Guardians of the Galaxy 2 Debuts with $145 Million Domestically, Tops $425M Worldwide
by Brad Brevet
May 7, 2017


Accounting for over 79% of the cumulative top ten gross, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 topped the domestic box office, showing a 54% increase compared to the 2014 original and giving Disney the top two openers of 2017 so far.

Additionally, the film expanded its reach overseas, including openings in South Korea and China, the latter of which delivered the fourth largest opening in China to date for a film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as the film's global cume has now topped $425 million in 13 days.







With an estimated $145 million opening weekend, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 topped the weekend box office and improved on the original 2014 release by 53.78%.

Considering the $94.3 million opening for the original Guardians of the Galaxy was something of a surprise it's a spectacularly impressive result considering it's the largest jump for a second film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, among all sequels in the MCU only the 88.5% increase for Captain America: Civil War over Winter Soldier is better.



The opening is just a bit below the $147 million opening for Furious 7, which went on to gross $353 million domestically. That said, the average multiplier for an MCU film is 2.73, which would put Guardians 2 right at $395 million domestically and given the 3.53 multiplier for the first film it feels safe to assume we should expect at least that much and more likely a result over $400 million.

Helping matters further is the "A" CinemaScore, which is right in line with pretty much all MCU features, and don't be surprised to see that opening weekend total bump up a notch or two and perhaps finish right around $147 million.



Internationally, Guardians 2 brought in an estimated $123.8 million this weekend as its international cume now stands at $282.6 million after 13 days.

Added to the estimated opening domestically the film's global cume totals $427.6 million, which helps push the worldwide cume for the Marvel Cinematic Universe over $11.3 billion.







Universal's The Fate of the Furious slides to second after three weeks at number one. This weekend it brought in an estimated $8.5 million, pushing its domestic cume over $205 million.

Internationally the film crossed $950 million after bringing in an estimated $30.1 million this weekend from 66 territories. This pushes the global cume for the eight installment in the Fast and Furious franchise to $1.158 billion where it now stands as the 13th largest worldwide release of all-time and seventh largest international release.







Third belongs to Fox's The Boss Baby, which has now grossed over $156 million domestically after bringing in an estimated $6.2 million in its sixth weekend in release.

The film also brought in another $17 million internationally bringing its global cume to $435 million.







Lionsgate and Pantelion's How to be a Latin Lover dropped 57% in its second weekend, delivering a fourth place finish with an estimated $5.25 million.

The film's cume now stands $20.6 million.







And rounding out the top five is Disney's Beauty and the Beast with an estimated $4.9 million as its domestic cume now stands at $487.5 million.

Additionally, the film brought in another $11.9 million internationally this weekend as its global cume combs to $1.186 billion, making it the eleventh highest grossing worldwide release of all-time.







Outside the top ten, Baahubali 2: The Conclusion may have dropped 69%, but with an estimated $3.2 million from 418 theaters it still had the best per theater average among all holdovers with $7,757 per theater.

The film's cume now stands at $16.1 million in North America.







Outside the top ten, The Orchard's release of The Dinner, starring Richard Gere, Chloe Sevigny, Steve Coogan and Laura Linney brought in an estimated $755,348 from 505 theaters.

In limited release A24's The Lovers delivered an estimated $75,370 from four theaters for a strong $17,603 per theater average. The film will roll out into additional top markets next weekend and continue to expand throughout May and into the Summer months.







Additionally, Neon's Julian Assange documentary Risk brought in an estimated $75,179 from 34 theaters ($2,211 PTA); IFC's Chuck brought in an estimated $40,416 from four theaters ($10,104 PTA); The Weinstein's 3 Generations brought in $20,118 from six theaters ($3,353 PTA); Janus's re-release of Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker brought in an estimated $19,784 from one theater; Abramorama's Mr. Chibbs opened with an estimated $3,640 from one location; and The Orchard's Take Me delivered $3,258, also from one location.







Finally, this weekend also saw Universal and Blumhouse's Get Out bring in an estimated $8.3 million internationally as it expanded its reach overseas into 47 markets.

This brings the international cume to $30.5 million for a global total that now tops $204 million, all on a $4.5 million budget.

