The Hitman’s Bodyguard Tops One of the Worst Weekends of 2017
In another poor weekend at the box office, The Hitman’s Bodyguard topped it with an estimated debut of $21.6 million, ahead of expectations for the film. That’s not pad for a film with a $29 million budget and despite poor reviews of the film. It did get a “B+” CinemaScore from an audience that was 52% male and 70% over the age of 25.
Annabelle: Creation dipped to second place adding $15.5 million to its domestic total which now stands at $64 million. The film has earned $96.7 million at the foreign box office for a total of $160.7 million, beyond impressive for a $15 million film.
In third place was another new film, Logan Lucky which brought in $8.1 million. The film hasn’t been pushed well receiving little advertising and advace word. While the film has received good critic reviews, the audience graded it “B” for CinemaScore.
Dunkirk dropped from second to fourth adding $6.7 million to its total. The film has earned $392.7 million total on a $100 million budget.
Rounding out the top five was The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature which brought in $5.1 million. In two weeks the film has earned $17.7 million domestically on a $40 million budget. No international returns have been reported.
Overall, the weekend was a poor one with a combination of $81.5 million, less than $1 million more than the worst weekend of 2017 and adding to a summer season that’s behind the previous year by almost 13%.
When it comes to comic film adaptations….
Spider-Man: Homecoming earned $4.3 million to bring its domestic total to $314.1 million, and with its $410.8 million, the film has earned $724.9 million worldwide. That’s about $22 million over the past week. The film has now passed The Amazing Spider-Man 2 for worldwide earnings, but is far below the average of all of the Spider-Man films released to date.
Atomic Blonde added $2.2 million to its total for a domestic total of $47.2 million and $73.2 million worldwide on a $30 million budget. That’s an increase of about $12 million over the week.
Wonder Woman added $1.1 million to its domestic total bringing it to $404 million and $800 million worldwide. That’s $3 million over the past week and the film has inched closed to $400 million at the foreign box office where it stands at $396 million.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 added $185,000 to its total to bring that to $389.2 million and $862.3 million worldwide. That’s a gain of about $400,000 over the past week.
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets didn’t make it in the weekend box office roundup but earned $500,000 domestically and about $24 million at the foreign box office over the past week.
We’ll be back in an hour to take a further dive into this year’s comic adaptations.
It was a slow weekend at the box office down 6% from the same weekend last year but it was a big weekend for Warner Bros. whose Annabelle: Creation topped it with a $35 million opening. The film also has earned $36.7 million at the foreign box office for a toal of $71.7 million. With a budget of just $15 million, that’s a great start but, it’s the lowest opening the “Conjuring” series of films domestically. The previous Annabelle film, released in 2014, opened with $37.1 million, and 2016’s The Conjuring 2 opened with $40.4 million. That’s also the second win for director David F. Sandberg whose Lights Out earned $67.1 million on a $5 million budget. He’s rumored to be directing the big budget Shazam! film for WB and New Line.