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49% Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

77% Black Mass

59% The Visit

20% The Perfect Guy

73% Everest (2015)
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36% Captive (2015)

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Box Office: ‘Maze Runner 2’ Outpaces Johnny Depp’s ‘Black Mass’ as It Heads for $31 Million

“Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials” has the early edge on Johnny Depp’s “Black Mass” at the U.S. box office as the science-fiction sequel heads for a solid opening weekend around $31 million.

“Black Mass,” Depp’s chilling portrayal of gangster Whitey Bulger, looks likely to wind up the weekend with around $25 million to $27 million.

Fox’s “Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials” showed plenty of heat on its opening day with a Friday total of $11 million at 3,791 sites, while Warner Bros.’ “Black Mass” grossed $8.8 million at 3,188 locations.

Universal’s “Everest” began its box office climb on Friday with a respectable $2.3 million at 545 premium large-format locations, which should give the mountaineering epic around $7.1 million for the weekend as the studio attempts to build buzz for a wide release next weekend. The film, a co-production with Cross Creek and Walden Media, has also launched internationally with a $26.5 million weekend in 36 markets.

Should Saturday projections hold, “The Scorch Trials” would finish the weekend slightly below “The Maze Runner,” which debuted to $32.5 million on the same weekend last year. The sequel, with a story picking up at the point where “The Maze Runner” ended, stars Dylan O’Brien, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Ki Hong Lee, Kaya Scodelario and Patricia Clarkson.

“Black Mass” drew decently among moviegoers under 35, who comprised 33% of the audience and gave the violent crime thriller a B+ Cinemascore. The pic, which has generated solid critical support following its showings at the Telluride, Venice and Toronto film festivals, appears likely to finish the weekend in the mid-range of recent projections.

Paramount’s launch of the faith-based thriller “Captive,” starring David Oyelowo and Kate Mara, appeared to be showing little traction with $647,000 at 808 theaters on Friday. It will wind up the weekend short of $2 million.

Lionsgate saw an impressive platform launch for “Sicario” with $133,810 at six locations. The thriller, starring Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro, is expected to finish the weekend with a stellar $300,000-plus.

“Sicario” will expand to approximately 40 locations on Sept. 25 before opening wide on Oct. 2.

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[Androidsleeps]

Everest bombed?
Edit: oh it's limited release.

 

[kswiston]

Maze Runner is way under tracking. Black Mass is a little under tracking as well. In both cases, the films are doing well enough to be successful

 

[kswiston]

Worldwide Updates:

Maze Runner Scorch Trials - $108M
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation - $656M
Fantastic Four - $164M
Hitman - $78M
Straight Outta Compton - $$189M
Jurassic World - $1.656B
Minions - $1.118B
Inside Out - $761M
Ant-Man - $401M

 

[crimsonheadGCN]

Why isn't Sicario on the list? Was it a really limited release? Or are Rotten Tomatoes wrong about the release date?

 

[Bronetta]

I saw Black Mass last night. Solid performances and Johnny Depp played his role really well.

 

[kswiston]

Why isn't Sicario on the list? Was it a really limited release? Or are Rotten Tomatoes wrong about the release date?

It made $390k from 6 locations

 

[Smellycat]

Can't wait for the porn parody, Black Ass lol

On a serious note, I watched the movie last night and it was decent. Felt kind of rushed and some characters were underdeveloped.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Black Mass is a pretty great porn name as it is.

 

[strafer]

Everest looks really cool.

 

[RastaMentality]

“@giteshpandya: Universal now 1st studio in history to break $4B at intl BO in 1 yr. Powered by JurassicWorld, Furious7, Minions, 50Shades & more.”

If you thought Universal wasn't already having a good enough of a year.

 

[Maninthemirror]

Everest did very well.

 

[Wafflecakes]

I am content with MR numbers. Held pretty much steady with the first, despite not having IMAX this time around. Should be extremely profitable.

Wish it could have gone higher, but oh well.

