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Posted May 16, 2016 by Seth Paul in News
 
 

Box Office Weekend: Captain America Still Leads Box Office


People are still showing up to see the latest Marvel epic, as Captain America: Civil War remained the top draw of the weekend. It did have a drop in revenue from its smash opening, but at an estimated $72.6 million, it did a fine job keeping itself in the top spot. Its next closest competitor, The Jungle Book, came in at a distant second with an estimated $17.8 million, though both films have been big winners for parent company Disney, with $940.9 million for Captain America and $828.1 million for The Jungle Book in worldwide revenue.

Captain America: Civil War PosterWhile landing in third and fourth place respectively, the standings were not kind to either Money Monster or The Darkness. Both critically trashed, the George Clooney-starring Money Monster did not live up to its name, debuting with an estimated $15 million against a $27 million budget, while the Kevin Bacon-starring The Darkness failed to scare up much money at all with an estimated $5.2 million on an unreported budget (though as may be typical for a horror film, may be salvageable if it remained incredibly low budget). Mother’s Day, in the meantime, fell like a stone now that its namesake holiday has passed, with an estimated $3.3 million adding up to $28.8 million in domestic gross. It is a far cry from the previous Garry Marshall holiday films…and it pales in comparison to megahit Zootopia, which pulled in an estimated $2.8 million in its eleventh week for a worldwide total of $969.8 million.

The Huntsman: Winter’s War has fallen well short of its financial goals here and abroad with an estimated $2.6 million adding up to $44.5 million domestically and only a little over $150 million worldwide…not good numbers for a film that cost $115 million to make. However, the critically well-received Keanu also does not appear destined for greatness either, as an estimated $1.9 million has added up to only $18.6 million in three weeks of release…the third lowest grossing movie on the top ten (and the only one of those three to not debut this week).

Finally, at the bottom of the list, Barbershop: The Next Cut may or may not be a success with an estimated $1.7 million adding up to a $51.4 million total, making it the least successful film in the Barbershop series, but if it cost less than the second film, it would still likely be a winner. It held off The Boss, in tenth, with an estimated $1.2 million, though it just managed to break even on its costs with its sixth weekend total.

Weekend Box Office (May 13th – May 15th)

  1. Captain America: Civil War…$72.6 million
  2. The Jungle Book…$17.8 million
  3. Money Monster…$15 million
  4. The Darkness…$5.2 million
  5. Mother’s Day…$3.3 million
  6. Zootopia…$2.8 million
  7. The Huntsman: Winter’s War…$2.6 million
  8. Keanu…$1.9 million
  9. Barbershop: The Next Cut…$1.7 million
  10. The Boss…$1.2 million
Seth Paul

Seth Paul

When not failing to write novels and screenplays, box-office guru Seth writes humorous comedy tracks for films under the name "The One Man Band" that can be found at Rifftrax.com. Although, he has recently succeeded in writing the novella "Jack Alan and the Case of the Not-Exactly Rocket Scientists," available as an eBook on Amazon. He is also the English voice of Zak in "Zak McKracken: Between Time and Space."