Glass Fills Up with $40.58M Debut while Dragon Ball Delivers Top Five Opening
by Brad Brevet
January 20, 2019


Universal's Glass, from Blinding Edge Pictures and Blumhouse Productions, was unable to quite reach the lofty heights some had expected heading into the weekend, but the film still managed a solid #1 start, playing very similarly to its predecessor based on current estimates.

Glass, however, might not be the biggest news of the weekend when you consider the monster debut of FUNimation's Dragon Ball Super: Broly, which is looking at a possible third place finish based on early estimates, but it's important to note current results are not from the film's domestic distributor, FUNimation.

Elsewhere, STX's The Upside delivered on Mojo's pre-weekend expectations with a strong second weekend while WB's Aquaman topped $300 million domestically.







With an estimated $40.58 million over the three-day weekend, Universal anticipates M. Night Shyamalan's Glass will reach $47 million for the four-day holiday weekend. The performance is a bit shy of the studio's $50 million expectations, but the three-day already more than doubles the film's reported $20 million budget.

In terms of some of the records it was eying this weekend, the three-day performance makes it the fourth largest January opening of all-time while on track to deliver the third largest Martin Luther King weekend performance of all-time.




Looking ahead, the film's debut is just ahead of 2017's Split, which opened with $40 million over the same weekend in 2017 and went on to gross over $138 million at the domestic box office.

Glass received a "B" CinemaScore from opening day audiences.
Internationally, Glass is being distributed by Buena Vista International (excluding China) and grossed $48.5 million this weekend from 55 markets.







Finishing in second, following a strong debut last weekend, is STXfilms and Lantern Entainment's The Upside, dipping just 23% in its sophomore frame for an estimated $15.67 million.

The studio anticipates the film will top $19.5 million over the 4-day Martin Luther King holiday weekend for a domestic cume just shy of $48 million after 11 days in release.

The Upside has also brought in $4.1 million internationally thus far.







Looking at a surprise third place position is FUNimation's Dragon Ball Super: Broly, though, as noted in our lede, the studio is not reporting domestic grosses this morning. That said, results from third party sources show the film neck-and-neck with WB's Aquaman for a domestic three-day topping $10 million and a five-day total following its Wednesday release topping $21 million.

On the lower end of projections, one source puts the film's three-day at $9.3 million, which is still incredibly impressive and enough for a fourth place finish.

Internationally, Dragon Ball is entering its seventh week in release and does so with an estimated $5.3 million from 18 markets for an international cume that now totals $65.8 million for a global tally just shy of $87 million.







As for Aquaman, the film added an estimated $10.3 million to its domestic total this weekend, which now stands at $304.3 million. The film is still in fourth place among previous releases in the DC Extended Universe.

The film also added $14.3 million from 79 overseas markets this weekend, bringing the international cume to $759.1 million for a global tally of $1.06 billion, just a little over $21 million shy of The Dark Knight Rises as it will soon become the highest grossing worldwide release among DC Comics adaptations.







Rounding out the top five is Sony's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which enjoyed the smallest drop in the top ten (-19.8%) with an estimated $7.25 million for the three-day.

The film is expected to top $9 million over the four-day weekend, pushing the film's domestic cume over $160 million, which would put it $9 million shy of topping Hotel Transylvania 2 as Sony Animation's highest grossing domestic release of all-time.

Internationally, the film added another $4.7 million this weekend, pushing its worldwide total over $322 million.







Elsewhere, on its 78th day of release, Fox's Bohemian Rhapsody topped $200 million domestically this weekend as the film continues to play almost neck-and-neck with WB's A Star is Born, which topped $200 million on its 80th day of release.

After an additional $639k this weekend, A Star is Born has now grossed just shy of $205 million domestically. Worldwide, however, it's no competition with Bohemian Rhapsody adding another $11.3 million this weekend for an international cume that has now reached $596 million for a global tally $2 million shy of $800 million.







In limited release, Abramorama's Who Will Write Our History debuted with $12,719 in one theater; Distrib's The Heiresses opened in two locations with $11,288; and IFC's An Acceptable Loss opened in one theater with an estimated $5,103.

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January 18-21, 2019 Weekend Studio Estimates:


1. Glass $47,000,000
2. The Upside $18,350,000 / $46,663,439
3. Aquaman $12,570,000 / $306,576,848
4. Dragon Ball Super: Broly $11,494,742
5. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse $9,750,000 / $160,751,385
6. A Dog's Way Home $9,635,000 / $23,803,496
7. Escape Room $6,750,000 / $42,175,948
8. Mary Poppins Returns $6,736,000 / $160,223,814
9. Bumblebee $5,830,000 / $117,113,676
10. On the Basis of Sex $4,647,000 / $17,558,747

Glass Repeats Atop the Weekend Box Office While New Releases Struggle
by Brad Brevet
January 27, 2019


The weekend turned out a bit better than expected with Universal's Glass holding on to the top spot with an estimated $19 million on its way to a $100+ million domestic run, though the weekend's newcomers in Fox's The Kid Who Would be King and Serenity struggled.

