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07-24-2017, 02:15 AM
Dunkirk Delivers $50.5M Debut, Girls Trip Opens with $30M and Valerian Stumbles
by Brad Brevet
July 23, 2017
Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk became the first non-franchise film to top the weekend box office this summer and the first since March of this year as it delivered over $50 million this weekend.
Additionally, Universal's Girls Trip played strong, finishing in second position, while STX's release of EuropaCorp's Valerian failed to take off. Also, for a second weekend in a row, we have another franchise title dipping over 60% in its second weekend in release.
With an estimated $50.5 million, WB's release of Dunkirk finished in first position from 3,720 locations. Of that gross a whopping 23% ($11.7 million) was from IMAX showings at just 402 locations ($29,129 PTA). Heading into the weekend the critics had already expressed their love for the film (92% on RottenTomatoes and 94 on Metacritic) and audiences tended to agree.
The film received an "A-" CinemaScore from opening day audiences, though of the 60% male audience vs. 40% female audience, women graded the film slightly lower at "B+". Of that overall audience, a massive 76% was over the age of 25.
Internationally, Dunkirk brought in an estimated $55.4 million from 46 markets.
In second is Universal's release of Girls Trip with an impressive $30.37 million debut in 2,591 theaters. Carrying a budget of just $19 million, this marks another successful release for producer Will Packer, an opening just $3.3 million shy of his 2012 success Think Like a Man, which spawned a sequel just two years later.
The female-led R-rated comedy stars Regina Hall, Tiffany Haddish, Jada Pinkett Smith and Queen Latifah and received a rare "A+" CinemaScore from opening day audiences, suggesting a long run throughout the rest of the summer is in the offing. The opening is $7 million more than last year's Bad Moms, which went on to gross over $113 million domestically after a $23.8 million opening weekend.
Girls Trip played to an audience that was 79% female vs. 21% male, of which 50% of the overall audience was under the age of 30.
Sony's Spider-Man: Homecoming dropped 50% in its third weekend, finishing in third position with an estimated $22 million, bringing its domestic cume to $251.7 million.
Spider-Man added another $33.2 million internationally bringing its overseas cume to $320 million, pushing its global tally over $570 million.
Fox's War for the Planet of the Apes finished in fourth position, and like the massive 62% drops for both Spider-Man and Transformers: The Last Night in their second weekends, War of the Apes is the latest franchise feature to experience a steep decline in its sophomore session.
Apes finished with an estimated $20.4 million, a nearly 64% drop from its opening weekend. The film's domestic cume now stands at $97.7 million.
Rounding out the top five is STX's release of EuropaCorp's Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, which delivered an estimated $17 million from 3,553 locations. A range of budgets have been reported for the film with STX reporting a net $150 million budget after subsidies, trade reports have noted a $180 million budget and the CNC reports a 197.47€ budget ($209m USD), the most expensive French production ever.
Of course, the film is expected to do very well in France when it opens next week, and while 90% of the budget was reportedly covered with foreign pre-sales, equity financing and tax subsidies, this remains a weak start for the film domestically.
Opening weekend audiences were 63% male vs. 37% female, of which 40% were under the age of 24. Overall, opening day audiences scored the film with a soft, "B-" CinemaScore, which isn't likely to translate into a long domestic run.
Universal's Despicable Me 3 finished in sixth position with an estimated $12.7 million. The animated feature topped $200 million domestically on Thursday and, following this weekend's performance, its cume now stands at $213.3 million.
Internationally, the film added an estimated $47.5 million this weekend from 63 markets, which brings its international cume to $514.1 million for a global tally of $727.4 million.
Also in the top ten for the eighth weekend in a row, WB's Wonder Woman brought in an estimated $4.6 million bringing the domestic cume to $389 million making it the largest domestic release of summer 2017, topping Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2's current $387 million.
Internationally, Wonder Woman added another $1.8 million this weekend for a $390.4 million overseas gross and a global tally just shy of $780 million.
In limited release this weekend, Magnolia's release of Landline from Amazon Studios debuted in four theaters with an estimated $52,336 ($13,084 PTA); Music Box debuted The Midwife at three locations where it grossed an estimated $20,250 ($6,750 PTA); and CFI released The Fencer in two theaters where it grossed an estimated $5,400 ($2,700 PTA).
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4308&p=.htm
July 21-23, 2017 Weekend Studio Estimates:
1. Dunkirk $50,500,000
2. Girls Trip $30,370,720
3. Spider-Man: Homecoming $22,010,000 / $251,711,581
4. War for the Planet of the Apes $20,400,000 / $97,750,914
5. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets $17,020,000
6. Despicable Me 3 $12,714,475 / $213,322,700
7. Baby Driver $6,000,000 / $84,233,939
8. The Big Sick $5,000,000 / $24,539,378
9. Wonder Woman $4,630,000 / $389,033,279
10. Wish Upon $2,477,816 / $10,522,081
by Brad Brevet
July 23, 2017
Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk became the first non-franchise film to top the weekend box office this summer and the first since March of this year as it delivered over $50 million this weekend.