 

[neogaffer1]

glancing over RT scores and blurb it looks like they did a poor job adapting Scorch Trials. Was the most suspenseful book by far. That or the sudden and complete change in overarching plot left a bad taste in critic's mouths (and that'll just get worse next movie).

The main problem the books always suffered from is it seemed like the author couldn't decide what he wanted the world to really be like so he avoided giving details until push came to shove, at which point all of the momentum of the plot would be going in a completely different direction than what the author is trying to push the story to.

Like, Maze Runner ended with "everybody's safe now, but maybe not?" and Scorch Trials starts off with "lol that girl is missing now and you guys are fucked" and never really is able to get over the sudden shift back to action again.

 

[BronsonLee]

Into Thin Air is one of my favorite books, so I am -really- apprehensive about watching Everest, considering I know damn well how bad it gets

 

[RS4-]

I think I'll try to watch Everest today.

 

[The_Dama]

The Visit only cost 5 mil?

It was pretty fun

 

[DJwest]

How is the Maze Runner? I enjoyed the first one

 

[kswiston]

If you thought Universal wasn't already having a good enough of a year.

Minions, Furious 7, and Jurassic World account for over $2.9B of that on their own.

They are in for a brutal drop next year though.

 

[BronsonLee]

Minions, Furious 7, and Jurassic World account for over $2.9B of that on their own.

They are in for a brutal drop next year though.

Think they'll stack all the sequels up on the same year again? Or spread it out so they can have more even returns?

 

[kswiston]

Think they'll stack all the sequels up on the same year again? Or spread it out so they can have more even returns?

2017 has Furious 8, 50 Shades Darker (which I think will see a big drop), and Despicable Me 3. So it is fairly stacked. The Jurassic World followup will be 2018 though.

 

[Wafflecakes]

How is the Maze Runner? I enjoyed the first one

Not amazing, but if you liked the first I imagine you will like the second.

 

[inm8num2]

Nice per theater average for Everest.

MI5 edging toward $200M .. regardless of whether it hits that #, the movie has had a great run and strong legs.

 

[pixelation]

How is the Maze Runner? I enjoyed the first one

It's bad, i enjoyed the first one... but this one is a bore, i couldn't wait for it be over.

 

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[AHA-Lambda]

If you thought Universal wasn't already having a good enough of a year.

F*cking HELL!

 

[Dr Campino]

It's bad, i enjoyed the first one... but this one is a bore, i couldn't wait for it be over.

Agreed. From what I saw (most of it, I actually left early), it was a bunch of jump scares and running, and I don't think I was the intended demographic.

I really did like the first one, too.

 

[Son Of D]

ww chart added

Minions still isn't at $1b? Actually surprised at that. Thought it'd be there by now.

 

[Sinatar]

Just came back from Black Mass.

Eh... I've seen this movie like a hundred times, and generally done better.

 

[Frog-fu]

Scorch Trials is really good guys, go watch it.

 

[ryutaro's mama]

Just came back from Black Mass.

Eh... I've seen this movie like a hundred times, and generally done better.

Dammit.

Better or worst than "A Most Violent Year"?

 

[Sinatar]

Dammit.

Better or worst than "A Most Violent Year"?

Sorry haven't seen that.

 

[mreddie]

Antman beats out Cap 1's WBO, and China is next month.

 

[WaffleTaco]

Saw Everest and I thought it was pretty good. The 3D always makes the beards look great.

 

[Insane Metal]

Scorch Trials is really good guys, go watch it.

Will see it on Friday. I really enjoyed the first movie, it was a pleasant surprise. Better than Hunger Games for example. But for some reason the movie was bombarded by critics.

 

[gogogow]

Minions still isn't at $1b? Actually surprised at that. Thought it'd be there by now.

It is over $1b, a lot of movies in the OP are not properly updated. The chart on the site is updated. I already thought it was weird that MI:RN was below $600m.

The correct chart:

 

[Wafflecakes]

TMR2 is generally up WW compared to the first. It should either stay flat or go up about 10% for its final total.

