"Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle" Makes #1 for 3rd Week

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Jumanji Hangs On to #1 Spot Over MLK Weekend, Topping Four New Wide Releases
by Brad Brevet
January 14, 2018


For a second weekend in a row Sony's Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle takes the weekend's top spot, this time holding off three new wide releases over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend as well as Fox's nationwide expansion of Steven Spielberg's The Post, which finished in the runner-up position.

As for the weekend's three brand new releases, Lionsgate's The Commuter managed to exceed expectations while both Paddington 2 and Proud Mary fell a bit short. Meanwhile Fox's The Greatest Showman continues to attempt to make up for its soft opening, dropping just 14% in its fourth weekend in release.







With an estimated $27 million, Sony's holiday smash hit Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle finished atop the weekend box office and is expected to deliver a four-day weekend approaching $34 million, which would push the film's domestic cume near $290 million.

Internationally, the film roared into China this weekend bringing in an estimated $40 million, pushing it's worldwide cume to $667 million.







Finishing in second is Fox's nationwide expansion of Steven Spielberg's The Post, which brought in an estimated $18.6 million over the three-day weekend and is expected to finish north of $22 million for the four-day.

The film received an "A" CinemaScore and played to an audience that was 55% female vs. 45% male and 66% of which were over the age of 35.







Delivering a third place finish over the three-day is Lionsgate's The Commuter, which outperformed Mojo's forecast, delivering an estimated $13.45 million and is expected to finish with $16 million over the holiday frame.

The film received a "B" CinemaScore from opening day audiences, playing to an audience that was 54% male vs. 46% female and of the overall audience, 83% were 25 years or older.







Finishing in fourth is Universal and Blumhouse's Insidious: The Last Key, dipping an expected 59% for a $12.1 million three-day and is expected to finish around $14 million for the four-day weekend, which would push its domestic cume over $50 million.

The fourth film in the Insidious franchise also added another $17.7 million internationally this weekend as its worldwide cume climbs over $92 million, pushing the franchise's worldwide total over $460 million.







Rounding out the top five is Fox's second film in the top five, The Greatest Showman, which continues to deliver stellar week-to-week numbers. This weekend it dipped just 14%, bringing in an estimated $11.8 million for the three-day and is expected to finish around $14.5 million for the four-day weekend, pushing its cume north of $97 million.

While the film's opening weekend was certainly soft it has shown great legs ever since, delivering the best holds each of the last three weekends among wide release holdovers in the top ten.







Disney and Lucasfilm's Star Wars: The Last Jedi dipped even more than expected after losing 1,142 locations this weekend, down 52.5% and finishing with an estimated $11.27 million for the three-day. The film is expected to bring in $14.7 million for the four-day pushing its domestic cume just shy of $595 million.

Additionally, with an estimated $19 million internationally the film's worldwide cume climbs to $1.265 billion, passing Beauty and the Beast to become the tenth largest worldwide release of all-time.







It isn't until seventh that we find WB's release of Paddington 2. The studio picked up the film from The Weinstein Co. as it looked to offload the picture before filing for bankruptcy protection.

Unfortunately, despite a 100% rating on RottenTomatoes the film didn't catch on in North America, delivering a meager $10.6 million for the three-day, which the studio anticipates will climb to $14.5 million for the four-day opening.

The film's opening weekend audience was 57% female and 55% was over the age of 25.







Screen Gems' Proud Mary also delivered a soft opening based on expectations. Finishing with an estimated $10 million for the three-day, the film is expected to deliver a $12 million four-day debut.

The film received a "B+" CinemaScore from opening day audiences of which 58% were female and 77% were 25 years or older.







Outside the top ten, Neon's I, Tonya brought in an estimated $3.3 million as it expanded into 517 theaters (+261).

After winning four Golden Globe awards this past weekend Fox Searchlight's Three Billboards outside Epping, Missouri expanded back into wide release and brought in an estimated $2.3 million for a domestic cume currently totaling $28.5 million.







After expanding into 62 theaters (+56), Focus's release of Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread brought in an estimated $1.14 million for a chart-topping $18,468 per theater average.

The film will expand nationwide next weekend with the expectation it will play on over 500 screens.







In limited release this weekend, Lionsgate's Condorito brought in an estimated $236k from 153 theaters ($1,542 PTA); Cohen Media's The Insult opened with $24,957 from three locations ($8,319 PTA); IFC's Freak Show opened in one theater with an estimated $6,024; and Music Box's Vazante also debuted in one location, grossing an estimated $3,511.