Additionally, Universal's Girls Trip played strong, finishing in second position, while STX's release of EuropaCorp's Valerian failed to take off. Also, for a second weekend in a row, we have another franchise title dipping over 60% in its second weekend in release.
With an estimated $50.5 million, WB's release of Dunkirk finished in first position from 3,720 locations. Of that gross a whopping 23% ($11.7 million) was from IMAX showings at just 402 locations ($29,129 PTA). Heading into the weekend the critics had already expressed their love for the film (92% on RottenTomatoes and 94 on Metacritic) and audiences tended to agree.
The film received an "A-" CinemaScore from opening day audiences, though of the 60% male audience vs. 40% female audience, women graded the film slightly lower at "B+". Of that overall audience, a massive 76% was over the age of 25.
Internationally, Dunkirk brought in an estimated $55.4 million from 46 markets.
In second is Universal's release of Girls Trip with an impressive $30.37 million debut in 2,591 theaters. Carrying a budget of just $19 million, this marks another successful release for producer Will Packer, an opening just $3.3 million shy of his 2012 success Think Like a Man, which spawned a sequel just two years later.
The female-led R-rated comedy stars Regina Hall, Tiffany Haddish, Jada Pinkett Smith and Queen Latifah and received a rare "A+" CinemaScore from opening day audiences, suggesting a long run throughout the rest of the summer is in the offing. The opening is $7 million more than last year's Bad Moms, which went on to gross over $113 million domestically after a $23.8 million opening weekend.
Girls Trip played to an audience that was 79% female vs. 21% male, of which 50% of the overall audience was under the age of 30.
Sony's Spider-Man: Homecoming dropped 50% in its third weekend, finishing in third position with an estimated $22 million, bringing its domestic cume to $251.7 million.
Spider-Man added another $33.2 million internationally bringing its overseas cume to $320 million, pushing its global tally over $570 million.
Fox's War for the Planet of the Apes finished in fourth position, and like the massive 62% drops for both Spider-Man and Transformers: The Last Night in their second weekends, War of the Apes is the latest franchise feature to experience a steep decline in its sophomore session.
Apes finished with an estimated $20.4 million, a nearly 64% drop from its opening weekend. The film's domestic cume now stands at $97.7 million.
Rounding out the top five is STX's release of EuropaCorp's Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, which delivered an estimated $17 million from 3,553 locations. A range of budgets have been reported for the film with STX reporting a net $150 million budget after subsidies, trade reports have noted a $180 million budget and the CNC reports a 197.47€ budget ($209m USD), the most expensive French production ever.
Of course, the film is expected to do very well in France when it opens next week, and while 90% of the budget was reportedly covered with foreign pre-sales, equity financing and tax subsidies, this remains a weak start for the film domestically.
Opening weekend audiences were 63% male vs. 37% female, of which 40% were under the age of 24. Overall, opening day audiences scored the film with a soft, "B-" CinemaScore, which isn't likely to translate into a long domestic run.
Universal's Despicable Me 3 finished in sixth position with an estimated $12.7 million. The animated feature topped $200 million domestically on Thursday and, following this weekend's performance, its cume now stands at $213.3 million.
Internationally, the film added an estimated $47.5 million this weekend from 63 markets, which brings its international cume to $514.1 million for a global tally of $727.4 million.
Also in the top ten for the eighth weekend in a row, WB's Wonder Woman brought in an estimated $4.6 million bringing the domestic cume to $389 million making it the largest domestic release of summer 2017, topping Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2's current $387 million.
Internationally, Wonder Woman added another $1.8 million this weekend for a $390.4 million overseas gross and a global tally just shy of $780 million.
In limited release this weekend, Magnolia's release of Landline from Amazon Studios debuted in four theaters with an estimated $52,336 ($13,084 PTA); Music Box debuted The Midwife at three locations where it grossed an estimated $20,250 ($6,750 PTA); and CFI released The Fencer in two theaters where it grossed an estimated $5,400 ($2,700 PTA).
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4308&p=.htm
July 21-23, 2017 Weekend Studio Estimates:
1. Dunkirk $50,500,000
2. Girls Trip $30,370,720
3. Spider-Man: Homecoming $22,010,000 / $251,711,581
4. War for the Planet of the Apes $20,400,000 / $97,750,914
5. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets $17,020,000
6. Despicable Me 3 $12,714,475 / $213,322,700
7. Baby Driver $6,000,000 / $84,233,939
8. The Big Sick $5,000,000 / $24,539,378
9. Wonder Woman $4,630,000 / $389,033,279
10. Wish Upon $2,477,816 / $10,522,081