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JamesG · 06-26-2016, 09:14 PM

Finding Dory #1 Again, Topping All Four of the Weekend's New Wide Releases Combined
by Brad Brevet
June 26, 2016

Twenty six weeks into 2016 and Disney's year continues to impress as the studio has the #1 film at the weekend box office for the twelfth time. Finding Dory topped the weekend chart with one of the ten best second weekends of all-time as the animated feature has now grossed over $286 million domestically and nearly $400 million worldwide.

As for the weekend's new wide releases, the results weren't quite as pretty as three out of the four struggled in a competitive marketplace. Independence Day: Resurgence was unable to match the opening weekend of its 20-year-old predecessor, Free State of Jones didn't capture the attention of its target audience and The Neon Demon wasn't able to come close to expectations.

The only bright spot among the weekend's new wide releases was the "terror in the water" thriller The Shallows, which scored well with audiences and critics, all on a meager budget.

Taking the number one spot for a second weekend in a row is Disney's Finding Dory with an estimated $73.2 million, only a 45.8% drop from the film's record breaking opening weekend.

This also marks the largest second weekend for an animated film and the eighth largest second weekend of all-time, ahead of the $72.6 million brought in by Captain America: Civil War earlier this year.

Dory is now up to $286.5 million domestically, already making it the 13th highest grossing animated release of all-time after just ten days in release.

Taking second was Fox's Independence Day: Resurgence, which carries a reported budget of $165 million and opened with an estimated $41.6 million. Coupled with negative reviews and a so-so "B" CinemaScore this one may have a tough time doing anything more than $100-110 million domestically.

Demographically, Resurgence played to an audience that was 58% male vs 42% female, with 64% over the age of 25.

The one film among this weekend's new releases that managed to impress was Sony's shark thriller The Shallows. Taking advantage of heavy buzz on social media and scoring the best reviews of the weekend's new releases, the Blake Lively starrer finished fourth with an estimated $16.7 million this weekend, nearly matching the film's reported $17 million budget.

The audience breakdown was 46% male vs 54% female, with 50% under the age of 25. With opening day audiences awarding the film a "B+" CinemaScore, it could push toward a $42-45 million domestic run if not more.

Then we move to STX's Free State of Jones, a historical epic starring Matthew McConaughey carrying a reported budget of $50 million. The studio was looking for an opening in the low teens, but all the film was able to muster was an estimated $7.7 million from 2,815 theaters.

For McConaughey this is the worst wide release opening he's seen since 2006's We Are Marshall, which opened with $6.1 million, but is a bit of a tough comparison given its Christmas weekend opening.

The last of the weekend's new wide releases is another disappointment as Broad Green's The Neon Demon was expected by some to open around $2-3 million from 783 theaters.

Unfortunately, the Nicolas Winding Refn-directed feature was hardly able to top a half-million, pulling in an estimated $606,594. There's no other way to interpret these numbers than to say they are disappointing and move on.

Elsewhere, X-Men: Apocalypse topped $150 million domestically this weekend, making it the seventh highest grossing film in the X-Men franchise as it still lags behind the 2000 original.

Also, Warcraft is now over $410 million worldwide and Lionsgate's Now You See Me 2 is now over $100 million internationally for a global cume of $159.7 million, though it still has a long way if it wants to match the original's $351.7 million worldwide haul.

A24's Swiss Army Man, which opened in three theaters this weekend and stars Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe and Mary Elizabeth Winstead, was the weekend's per theater champion, bringing in $114,000 for a $38,000 PTA.

Other limited openings this weekend include The Orchard's Hunt for the Wilderpeople which brought in $85,336 from five theaters ($17,067 PTA) and Well Go's release of Johnnie To's Three in 18 theaters where it grossed $65,500 ($3,639 PTA).

Also, IFC released Todd Solondz's Wiener-Dog into two theaters where it brought in $27,020 ($13,510 PTA); Sony Classics' Eat that Question brought in $18,002 from two theaters ($9,001 PTA); and Cohen Media's Les Cowboys opened in four theaters with $14,283 ($3,571 PTA).