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January 12-14, 2018 Weekend Studio Estimates:


1. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle $27,035,000 / $283,170,909
2. The Post $18,600,000 / $23,089,237
3. The Commuter $13,450,000
4. Insidious: The Last Key $12,135,000 / $48,375,140
5. The Greatest Showman $11,800,000 / $94,553,868
6. Star Wars: The Last Jedi $11,275,000 / $591,549,584
7. Paddington 2 $10,620,000
8. Proud Mary $10,000,000
9. Pitch Perfect 3 $5,655,000 / $94,651,225
10. Darkest Hour $4,525,000 / $35,737,552

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12 Strong & Den of Thieves Outperform Expectations as Jumanji Threepeats at #1
by Brad Brevet
January 21, 2018


The weekend's new releases all outperformed expectations with both 12 Strong and Den of Thieves placing in the top three.

However, neither was able to topple Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, which topped the weekend box office for the third straight weekend and in the process passed Skyfall to become Sony's fifth-highest grossing film ever.







Sony's Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle delivered a chart-topping $20 million as the film's domestic cume climbs over $315 million.

The film's international cume added another $32.6 million this weekend as its worldwide total now stands at $767.8 million, moving it into the top 80 all-time.







In second place Warner Bros.'s release of 12 Strong narrowly edged out its new release competition finishing ahead of the $15 million the studio anticipated heading into the weekend, grossing an estimated $16.5 million.

The film received an "A" CinemaScore from opening day audiences, which was made up of 55% males vs. 45% females and of that audience, 79% were 25 years or older.







Not too far behind in third place is STX's Den of Thieves with an estimated $15.3 million from 2,432 locations. It's a strong performance, vastly outperforming Mojo's weekend forecast as well as the studio's anticipated debut in the high single digits.

The R-rated heist thriller received a "B+" CinemaScore from opening day audience which, to no surprise, skewed male, making for 60% of the opening weekend audience.







Fox's The Post finished in fourth as it entered its second weekend in wide release, bringing in an estimated $12.1 million.

The film's domestic cume climbs over $45 million after two weeks in wide release while it is just getting started internationally, bringing in $9.9 million so far from 23 territories with several of the larger markets opening over the coming weeks.







Fox also rounds out the top five with the continued strong performance from The Greatest Showman, which dropped just 12% this weekend, delivering an estimated $11 million as the film's domestic cume is now approaching $115 million as it enters its fifth week in release.

The musical also added an estimated $11 million overseas this weekend, bringing its global cume to $231.4 million.







Outside the top five, Star Wars: The Last Jedi brought in an estimated $6.5 million, pushing its domestic cume over $600 million becoming only the sixth film to ever cross that mark.

The film also added another $9.9 million internationally this weekend as its worldwide cume now totals $1.296 billion, passing Disney's own Frozen to become the ninth largest worldwide release of all-time.







Rounding out the top ten was Roadside's new release Forever My Girl with an estimated $4.7 million from 1,115 locations. It's a solid showing for the pic, which served as counter-programming up against two new heavily male-targeted features.

The film will add approximately 500 more theaters next weekend, hoping to take advantage of the "A" CinemaScore it received from opening day audiences, which skewed heavily female at 78%.







Just outside the top ten is Focus's release of Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread, which expanded nationwide this weekend into 896 locations (+834) and delivered an estimated $3.37 million.

Also expanding nationwide this weekend was Sony Classics's Call Me by Your Name, which added 641 theaters for a total of 815 where it grossed an estimated $1.5 million, pushing the film's domestic cume over $9 million.







Additionally, Universal's Pitch Perfect 3 topped $100 million domestically this weekend after pulling in an estimated $3.1 million while Disney and Pixar's Coco topped $200 million domestically after bringing in $1.9 million.

Coco also added $18.2 million internationally this weekend as the animated film's global cume now totals more than $655 million with a mid-March opening in Japan yet to come.

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January 19-21, 2018 Weekend Studio Estimates:


1. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle $20,040,000 / $316,985,148
2. 12 Strong $16,500,000
3. Den of Thieves $15,320,000
4. The Post $12,150,000 / $45,191,402
5. The Greatest Showman $11,000,000 / $113,480,607
6. Paddington 2 $8,240,000 / $25,041,233
7. The Commuter $6,685,000 / $25,708,529
8. Star Wars: The Last Jedi $6,566,000 / $604,284,476
9. Insidious: The Last Key $5,945,000 / $58,728,265
10. Forever My Girl $4,703,070