 

[lazybones18]

Jurassic World slowly chugging along to $650 Mil

 

[March of the Crabs]

The Visit only cost 5 mil?

It was pretty fun

Yeah I'm surprised how little it cost. It's really doing well for itself in that sense. I hate M Night but The Visit was fun as hell.

 

[Frog-fu]

Will see it on Friday. I really enjoyed the first movie, it was a pleasant surprise. Better than Hunger Games for example. But for some reason the movie was bombarded by critics.

The first one didn't do so hot on RT either. It's a YA franchise that didn't get caught up in the zeitgeist like The Hunger Games and it's not artsy/indie enough to be a critics' darling, so it's not at all surprising critics aren't pulling any punches.

 

[Alrus]

Huh, The Visit held pretty decently for a cheap horror movie. Those are usually super frontloaded.

 

[kswiston]

I moved houses last week and have been without internet (barring my already stretched thin 2GB mobile package) since then. As such, my GAF time has been drastically reduced.

Here's the belated Friday numbers:

1) Hotel Transylvania 2 - $13.3M
2) The Intern - $6.3M
3) Maze Runner: Scorch Trials - $4.1M - $42M total
4) Everest - $4.0M - $14M total
5) Black Mass - $3.5M - $35M total
6) The Visit - $2.0M - $48M total
7) Green Inferno - $1.5M


Hotel Transylvania 2's first Friday is a couple million higher than that of the first movie. If it can hold well during the weekend, it has a shot at the September opening record.

The Visit has a decent shot at topping After Earth's domestic take on 1/26th the production budget.

The Green Inferno will end up being Eli Roth's lowest opening.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Supposedly the studio will be happy with a $4-5 million opening for Green Inferno.

 

[kswiston]

Supposedly the studio will be happy with a $4-5 million opening for Green Inferno.

The film was already delayed for a year due to financial issues, so based on that and the 1500 screen count, it seems like a "dump it theatres and hope for the best" case.

 

[cj_iwakura]

The film was already delayed for a year due to financial issues, so based on that and the 1500 screen count, it seems like a "dump it theatres and hope for the best" case.

How does delaying a film *help* financial issues?

 

[FoneBone]

How does delaying a film *help* financial issues?

The film's production company (which was supposed to pay the marketing expenses) went under. It takes time to work out another deal after something like that.

 

[SURGEdude]

Green Inferno was abysmal. Got in free and that was still paying too much.

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

Slowest BO thread in a while?

 

[kswiston]

Weekend Studio Estimates:

1) Hotel Transylvania 2 - $47.5M (new September opening record)
2) The Intern - $18.2M
3) Maze Runner: Scorch Trials - $14.0M - $52M total
4) Everest - $13.1M - $23M total
5) Black Mass - $11.5M - $43M total
6) The Visit - $6.8M - $52M total
7) Green Inferno - $3.5M

Worldwide Updates:

Jurassic World - $1.662B
Minions - $1.134B
Inside Out - $774M
Ant-Man - $407M
Everest - $97M

 

[faridmon]

glancing over RT scores and blurb it looks like they did a poor job adapting Scorch Trials. Was the most suspenseful book by far. That or the sudden and complete change in overarching plot left a bad taste in critic's mouths (and that'll just get worse next movie).

The main problem the books always suffered from is it seemed like the author couldn't decide what he wanted the world to really be like so he avoided giving details until push came to shove, at which point all of the momentum of the plot would be going in a completely different direction than what the author is trying to push the story to.

Like, Maze Runner ended with "everybody's safe now, but maybe not?" and Scorch Trials starts off with "lol that girl is missing now and you guys are fucked" and never really is able to get over the sudden shift back to action again.

The movie was really good though. I was expecting the worse, but they did divert from the book where it mattered and they actually made a comprehensive movie with so many great set piece and gorgeous visuals of just destructive environment. The problem people are having is the pace, because they movie starts with a bang and becomes slower and then by the middle there is some random shit happening just before a surprise last huge action set piece.