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4201&p=.htm

June 24-26, 2016 Weekend Studio Estimates:

1. Finding Dory $73,234,746 / $286,552,649
2. Independence Day: Resurgence $41,600,000
3. Central Intelligence $18,370,000 / $69,302,458
4. The Shallows $16,700,000
5. Free State of Jones $7,772,000
6. The Conjuring 2 $7,705,000 / $86,906,434
7. Now You See Me 2 $5,650,000 / $52,054,214
8. X-Men: Apocalypse $2,475,000 / $151,126,991
9. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows $2,400,000 / $77,117,555
10. Alice Through the Looking Glass $2,147,144 / $74,574,007

Tubehead · 06-28-2016, 08:37 AM

sorry i couldn't stand finding nemo i thought it was boring!!

JamesG · 07-04-2016, 12:28 AM

Dory Threepeats Over Holiday Weekend; Tarzan and Purge 3 Open Well Above Expectations
by Brad Brevet
July 3, 2016

Another weekend in release and another weekend on top of the box office for Pixar's Finding Dory. However, while the forgetful little fish enjoys its third weekend in the number one spot, it had stiffer competition than expected from one of the weekend's newcomers.

Finishing strong in second position was WB's The Legend of Tarzan while Universal's The Purge: Election Year also over-performed, tripling its budget in its first three days of release. Meanwhile, Disney's The BFG couldn't find much of an audience as it finished in fourth position.

Nevertheless, the top twelve films for this 27th weekend of the year saw a 41% uptick compared to last year as films are taking advantage of the Fourth of July, holiday weekend.

Finding Dory brought in an estimated $41.9 million for the three-day weekend and is tracking toward a four day around $51 million. As of now the film's domestic cume stands at just over $372 million and should top $380 million by the end of Monday, most likely topping its predecessor, Finding Nemo, as the fifth highest grossing animated release of all-time.

Internationally, Dory added an estimated $34.4 million this weekend bringing its global cume to just over $538 million.

Next we come to Legend of Tarzan, which finished in second position with an estimated $38.1 million three-day opening, decimating Mojo's weekend forecast and much higher than industry expectations. As of now the film is looking at a four-day around $43+ million, nearly $20 million more than Mojo's projections.

Given the film's $180 million budget, however, it's going to need some help over the coming weeks, and internationally, to justify such a massive spend. That said, working in the film's favor is an "A-" CinemaScore with moviegoers under the age of 18 scoring it an A+.

The audience breakdown was 49% male vs 51% female and 55% over the age of 35.

Coming in third is Universal's The Purge: Election Year with a very strong $30.8 million three-day, heading toward a four-day weekend that could top $35 million. The three-day performance is just a hair over the $29.8 million brought in by The Purge: Anarchy two years ago as the franchise is showing zero signs of decay now that it has three films under its belt.

Given the $10 million production budget and the fact Election Year scored the highest CinemaScore of all three Purge films it almost goes without saying a fourth film is likely in the works.

Finishing in fourth position is the weekend's final new wide release, Steven Spielberg's The BFG, which brought in an estimated $19.58 million over the three-day and is expected to finish right around $23-24 million for the four-day weekend.

Directed by Spielberg and budgeted at $140 million this is a rather disappointing result. The film did, however, receive a "A-" CinemaScore from opening day audiences. The audience breakdown was 54% female vs 46% male with the age of the audience rather evenly spread out—12 & Under (27%), 13-16 (10%), 17-25 (13%), 26-34 (22%), 35-49 (18%) and 50+ (9%).

Elsewhere in the top ten, Independence Day: Resurgence dropped nearly 60% in its second weekend, bringing in an estimated $16.5 million and is expected to finish the four-day weekend around $20 million.

Sony's The Shallows dropped 46.4% in its second weekend, bringing in an estimated $9 million and STX's Free State of Jones dropped 45.4% and brought in an estimated $4.1 million over the three-day.

Finishing just outside the top ten, A24's Swiss Army Man expanded into 636 theaters (+633) this weekend and brought in an estimated $1.4 million ($2,276 per theater).

As for the weekend's limited releases, freshman titles begin with Roadside's Our Kind of Traitor, which was the widest of the lot, opening in 373 theaters and bringing in an estimated $1 million ($2,685 PTA).

