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JamesG · 06-05-2016, 10:35 PM

Ninja Turtles 2 Opens #1 with Soft $35M While Zootopia Crosses $1 Billion Worldwide
by Brad Brevet
June 5, 2016

The first weekend in June 2016 played out mostly as expected, with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows taking the #1 spot followed by last weekend's first place finisher, X-Men: Apocalypse.

Warner's Me Before You, however, did manage to break out well above expectations while Universal's Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping may have received great reviews, but couldn't find much of an audience.

Overall, the weekend was a wash compared to last year with estimates for the top twelve coming in just $56,118 higher than last year's actuals, but there are still some highlights to discuss despite something of a slow start to a sequel driven June.

Paramount's Ninja Turtles 2 brought in an estimated $35.25 million, which, as discussed in our weekend preview, puts the film pretty much right on the average for so many of today's sequels based on the original film's performance. In the case of Ninja Turtles, this is a 46% drop from the 2014 film's $65.5 million opening.

Considering the $135 million budget for Turtles 2 is $10 million more than was spent on the original, that's not exactly what the studio was hoping for when they flipped the green light.

The sequel is now looking to bring in $90 million or so domestically, which is around $100 million less than the original. Of course, box office grosses are just half the story with a film like this as ancillary merchandise is a big revenue driver for a film of this sort. From a demographics perspective, the film did score an "A-" CinemaScore and audience members under the age of 18 made up 40% of the audience and scored the film with an "A".

In all, 52% of the audience was under 25 and 54% male vs. 48% female.

X-Men: Apocalypse finished in second with an estimated $22.3 million, a 66% drop from its opening weekend, much steeper than expected and is now likely to find the film finishing somewhere in the range of $160-165 million domestically.

For some perspective, that's just over where the first X-Men film finished back in 2000, is right around where X-Men: Days of Future Past was after just ten days in release, where Deadpool was at after just five days and less than Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice made in its opening weekend.

Me Before You finished in third with an exceptional opening, bringing in an estimated $18.27 million domestically from 2,704 theaters plus another $7.7 million internationally from 16 overseas markets.

An "A" CinemaScore is also going to work in the film's favor, pushing it toward what could be a $45-50 million domestic gross on a $20 million budget.

Finishing fourth was last weekend's other new "big" release, that being Disney's Alice Through the Looking Glass, which already suffered a disastrous opening weekend and didn't fair much better this weekend, dropping 60% for an estimated $10.69 million.

The film did add an additional $42 million internationally this weekend, resulting in a global cume of just over $176 million. From a domestic perspective, it's beginning to look as if the sequel may have a hard time matching the $85 million 2010's Alice in Wonderland made in its first two days.

Outside the top five we find the weekend's third new wide release, Universal's Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping from The Lonely Island trio. The film made an impression on critics, scoring a 78% rating on RottenTomatoes, but it wasn't enough to get audiences out to see it.

The film scored a meager $4.63 million this weekend from 2,311 theaters. It did manage to reach its core audience of young males, making up 60% of overall ticket sales, but that same audience had far too much to choose from this weekend and the R-rating almost certainly contributed to the lower box office in this case.

In other news, Disney's Zootopia has finally crossed the $1 billion mark worldwide, becoming only the fourth animated film to reach that milestone. It's also the second film of the year to hit that mark behind Disney's Captain America: Civil War and the 26th film to have ever done so.

Looking into the near future, will Finding Dory become the fifth animated film to cross $1 billion and the third of the year for Disney?

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4194&p=.htm

June 3-5, 2016 Weekend Studio Estimates:

1. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows $35,250,000
2. X-Men: Apocalypse $22,325,000 / $116,498,232
3. Me Before You $18,270,000
4. Alice Through the Looking Glass $10,691,000 / $50,772,597
5. The Angry Birds Movie $9,775,000 / $86,677,726
6. Captain America: Civil War $7,591,000 / $388,940,157
7. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising $4,700,000 / $48,560,225
8. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping $4,630,000
9. The Jungle Book $4,247,000 / $347,469,661
10. The Nice Guys $3,520,000 / $29,120,850

Tubehead · 06-06-2016, 06:53 PM

awesome!! im more marvel fan then dc fan !! but i consider my self big teeange mutnat ninja turtle fan!! i used to have all the toys as an kid!! even my grand mama made me turtle outfits for halloween! me & my brother still played ninja turtlers after halloween!!! im not too big over the dc & marvel univers i take marvel over dc im really don't consider my self marvel or dc fan but im big teeange mutnat ninja turtlers fan!! i been ninja turtle fan cents elementary school!! i used to play the game for nintendo & i also played the arcade game at billy bobs or know as chuck chess!! the 1990 orignal movie was the first moive i ever saw!! it wasn't the first movie but it was the first movie i saw that i was excited about!!

Tubehead · 06-12-2016, 05:44 AM

i saw it this week!! it rocked it kind of was more serious then the first movie it was kind of like the original 1990 movie meets 1993 ninja turtles secret of the ozz meets the 1980's Anmited tv series!! if you grew up with the 1980's ANmited series or if your watching nickelodeon's computer Anmited sereis i higly recommend teeange mutnat ninja turtlers out of shadows!! both good clean family movie!!

