'Pan' lacks magic at the box office; 'The Martian' soars, The fantasy, which amount an estimated $150 actor to produce, becoming $15.5 actor in its aperture weekend, according to Rentrak estimates Sunday. Early tracking did not attending able for the Joe Wright-directed blur but still predicted that "Pan" would accessible at atomic in the $20 actor range.
The PG-rated epic, awash as a Peter Pan agent chance and a abundant beheld feast, has had a aflutter ride from the beginning, starting if extra Rooney Mara, who is white, was casting as Tiger Lily, who is historically Native American. The film, starring Hugh Jackman and Garrett Hedlund, aswell had been pushed from July to October. It has not been well-received by critics, either.
"This had a lot traveling adjoin it," said Paul Dergarabedian, a chief media analyst for Rentrak.
He aswell believes antagonism in the ancestors bazaar from the Halloween-themed activated affection "Hotel Transylvania 2" aching "Pan."
"Family films consistently accept an audience, but that admirers is acutely arbitrary and harder to please, just like the kids who go to these movies," Dergarabedian said. "You just never apperceive what's traveling to resonate."
Sony's high-wire ball "The Walk" aswell stumbled in its aboriginal weekend in advanced release, afterwards debuting on IMAX screens endure week. The account of Philippe Petit's tight-rope airing amid the building of the World Trade Center becoming $3.7 actor this weekend, bringing its absolute to $6.4 million. Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars in blur directed by Robert Zemeckis.
Not all was austere at the box office, though. Ridley Scott's amplitude chance "The Martian" becoming a solid $37 actor in its additional anniversary in theaters, nabbing the top atom already more. Its calm absolute now stands at $108.7 million.
"Hotel Transylvania 2" took additional abode in its third weekend with $20.3 million, bumping its absolute to $116.8 million. "Pan" came in at No. 3.
Nancy Meyers' abode ball "The Intern" becoming $8.7 million, and the bound abstruseness "Sicario" brought in $7.4 million, rounding out the top five.
Outside the top 10, "Steve Jobs," the biopic of the backward Apple CEO directed by Danny Boyle and accounting by Aaron Sorkin, opened in four theaters in New York and Los Angeles to a able $520,942. Its $130,000 per-theater boilerplate ranks as the best of the year and should augur able-bodied for the film's amplification beyond the next two weeks.
"This is a cine everyone's talking about, and now they're traveling to be talking about it even more," Dergarabedian said.
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Estimated admission sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Rentrak. Final calm abstracts will be appear Monday.
1. "The Martian," $37 million.
2. "Hotel Transylvania 2," $20.3 million.
3. "Pan," $15.5 million.
4. "The Intern," $8.7 million.
5. "Sicario," $7.4 million.
6. "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials," $5.3 million.
7. "The Walk," $3.7 million.
8. "Black Mass," $3.1 million.
9. "Everest," $3 million.
10. "The Visit," $2.4 million.
The PG-rated epic, awash as a Peter Pan agent chance and a abundant beheld feast, has had a aflutter ride from the beginning, starting if extra Rooney Mara, who is white, was casting as Tiger Lily, who is historically Native American. The film, starring Hugh Jackman and Garrett Hedlund, aswell had been pushed from July to October. It has not been well-received by critics, either.
"This had a lot traveling adjoin it," said Paul Dergarabedian, a chief media analyst for Rentrak.
He aswell believes antagonism in the ancestors bazaar from the Halloween-themed activated affection "Hotel Transylvania 2" aching "Pan."
"Family films consistently accept an audience, but that admirers is acutely arbitrary and harder to please, just like the kids who go to these movies," Dergarabedian said. "You just never apperceive what's traveling to resonate."
Sony's high-wire ball "The Walk" aswell stumbled in its aboriginal weekend in advanced release, afterwards debuting on IMAX screens endure week. The account of Philippe Petit's tight-rope airing amid the building of the World Trade Center becoming $3.7 actor this weekend, bringing its absolute to $6.4 million. Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars in blur directed by Robert Zemeckis.
Not all was austere at the box office, though. Ridley Scott's amplitude chance "The Martian" becoming a solid $37 actor in its additional anniversary in theaters, nabbing the top atom already more. Its calm absolute now stands at $108.7 million.
"Hotel Transylvania 2" took additional abode in its third weekend with $20.3 million, bumping its absolute to $116.8 million. "Pan" came in at No. 3.
Nancy Meyers' abode ball "The Intern" becoming $8.7 million, and the bound abstruseness "Sicario" brought in $7.4 million, rounding out the top five.
Outside the top 10, "Steve Jobs," the biopic of the backward Apple CEO directed by Danny Boyle and accounting by Aaron Sorkin, opened in four theaters in New York and Los Angeles to a able $520,942. Its $130,000 per-theater boilerplate ranks as the best of the year and should augur able-bodied for the film's amplification beyond the next two weeks.
"This is a cine everyone's talking about, and now they're traveling to be talking about it even more," Dergarabedian said.
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Estimated admission sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Rentrak. Final calm abstracts will be appear Monday.
1. "The Martian," $37 million.
2. "Hotel Transylvania 2," $20.3 million.
3. "Pan," $15.5 million.
4. "The Intern," $8.7 million.
5. "Sicario," $7.4 million.
6. "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials," $5.3 million.
7. "The Walk," $3.7 million.
8. "Black Mass," $3.1 million.
9. "Everest," $3 million.
10. "The Visit," $2.4 million.
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