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May 5-7, 2017 Weekend Studio Estimates:

1. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 $145,049,000
2. The Fate of the Furious $8,528,965 / $207,136,495
3. The Boss Baby $6,175,000 / $156,735,525
4. How to be a Latin Lover $5,250,000 / $20,653,320
5. Beauty and the Beast $4,943,000 / $487,594,615
6. The Circle $4,020,000 / $15,715,113
7. Baahubali 2: The Conclusion $3,242,532 / $16,175,528
8. Gifted $2,055,000 / $19,240,331
9. Going in Style $1,900,000 / $40,600,918
10. Smurfs: The Lost Village $1,820,000 / $40,570,574

How the Watchers Wound Up in Guardians of the Galaxy 2
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Guardians of the Galaxy 2 Holds at #1 while King Arthur Falls on his Sword
by Brad Brevet
May 14, 2017


It ended up a lighter weekend than expected, mostly due to the struggles of the weekend's two new wide releases as both King Arthur: Legend of the Sword and Snatched fell below Mojo's forecast.

In the case of King Arthur it opened well below our estimation as the $175 million budgeted feature couldn't even crack $15 million over the three-day.

Meanwhile, at #1 it was Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, which is already flirting with $250 million domestically after ten days in release and has now topped $630 million worldwide.







For the second weekend in a row it's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 at the top of the weekend box office as it delivered an estimated $63 million for a domestic cume over $246 million.

While this falls below our $69.9 million forecast, the 57% drop is an improvement on the average for first sequels in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and better than the second weekend holds for Avengers: Age of Ultron, Iron Man 2 and Thor: The Dark World.

Internationally, Guardians 2 opened in its final international market, pulling in an estimated $3 million in Japan as it delivered an estimated $52.2 million from 56 markets this weekend. The film's international gross has now climbed over $380 million for a global cume that now stands at $633 million.







In second was Fox's release of the Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn comedy Snatched bringing in an estimated $17.5 million. Headed into the weekend industry estimates were for an opening in the mid-teens and our basement projection was $18 million, which Snatched could still hit if it sees a little more support over Mother's Day than currently projected.

That said, the film was unable to pop the way Schumer's Trainwreck did when it dramatically outperformed expectations, pulling in a $30 million opening in 2015.







Next we come to Warner Bros.' King Arthur, a $175 million budgeted feature that was expected to kick off a franchise of films and it floundered upon release, generating an estimated $14.7 million from 3,702 theaters.

Industry expectations heading into the weekend were around $23-25 million and even those numbers were somewhat alarming given the money spent on the production. The film received a "B+" CinemaScore from opening day audiences of which 59% were male vs. 41% female and of the overall audience, 56% were under the age of 35.







Also opening this weekend, BH Tilt's Lowriders did quite well in limited release, pulling in an estimated $2.4 million from only 295 theaters for a $8,180 per theater average and an eighth place finish.

Comparatively, Roadside's release of Doug Liman's The Wall brought in a mere $891k from 541 theaters for a disappointing $1,648 per theater average. As a result, The Wall debuted in 14th position, well below our expectations if you read our weekend preview.







The weekend's top limited performer was Paris Can Wait, from Eleanor Coppola, making her feature-length writing and directorial debut. That said, it would appear filmmaking is simply in the Coppola blood as the film brought in an estimated $101,825 from just four theaters for an impressive, $25,456 per theater average.

Paris Can Wait will remain in limited release over the next couple weeks before going wide on June 16.







Other limited releases include Roadside's The Wedding Plan, which brought in an estimated $33k ($4,130 PTA); FilmRise's Manifesto with an estimated $10,500 from one theater; Abramorama's The Last Shaman with $7,040 from one theater; and FilmRise's release of Dead Awake, which brought in $6,000 from 12 locations.

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May 12-14, 2017 Weekend Studio Estimates:


1. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 $63,007,000 / $246,164,419
2. Snatched $17,500,000
3. King Arthur: Legend of the Sword $14,700,000
4. The Fate of the Furious $5,301,160 / $215,035,090
5. The Boss Baby $4,600,000 / $162,379,270
6. Beauty and the Beast $3,860,000 / $493,191,164
7. How to be a Latin Lover $3,750,000 / $26,143,001
8. Lowriders $2,413,205
9. The Circle $1,740,000 / $18,902,562
10. Baahubali 2: The Conclusion $1,550,000 / $18,934,072