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93% Star Wars: The Force Awakens

80% The Revenant

31% Daddy's Home

12% The Forest

60% Sisters

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Box Office: ‘Star Wars’ Crosses $800 Million Domestically, ‘Revenant’ Impresses


The force was strong with Leonardo DiCaprio, but not quite strong enough to dethrone “Star Wars” from its perch atop box office charts.

Throughout the weekend, “The Force Awakens” was locked in a pitched battle with “The Revenant” for first place, but as the dust settled on Sunday, the “Star Wars” sequel had managed to retain its crown for the fourth straight weekend, picking up $41.6 million in receipts. That brings the space opera’s stateside haul to $812 million, making it the first film to ever cross $800 million domestically.

“The Revenant” still had much to celebrate. The revenge drama about a fur trapper whose quest for vengeance finds him braving roaring rapids, dodging hostile Native American tribes, and disemboweling a dead horse, became an unlikely box office winner. The film, which is expected to land DiCaprio in the Oscar race, pulled in a sterling $38 million in its wide release debut.

Directed by Alejandro G. Inarritu, Fox bowed the bloody thriller across 3,375 locations. The hugely complicated shoot was a production nightmare, with the film’s budget ballooning from $90 million to $135 million and the cast and crew being forced to decamp from Canada to Argentina in search of snow.

Despite the challenges, the film exceeded projections, which had it opening to around $20 million. Combined with its grosses from the two weeks it spent in limited release, “The Revenant” has now made $39.5 million.

Paramount’s “Daddy’s Home,” a comedy about a step-father (Will Ferrell) locked in a fierce battle with his wife’s first husband (Mark Wahlberg) for her kid’s affections, took third place with $15 million. It has made $116.3 million since debuting over Christmas.

Focus Features opened thriller “The Forest,” starring Natalie Dormer and Taylor Kinney, in 2,451 locations, where it grossed $13.1 million for a fourth place finish. The film centers on a young American woman who travels to Japan to find her sister.

Universal’s “Sisters” rounded out the top five, earning $7.2 million. The Amy Poehler and Tina Fey comedy about a pair of siblings suffering from arrested development has racked up $73.9 million.

Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight” dropped a steep 60% from its wide release bow despite adding 464 theaters. The revisionist Western from the Weinstein Company picked up $6.4 million, bringing its total to $41.5 million.

Paramount’s “The Big Short” made $6.3 million. The financial crisis comedy with Brad Pitt, Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale, and Steve Carell has earned $42.8 million.

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[Kagari]

So close.

 

[Bill Squabber]

They gave Inarritu a 135 million dollar budget?! That's a great opening for the film, tho.

 

[Jb]

Point Break cost $105M? Jesus Christ what the fuck was WB thinking?

 

[kswiston]

No one was expecting the Revenant to take first this weekend. Coming within $4M of that mark is a great performance for the film.

They gave Inarritu a 135 million dollar budget?! That's a great opening for the film, tho.

They gave him a $60m budget. It didn't work out.

 

[MMarston]

 

[Daemul]

Ride Along 2 is going to be the film that takes number one from Star Wars, isn't it? Fuck my life, I would rather The Revenant did it.

 

[clearacell]

Wow for the Revenant, I need to go see that (saw hateful eight this week though)...sisters is still in there, wow.

 

[Bleepey]

Any chance TFA will do a billion domestic?

 

[Prompto]

Seems like Leonardo DiCaprio is still a major box office draw.

 

[SalvaPot]

Leonardo is still great at selling tickets. Nice Job.

 

[Chamber]

Point Break cost $105M? Jesus Christ what the fuck was WB thinking?

.

 

[Son Of D]

Wow, Spectre's not going to reach $200m.

 

[ryutaro's mama]

I know I'm late in saying this but so happy CREED broke $100m. Hopefully Sly takes the Globe tonight!

<crosses fingers>

 

[FTF]

Any chance TFA will do a billion domestic?

Not without a re-release unfortunately. But throw it back in theaters later this year with like 5-10 minutes of more footage and there's your billion easily.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Despite not landing at #1, that's a fantastic debut for Revenant.

 

[JeffZero]

Revenant impresses. Damn. Splendid performance, there.

 

[kswiston]

Daddy's Home is still going strong. Creed is down. Next comes Fury Road. America has spoken.

 

[Fudgepuppy]

Worst performing QT movie after Death Proof?

 

[Jason's Ultimatum]

Wow, Spectre's not going to reach $200m.

Skyfall? Done.

 

[iamblades]

No one was expecting the Revenant to take first this weekend. Coming within $4M of that mark is a great performance for the film.



They gave him a $60m budget. It didn't work out.

I thought that was just the initial negotiation starting point though, and it was greenlit at ~$90m, then ballooned because of the weather difficulties they had during the shoot.

So it wasn't quite as bad as it seems on first glance, but it certainly did fuck over any possible chance of making a profit on that film I think.

 

[pharmboy044]

Revenant cost 135M to make?

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Ride Along 2 is going to be the film that takes number one from Star Wars, isn't it? Fuck my life, I would rather The Revenant did it.

If Star Wars doesn't rebound well next weekend, and Revenant holds well thanks to word of mouth, then it's feasible Star Wars drops from 1st to 3rd next weekend.

 

[MMarston]

Revenant cost 135M to make?

It Apocalypse Now'd.

 

[Messofanego]

Nice to see Sisters doing well, it was a fun girls party movie.

