When it comes to the weekend’s new movies, nothing happened as expected. The big-budget sequel underwhelmed, the romance picture outpaced expectations, and nobody bothered to see the well-reviewed comedy.<\/p>\n
The one prediction that was<\/em> fulfilled was the first place debut for ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows<\/strong>‘. However, while the 2014 ‘Turtles<\/a>‘ picture opened to $65.5 million, ‘Out of the Shadows’ only claimed $35.2 million. That 46% drop isn’t at all what Paramount hoped for. Whichever exec(s) pulled the trigger on this one had better hope that the studio gets some of Playmates’ merchandising revenue. Produced on a budget of $135 million, the sequel needs to dominate overseas to be profitable, which is definitely still doable. The $34 million that the film earned internationally this weekend will need to continue consistently as it rolls out into the rest of the foreign markets.<\/p>\n Even though ‘Turtles’ was expected to topple the second weekend of ‘X-Men: Apocalypse<\/strong>‘, no one expected ‘Apocalypse’ to fall as hard as it did. The 66% week-over-week drop-off resulted in just $22.3 million, giving it a ten day total of $116.4 million. At this rate, the VFX-heavy superhero movie will struggle to make back its $178 million production budget domestically. Fortunately for Fox, the film’s overseas sales are still climbing. It has grossed $246 million internationally, bringing its global total up to $402.5 million.<\/p>\n Adapted from a popular romance novel, ‘Me Before You<\/strong>‘ beat all of its studio predictions. Made on a $20 million budget, the movie finished in the #3 spot with $18.2 million. With good word-of-mouth and no similar competition opening soon, it’s expected to hold over quite well. International showings saw the same success. From 16 territories, it opened to $7 million, for a total of $25.9 million.<\/p>\n After taking a box office beating last weekend, ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass<\/strong>‘ faced even more disappointment in its second week. The $170 million picture dropped 60%, bringing in $10.6 million with a measly $2,841 per-screen average. The film’s domestic ten-day total sits at $50.7 million. Disney should be relieved that the international box office is solid. While ‘Alice’ flounders stateside, it has made $125.5 million overseas, for a worldwide total of $176.2 million. Those numbers are still far from where 2010’s ‘Alice in Wonderland<\/a>‘ was at this point, but it’s a step in the right direction for Disney’s shareholders.<\/p>\n Rounding out the Top 5 was ‘The Angry Birds Movie<\/strong>‘. In the third week of its run, the animated comedy made $9.7 million and brought its domestic total up to $86.6 million. It has also drawn more than $196 million overseas, giving it a worldwide tally of $283.4 million.<\/p>\n Andy Samberg and countless celebrity cameos may have made critics laugh in ‘Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping<\/strong>‘, but the one-note marketing campaign couldn’t entice an audience to attend. Debuting in the #8 spot, the R-rated mockumentary drew $4.6 million from 2,311 locations, giving it a low $2,003 per-screen average. Produced on a $20 million budget, it’s highly unlikely that even strong international numbers can save this comedy from being a box office failure, but we’ll have to wait for the international roll-out to start before we label it a total flop.<\/p>\n 1. ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows’ (Paramount) – $35,250,000<\/p>\n 2. ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ (Fox) – $22,325,000<\/p>\n 3. ‘Me Before You’ (Warner Bros.) – $18,270,000<\/p>\n 4. ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ (Buena Vista) – $10,691,000<\/p>\n 5. ‘The Angry Birds Movie’ (Sony) – $9,775,000<\/p>\n 6. ‘Captain America: Civil War’ (Buena Vista) – $7,591,000<\/p>\n 7. ‘Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising’ (Universal) – $4,700,000<\/p>\n 8. ‘Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping’ (Universal) – $4,630,000<\/p>\n 9. ‘The Jungle Book’ (Buena Vista) – $4,247,000<\/p>\n 10. ‘The Nice Guys’ (Warner Bros.) – $3,520,000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When it comes to the weekend’s new movies, nothing happened as expected. 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