Wonder Woman Sets a Record Opening for a Female Directed Feature
by Brad Brevet
June 4, 2017


Wonder Woman exceeded all expectations this weekend, delivering an impressive $100 million opening, the largest opening for a female-directed feature, vastly out-performing the previous record holder Fifty Shades of Grey, which debuted with $85.1 million back in 2015.

Meanwhile, Fox's release of the DreamWorks Animation feature Captain Underpants came up a little short of Mojo's forecast while mildly outperforming the studio's modest expectations.

Overall, the weekend dramatically outperformed the post-holiday weekend from 2016 by a massive 38% as the top twelve delivered a combined $176 million.







At the top, Wonder Woman, directed by Patty Jenkins and starring Gal Gadot in the title role, went into the weekend boasting the best reviews out of the four films that have been released in the DC Extended Universe so far and the critical opinion definitely aided the film's awareness as the buzz only continued to grow throughout the week.

Following an impressive $38.76 million Friday that buzz was no longer due to critics as audiences gave the film an "A" CinemaScore, pushing the film over $100 million for its opening weekend, the first female directed feature to achieve such an opening.

And as far as female-led comic book adaptations are concerned, it's by far the largest opening as the second closest is Paramount's Ghost in the Shell, which debuted with $18.6 million earlier this year.

Internationally, the performance was equally strong, as Wonder Woman brought in an estimated $122.5 million from 55 markets.







In second, Fox's release of DreamWorks Animation's Captain Underpants delivered a bit of a ho-hum opening with an estimated $23.5 million. While enough for a second place finish it's one of the smallest opening weekends for a DreamWorks Animated title, in fact it ranks 26th among 35 total films.

Fortunately, the studio made the film for a fraction of what it cost to make previous DWA titles, such as Rise of the Guardians, which was made for $145 million and only opened to $23.7 million before just barely topping $103.4 million domestically.







Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales appears to be sinking fast domestically as it dropped 65.7% in its second weekend, bringing in an estimated $21.6 million. The film's domestic cume now stands at $114.6 million.

Internationally things look a bit brighter as it brought in another $73.8 million pushing its global cume over $500 million after 12 days in global release with the film still yet to open in Japan.







Disney also claimed the fourth spot this weekend with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, which delivered an estimated $9.7 million as its domestic cume now climbs over $355 million.

Internationally it added another $4.4 million as its global gross now stands at $816.6 million, making it the fifth highest grossing worldwide release among the films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.







Rounding out the top five is Paramount's Baywatch, which dipped 54.1% in its second weekend for a domestic cume of $41.7 million.

The film did roll-out to 31 international markets this weekend where it brought in $23.8 million. The film's global cume now stands over $67 million with openings in Brazil, Mexico, Spain and France coming in the next few weeks.







In limited release CBS Films' Dean brought in an estimated $60,366 from 15 theaters ($4,024 PTA); IFC's Band Aid brought in an estimated $31,500 from three theaters ($10,500 PTA); China Lion released Beautiful Accident into 15 theaters where it grossed an estimated $25,000 ($1,667 PTA); A24's The Exception debuted in just two locations with an estimated $23,337 ($11,669 PTA); Vitagraph's Letters from Baghdad debuted with $18,250 from two locations ($9,125 PTA); Samuel Goldwyn's Past Life brought in an estimated $16,215 from four locations ($4,054 PTA); and finally, Matson's Radio Dreams opened in one location with an estimated $2,053.

Lionsgate released Pantelion's 3 Idiotas into 349 theaters where it grossed an estimated $600k and Cohen Media's release of Churchill starring Brian Cox opened with $426k from 215 theaters.

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June 2-4, 2017 Weekend Studio Estimates:


1. Wonder Woman $100,505,000
2. Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie $23,500,000
3. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales $21,613,000 / $114,621,771
4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 $9,733,000 / $355,474,332
5. Baywatch $8,500,000 / $41,724,438
6. Alien: Covenant $4,000,000 / $67,219,484
7. Everything, Everything $3,320,000 / $28,301,587
8. Snatched $1,340,000 / $43,868,414
9. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul $1,220,000 / $17,824,604
10. King Arthur: Legend of the Sword $1,170,000 / $37,172,957

Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is an epic adventure, I don't understand people bashing it. You really need to see it for yourself. I loved it!

