It took 35 years to get a ‘Blade Runner’ sequel. Based on its opening box office, it may be another 35 years before we get another. While each of this weekend’s new movies arrived on the big screen with decent to excellent word of mouth, they all struggled to draw moviegoers.
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Leading into the weekend, ‘Blade Runner 2049<\/strong>‘ was expected to open in the $50 million range. Taking $4 million from Thursday night previews, it looked like it might make even more. However, it appears that all the fans of the cult classic either showed up Thursday night or didn’t show up at all. ‘2049’ closed its opening weekend with $31.5 million, which delivers an especially painful blow considering the movie’s steep $150 million price tag. Although it’s an exception film and an entirely worthy sequel, ‘2049’ may be doomed to be the same financial failure that the original ‘Blade Runner’ was in its day. As is the new norm, if the movie has a chance of making money, it will depend on international audiences. ‘2049’ opened in 61% of the foreign markets and grossed $50.2 million. What should have been a $100+ million worldwide debut only amounted to $81.7 million.<\/p>\n The gap between ‘Blade Runner’ and the #2 movie was large, but I wouldn’t say there was a mountain between them. Fox’s romantic survival film ‘The Mountain Between Us<\/strong>‘ brought down $10.1 million. Taking into account its $35 million budget, this is also a weak start. Internationally, it made $3.6 million from 11 markets, which may also signal a stronger overseas performance.<\/p>\n Five-week-old ‘It<\/strong>‘ finished in third place with $9.6 million. The film’s domestic total of $304.9 million pushed it into a new bracket. With an overseas haul of $298.8 million, the movie’s worldwide draw is $603.7 million.<\/p>\n ‘My Little Pony: The Movie<\/strong>‘ trotted into fourth place, below expectations with $8.8 million. It opened to an even less impressive $3.8 million in 49 international markets. No production budget has been announced, so it’s unclear as to how this $12.6 million debut plays out to Lionsgate.<\/p>\n ‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle<\/strong>‘ rounded out the Top 5 with $8.1 million. Although the sequel started off by outpacing its predecessor, it’s now dragging behind. The $104 million ‘Golden Circle’ has grossed $79.9 million, while ‘The Secret Service’ was up to $85.8 million at this point in its run. Foreign box office totals are now at $173.6 million, giving the movie a worldwide total of $253.5 million.<\/p>\n The faith-based family film ‘The Stray<\/strong>‘ opened outside the Top 10 with brutally low returns. From 640 screens, it made $550,000 and a lousy per-screen average of $859. On the other end of the spectrum, A24’s ‘The Florida Project<\/strong>‘ had an excellent limited opening. From four locations, it claimed $153,324, for a per-screen average of $38,336. With number like that, you can expect to see the movie expand over the coming weeks.<\/p>\n 1. ‘Blade Runner 2049’ (Warner Bros.) – $31,525,000<\/p>\n 2. ‘The Mountain Between Us’ (Fox) – $10,100,000<\/p>\n 3. ‘It’ (Warner Bros.) – $9,655,000<\/p>\n 4. ‘My Little Pony: The Movie’ (Lionsgate) – $8,800,000<\/p>\n 5. ‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’ (Fox) – $8,100,000<\/p>\n 6. ‘American Made’ (Universal) – $8,073,000<\/p>\n 7. ‘The Lego Ninjago Movie’ (Warner Bros.) – $6,750,000<\/p>\n 8. ‘Victoria and Abdul’ (Focus) – $4,142,000<\/p>\n 9. ‘Flatliners’ (Sony) – $3,800,000<\/p>\n 10. ‘Battle of the Sexes’ (Fox Searchlight) – $2,400,000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It took 35 years to get a ‘Blade Runner’ sequel. Based on its opening box office, it may be another 35 years before we get another. 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