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Posted April 18, 2016 by Seth Paul in News
 
 

Box Office Weekend: Strong Opening Chapter for The Jungle Book


It may have a $175 million budget to make up, but Jon Favreau has directed another winner for Disney as The Jungle Book opened with an estimated $103.6 million. It was certainly a “cut above” the estimated $20.2 million for Barbershop: The Next Cut, but both films have benefited from strong critical praise…praise lacking for third-place finisher The Boss, which slipped The Jungle Book Posterfrom its first-place perch for an estimated $10.2 million, and quite some distance from breaking even on its $29 million costs.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice may not have busted $1 billion worldwide like most entries from Marvel Studios, but the odds of another movie seem likely despite critical panning. With an estimated $9 million in its fourth week, the DC superheroes managed to bring in $311.3 million domestically and $827.3 million worldwide. Zootopia, interestingly, is behind Batman v Superman with an estimated $8.2 million and a domestic gross of $307.4 million, but exceeds it in worldwide gross with $882.3 million.

The panned thriller Criminal, starring Kevin Costner, debuted in sixth with an estimated $5.9 million, and not likely to do much better business going forward. My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 has delivered a solid, if unimpressive, performance over four weeks; though its budget remains unreported, its estimated $3.3 million weekend, adding up to a $52.1 million domestic gross, is likely a success. So, too, is Miracles from Heaven, but in a much more concrete sense; with an estimated $1.9 million weekend, it held up well with $56.9 million over a $13 million budget. God’s Not Dead 2, on the other hand, may only be a success if it has a low budget, as an estimated $1.7 million has brought in far less than the original, with $16.9 million in domestic gross.

Finally, Eye in the Sky may not be bringing in the cash with an estimated $1.6 million adding to $13.1 million in domestic earnings, but production studio Bleecker Street, who previously released the critically well-received Beasts of No Nation and Trumbo, seems more concerned about a low budget, high prestige approach to filmmaking.

Weekend Box Office (April 15th – April 17th)

  1. The Jungle Book…$103.6 million
  2. Barbershop: The Next Cut…$20.2 million
  3. The Boss…$10.2 million
  4. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice…$9 million
  5. Zootopia…$8.2 million
  6. Criminal…$5.9 million
  7. My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2…$3.3 million
  8. Miracles from Heaven…$1.9 million
  9. God’s Not Dead 2…$1.7 million
  10. Eye in the Sky…$1.6 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."