 / $23,816,000
9. Inside Out $4,517,000 / $329,594,000
10. Jurassic World $3,800,000 / $631,500,000
by Keith Simanton
August 2, 2015
Powered by the Energizer bunny energy of the seemingly inexhaustible Tom Cruise, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation pulled in $56M for the weekend, taking #1 at the box office.
It's a good start for the $150M, fifth installment in the now-rejuvenated M:I series that seems to be have been carried, uphill, on Cruise's back.
Vacation, the reboot of the 1983 hit starring Ed Helms and Christina Applegate, was met with horrible reviews from critics and its weekend debut pulled in-between $27M - $30M.
The film will be lucky if it makes half that and crosses $15M.
A24's The End of the Tour had a strong start in limited release making $31,615 on four screens for a $126,459 weekend. If it can continue to perform next week when it opens in other major markets, and can keep its momentum going through August, it bodes well for Jason Segel.
His nuanced performance as author David Foster Wallace should be a contender for a Gold Derby Best Actor slot, which could carry the film into awards season, if the film can prove it also captured the indie summer crowd.
In holdover news Pixels took a 56.7% drop to a $10.4M weekend.
That's nothing, however, to the 63.6% drop off of Paper Towns to a $4.6M weekend. More people probably watched star Cara Delevingne fend off those snarky Good Day Sacramento hosts than saw the film the last three days.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4092&p=.htm
July 31-August 2, 2015 Weekend Studio Estimates:
1. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation $56,000,000
2. Vacation $14,850,000 / $21,172,000
3. Ant-Man $12,619,000 / $132,148,000
4. Minions $12,200,000 / $287,391,000
5. Pixels $10,400,000 / $45,611,000
6. Trainwreck $9,700,000 / $79,709,000
7. Southpaw $7,519,000 / $31,577,000
8. Paper Towns $4,600,000 / $23,816,000
9. Inside Out $4,517,000 / $329,594,000
10. Jurassic World $3,800,000 / $631,500,000