OPENING: 300: Rise of An Empire (WB) commands $43M to $45M; Mr. Peabody and Sherman (FOX) $29M to $31M; Son of God (FOX) drops 60% or more in its second weekend. NOTEWORTHY: Best Picture winner 12 Years a Slave (FOX) re-upped to 1,065 screens and breaks back into the top ten. Grand Budapest Hotel on four screens in L.A. and N.Y. a phenomenal $54,000 per screen on Friday night.
UPDATED, Saturday 7:30 AM: This morning, Friday night numbers have been revised upwards slightly for 300: Rise of an Empire,the actioner that is playing the majority of its runs 3D formats from Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures. It is on its way to making around $44M this weekend. The first 300 (when it bowed in 2007) opened to $70.8M. At the same time, Mr. Peabody and Sherman has been revised down slightly by some distribs to $29.6M and higher by others to $31.1M as they try to figure out how strong the family audience will come out today for a new, kid-friendly picture. DreamWorks and Fox has seen Peabody gross about $40M in foreign markets already so if it makes the expected $29M to $31.1M this weekend domestically, it will be around $70M worldwide on a $145M negative.
Non-Stop, the Liam Neeson suspense thriller, has a slightly lower estimate as well and might drop around 40% in its sophomore weekend but on a $28M budget has already grossed $53.2M domestically and over $22M in foreign markets (so $75M). And Son of God looks like its going to fall 62% in its second weekend out but, for a re-purposed film which was a re-edit of the TV, 10-part series The Bible that ran on History cable, its still looking at a total cume after this weekend of about $40M to $41.2M. From a marketing standpoint, I always wondered why more of those kind of series werent recut for the big screen as it would seem cost-efficient to produce properties that could find both small and big screen audiences. It will be a photo finish between 3 Days to Kill and Frozen as both expect to take around $3M this weekend, but it looks like Frozen in its 16th week will have a better per screen average than 3 Days in its 3rd week out. Here are the new numbers as they look this morning:
1). 300: Rise of an Empire (WB), 3,470 theaters / $17.3M to $17.6M Fri. / 3-day cume: $44.2M to $44.7M / Wk 1
2). Mr. Peabody and Sherman (FOX) 3,934 theaters / $8M Fri. / 3-day cume: $29.6M to $32M / Wk 1
3). Non-Stop (UNI), 3,113 theaters (+23) / $4.6M Fri. / 3-day cume: $15.1M to $17M / Total cume: $51.8M to $54M / Wk 2
4). The Lego Movie (WB), 3,290 theaters (-480) / $2.5M Fri. / 3-day cume: $11.5M to $11.9M / Total cume: 225.6M to $225.9M / Wk 5
5). Son of God (FOX), 3,271 theaters (+11) / $2.7M Fri. / 3-day cume: $9.1M to $9.7M / Total cume: $41M to $42M / Wk 2
6/7).3 Days to Kill(REL), 2,348 theaters (-543) / $868K Fri. / 3-day cume: $3M / Total cume: $25.5M / Wk 3
Frozen (DIS), 1,660 theaters (-86) / $630K Fri. / 3-day cume: $3M / Total cume: $393.1M / Wk 16
8). Monuments Men (SONY), 2,001 theaters (-1,001) / $860K Fri. / 3-day cume: $2.8M to $3M / Total cume: $70.8M / Wk 5
9). 12 Years a Slave (FSL) 1,065 theaters (+654) / 580K Fri. / 3-day cume: $2.3M to $2.5M / Total cume: $53.2M to $53.$M / Wk 21
10). Ride Along (UNI), 1,323theaters (-546) / $560K Fri. / 3-day cume: 1.9M / Total cume: $129.9M / Wk 8
Previously, Friday 1:00 A.M.: Phenomenal per screen average numbers for The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Andersons idiosyncratic comedy starring an impressive ensemble cast (Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, Edward Norton, etc.) led by Ralph Fiennes, just came in and have been added below (scroll down).
PREVIOUS, Friday 12:02 AM.: Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures 300: Rise of an Empire and Mr. Peabody and Sherman (Fox/DreamWorks) are both kicking it at the box office this weekend based on Friday night numbers. After a stellar $3.3M in late nights Thursday, Rise of an Empireis on track to make anywhere from $43M to $45M this weekend and could have a per screen average over around $12,300, according to early Friday night estimates. It received a B Cinemascore. The animated Peabody is barking up the right tree and is expected to take in around $30M+ and all hopes are that it will appeal past the kiddie market as its budget is around $145M. It got an A CinemaScore. In third place will be Non-Stop (UNI) which is holding well (a drop of only 37%) in its second weekend out for a 3-day weekend haul of around $18M+. Total cume on the Liam Neeson starrer could top $55M by the end of the weekend. All eyes, however, have been on the faith-based Son of Godfrom Fox which could take a 55% to 63% hit in its second weekend out. Still, the re-purposed film will have made around $43M by Sunday. And Disneys Frozen is still in the Top Ten after 16 weeks at No. 7 or 8 while Best Picture Oscar winner 12 Years a Slave expects to pull in around $2.6M more thanks to Fox adding screens which is traditionally done after Oscar weekend for those pictures still playing in theaters.
NOTEWORTHY: The Grand Budapest Hotel from filmmaker Wes Anderson opened on 4 screens in L.A. and N.Y. and took in $216K Friday night for a per screen average of $54,000, surpassing The Master, Moonrise Kingdom, Blue Jasmine and Inside Llewyn Davis. Distribs have it estimated at a $663K weekend or a screen average of $165,900 for the weekend. Uh no, not kidding. SonysMonuments Men shed about 1,000 theaters as did Sony/MGMs RoboCop (down 1,171 runs and expected cume after the 3-day at $54.7M) same with Pompeii (cume is only $21.2M) as exhibs know when to cut and run other films. Here are the numbers tonight, but positions and estimates may change in the morning.
For more estimates listed by title, see box office results here...- Box Office UPDATED: '300: Rise Of An Empire' Wields Powerful International Debut And $3.3M Late Night Thursday Strength For Warner Bros.; 'Mr. Peabody and Sherman' Is Yet Another Animated Film Playing In First Quarter 2014
- Specialty B.O. Preview: 'The Grand Budapest Hotel', 'Grand Piano', 'Journey To The West: Conquering The Demons', 'Miele', 'Particle Fever', 'Bethlehem'
- 'Divergent' Tracking To Huge $50M-$60M Weekend Three Weeks Out; Pre-Sales Outstanding; '300 And 'Mr. Peabody' Also Strong For Weekend Bows
Source: http://www.deadline.com/2014/03/box-office-300-rise-of-an-empire-commands-40m-mr-peabody-chases-in-30m-son-of-god-may-fall-55-or-more-in-second-weekend/
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