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76% Split

42% xXx: The Return of Xander Cage

92% Hidden Figures

70% Sing

93% La La Land
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82% The Founder
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42% The Resurrection of Gavin Stone

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M. Night Shyamalan's ‘Split' Dominates U.S. Box Office With $40.2 Million

M. Night Shyamalan's ”Split" has turned into a horror hit with a surprisingly strong $40.2 million in its opening weekend at 3,038 North American locations.

”Split," starring James McAvoy as a man with 24 different personalities, performed far above recent expectations for Universal and Blumhouse. It easily topped the 2015 launch of Shyamalan's found-footage horror movie ”The Visit," which scored an opening weekend of $25.4 million.

”Split" doubled Vin Diesel's launch of ”xXx: Return of Xander Cage," which is heading for a second-place finish for Paramount with $20 million at 3,651 sites — in line with recent forecasts. Fox's historical drama ”Hidden Figures" maintained its impressive performance in third with $16.3 million at 3,416 theaters for a domestic total of $84.2 million.

Michael Keaton's biopic ”The Founder" showed little traction for the Weinstein Company with a modest $3.8 million weekend at 1,115 locations.

Shyamalan produced and directed ”Split" from his own script in which McAvoy's multiple characters capture three young women and hold them hostage. The movie, which costs under $10 million, generated the fourth-highest opening for a Shyamalan title following ”Signs" with $60 million, ”The Village" with $50.7 million, and ”The Last Airbender" with $40.3 million.

”Split" carries a 76% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with McAvoy's performance receiving strong reviews. Shyamalan is self-financing the project and re-teamed with horror specialist Jason Blum and his Blumhouse Productions after collaborating on ”The Visit," which grossed nearly $100 million worldwide on a $5 million budget.

”Xander Cage" stars Diesel as a skilled government operative character who debuted in the 2002 movie ”xXx." The film also stars Samuel L. Jackson, Donnie Yen, Deepika Padukone, Ruby Rose, Kris Wu, and Nina Dobrev.

D.J. Caruso directs from a script by F. Scott Frazier, which centers on Diesel's Xander Cage coming out of self-imposed exile in a race to recover a seemingly unstoppable weapon known as Pandora's Box.

”Xander Cage" has an $85 million budget with backing from Chinese companies Huahua Media and Shanghai Film Group, which limits Paramount's exposure to about 50%. Paramount and the two companies announced a three-year $1 billion co-financing deal on Thursday.

”Hidden Figures," which won the first two weekends of 2017, held well with a 22% decline during the three days. The drama may be a major beneficiary from Tuesday's Academy Awards nominations.

Illumination-Universal's fifth weekend of ”Sing" led the rest of the pack in fourth with $9 million at 3,193 locations for a 33-day take of $249.4 million. Lionsgate's awards contender ”La La Land" finished a close fifth with $8.4 million at 1,865 sites to push its total to nearly $90 million.

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[What did he mean by this?]

Mnight is back with a vengeance

 

[Mrbob]

I'm baffled by that Monster Trucks quality hold. Why?

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Split was really good.

 

[AngmarsKing701]

I want to see Split, but might wait for redbox. That means I need to somehow not be spoiled for like 3 months.

 

[Slayven]

Hidden fences still killing it

 

[kewlmyc]

Apparently Split is pretty good and a "return to form" for Shyamalan. Might go check it out.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Bye bye, Bye Bye Man.

 

[LilWayneSuckz]

Return of the King

 

[Kusagari]

Amazing opening for Split. I felt like it was coming though. Similar to Don't Breathe, I was hearing a ton of chatter about it at work and whatnot.

 

[Deleted member 284]

MNight self financed? Oh shit, he bout to get paid!

 

[El Topo]

I assume they're hoping that XXX does business overseas? I kept getting commercials for that one.

 

[jonno394]

Happy for M Night. The Visit was a good return to form (if you can say he ever had "form") and really looking forward to this.

 

[valkillmore]

I'm baffled by that Monster Trucks quality hold. Why?

Look at the top 10. It's like, one of two kids films right now in wide release.

I'm impressed with M. Night's receipts.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Hidden Figures still gaining screens. Nice.

 

[Bob White]

I'm sooo happy for La La Land and Hidden Figures.

 

[Magwik]

Huh didn't even know The Founder opened this week. Anyways nice to see Hidden Figures doing well still.

 

[Hyun Sai]

We really need a Shyamalan "it prints money" gif.

 

[FZZ]

MNight self financed? Oh shit, he bout to get paid!

Wait WHAT?

 

[Schlorgan]

I'm baffled by that Monster Trucks quality hold. Why?

It helps that for a dumb kids movie, it's fairly well made and entertaining. I went to see it with a group and we had a good time.

XXX will probably end up doing well for it's relatively small budget; even if it doesn't make bank here, it seems to be doing really well overseas.

