The future isn’t looking as bright as it once did for the Lego movie franchise. Had it maintained its potential following the first big-screen adventure, this week’s release might have dominated the box office. Instead, Matthew Vaughn’s second ‘Kingman’ film dethroned ‘It’ to win the weekend. <\/p>\n
While ‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle<\/strong>‘ didn’t repeat the warm reviews that the first movie received, its $39 million domestic debut was nearly $3 million higher that of the series’ first installment. It also pulled in $61.2 million overseas, which is more than double the international opening of the first film. Worldwide, the $104 million super-stylized spy flick brought in $100.2 million. ‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’ went on to have long legs both domestically and internationally. The question now is whether ‘The Golden Circle’ can stay golden.<\/p>\n Thanks to ‘Kingsman’ (and not<\/em> to this weekend’s new R-rated horror movie), ‘It<\/strong>‘ finally suffered its significant drop at the box office. Over its third week, the Stephen King adaptation dropped 50%. However, it still added another $30 million to its domestic run, which now sits at $266.3 million. With a total of $211.7 million, foreign moviegoers continue to choose ‘It’ as well. To date, the movie has grossed $478 million worldwide.<\/p>\n I’m on-board with Lego’s cinematic franchise. While ‘Lego Batman’ didn’t deserve the box office drop it suffered, ‘The Lego Ninjago Movie<\/strong>‘ certainly didn’t work very hard to improve the state of the franchise. ‘The Lego Movie’ opened to $69 million in 2014. ‘The Lego Batman Movie’ opened to $53 million in February this year. But ‘Ninjago’ could only muster a $21.2 million third-place opening. Overseas, it also debuted sub-par, claiming $10.5 million from 37 markets. With a price tag of $70 million, ‘Ninjago’ cost $10 million more than the first Lego movie, but $10 million less than ‘Lego Batman’. Fortunately, ‘Ninjago’ gets the big screen to itself for two weeks, which is when the next notable kids’ movie (‘My Little Pony’) hits.<\/p>\n When it comes to R-rated spy thrillers, North American audiences opted for that of the playful variety over last week’s straight-faced ‘American Assassin<\/strong>‘, which fell from second to fourth place with a 58% drop in attendance. A $6.2 million second week makes its ten-day total just $26.1 million. Overseas, it’s at to $6.1 million, giving the $33 million picture a $32.2 million worldwide total.<\/p>\n Despite horribly negative reviews, Reese Witherspoon’s ‘Home Again<\/strong>‘ only suffered a light drop in attendance. Falling just 36%, it rounded out the Top 5 with $3.3 million. After three weeks, the $12 million coming-of-middle-age rom-com has made $22.3 million.<\/p>\n The weekend’s new horror release ‘Friend Request<\/strong>‘ underperformed by all standards. Playing on 2,573 screens, it finished in seventh place with $2.4 million. That means the $9 million R-rated (supposedly) scary movie only averaged $933 per screen. Pennywise nearly ate that thing whole.<\/p>\n Although it scored great reviews at TIFF, Jake Gyllenhaal’s Boston Marathon bombing drama ‘Stronger<\/strong>‘ saw light returns from its 574-screen opening. Finishing at #9, the film made $1.7 million. Despite the underwhelming $3,045 per-screen average, ‘Stronger’ will expand a little farther next week as it attempts to make an early awards push.<\/p>\n Debuting at #16 from 21 locations, Fox Searchlight’s limited release of ‘Battle of the Sexes<\/strong>‘ grossed $525,000, for a per-screen average of $25,000. Fox is playing safe and will continue the film’s slow expansion over the coming weeks.<\/p>\n 1. ‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’ (Fox) – $39,000,000<\/p>\n 2. ‘It’ (Warner Bros.) – $30,000,000<\/p>\n 3. ‘The Lego Ninjago Movie’ (Warner Bros.) – $21,245,000<\/p>\n 4. ‘American Assassin’ (Lionsgate) – $6,250,000<\/p>\n 5. ‘Home Again’ (Open Road) – $3,311,821<\/p>\n 6. ‘mother!’ (Paramount) – $3,260,000<\/p>\n 7. ‘Friend Request’ (Entertainment Studios) – $2,400,000<\/p>\n 8. ‘The Hitman’s Bodyguard’ (Lionsgate) – $1,850,000<\/p>\n 9. ‘Stronger’ (Roadside Attractions) – $1,747,910<\/p>\n 10. ‘Wind River’ (Weinstein) – $1,265,285<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The future isn’t looking as bright as it once did for the Lego movie franchise. Had it maintained its potential following the first big-screen adventure, this week’s release might have dominated the box office. 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