Music Box released The Innocents into three theaters where it brought in a strong, $31,500 for a $10,500 PTA and The Orchard's Life, Animated brought in an estimated $26,547 from three theaters for a $8,849 per theater average.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4203&p=.htm

July 1-3, 2016 Weekend Studio Estimates:

1. Finding Dory $41,900,542 / $372,250,144
2. The Legend of Tarzan $38,135,000
3. The Purge: Election Year $30,870,000
4. The BFG $19,584,969
5. Independence Day: Resurgence $16,500,000 / $72,657,073
6. Central Intelligence $12,330,000 / $91,767,074
7. The Shallows $9,000,000 / $35,251,647
8. Free State of Jones $4,134,000 / $15,199,711
9. The Conjuring 2 $3,850,000 / $95,283,538
10. Now You See Me 2 $2,950,000 / $58,689,445

Tubehead · 07-07-2016, 01:18 AM

me my mom & Dad saw tarzan yesterday !! i higly roecmmend it!! i couldn't get into finding nemo !! i just thought it was boring!! i thought finding nemo & cars are the 2 most boring disney Anmited movies!! followed by sleeping beauty!!

Torgo · 07-07-2016, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Tubehead

me my mom & Dad saw tarzan yesterday !! i higly roecmmend it!! i couldn't get into finding nemo !! i just thought it was boring!! i thought finding nemo & cars are the 2 most boring disney Anmited movies!! followed by sleeping beauty!!

I liked Cars. But Cars 2 I did find boring.

opus · 07-07-2016, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Torgo

I liked Cars. But Cars 2 I did find boring.

Cars 3 -June 16, 2017 (per Entertainment Weekly)

Also, while we're here:

Toy Story 4- June 15, 2018
Incredibles 2- June 21, 2019

Bonniegirl · 07-07-2016, 01:22 PM

I'm looking forward to "The Secret Life of Pets"!

Tubehead · 07-07-2016, 11:41 PM

im looking forward to the incredibles 2 & toy story 4!! now there making wreck it ralph 2 it comes our sometime in 2018!! i didn't like the first cars movie but i did like the second one good bit! i also enjoyed planes more then cars!! me my mom & dad going to see secret life of pets tomorrow i'll let you know how it is!! it looks funny!! my favorite part is when the little winner dog giving him back rube with the blinder!! it's funny!!!

