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Posted July 4, 2016 by Seth Paul in News
 
 

Box Office Weekend: July 4th Belongs to Dory


In celebration of Independence Day weekend, Finding Dory remained the top draw at the box office, and continues to pile on in U.S. gross with an estimated $50.2 million for the four-day weekend. The Legend of Tarzan was the second biggest draw, and while its estimated $45.6 million is a decent start, the film will have to battle against a $180 million budget and low critical reception. However, critical reception has not affected The Purge: Election Finding Dory PosterYear one bit, as the low-budget horror series (listed as costing $10 million) continues its phenomenal returns with an estimated $34.8 million on the weekend.

The latest CG effort from Steven Spielberg came in fourth, and despite modest critical praise had a comparatively rough opening weekend, with an estimated $22.3 million and little foreign box office to punch it up further. Independence Day: Resurgence also has some ways to go to making back its $165 million cost, but an estimated $20.2 million weekend and some decent foreign aid is helping it close the gap. Central Intelligence (estimated $15 million), in the meantime, has proven remarkably successful, likely to cross the $100 million line this week.

Despite not burning up the box office, The Shallows and its estimated $10.5 million weekend are making good against its $17 million budget costs, but Free State of Jones looks likely to be anywhere near as compelling to investors with an estimated $5.1 million only adding up to a domestic haul of $16.1 million on a $50 million budget. In another comparison, The Conjuring 2, with an estimated $4.6 million, sits at an outstanding $96 million in revenue, while Now You See Me 2 and its estimated $3.6 million appears to be disappearing faster than its onscreen magicians, falling well behind the success of the previous entry in the series.

Weekend Box Office (July 1st – July 4th)

  1. Finding Dory…$50.2 million
  2. The Legend of Tarzan…$45.6 million
  3. The Purge: Election Year…$34.8 million
  4. The BFG…$22.3 million
  5. Independence Day: Resurgence…$20.2 million
  6. Central Intelligence…$15 million
  7. The Shallows…$10.5 million
  8. Free State of Jones…$5.1 million
  9. The Conjuring 2…$4.6 million
  10. Now You See Me 2…$3.6 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."