2020 At The Boxoffice (1 Viewer)

[benbess]

Frozen II: close to $1.4 billion. Finally got my wife to go and see Frozen II with me today. She laughed. She cried. She agreed with me that it is an excellent movie.

 

[Jake Lipson]

Charting with Dan for this week covering this past weekend's box office and crunching the numbers on the Oscar nominees:

 

[Edwin-S]

I just went back and looked at some past grosses and realized that if Rise of Skywalker closes at $520 million, it would also fail to outgross Rogue One, which ended its run with $532 million domestic I don't mean to imply that Rise of Skywalker is not a success, because it obviously is, but I also think the finale of the main saga ending its run underneath one of the spinoffs which didn't have many familiar characters in it is a surprise.

It wouldn't really surprise me. Rogue One is a better film than TRoS by a country mile.

 

[TravisR]

It wouldn't really surprise me. Rogue One is a better film than TRoS by a country mile.

By that logic, The Last Jedi having made more than $600 million is an even better movie.

 

[Edwin-S]

By that logic, The Last Jedi having made more than $600 million is an even better movie.

Yep. You are absolutely right about that, so I have to admit that my logic is flawed there since TLJ was bloody awful.

 

[Tino]

3-Day Weekend

1 N Bad Boys For Life Sony Pict… $59,175,000 3,775 $15,675 $59,175,000 1
2 N Dolittle Universal $22,530,000 4,155 $5,422 $22,530,000 1
3 (1) 1917 Universal $22,140,000 -40% 3,612 +178 $6,130 $76,756,984 4
4 (3) Jumanji: The Next Level Sony Pict… $9,565,000 -32% 3,323 -581 $2,878 $270,477,975 6
5 (2) Star Wars: The Rise o… Walt Disney $8,374,000 -45% 3,058 -1,221 $2,738 $492,019,801 5
6 (5) Just Mercy Warner Bros. $6,000,000 -38% 2,457 +82 $2,442 $19,612,643 4
7 (6) Little Women Sony Pict… $5,910,000 -24% 2,503 -713 $2,361 $84,401,052 4
8 (9) Knives Out Lionsgate $4,300,000 -24% 1,667 -393 $2,579 $145,977,387 8
9 (4) Like a Boss Paramount… $3,840,000 -62% 3,081 +3 $1,246 $16,923,588 2
10 (8) Frozen II Walt Disney $3,717,000 -37% 2,080 -575 $1,787 $464,868,690 9
11 (7) Underwater 20th Cent… $3,560,000 -49% 2,791 n/c $1,276 $12,780,707 2
12 (10) Spies in Disguise 20th Cent… $2,588,000 -50% 1,761 -910 $1,470 $58,414,867 4
13 (14) Parasite Neon $1,745,000 +83% 843 +498 $2,070 $27,733,645 15
14 N Weathering With You GKIDS $1,731,372 486 $3,562 $4,777,622 1
15 (23) Jojo Rabbit Fox Searc… $1,401,000 +587% 1,005 +880 $1,394 $23,530,072 14
- (17) Ford v. Ferrari 20th Cent… $1,096,000 +44% 1,080 +513 $1,015 $112,906,388 10
- (11) The Grudge Sony Pict… $860,000 -76% 977 -1,665 $880 $19,992,641 3
- (13) Bombshell Lionsgate $630,000 -56% 410 -879 $1,537 $29,294,908 6
- (36) Once Upon a Time…in H… Sony Pict… $310,000 +793% 705 +651 $440 $141,468,021 26
- (19) A Beautiful Day in th… Sony Pict… $287,000 -45% 365 -154 $786 $60,490,849 9
- (18) Cats Universal $134,000 -76% 146 -672 $918 $26,781,835 5
- (21) Chhapaak FIP $103,000 -67% 100 n/c $1,030 $533,994 2
- (31) Harriet Focus Fea… $68,000 -9% 95 -27 $716 $43,018,890 12
- (30) Maleficent: Mistress … Walt Disney $67,000 -17% 105 -23 $638 $113,745,295 14
- (38) Les Misérables Amazon St… $66,569 +176% 42 +38 $1,585 $103,202 2
- (20) Queen & Slim Universal $61,000 -84% 120 -322 $508 $43,709,410 8
- (28) Midway Lionsgate $59,000 -31% 113 -65 $522 $56,813,641 11

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Sony's got to be happy with that opening weekend for Bad Boys For Life. I'd written off the franchise as being stale and past its prime, but it looks like it still has some life left in it. It's also the first movie in the franchise rated fresh by Rotten Tomatoes.

