Box office returns have been absolutely wretched since the release of ‘It’ in early September. A mix of lazy movies and competition from streaming original content (like the new season of ‘Stranger Things’) are probably to blame. This weekend was no exception.
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It’s been seven years since the ‘Saw’ franchise was last on the big screen. The opening of the new sequel ‘Jigsaw<\/strong>‘ shows that no one really missed it. The $10 million horror movie’s $16.2 million debut may seem good enough, but when compared to the other entries in this franchise, it’s nothing impressive. The opening of ‘Jigsaw’ ranks as #7 of the eight ‘Saw’ pictures, suggesting that there wasn’t much of an appetite for a revival. International moviegoers gave it more of a chance. From 46 markets, only three of which were large, it made $9.5 million, for a $25.7 million worldwide start.<\/p>\n Last weekend, ‘Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween<\/strong>‘ debuted $5 million below the original. This weekend, the sequel dropped 53%. Finishing in second place, it added $10 million to its domestic run, which now sits at $35.5 million. Compared to the ten-day total of the first, ‘Boo 2!’ is already $17 million behind. With a $25 million budget and few people likely to see it after Halloween on Tuesday, this is not the sequel that Tyler Perry was hoping it would be.<\/p>\n ‘Geostorm<\/strong>‘ took an even harder hit in its second week. Falling 58%, it finished in third place with $5.6 million. With a $120 million production budget, the CG-heavy picture has a domestic ten-day total of just $23.5 million. International moviegoers, however, are getting sucked into the vortex. The foreign box office is currently up to $113.4 million, bringing its global total to $136.9 million.<\/p>\n Last weekend, horror fatigue appeared to kick in with the second-week performance of ‘Happy Death Day<\/strong>‘. However, competition from ‘Jigsaw’ didn’t make much of a dent in its third week performance. The $4.8 million scary movie finished at #4 with $5 million. Now at $20.2 million in international ticket sales and $48.3 million in domestic returns, the film has grossed an impressive $68.5 million worldwide.<\/p>\n Thanks to low turnout for all movies, ‘Blade Runner 2049<\/strong>‘ managed to stay in the Top 5, even if just rounding it out. A 46% drop in attendance yielded $3.9 million, bringing its domestic total to $81.3 million. If any international market was going to boost the box office, it might have been China. Unfortunately, this weekend’s China opening only brought in $7.6 million. The foreign box office is at $142 million, giving ‘2049’ a $223.3 million worldwide total.<\/p>\n The new PTSD war drama ‘Thank You for Your Service<\/strong>‘ opened outside the Top 5. From 2,054 screens, it made a low $3.7 million ($1,802 per screen) and finished at #6. The $20 million picture has yet to open overseas.<\/p>\n Debuting even worse was the George Clooney-directed ‘Suburbicon<\/strong>‘. Despite its great credentials (including Matt Damon in the lead role), the film opened at #9. Playing on 2,046 screens and budgeted at $25 million, the crime comedy only took $2.8 million ($1,369 per screen).<\/p>\n But the worst-performing of the weekend’s notable new releases was Marc Forster’s drama ‘All I See Is You<\/strong>‘, starring Blake Lively. From 283 screens, it did just $135,504 and a per-screen average of $479. Budget at $30 million, Open Road is likely to take a massive hit from this one.<\/p>\n 1. ‘Jigsaw’ (Lionsgate) – $16,250,000<\/p>\n 2. ‘Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween’ (Lionsgate) – $10,000,000<\/p>\n 3. ‘Georstorm’ (Warner Bros.) – $5,675,000<\/p>\n 4. ‘Happy Death Day’ (Universal) – $5,099,000<\/p>\n 5. ‘Blade Runner 2049’ (Warner Bros.) – $3,965,000<\/p>\n 6. ‘Thank You for Your Service’ (Universal) – $3,702,000<\/p>\n 7. ‘Only the Brave’ (Sony) – $3,450,000<\/p>\n 8. ‘The Foreigner’ (STX) – $3,210,000<\/p>\n 9. ‘Suburbicon’ (Paramount) – $2,800,000<\/p>\n 10. ‘It’ (Warner Bros.) – $2,465,000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Box office returns have been absolutely wretched since the release of ‘It’ in early September. A mix of lazy movies and competition from streaming original content (like the new season of ‘Stranger Things’) are probably to blame. 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