![]() Final domestic figures will be released Monday. Where available, the latest international numbers also are included. Both films expand in coming weeks.Įstimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at US and Canadian theaters according to comScore. That was bettered, though, by the $47,000 screen-average of Neon’s “Ingrid Goes West,” with Aubrey Plaza, on three screens. In limited release, the A24 crime thriller “Good Time,” starring Robert Pattinson, debuted with a robust $34,000 per-screen average on four screens. It may end up doubling the gross of its closest summer comedy competition: the starrier and pricey “Baywatch” ($58.1 million in its entire run). The movie, starring Jada Pinkett Smith and Queen Latifah, took in $6.5 million in its fourth week to bring its cumulative total to $97.2 million. The summer’s top comedy, “Girls Trip,” will soon surpass $100 million domestically. Some of July’s bright spots, however, have continued into August. “It proves the horror genre is alive and well.” ![]() “This is a great weekend to be a really scary doll and Warner Bros., but for everyone else, it’s just plain scary,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for comScore. The summer altogether is down 12.4 percent from last year, according to comScore. 1 despite brutal reviews and Seth Rogen’s “Sausage Party” opened. ![]() The box office was down 31.6 percent from the same weekend last year, when “Suicide Squad” was No. That was well below the 2014 debut of the original, “The Nut Job,” which opened with $19.4 million.īut the solid returns for “Annabelle: Creation” did little to counter the box-office slide. The week’s other new entry, the Open Road animated release “Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature,” edged just above “The Dark Tower” with $8.9 million. The Sony Pictures release, starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey, toppled nearly 60 percent on its second weekend with an estimated $7.9 million. Last week’s top film, the poorly received Stephen King adaptation “The Dark Tower,” slid dramatically. The “Annabelle” offshoot centers on a possessed doll. a steadily profitable horror franchise bent on old-school frights. More sequels and spinoffs are being developed in what has become for Warner Bros. Disneys Pixar continues to prove its potent punching power with Toy Story 4, which won the top spot at this weekends box office for the second week in a row. The film, the third to spiral out of 2013’s “The Conjuring,” cost only about $15 million to make. “We all know that moviegoing begets moviegoing and right now it is a dip in the content overall.” In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for Gone Girl. “That we were able to do $35 million in what is a very sluggish marketplace was very impressive,” said Jeffrey Goldstein, Warner Bros.’ distribution chief. (Annabelle should be a midlevel hit, while Left Behind will be left behind at the box office.) Since Gone Girl could open with more than the other two films combined, it is the clear choice for the target film for this weeks box office prediction contest. Christopher Nolan’s “Dunkirk” followed in second with $11.4 million in its fourth weekend, according to studio estimates on Sunday.Įven amid an especially weak August, the well-reviewed horror sequel and modestly budgeted “Annabelle: Creation” found eager audiences. could celebrate not only the month’s biggest debut but also having the week’s top two films. The opening came close to matching the film’s predecessor, “Annabelle,” which opened with $37.1 million in October 2014. Support quality journalism and subscribe to Business Standard.NEW YORK: The “Conjuring” spinoff “Annabelle: Creation” scared up an estimated $35 million in North American theaters over the weekend, making it easily the top film and giving the lagging August box office a shot in the arm. Your support through more subscriptions can help us practise the journalism to which we are committed. 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