 

[steve jaros]

Frozen 2 crosses $1.4 Billion WW.

 

[Tino]

Great unexpected huge opening for Bad Boys For Life.

Great holds for
1917
Jumanji
Knives Out

 

[Colin Jacobson]

Surprised "Dolittle" did that well. It's still gonna lose buckets of money, but at least it will do better than "Cats"!

 

[Jeff Adkins]

Sony's got to be happy with that opening weekend for Bad Boys For Life. I'd written off the franchise as being stale and past its prime, but it looks like it still has some life left in it. It's also the first movie in the franchise rated fresh by Rotten Tomatoes.

I think it may have helped somewhat that they didn't go the usual "sanitize it down to a PG-13" route that happens to many franchises these days.

 

[Jake Lipson]

With the exception of the first Men in Black, which is the exception that proves the rule, I'm not a Will Smith fan. I bear no ill will to him personally, but I just don't like him on screen. I've never seen the first two Bad Boys movies and don't plan to see the new one either. It just doesn't look like those are for me.

However, I have to think this worked because Sony brought back the original stars for a new sequel, rather than a reboot. If I were a fan of those two original movies, I would have rushed out to see the third one because it was the first time in a long time that those stars were together again. You're tapping into nostalgia in a way that Charlie's Angels and Men in Black International did not do because they had new casts and no one seemed to ask for that. This one seems to be a case of absence making the heart grow fonder.

(Of course, that doesn't explain the failure of Terminator Dark Fate, which had Linda Hamilton back on board. But I think that franchise had probably been dinged by one too many bad films in between.)

How soon does Sony stake out a release date for Bad Boys 4 after this?

 

[Tino]