Ed.

Wonder Woman Tops Cruise's Mummy for Second Week at #1
by Brad Brevet
June 11, 2017


While Universal's release of The Mummy starring Tom Cruise is the #1 movie worldwide, it fell short of its anticipated mark domestically.

The Cruise-led feature had to settle for second place, finishing nearly $25 million shy of Wonder Woman's second weekend, as the DC Comics adaptation enjoyed a #1 finish at the weekend box office for a second week in a row.







With an estimated $57 million, Warner Bros. and DC Comics' release of Wonder Woman finished atop the weekend box office for a second week in a row as its domestic cume now totals more than $205 million after just ten days in release.

The performance signals a 45% drop compared to the film's massive $103 million debut last weekend. Internationally, Wonder Woman added $58.1 million from 57 markets, bringing its international cume to $230.2 million for a global tally that now tops $435 million.







In second is Universal's The Mummy, a $125 million budgeted reboot of the studio's classic monster tale, which was previously resurrected back in the late '90s when Brendan Fraser and director Stephen Sommers opened The Mummy to the tune of $43.3 million on its way to a $155.3 million domestic run and the start of a trilogy.

Unfortunately for Universal, their newest attempt to bring The Mummy back to life could only muster an estimated $32.2 million, an opening that not only falls short of the original Mummy as well as its sequel, which opened with $68.1 million in 2001, but it's even short of the lackluster third film in the franchise, which brought in $40.4 million in 2008 before barely topping $100 million domestically, a figure this latest incarnation won't likely hit as the film was mostly panned by critics while audiences gave it a "B-" CinemaScore.

Internationally, The Mummy debuted with an estimated $141.8 million as it became Cruise's largest worldwide opening ever, topping the $102.5 million international opening for War of the Worlds.







Third place goes to Fox's release of DreamWorks Animation's Captain Underpants, which dipped 48% in its second weekend, bringing in an estimated $12.3 million.

The film's domestic cume now totals $44.5 million.







Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales finished in fourth position in its third week in release, bringing in an estimated $10.7 million as its domestic cume is now over $135 million.

Internationally the film added another $34.8 million from 54 markets as its worldwide total now tops $600 million.







Rounding out the top five is another Disney title in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, which brought in an estimated $6.2 million as its domestic cume now tops $365 million.

Internationally the film added $2.2 million from 50 markets as its worldwide gross now tops $833 million.







Falling just outside the top five is the weekend's second new wide release, A24's thriller It Comes at Night, which was a hit with critics, but seems to be struggling a little with audiences.

Expectations were for an opening weekend over $10 million, but the film could only manage an estimated $6 million from 2,533 theaters as opening day audiences scored it with a dismal "D" CinemaScore. The film's production budget, prior to prints and advertising, was under $5 million.







The weekend's third new release was Bleecker Street's Megan Leavey, which scored a strong "A" CinemaScore from opening day audiences while not exactly delivering overwhelming opening results, finishing with an estimated $3.7 million from 1,956 theaters.

Additionally, Fox Searchlight's release of My Cousin Rachel starring Rachel Weisz, delivered an estimated $954k from 523 theaters, a meager $1,824 per theater average.







In limited release, Roadside's release of Beatriz at Dinner delivered an estimated $150,160 from five theaters for a strong, $30,032 per theater average.

Oscilloscope's Night School debuted at the IFC Center in New York and brought in an estimated $1,600 after playing to several sold out shows over the weekend in the 40 seat auditorium.

Freestyle's release of Miles debuted in two theaters and brought in an estimated $5,176 ($1,676 PTA) while The Orchard's The Hero debuted with an estimated $48,414 from four screens for a $12,104 average.

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June 9-11, 2017 Weekend Studio Estimates:


1. Wonder Woman $57,180,000 / $205,002,503
2. The Mummy $32,246,120
3. Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie $12,300,000 / $44,562,512
4. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales $10,713,000 / $135,839,294
5. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 $6,242,000 / $366,361,172
6. It Comes at Night $6,000,788
7. Baywatch $4,600,000 / $51,065,135
8. Megan Leavey $3,767,722
9. Alien: Covenant $1,800,000 / $71,212,212
10. Everything, Everything $1,620,000 / $31,731,952