06-26-2016, 09:14 PM	#1
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,168	"Finding Dory" Continues its Winning Streak during 4th of July Weekend Finding Dory #1 Again, Topping All Four of the Weekend's New Wide Releases Combined by Brad Brevet June 26, 2016 Twenty six weeks into 2016 and Disney's year continues to impress as the studio has the #1 film at the weekend box office for the twelfth time. Finding Dory topped the weekend chart with one of the ten best second weekends of all-time as the animated feature has now grossed over $286 million domestically and nearly $400 million worldwide. As for the weekend's new wide releases, the results weren't quite as pretty as three out of the four struggled in a competitive marketplace. Independence Day: Resurgence was unable to match the opening weekend of its 20-year-old predecessor, Free State of Jones didn't capture the attention of its target audience and The Neon Demon wasn't able to come close to expectations. The only bright spot among the weekend's new wide releases was the "terror in the water" thriller The Shallows, which scored well with audiences and critics, all on a meager budget. Taking the number one spot for a second weekend in a row is Disney's Finding Dory with an estimated $73.2 million, only a 45.8% drop from the film's record breaking opening weekend. This also marks the largest second weekend for an animated film and the eighth largest second weekend of all-time, ahead of the $72.6 million brought in by Captain America: Civil War earlier this year. Dory is now up to $286.5 million domestically, already making it the 13th highest grossing animated release of all-time after just ten days in release. Taking second was Fox's Independence Day: Resurgence, which carries a reported budget of $165 million and opened with an estimated $41.6 million. Coupled with negative reviews and a so-so "B" CinemaScore this one may have a tough time doing anything more than $100-110 million domestically. Demographically, Resurgence played to an audience that was 58% male vs 42% female, with 64% over the age of 25. The one film among this weekend's new releases that managed to impress was Sony's shark thriller The Shallows. Taking advantage of heavy buzz on social media and scoring the best reviews of the weekend's new releases, the Blake Lively starrer finished fourth with an estimated $16.7 million this weekend, nearly matching the film's reported $17 million budget. The audience breakdown was 46% male vs 54% female, with 50% under the age of 25. With opening day audiences awarding the film a "B+" CinemaScore, it could push toward a $42-45 million domestic run if not more. Then we move to STX's Free State of Jones, a historical epic starring Matthew McConaughey carrying a reported budget of $50 million. The studio was looking for an opening in the low teens, but all the film was able to muster was an estimated $7.7 million from 2,815 theaters. For McConaughey this is the worst wide release opening he's seen since 2006's We Are Marshall, which opened with $6.1 million, but is a bit of a tough comparison given its Christmas weekend opening. The last of the weekend's new wide releases is another disappointment as Broad Green's The Neon Demon was expected by some to open around $2-3 million from 783 theaters. Unfortunately, the Nicolas Winding Refn-directed feature was hardly able to top a half-million, pulling in an estimated $606,594. There's no other way to interpret these numbers than to say they are disappointing and move on. Elsewhere, X-Men: Apocalypse topped $150 million domestically this weekend, making it the seventh highest grossing film in the X-Men franchise as it still lags behind the 2000 original. Also, Warcraft is now over $410 million worldwide and Lionsgate's Now You See Me 2 is now over $100 million internationally for a global cume of $159.7 million, though it still has a long way if it wants to match the original's $351.7 million worldwide haul. A24's Swiss Army Man, which opened in three theaters this weekend and stars Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe and Mary Elizabeth Winstead, was the weekend's per theater champion, bringing in $114,000 for a $38,000 PTA. Other limited openings this weekend include The Orchard's Hunt for the Wilderpeople which brought in $85,336 from five theaters ($17,067 PTA) and Well Go's release of Johnnie To's Three in 18 theaters where it grossed $65,500 ($3,639 PTA). Also, IFC released Todd Solondz's Wiener-Dog into two theaters where it brought in $27,020 ($13,510 PTA); Sony Classics' Eat that Question brought in $18,002 from two theaters ($9,001 PTA); and Cohen Media's Les Cowboys opened in four theaters with $14,283 ($3,571 PTA). http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4201&p=.htm June 24-26, 2016 Weekend Studio Estimates: 1. Finding Dory $73,234,746 / $286,552,649 2. Independence Day: Resurgence $41,600,000 3. Central Intelligence $18,370,000 / $69,302,458 4. The Shallows $16,700,000 5. Free State of Jones $7,772,000 6. The Conjuring 2 $7,705,000 / $86,906,434 7. Now You See Me 2 $5,650,000 / $52,054,214 8. X-Men: Apocalypse $2,475,000 / $151,126,991 9. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows $2,400,000 / $77,117,555 10. Alice Through the Looking Glass $2,147,144 / $74,574,007
	Last edited by JamesG; 07-04-2016 at 12:33 AM.

06-28-2016, 08:37 AM	#2
Tubehead Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 12, 2007 Location: chattanooga.tn Posts: 5,139	sorry i couldn't stand finding nemo i thought it was boring!!