4-day MLK weekend

1 - Bad Boys for Life $73,033,944 - 3,775 - $19,346 $73,033,944 1 Sony Pictures Releasing
2 - Dolittle $28,301,930 - 4,155 - $6,811 $28,301,930 1 Universal Pictures
3 - 1917 $26,907,050 - 3,612 - $7,449 $81,524,034 - Universal Pictures
4 - Jumanji: The Next Level $12,660,811 - 3,323 - $3,810 $273,573,786 - Sony Pictures Releasing
5 - Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker $10,592,727 - 3,058 - $3,463 $494,238,528 - Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
6 - Little Women $8,227,765 - 2,503 - $3,287 $86,718,817 - Sony Pictures Releasing
7 - Just Mercy $7,517,302 - 2,457 - $3,059 $21,129,945 - Warner Bros.
8 - Knives Out $5,326,647 - 1,667 - $3,195 $147,004,034 - Lionsgate
9 - Frozen II $5,325,076 - 2,080 - $2,560 $466,476,766 - Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
10 - Like a Boss $4,780,202 - 3,081 - $1,551 $17,863,790 1 Paramount Pictures
11 - Underwater $4,529,164 - 2,791 - $1,622 $13,749,871 1 Twentieth Century Fox
12 - Spies in Disguise $3,973,389 - 1,761 - $2,256 $59,800,256 - Twentieth Century Fox
13 - Weathering with You $2,229,027 - 486 - $4,586 $5,275,277 1 GKIDS
14 - Parasite $2,211,216 - 843 - $2,623 $28,199,865 - Neon
15 - Jojo Rabbit $1,918,034 - 1,005 - $1,908 $24,047,106 - Fox Searchlight Pictures
16 - Uncut Gems $1,621,411 - 930 - $1,743 $46,550,010 - A24
17 - Ford v Ferrari $1,342,230 - 1,080 - $1,242 $113,152,618 - Twentieth Century Fox
18 - The Grudge $1,062,723 - 977 - $1,087 $20,195,364 - Sony Pictures Releasing
19 - Bombshell $767,688 - 410 - $1,872 $29,432,596 - Lionsgate
20 - Joker $429,312 - 85 - $5,050 $334,576,513 - Warner Bros.
21 - Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood $417,360 - 705 - $592 $141,575,381 - Sony Pictures Releasing
22 - A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood $384,189 - 365 - $1,052 $60,588,038 - Sony Pictures Releasing
23 - Cats $179,205 - 146 - $1,227 $26,827,040 - Universal Pictures
24 - Ip Man 4: The Finale $130,373 - 54 - $2,414 $3,776,592 - Well Go USA Entertainment
25 - Pain and Glory $126,767 - 104 - $1,218 $4,223,782 - Sony Pictures Classics
26 - Chhapaak $122,781 - 100 - $1,227 $553,775 1 FIP
27 - The Song of Names $112,224 - 76 - $1,476 $503,955 - Sony Pictures Classics
28 - Harriet $100,240 - 95 - $1,055 $43,051,130 - Focus Features
29 - Maleficent: Mistress of Evil $92,188 - 105 - $877 $113,770,483 - Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
30 - Les Misérables $84,721 - 42 - $2,017 $121,354 1 Amazon Studios
31 - Queen & Slim $81,770 - 120 - $681 $43,730,180 - Universal Pictures
32 - Richard Jewell $81,490 - 376 - $216 $22,181,668 - Warner Bros.
33 - Midway $69,793 - 178 - $392 $56,824,434 - Lionsgate
34 - A Hidden Life $61,372 - 55 - $1,115 $1,629,640 - Fox Searchlight Pictures
35 - Ashfall $53,709 - 18 - $2,983 $331,455 - Capelight Pictures
36 - Judy $32,817 - 44 - $745 $24,092,297 - Roadside Attractions
37 - Invisible Life $29,316 - 14 - $2,094 $124,637 - Amazon Studios
38 - Zombieland: Double Tap $23,828 - 75 - $317 $73,118,130 - Sony Pictures Releasing
39 - Clemency $22,098 - 10 - $2,209 $131,195 - Neon
40 - 21 Bridges $21,888 - 51 - $429 $28,533,552 - STX Entertainment
41 - The Lighthouse $13,677 - 5 - $2,735 $10,857,026 - A24
42 - Citizen K $11,516 - 1 - $11,516 $38,139 - Greenwich Entertainment
43 - The White Sheik
2019 re-release
$9,172 - 3 - $3,057 $39,343 - Rialto Pictures
44 - Three Christs $7,982 - 23 - $347 $30,065 - IFC Films
45 - Play the Flute $4,560 - 3 - $1,520 $212,223 - Five & Two Pictures
46 - Waves $4,505 - 8 - $563 $1,651,151 - A24
47 - Midnight Family $3,485 - 5 - $697 $30,875 - 1091 Media
48 - Kind Hearts and Coronets
2019 Re-release
$976 - 1 - $976 $29,386 - Rialto Pictures
49 - Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice $725 - 2 - $362 $4,249,948 - Greenwich Entertainment
50 - The Kingmaker $455 - 1 - $455 $121,746 - Greenwich Entertainment
51 - No Safe Spaces $432 - 3 - $144 $1,291,514 - Atlas Distribution Company
52 - Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché $277 - 1 - $277 $114,587 - Zeitgeist Films

 

[Jake Lipson]

Charting with Dan for this week on a Tuesday, covering the four-day Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend:

 

[Tino]