 

[v1lla21]

xXx put me to sleep. Gotta go check out split now.

 

[jonno394]

Wait WHAT?

Well it's produced by a production company he founded (alongside another production company)

 

[gamz]

 

[gamz]

Wait WHAT?

He self financed The Visit and Split. He wanted complete control.

 

[soundscream]

Well it's produced by a production company he founded (alongside another production company)

Its that found footage company, Bloomfield i think.

Edit: Blumhouse.

 

[mreddie]

Bye Bye Man fell hard

 

[StopMakingSense]

Its that found footage company, Bloomfield i think.

Blumhouse

Bah you edited.

 

[SeanC]

Nice to see a thriller at #1, especially one that really has one star (that's not a major one at that) and pretty low-budget.

Not surprised on the XXX underperforming. Nobody gives a shit about that franchise and Diesel isn't as big of an opener as people think. That's a major dropoff between #1 and #2 this weekend.

 

[gamz]

Nice to see a thriller at #1, especially one that really has one star (that's not a major one at that) and pretty low-budget.

Not surprised on the XXX underperforming. Nobody gives a shit about that franchise and Diesel isn't as big of an opener as people think. That's a major dropoff between #1 and #2 this weekend.

M.Night is still a major draw tho.

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

Goddamn, $40 million opening weekend in January for a smaller self financed movie? M. Night about to get paid!

Split was damn good. Slow burn of a thriller at first but by the 3rd act it really ramped up head on horror. James was fantastic in the role. The movie works well with no reliant on a twist as is but by the end of the movie my mind was blown and I nearly lost my shit.

 

[Lebron]

Yet Hollywood and Vin will still try to convince us he's a draw

 

[PhantomX1313]

Mcavoy's head brightest in day shinier in night than diesel

 

[Slayven]

Yet Hollywood and Vin will still try to convince us he's a draw

Chris Helmsworth disease

 

[El Topo]

Yet Hollywood and Vin will still try to convince us he's a draw

What else are they gonna do? Push women, minorities or new faces?

 

[ZOONAMI]

He self financed The Visit and Split. He wanted complete control.

Ah I forgot about the visit, that was actually pretty good imo (but apparently forgettable).

 

[Ithil]

 

[SeanC]

M.Night is still a major draw tho.

This is the first major hit in BO he's had in nearly a decade. Even The Visit, which was his first financially and critically successful movie in a long while, didn't hit these numbers. People still roll their eyes when they see his name in trailers and a lot still can't look past Airbender. He's just now starting to get in the good graces of the public.

Either way it's good he's bouncing back. I didn't think he would after some awful movies and absolute bombs. He stripped himself down to moviemaking basics, which is good.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

The trailers for XXX looked like "How Do You Do Fellow Kids-The Movie". Vin better hold on to that Fast franchise nice and tight, it's all he's got.

 

[Jeffolation]

Silence is dying out there.

 

[Sean C]

A Shyamalan film is reasonably well-received by critics and earns big money? What a twist!

Hidden Figures and La La Land (the latter has like half the former's theatre count) are going to be the runaway box office champs in the awards field this year, with Arrival a bit further back.

 

[Slayven]

The trailers for XXX looked like "How Do You Do Fellow Kids-The Movie". Vin better hold on to that Fast franchise nice and tight, it's all he's got.

Tyrese got him. They will be drifting in wheel chairs

 

[vinnygambini]

I assume they're hoping that XXX does business overseas? I kept getting commercials for that one.

Vin Diesel's resurrection as the eponymous government operative in xXx: Return Of Xander Cage leads the international box office this weekend with a $50.5M start in 53 markets. From Paramount Pictures and Revolution Studios, the extreme actioner muscled up No. 1s in 32 markets, and in like-for-like plays is 42% above Kingsman: The Secret Service, 4% over San Andreas and on par with Par's own G.I. Joe: Retaliation.

http://deadline.com/2017/01/xxx-ret...-international-weekend-box-office-1201891736/

 

[Anth0ny]

did rogue one hit a billi yet

 

[kopitarrulez_11]

I'm baffled by that Monster Trucks quality hold. Why?

I was at the theater Friday night and at least 15 people were going to that

 

[gamz]

Split seems like a lock for 100M. Seems WOM is solid and no competition for the next couple of weeks.

 

[SeanC]

I have to assume not a ton of kids movie options is why Monster Trucks is still hanging in there.

 

[gamz]

did rogue one hit a billi yet

Yeah, it did.

 

[mreddie]

Silence is dying out there.

Silence barely made a sound.

 

[NealMcCauley]

All the theaters showing Live by Night around me are down to only two shows a day. Never saw that happen so fast.

 

[gamz]

All the theaters showing Live by Night around me are down to only two shows a day. Never saw that happen so fast.

Never? It happens quite a bit.