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Posted January 11, 2016 by Seth Paul in News
 
 

Box Office Weekend: Star Wars Wins Again, Though Revenant Strong Competition


Star Wars: The Force Awakens has had a busy week, surpassing Avatar as the highest-grossing domestic film of all-time as well as having a $51 million opening in China, and it shows little sign of slowing down with an estimated $41.6 million weekend take. Leonardo DiCaprio had a strong wide release weekend as well, with an estimated $38 million for The Revenant. However, the well-regarded frontier epic has a price tag of $135 million, meaning it has a lot of ground to cover to make back its costs.

Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens PosterDaddy’s Home has proven surprisingly resilient despite lackluster reviews, falling to third with an estimated $15 million, but has topped $116.3 million in domestic revenue. The Forest, too, has not had much critical praise, but at an estimated $13.1 million on a $10 million budget, it has little ground to cover to make itself profitable, if not well received.

Sisters has shown solid numbers with an estimated $7.1 million, earning $74.9 million on a $30 million production cost, while Quentin Tarantino is finding middling success with The Hateful Eight, whose $6.4 million weekend has brought in $41.5 million against its $44 million costs.

The Big Short did not do much moving around on the list (remaining in seventh), but an estimated $6.3 million brought it up to $42.9 million against $28 million in costs. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip, on the other hand, slipped three spots with an estimated $5.5 million, and remains the lowest earning movie in the Chipmunks franchise with $75.6 million brought, about half of the last one.

In ninth, Joy still has ground to make up on its $60 million costs with an estimated $4.5 million ($46.6 million earned in total), but Concussion is perhaps clinging to an Oscar nod to improve its fortunes…though it has less to make up with than Joy with $35 million in costs, its estimated $3.1 million weekend has only added up to $31 million in total gross so far.

Weekend Box Office (January 8th – January 10th)

  1. Star Wars: The Force Awakens…$41.6 million
  2. The Revenant…$38 million
  3. Daddy’s Home…$15 million
  4. The Forest…$13.1 million
  5. Sisters…$7.1 million
  6. The Hateful Eight…$6.4 million
  7. The Big Short…$6.3 million
  8. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip…$5.5 million
  9. Joy…$4.5 million
  10. Concussion…$3.1 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."