Weekend Box Office

1 1 Bad Boys for Life $34,000,000 -45.6% 3,775 - $9,006 $120,644,165 2 Sony Pictures Releasing
2 2 1917 $15,800,000 -28.1% 3,937 +325 $4,013 $103,883,309 5 Universal Pictures
3 3 Dolittle $12,500,000 -42.8% 4,155 - $3,008 $44,684,730 2 Universal Pictures
4 - The Gentlemen $11,030,000 - 2,165 - $5,094 $11,030,000 1 STX Entertainment
5 4 Jumanji: The Next Level $7,900,000 -18.6% 3,121 -202 $2,531 $283,445,800 7 Sony Pictures Releasing
6 - The Turning $7,300,000 - 2,571 - $2,839 $7,300,000 1 Universal Pictures
7 5 Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker $5,173,000 -37.6% 2,800 -258 $1,847 $501,583,140 6 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
8 6 Little Women $4,700,000 -26.1% 2,528 +25 $1,859 $93,727,401 5 Sony Pictures Releasing
9 7 Just Mercy $4,055,000 -29.8% 2,408 -49 $1,683 $27,078,382 5 Warner Bros.
10 8 Knives Out $3,650,000 -14.7% 1,667 - $2,189 $151,865,922 9 Lionsgate
11 10 Frozen II $2,549,000 -33.1% 1,750 -330 $1,456 $469,812,568 10 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
12 14 Parasite $2,000,000 +16.8% 1,060 +217 $1,886 $30,939,009 16 Neon
13 12 Spies in Disguise $1,790,000 -33% 1,323 -438 $1,352 $62,049,741 5 Twentieth Century Fox
14 9 Like a Boss $1,535,000 -62% 1,723 -1,358 $890 $20,532,029 3 Paramount Pictures
15 15 Jojo Rabbit $1,360,000 -8.7% 1,160 +155 $1,172 $25,934,637 15 Fox Searchlight Pictures
16 11 Underwater $1,195,000 -68% 1,677 -1,114 $712 $15,905,984 3 Twentieth Century Fox
17 - The Last Full Measure $1,055,335 - 614 - $1,718 $1,055,335 1 Roadside Attractions
18 17 Ford v Ferrari $822,000 -23.4% 804 -276 $1,022 $114,352,875 11 Twentieth Century Fox
19 16 Uncut Gems $702,800 -46.2% 490 -440 $1,434 $47,681,155 7 A24
20 13 Weathering with You $693,231 -61.7% 458 -28 $1,513 $6,552,876 2 GKIDS
21 19 Bombshell $565,000 -8.1% 596 +186 $947 $30,242,418 7 Lionsgate
22 18 The Grudge $310,000 -65.9% 420 -557 $738 $20,757,664 4 Sony Pictures Releasing
23 - Panga $281,000 - 102 - $2,754 $281,000 1 FIP
24 - Color Out of Space $217,800 - 81 - $2,688 $358,164 1 RLJE Films
25 22 A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood $190,000 -35.4% 240 -125 $791 $60,912,027 10 Sony Pictures Releasing
26 21 Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood $115,000 -64.1% 325 -380 $353 $141,828,823 27 Sony Pictures

 

[Jake Lipson]

The Rise of Skywalker took a (comparatively) long time to break the $500 million barrier. It seems like that will be its last major milestone.

 

[Jake Lipson]

Charting With Dan for this week includes a fascinating deep dive into how the situation in China affects the movie business.

 

[Jeffthemoviedude]

Is there anywhere that collects Box Office data in a more detailed way like lets say by each state?

 

[Tino]

Is there anywhere that collects Box Office data in a more detailed way like lets say by each state?

Hmm. Don’t think so.

 

[Jake Lipson]

Occasionally Deadline will report in the middle of a larger post if a particular movie is strong in a particular region of the country, but not with actual figures broken out, no.

I don't think individual theaters are allowed to disclose to the public where their grosses are. Every January, my arthouse publishes a list of what the top ten grossing films just at their theater were for the previous calendar year, but they don't actually list what the grosses were.

When I used to live in the Midwest, my local art house there reported that The Grand Budapest Hotel broke the record for the biggest opening weekend gross they've ever had, beating Brokeback Mountain, but they weren't allowed to say what the gross was.