"Hotel Transylvania 3" Tops Weekend Box Office

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Hotel Transylvania 3 Tops Weekend Box Office while Skyscraper Struggles
by Brad Brevet
July 15, 2018


Sony Animation's Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation continued the franchise tradition of debuting atop the weekend box office and doing so with over $40 million over the three-day.

The weekend also featured a strong expansion from Annapurna's Sorry to Bother You, which landed in seventh position on the weekend chart, but unfortunately for Universal's Skyscraper, the weekend's other new wide release, it struggled over its opening weekend, failing to meet the studio's expectations, delivering a third place finish.







With an estimated $44.1 million, Sony Animation's Hotel Transylvania 3 finished atop the weekend box office. While that total does include the $2.6 million the film brought in from Thursday evening previews, it doesn't include the $1.27 million from Amazon Prime showings on June 30, which bring the film's domestic cume to just over $45 million so far.

The film's three-day opening tops the $42.5 million the first film in the franchise brought in back in 2012, while falling a bit short of the $48.5 million opening for Hotel Transylvania 2 in September 2015. That said, given the competition from Disney and Pixar's record-breaking Incredibles 2, which is still in theaters and inside the weekend's top five, this is a strong start, proving how healthy this franchise is.







Disney and Marvel's Ant-Man and the Wasp dropped a hefty 62%, the largest second weekend drop for a sequel within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The result is a second place finish with an estimated $29.1 million, bringing its ten-day total to $132.8 million.

Internationally, the film added $35.3 million from 44 markets this weekend, pushing its global cume to $283.7 million.







Universal and Legendary's Skyscraper landed in third position with an estimated $25.48 million over its debut weekend, falling short of Mojo's weekend forecast as well as the studio's anticipated $30 million performance.

Looking ahead, we're looking for this one to finish around $65-75 million for its domestic run, and given the film's $125 million budget, Universal is going to be looking for a strong performance overseas as they hope to have positioned Skyscraper as a film for a global audience.

That being said, Skyscraper opened in 57 international markets this weekend, delivering an estimated $40.4 million for a $65.9 million global debut.







Disney and Pixar's Incredibles 2 landed in fourth place with an estimated $16.2 million, bringing the film's domestic cume to $535.8 million.

While the film continues to pad its lead as the highest grossing animated film of all-time domestically, this weekend it leap-frogged The Dark Knight to become the ninth largest overall film all-time domestically.

Additionally, with an estimated $33.3 million internationally this weekend, the film has now grossed over $850 million globally and ranks as the 64th largest worldwide release of all-time.







Rounding out the top five is Universal and Amblin's Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, which brought in an estimated $15.5 million, pushing its domestic cume to $363.3 million.

Internationally the film added another $26.7 million, pushing its global cume to $1.134 billion, becoming the 18th largest worldwide release of all-time and climbing.







Elsewhere in the top ten, Annapurna's Sorry to Bother You had an excellent expansion into 805 theaters (+789) after a strong limited release last weekend.

The film brought in an estimated $4.25 million this weekend for a $5,289 per theater average and a domestic cume that now totals $5.3 million.







In limited release, A24's Eighth Grade sold out shows in New York and Los Angeles, playing in just four theaters and bringing in a healthy $252,284 for a chart-topping $63,071 per theater average.

The film will expand to top markets next weekend, anticipating a lengthy run throughout the rest of summer.







Additionally, Sony's Soorma opened in 50 theaters with an estimated $168,000 ($3,360 PTA); Amazon Studios's Don't Worry He Won't Get Far on Foot opened in four theaters with an estimated $83,120 ($20,780 PTA); Vertical's Shock & Awe opened with an estimated $41,000 from 100 locations ($410 PTA); Cohen Media's Gauguin debuted in six locations with an estimated $35,607 ($5,935 PTA); The Cinema Guild's Milford Graves Full Mantis brought in $8,515 from one theater; and PBS opened Dark Money in one location with an estimated $8,100.

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July 13-15, 2018 Weekend Studio Estimates:


1. Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation $45,376,000
2. Ant-Man and the Wasp $28,840,000 / $132,825,225
3. Skyscraper $25,485,000
4. Incredibles 2 $16,220,000 / $535,818,492
5. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom $15,515,000 / $363,297,215
6. The First Purge $9,130,000 / $49,509,970
7. Sorry to Bother You $4,258,000 / $5,322,952
8. Sicario: Day of the Soldado $3,850,000 / $43,200,345
9. Uncle Drew $3,225,000 / $36,692,040
10. Ocean's 8 $2,910,000 / $132,255,936