"Kong: Skull Island" Roars to #1 Spot

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Kong: Skull Island Roars to $61M Opening while Logan and Get Out Stay Strong
by Brad Brevet
March 12, 2017


Warner Bros and Legendary's Kong: Skull Island delivered a strong opening weekend performance, topping the weekend box office and becoming the third film in as many weeks to outperform expectations.

The other two films, Logan and Get Out, continued their successful runs as they finished in second and third position, with Logan just $6.3 million shy of topping The LEGO Batman Movie as the highest grossing domestic release of 2017 in just ten days.

Overall, the top twelve grossed an estimated $152.5 million, an improvement over last year by 3.8%.







With an estimated $61 million, WB and Legendary's Kong: Skull Island finished atop the weekend box office, delivering $15,865 per theater, from 3,846 locations.

Opening weekend audiences gave Skull Island a "B+" CinemaScore. Of that audience, they were 56% male vs. 44% female, of which 18% were under the age of 18 and 52% were under the age of 35. Audience members under the age of 25 gave the film an "A" CinemaScore.

Looking ahead, a domestic performance anywhere from $160-170 million seems reasonable.







In second is Fox's Logan, which topped $100 million domestically in just five days and with an estimated $37.85 million this weekend has now brought in over $150 million in just ten days. Logan's 57.2% second weekend drop is a bit more than we were predicting in our weekend preview, but it is well within expectation for a film that opened as large as it did.

As of now, Logan is the second largest domestic release of 2017 and will soon be passing The LEGO Batman Movie to top the list (though Beauty and the Beast will soon be assuming that crown).

Internationally, however, Logan currently stands as the #1 release of 2017 after taking in an estimated $70.3 million from 79 markets this weekend for an international total of $285.6 million and a worldwide cume of $438.3 million.







Universal and Blumhouse's Get Out finished third this weekend, once again outperforming expectations as it dropped just 25.4% for an estimated $21 million for a domestic cume that now stands at $111 million.

Coming up with comparisons for Jordan Peele's breakout thriller is near-impossible as its week-over-week performance is mind-blowing as it is already Blumhouse Productions' second highest grossing release of all-time and showing absolutely no signs of stopping. And it can't be said often enough, the film's budget was a mere $4.5 million.







Lionsgate's The Shack finished in fourth position with an estimated $10 million in its sophomore session and WB's The LEGO Batman Movie rounded out the top five with an estimated $7.8 million as its domestic cume is now just shy of $160 million.







Among the weekend's limited releases Badrinath Ki Dulhania brought in an estimated $850,000 from 152 theaters ($5,592 PTA); Paladin's The Ottomon Lieutenant opened in 216 theaters with an estimated $173,450 ($803 PTA); IFC's release of Personal Shopper delivered an estimated $92,516 from four theaters ($23,129 PTA); and CBS Films released The Sense of an Ending into four theaters where it brought in an estimated $42,000 ($10,500 PTA).

Additionally, Focus World's release of Raw into two theaters brought in an estimated $25,230 ($12,615 PTA) and Parade Deck Films released The Dark Below into one theater where it brought in an estimated $1,477.

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March 10-12, 2017 Weekend Studio Estimates:


1. Kong: Skull Island $61,015,000
2. Logan $37,850,000 / $152,656,733
3. Get Out $21,072,600 / $111,054,445
4. The Shack $10,050,000 / $32,268,691
5. The LEGO Batman Movie $7,820,000 / $159,023,660
6. Before I Fall $3,000,782 / $8,929,594
7. Hidden Figures $2,765,000 / $162,865,186
8. John Wick: Chapter Two $2,700,000 / $87,423,211
9. La La Land $1,770,000 / $148,445,589
10. Fifty Shades Darker $1,629,250 / $112,922,485