{"id":68817,"date":"2015-03-16T09:00:23","date_gmt":"2015-03-16T16:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/?p=68817"},"modified":"2015-03-15T18:14:40","modified_gmt":"2015-03-16T01:14:40","slug":"box-office-mar-16-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/box-office-mar-16-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Box Office: Sipping Champagne from a Glass Slipper"},"content":{"rendered":"

Was there ever any doubt as to whom would be the prettiest girl at the ball this weekend?
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Disney fooled audiences into seeing the pointless live-action retelling of ‘Cinderella<\/strong>‘. Even without a boost from expensive 3D ticket sales, the pretentious, Kenneth Branagh-directed fairy tale is estimated to have grossed more than last year’s ‘Maleficent<\/a>‘ (which opened with $69.4 million). From 3,845 locations, ‘Cinderella’ is said to have snuck away with $70 million. Combined with the international numbers ($62.4 million), this will only further fuel Disney’s string of live-action remakes.<\/p>\n

Liam Neeson surely could have used a fairy godmother. His action-thriller ‘Run All Night<\/strong>‘ stumbled all weekend. From 3,171 screens, the mobster revenge flick pulled in just $11 million. In comparison, Neeson’s last similar R-rated picture ‘A Walk Among the Tombstones<\/a>‘ opened to $12.8 million. With this decline and January’s drop in the monetary success of the ‘Taken’ franchise, we can only hope that this will mark the end of Neeson’s action stint.<\/p>\n

‘Kingsman: The Secret Service<\/strong>‘ continues to play strong across the country. Its small 25% drop-off resulted in $6.2 million in ticket sales, pushing the film back up into third place in its fifth weekend. To give that some perspective, ‘Kingsman’ opened against the front-loaded ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ five weeks ago \u2013 yet while ‘Kingsman’ finished this weekend in third, ‘Fifty Shades’ finished in 11th place. What a difference quality makes.<\/p>\n

Will Smith’s three-week-old romantic caper ‘Focus<\/strong>‘ landed at #4. Slipping 42% in attendance to $5.805 million, it’s estimated to have barely beaten out two-week-old ‘Chappie<\/strong>‘ with $5.8 million. The finalized numbers, which will be announced later today, will prove which movie ultimately landed ahead of the other.<\/p>\n

‘The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel<\/strong>‘ added 449 locations to its nationwide run, yet still had a 33% drop-off. Its sixth-place $5.7 million weekend brings the film’s domestic ten-day total to $18 million.<\/p>\n

The indie horror flick ‘It Follows<\/strong>‘, which premiered at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, debuted to $163,000 from just four locations. The success resulted in a $40,750 per-screen average.<\/p>\n

Weekend numbers have yet to be released for ‘Home Sweet Hell’.<\/p>\n

Top 10:<\/h2>\n

1. ‘Cinderella’ (Buena Vista) – $70,053,000<\/p>\n

2. ‘Run All Night’ (Warner Bros.) – $11,015,000<\/p>\n

3. ‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’ (Fox) – $6,200,000<\/p>\n

4. ‘Focus’ (Warner Bros.) – $5,805,000<\/p>\n

5. ‘Chappie’ (Sony) – $5,800,000<\/p>\n

6. ‘The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’ (Fox Searchlight) – $5,700,000<\/p>\n

7. ‘The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water’ (Paramount) – $4,100,000<\/p>\n

8. ‘McFarland, USA’ (Buena Vista) – $3,692,000<\/p>\n

9. ‘American Sniper’ (Warner Bros.) – $2,930,000<\/p>\n

10. ‘The DUFF’ (Lionsgate) – $2,900,000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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