Meanwhile this year's crop of Oscar nominees saw Green Book re-enter the top ten following its five nominations while The Favourite, Bohemian Rhapsody and A Star is Born all improved compared to last weekend.







Finishing with an estimated $19 million, Universal's Glass dipped 53% in its second weekend for a domestic cume that now stands at $73.5 million after just ten days in release.

Internationally, the film added $23.6 million from 55 markets for an overseas cume totaling $89.1 million and a global tally reaching $162.7 million. The film is now open in all markets except for China where it still does not have an official release date.







Second place went to The Upside, which continues its impressive run, dipping just 18.4% this weekend for an estimated $12.2 million and a domestic cume that now tops $63 million.

Internationally, the film brought in an estimated $1.1 million this weekend for an international cume totaling $6.1 million, from 38 markets released for a worldwide tally topping $69 million.







For now, Warner Bros.'s Aquaman holds a narrow lead for third place, bringing in an estimated $7.35 million for a domestic cume that now tops $316 million.

In even bigger news, the film has now topped $1.09 billion at the global box office making it the largest DC Comics adaptation of all-time globally, the third largest WB movie all-time worldwide and now ranks as the 25th largest worldwide release ever.







In fourth, by just $100k, is Fox's The Kid Who Would be King with an estimated $7.25 million debut. Budgeted at a reported $59 million, the family feature had strong reviews heading into the weekend, but just wasn't able to capture audience attention. Opening day audiences gave the film a "B+" CinemaScore.

Internationally, the film began playing last weekend and this weekend added $1.94 million for an overseas total that now stands at $3.2 million as it is now in just 20 markets.







Rounding out the top five is Sony's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse with an estimated $6.15 million bringing the film's domestic cume to $169 million. The film is now less than $700k behind Hotel Transylvania 2, on its way to becoming the highest grossing domestic release ever for Sony Animation.

Internationally the film added $2.8 million this weekend for an overseas cume of $169.1 million and a global tally topping $338 million.







Just outside the top five is Universal's Oscar contender Green Book, which expanded into 2,430 locations (+1,518) this weekend following this week's Oscar nominations and saw a +150% increase with an estimated $5.4 million three-day. The film has now grossed nearly $50 million domestically as it enters its eleventh week in release.

Internationally, the film's release is being handled by Lionsgate and Amblin, and it is playing in 33 markets where it grossed $5.7 million this weekend for an international cume topping $10 million and a worldwide gross that currently stands at $59.3 million.







It isn't until eighth position that we find Aviron's release of Serenity which was unable to generate much attention, debuting with just $4.8 million from 2,561 locations ($1,874 PTA).

Opening day audiences seemed to agree with critics, giving the film a "D+" CinemaScore.







Looking at a few of the other Oscar contenders that expanded this weekend, Fox Searchlight's The Favourite brought in an estimated $2.56 million (+214%) after adding over one thousand theaters as its domestic cume now tops $26 million.

Fox's Bohemian Rhapsody is slowly creeping up on A Star is Born's domestic cume after bringing in nearly $2.5 million (+7.6%) from 1,423 locations for a domestic total that now stands at $205.8 million.

Speaking of A Star is Born, it too added some theaters this weekend, playing in 1,192 locations (+777) from which it brought in an estimated $1.26 million for a domestic cume that now stands at $206.3 million.

This weekend also saw Clint Eastwood's The Mule top $100 million on its 45th day of release.







In limited release, Greenwich's The Invisibles opened with $27,000 from four theaters ($6,750 PTA); Sony Classics debuted the Foreign Language contender Never Look Away in one theater from which it brought in $26,270, enough for the largest per theater average for the weekend; Kino Lorber's release of Jean-Luc Godard's The Image Book brought in $15,200 from three locations ($5,067 PTA); and Cinema Libre's Jihadists debuted in one theater with $1,188.

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January 25-27, 2019 Weekend Studio Estimates:


1. Glass $19,049,000 / $73,589,135
2. The Upside $12,240,000 / $63,144,846
3. Aquaman $7,350,000 / $316,554,074
4. The Kid Who Would Be King $7,250,000
5. Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse $6,150,000 / $169,040,116
6. Green Book $5,413,000 /$49,003,486
7. A Dog's Way Home $5,225,000 / $30,834,525
8. Serenity $4,800,000
9. Escape Room $4,275,000 / $47,915,074
10. Dragon Ball Super: Broly $3,600,000 / $28,958,823