07-04-2016, 12:28 AM	#3
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,168	Dory Threepeats Over Holiday Weekend; Tarzan and Purge 3 Open Well Above Expectations by Brad Brevet July 3, 2016 Another weekend in release and another weekend on top of the box office for Pixar's Finding Dory. However, while the forgetful little fish enjoys its third weekend in the number one spot, it had stiffer competition than expected from one of the weekend's newcomers. Finishing strong in second position was WB's The Legend of Tarzan while Universal's The Purge: Election Year also over-performed, tripling its budget in its first three days of release. Meanwhile, Disney's The BFG couldn't find much of an audience as it finished in fourth position. Nevertheless, the top twelve films for this 27th weekend of the year saw a 41% uptick compared to last year as films are taking advantage of the Fourth of July, holiday weekend. Finding Dory brought in an estimated $41.9 million for the three-day weekend and is tracking toward a four day around $51 million. As of now the film's domestic cume stands at just over $372 million and should top $380 million by the end of Monday, most likely topping its predecessor, Finding Nemo, as the fifth highest grossing animated release of all-time. Internationally, Dory added an estimated $34.4 million this weekend bringing its global cume to just over $538 million. Next we come to Legend of Tarzan, which finished in second position with an estimated $38.1 million three-day opening, decimating Mojo's weekend forecast and much higher than industry expectations. As of now the film is looking at a four-day around $43+ million, nearly $20 million more than Mojo's projections. Given the film's $180 million budget, however, it's going to need some help over the coming weeks, and internationally, to justify such a massive spend. That said, working in the film's favor is an "A-" CinemaScore with moviegoers under the age of 18 scoring it an A+. The audience breakdown was 49% male vs 51% female and 55% over the age of 35. Coming in third is Universal's The Purge: Election Year with a very strong $30.8 million three-day, heading toward a four-day weekend that could top $35 million. The three-day performance is just a hair over the $29.8 million brought in by The Purge: Anarchy two years ago as the franchise is showing zero signs of decay now that it has three films under its belt. Given the $10 million production budget and the fact Election Year scored the highest CinemaScore of all three Purge films it almost goes without saying a fourth film is likely in the works. Finishing in fourth position is the weekend's final new wide release, Steven Spielberg's The BFG, which brought in an estimated $19.58 million over the three-day and is expected to finish right around $23-24 million for the four-day weekend. Directed by Spielberg and budgeted at $140 million this is a rather disappointing result. The film did, however, receive a "A-" CinemaScore from opening day audiences. The audience breakdown was 54% female vs 46% male with the age of the audience rather evenly spread out—12 & Under (27%), 13-16 (10%), 17-25 (13%), 26-34 (22%), 35-49 (18%) and 50+ (9%). Elsewhere in the top ten, Independence Day: Resurgence dropped nearly 60% in its second weekend, bringing in an estimated $16.5 million and is expected to finish the four-day weekend around $20 million. Sony's The Shallows dropped 46.4% in its second weekend, bringing in an estimated $9 million and STX's Free State of Jones dropped 45.4% and brought in an estimated $4.1 million over the three-day. Finishing just outside the top ten, A24's Swiss Army Man expanded into 636 theaters (+633) this weekend and brought in an estimated $1.4 million ($2,276 per theater). As for the weekend's limited releases, freshman titles begin with Roadside's Our Kind of Traitor, which was the widest of the lot, opening in 373 theaters and bringing in an estimated $1 million ($2,685 PTA). Music Box released The Innocents into three theaters where it brought in a strong, $31,500 for a $10,500 PTA and The Orchard's Life, Animated brought in an estimated $26,547 from three theaters for a $8,849 per theater average. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4203&p=.htm July 1-3, 2016 Weekend Studio Estimates: 1. Finding Dory $41,900,542 / $372,250,144 2. The Legend of Tarzan $38,135,000 3. The Purge: Election Year $30,870,000 4. The BFG $19,584,969 5. Independence Day: Resurgence $16,500,000 / $72,657,073 6. Central Intelligence $12,330,000 / $91,767,074 7. The Shallows $9,000,000 / $35,251,647 8. Free State of Jones $4,134,000 / $15,199,711 9. The Conjuring 2 $3,850,000 / $95,283,538 10. Now You See Me 2 $2,950,000 / $58,689,445

07-07-2016, 01:18 AM	#4
Tubehead Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 12, 2007 Location: chattanooga.tn Posts: 5,139	me my mom & Dad saw tarzan yesterday !! i higly roecmmend it!! i couldn't get into finding nemo !! i just thought it was boring!! i thought finding nemo & cars are the 2 most boring disney Anmited movies!! followed by sleeping beauty!!

07-07-2016, 01:22 PM	#7
Bonniegirl AKA Hazel Horvath Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 10, 2014 Posts: 65,886	I'm looking forward to "The Secret Life of Pets"!

07-07-2016, 11:41 PM	#8
Tubehead Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 12, 2007 Location: chattanooga.tn Posts: 5,139	im looking forward to the incredibles 2 & toy story 4!! now there making wreck it ralph 2 it comes our sometime in 2018!! i didn't like the first cars movie but i did like the second one good bit! i also enjoyed planes more then cars!! me my mom & dad going to see secret life of pets tomorrow i'll let you know how it is!! it looks funny!! my favorite part is when the little winner dog giving him back rube with the blinder!! it's funny!!!