 

[GAMEPROFF]

If Star Wars doesn't rebound well next weekend, and Revenant holds well thanks to word of mouth, then it's feasible Star Wars drops from 1st to 3rd next weekend.

RIP

 

[KingSnake]

I like how these threads are now a series of "maaaybe this is the week in which TFA will perform poorly" and then Sunday and a new thread comes with "Nope!".

 

[Anth0ny]

If Star Wars doesn't rebound well next weekend, and Revenant holds well thanks to word of mouth, then it's feasible Star Wars drops from 1st to 3rd next weekend.

nahhhhhh long weekend will save it

Star Wars #1 next week

 

[Angel_DvA]

Impressive Star Wars numbers, good for The Revenant but I didn't like it.

 

[Alrus]

The Revenant might not be the massive financial disaster people expected. Leo is one of the last actor who can really pull a crowd in it seems.

Still I wonder if studios won't be a bit more prudent about giving Inarritu free reign on a movie next time.

 

[enigmatic_alex44]

Revenant was a decent film, a nice solid 7/10 imo but let's face it, the better movie won.

The Force Awakens had better pacing, better characters and better cinematography. The critic reviews reflect this. Poor Leo.

 

[BronsonLee]

Fucking Inarritu, you had one job!

Now instead of a cool Leonardo DiCaprio movie, it's fucking KEVIN HART that's gonna kill Star Wars once and for all

I know I'm late in saying this but so happy CREED broke $100m. Hopefully Sly takes the Globe tonight!

<crosses fingers>

Sly's had a good life.
It's time to reward him.

If Star Wars doesn't rebound well next weekend, and Revenant holds well thanks to word of mouth, then it's feasible Star Wars drops from 1st to 3rd next weekend.

Man I can't wait for all the Ride Along fans to do doughnuts and throw shit at Star Wars fans now

I like how these threads are now a series of "maaaybe this is the week in which TFA will perform poorly" and then Sunday and a new thread comes with "Nope!".

It dropped normally and Revenant overperformed.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Leo is one of the last actor who can really pull a crowd in it seems.

Is it Leo, or is it the fact Leo has to wrestle a bear and eat raw dead flesh onscreen?

January is becoming a place where you watch movie stars do questionable shit. Last year it was "Will Bradley Cooper shoot a small brown child for Murika?" This year it's "Holy shit I guess a bear fucks DiCaprio and he eats a buffalo's dick. Or something. We gotta see that."

 

[Chamber]

If Star Wars doesn't rebound well next weekend, and Revenant holds well thanks to word of mouth, then it's feasible Star Wars drops from 1st to 3rd next weekend.

That would be a John Carter level catastrophe.

 

[johnsmith]

Looks like Hateful 8 was a bomb. Pretty big drop, word of mouth must have been terrible.

 

[strafer]

135 million...yeah.

 

[Ridley327]

Looks like Hateful 8 was a bomb. Pretty big drop, word of mouth must have been terrible.

I mean, it's a bomb insomuch that it won't be clearing its modest budget by much, but it's hardly Pan.

 

[Sectorseven]

Worst performing QT movie after Death Proof?

A 3 hour western is asking a lot from audiences.

 

[MMarston]

Looks like Hateful 8 was a bomb. Pretty big drop, word of mouth must have been terrible.

I think the problem was, because of SW, there was no word of mouth.


This is purely based on anecdotal evidence, but most of friends had nothing but good things to say about H8. However, they were also known Tarantino fans and any other dinner conversation with anybody else quickly turned to long bouts of SW the minute movies were brought up.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

WOM on Hateful Eight might be bad, but it looks like Big Short's WOM is helping it out - it had a pretty good hold there.

 

[BronsonLee]

A 3 hour western is asking a lot from audiences.

Django Unchained was real real good.

Hateful Eight, not so much

 

[Ridley327]

WOM on Hateful Eight might be bad, but it looks like Big Short's WOM is helping it out - it had a pretty good hold there.

It's the feel-bad comedy of the year!

 

[Anth0ny]

A 3 hour western is asking a lot from audiences.

the revenant is killing it brah



I wonder what the word of mouth will be like with that film. I've already heard "it was slow and boring" from some friends, though they liked the end.

 

[TheAbsolution]

There were people waiting in line at my theater for the Revenant. I'm very glad it did well.

 

[enigmatic_alex44]

Nice to see Sisters doing well, it was a fun girls party movie.

Look, I'm a HUGE Tina Fey fan and that movie straight up sucked. I think I laughed twice and the 2nd half dragged. Sending it out to die on the same day Star Wars released was the most merciful thing they could have done for that "film".

 

[vinnygambini]

Leo brings in the crowds, fantastic debut there.

 

[proshaw713]

Point Break cost $105M? Jesus Christ what the fuck was WB thinking?

not fully financed by them, they are the distributor

 

[TheYoungHeroRises]

With these kind of numbers I'm starting to think Disney underpaid for Star Wars and Lucasfilm.

They sure as hell got a bargain on the price.

They're probably swimming in Scrooge McDuck levels of money back at their Burbank headquarters.

 

[kswiston]

Is it Leo, or is it the fact Leo has to wrestle a bear and eat raw dead flesh onscreen?

He has a pretty good track record. Picking good projects/directors helps, but Iñárritu, Tarantino, Scorsese, and Baz Luhrmann all had their biggest hits with him in the cast. Nolan as well outside of Batman. Furthermore, most of those films weren't slam dunk successes on paper.

 

[Oxx]

It Apocalypse Now'd.

Apocalypse Snow.