Weekend movie-going was afflicted up and down the East Coast by Winter Storm Jonas, which afflicted amphitheater closures in Washington D.C. and New York, and acquired hundreds of theaters to append showings. Studio admiral said the storm had a above aftereffect on business.
"It had a huge aftereffect on the absolute marketplace," said Kevin Grayson, arch of calm administration for STX Entertainment, which debuted the abhorrence abstruseness "The Boy." ''Anywhere from 300 to 400 theaters were affected."
Fittingly, the blur that a lot of flourished in the frigid winter acclimate was 20th Century Fox's Oscar-nominated "Revenant," which took in an estimated $16 actor in its third anniversary of advanced release. The Alejandro Inarritu-directed thriller, set in the 1820s, is proving to be one of Leonardo DiCaprio's better hits with $119.2 actor in North America appropriately far. It was aswell the top blur internationally over the weekend with $33.8 million.
Disney's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," came in additional with $14.3 actor in its sixth anniversary of release. "The Force Awakens," with $1.94 billion globally to date, will acceptable cantankerous $2 billion in the next week.
Last week's No. 1 movie, the Kevin Hart-Ice Cube ball "Ride Along 2," alone steeply in its additional week, sliding to third with $13 actor for Universal.
Those holdovers were trailed by a leash of new releases: "Dirty Grandpa," ''The Boy" and "The 5th Wave," which all becoming $10 actor to $12 actor over the weekend.
Paul Dergarabedian, chief media analyst for box-office close Rentrak, said the storm had an effect, but cautioned adjoin overestimating its impact.
"It apparently adapted the box appointment 10 or 12 percent overall," Dergarabedian said. "This was never absolute to be an all-important box appointment weekend, anyway."
Lionsgate's "Dirty Grandpa," starring Robert De Niro and Zac Efron, accustomed some of the harshest reviews of the year. It almost belted out the added newcomers with an estimated $11.5 million.
"The Boy," a PG-13 rated abnormal account that amount alone about $10 actor to make, becoming an estimated $11.3 million. It appealed acerb to Latino moviegoers, which fabricated up 41 percent of the audience, according to STX.
Sony's "The 5th Wave," which amount about $38 actor to make, is a young-adult adaption from the aboriginal of Rick Yancey's leash of science-fiction books about conflicting invasion. Starring Chloe Grace Moretz, "The 5th Wave" $10.7 actor admission didn't advance a beginning YA franchise. But Rory Bruer, arch of administration for Sony, was upbeat about the aftereffect and said it came in "ahead of our expectations with the storm."
"Jonas was absolutely no acquaintance to the cine industry," Bruer said.
Estimated admission sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Rentrak. Where available, the latest all-embracing numbers for Friday through Sunday are aswell included. Final calm abstracts will be appear Monday.
1. "The Revenant," $16 actor ($33.8 actor international).
3. "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," $14.3 actor ($23.3 actor international).
3. "Ride Along 2," $13 actor ($6.5 actor international).
4. "Dirty Grandpa," $11.5 actor ($2 actor international).
5. "The Boy," $11.3 actor ($750,000 international).
6. "The 5th Wave," $10.7 actor ($15.9 actor international).
7. "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi," $9.8 million.
8. "Daddy's Home," $5.3 actor ($5.9 actor international).
9. "Norm of the North," $4.1 million.
10. "The Big Short," $3.5 actor ($10.1 actor international).
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Estimated admission sales for Friday through Sunday at all-embracing theaters (excluding the U.S. and Canada), according to Rentrak:
1. "The Revenant," $33.8 million.
2. "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," $23.3 million.
3. "The 5th Wave," $15.9 million.
4. "The Big Short," $10.1 million.
5. "Creed," $9.1 million.
6. "The Hateful Eight," $7.5 million.
7. "The Walk," $6.7 million.
8. "Ride Along 2," $6.5 million.
9. "Boonie Bears III," $6 million.
10. "Daddy's Home," $5.9 million.
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