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Box Office Weekend: Martian Tops Worst Box Office Weekend of 2015

Seth Paul
Box Office Weekend

While Halloween weekend tends to be a slower weekend than usual, it proved to be the slowest weekend of the year at the box office (at least so far). So slow, in fact, that the top three films include two winners and two potential box-office flops. The Martian is a worldwide hit, earning an estimated $11.4 million on the weekend, but Goosebumps, with an The Martianestimated $10.2 million, has a long ways to go before breaking even, as does Bridge of Spies (estimated $8.1 million), despite all three films getting good reviews.

Hotel Transylvania 2 is the only other obvious success story of the list, an estimated $5.8 million bringing it to $156 million in domestic earnings alone (and a sight more than that worldwide). Burnt, on the other hand, is looking ahead to flop big, regardless of its unreported budget. Opening at an estimated $5 million, the Bradley Cooper comedy about a chef on a comeback is likely not going to make back its costs anytime soon…and things do not look good for The Last Witch Hunter, either, as the effects-laden action horror pulled in an estimated $4.8 million for $18.6 million overall.

Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension seeks to end the current run of the franchise on a whimper, not a bang; while it still could potentially make money with its $13.6 million so far (estimated $3.5 million on the weekend), it is still the worst performing film of the series, and by a wide margin (it has so far made less in total than the previous film made in its opening weekend). Sandra Bullock also has one of the worst openings of her career in Our Brand is Crisis, getting mostly poor reviews and an estimated $3.4 million in revenue for a film that (wisely) is keeping its budget under wraps. Finally, even the critically acclaimed have been having it rough, as Crimson Peak (estimated $3.1 million) is flopping badly at $27.7 million in revenue against $55 million in budget costs, while Steve Jobs earned an estimated $2.6 million and is barely at half of its $30 million budget in earnings.

Weekend Box Office (October 30th – November 1st)

  1. The Martian…$11.4 million
  2. Goosebumps…$10.2 million
  3. Bridge of Spies…$8.1 million
  4. Hotel Transylvania 2…$5.8 million
  5. Burnt…$5 million
  6. The Last Witch Hunter…$4.8 million
  7. Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension…$3.5 million
  8. Our Brand is Crisis…$3.4 million
  9. Crimson Peak…$3.1 million
  10. Steve Jobs…$2.6 million

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."
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