With only one uninteresting new wide release this weekend, it’s no surprise that there were few changes at the box office.
Three weeks into its theatrical run, ‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies‘ is still on top. After a 46% drop, the sixth and final Middle-Earth movie earned another $21.9 million, bringing its domestic run up to $220.7 million. With overseas numbers now higher than $500 million, the picture has grossed $722.8 million worldwide so far.
Both the second and third place movies from last weekend held onto those positions and seem to be running alongside one another success-wise. ‘Into the Woods‘ dropped 38% in attendance and added another $19 million to its draw. After 11 days on the big screen, the $50 million musical has pulled in $91.2 million. Angelina Jolie’s ‘Unbroken‘ slipped 40% with another $18.3 million. This brings it up to $87.8 million. Neither film has yet opened in any major foreign markets.
In fourth place was the only new nationwide release, ‘The Woman in Black 2: The Angel of Death‘, which opened 27% behind the first ‘Woman in Black‘ from 2012. On 2,602 screens, the PG-13 scary movie brought in $15.1 million. More than 51% of the opening weekend earnings came from Friday showings. Front-loaded debuts like this point to terrible holdover.
‘Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb‘ rounded out the Top 5 by sliding only 28% from last weekend. Its $14.4 million brought its domestic total up to $89.7 million, which is already higher than the post-premiere projections placed it capping out. This goes to show that you can’t always judge a movie by its opening weekend.
From four locations, ‘A Most Violent Year‘ reeled in $188,000 and resulted in a very good $47,000 per-screen average. After earning $300,000 in five days, the film is expected to expand nationwide by the end of the month.
Estimates have yet to be announced for ‘[rec] 4: Apocalypse’.
Top 10
1. ‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’ (Warner Bros.) – $21,910,000
2. ‘Into the Woods’ (Buena Vista) – $19,066,000
3. ‘Unbroken’ (Universal) – $18,358,000
4. ‘The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death’ (Relativity) – $15,145,000
5. ‘Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb’ (Fox) – $14,450,000
6. ‘Annie’ (Sony) – $11,400,000
7. ‘The Imitation Game’ (Weinstein) – $8,111,000
8. ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1’ (Lionsgate) – $7,700,000
9. ‘The Gambler’ (Paramount) – $6,300,000
10. ‘Big Hero 6’ (Buena Vista) – $4,816,000
William Henley
I’m actually surprised to see Annie hanging on as strongly as it is. I mean, there are multiple family friendly films currently at the theater, I would have expected there to be a bigger difference between Annie and Night at the Musuem.
Maybe I am just bitter that a remake is doing this well.
Luke Hickman
I actually took my kids to see Annie over the holiday break. I didn’t expect anything good from it, so imagine my surprise when I actually liked it. It’s much smarter and funnier than it has the right to be. I will never bring a bad kids movie into my home because I don’t want them getting addicted to unworthy content, but I’ll definitely pick up this Blu-ray for them.