06-05-2016, 10:35 PM	#1
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,174	"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2" Opens at #1 w/ $35M Ninja Turtles 2 Opens #1 with Soft $35M While Zootopia Crosses $1 Billion Worldwide by Brad Brevet June 5, 2016 The first weekend in June 2016 played out mostly as expected, with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows taking the #1 spot followed by last weekend's first place finisher, X-Men: Apocalypse. Warner's Me Before You, however, did manage to break out well above expectations while Universal's Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping may have received great reviews, but couldn't find much of an audience. Overall, the weekend was a wash compared to last year with estimates for the top twelve coming in just $56,118 higher than last year's actuals, but there are still some highlights to discuss despite something of a slow start to a sequel driven June. Paramount's Ninja Turtles 2 brought in an estimated $35.25 million, which, as discussed in our weekend preview, puts the film pretty much right on the average for so many of today's sequels based on the original film's performance. In the case of Ninja Turtles, this is a 46% drop from the 2014 film's $65.5 million opening. Considering the $135 million budget for Turtles 2 is $10 million more than was spent on the original, that's not exactly what the studio was hoping for when they flipped the green light. The sequel is now looking to bring in $90 million or so domestically, which is around $100 million less than the original. Of course, box office grosses are just half the story with a film like this as ancillary merchandise is a big revenue driver for a film of this sort. From a demographics perspective, the film did score an "A-" CinemaScore and audience members under the age of 18 made up 40% of the audience and scored the film with an "A". In all, 52% of the audience was under 25 and 54% male vs. 48% female. X-Men: Apocalypse finished in second with an estimated $22.3 million, a 66% drop from its opening weekend, much steeper than expected and is now likely to find the film finishing somewhere in the range of $160-165 million domestically. For some perspective, that's just over where the first X-Men film finished back in 2000, is right around where X-Men: Days of Future Past was after just ten days in release, where Deadpool was at after just five days and less than Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice made in its opening weekend. Me Before You finished in third with an exceptional opening, bringing in an estimated $18.27 million domestically from 2,704 theaters plus another $7.7 million internationally from 16 overseas markets. An "A" CinemaScore is also going to work in the film's favor, pushing it toward what could be a $45-50 million domestic gross on a $20 million budget. Finishing fourth was last weekend's other new "big" release, that being Disney's Alice Through the Looking Glass, which already suffered a disastrous opening weekend and didn't fair much better this weekend, dropping 60% for an estimated $10.69 million. The film did add an additional $42 million internationally this weekend, resulting in a global cume of just over $176 million. From a domestic perspective, it's beginning to look as if the sequel may have a hard time matching the $85 million 2010's Alice in Wonderland made in its first two days. Outside the top five we find the weekend's third new wide release, Universal's Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping from The Lonely Island trio. The film made an impression on critics, scoring a 78% rating on RottenTomatoes, but it wasn't enough to get audiences out to see it. The film scored a meager $4.63 million this weekend from 2,311 theaters. It did manage to reach its core audience of young males, making up 60% of overall ticket sales, but that same audience had far too much to choose from this weekend and the R-rating almost certainly contributed to the lower box office in this case. In other news, Disney's Zootopia has finally crossed the $1 billion mark worldwide, becoming only the fourth animated film to reach that milestone. It's also the second film of the year to hit that mark behind Disney's Captain America: Civil War and the 26th film to have ever done so. Looking into the near future, will Finding Dory become the fifth animated film to cross $1 billion and the third of the year for Disney? http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4194&p=.htm June 3-5, 2016 Weekend Studio Estimates: 1. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows $35,250,000 2. X-Men: Apocalypse $22,325,000 / $116,498,232 3. Me Before You $18,270,000 4. Alice Through the Looking Glass $10,691,000 / $50,772,597 5. The Angry Birds Movie $9,775,000 / $86,677,726 6. Captain America: Civil War $7,591,000 / $388,940,157 7. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising $4,700,000 / $48,560,225 8. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping $4,630,000 9. The Jungle Book $4,247,000 / $347,469,661 10. The Nice Guys $3,520,000 / $29,120,850

06-06-2016, 06:53 PM	#2
Tubehead Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 12, 2007 Location: chattanooga.tn Posts: 5,139	awesome!! im more marvel fan then dc fan !! but i consider my self big teeange mutnat ninja turtle fan!! i used to have all the toys as an kid!! even my grand mama made me turtle outfits for halloween! me & my brother still played ninja turtlers after halloween!!! im not too big over the dc & marvel univers i take marvel over dc im really don't consider my self marvel or dc fan but im big teeange mutnat ninja turtlers fan!! i been ninja turtle fan cents elementary school!! i used to play the game for nintendo & i also played the arcade game at billy bobs or know as chuck chess!! the 1990 orignal movie was the first moive i ever saw!! it wasn't the first movie but it was the first movie i saw that i was excited about!!

06-12-2016, 05:44 AM	#3
Tubehead Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 12, 2007 Location: chattanooga.tn Posts: 5,139	i saw it this week!! it rocked it kind of was more serious then the first movie it was kind of like the original 1990 movie meets 1993 ninja turtles secret of the ozz meets the 1980's Anmited tv series!! if you grew up with the 1980's ANmited series or if your watching nickelodeon's computer Anmited sereis i higly recommend teeange mutnat ninja turtlers out of shadows!! both good clean family movie!!