comedy Keanu, which arrives in theatres on April 29.Īfter opening in first place last weekend, Universal’s The Boss fell two spots to third this weekend with an estimated $10.17 million. However, the film will soon be facing direct competition from fellow Warner Bros. In addition to receiving strong critical reviews, early word of mouth also appears to be strong for the film, as Barbershop: The Next Cut received an A- rating on CinemaScore and has a current Flixster audience score of 77 percent. The audience breakdown for Barbershop: The Next Cut skewed towards female moviegoers (54 percent) and heavily towards moviegoers over the age of 25 (66 percent). That places the film’s estimated opening weekend to Friday ratio at 2.87 to 1. Comedy sequels that arrive many years after their predecessors typically don’t perform as well as their predecessors, especially when it comes to admissions.īarbershop: The Next Cut started out with $7.05 million on Friday (which included an estimated $735,000 from Thursday night shows), increased an encouraging 17 percent on Saturday to take in $8.22 million and is estimated to decline 40 percent on Sunday to gross $4.94 million. The Next Cut opened 46 percent stronger than the recent $13.84 million three-day start of Zoolander 2 another comedy sequel that arrived years after its predecessor. Without taking into account ticket price inflation, Barbershop: The Next Cut debuted 17 percent below the $24.24 million launch of 2004’s Barbershop 2: Back in Business. The Ice Cube led comedy sequel from Warner Bros., New Line and MGM opened in line with expectations. 3D grosses were responsible for 43 percent of this weekend’s overall grosses, while RealD 3D alone accounted for an estimated $31.0 million of this weekend’s take.īarbershop: The Next Cut placed in second with a solid estimated start of $20.21 million. That represented 10.0 percent of the film’s overall grosses this weekend. The Jungle Book took in an estimated $10.4 million from IMAX locations this weekend.
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Given its strong early word of mouth and appeal with family audiences, it appears very likely that The Jungle Book will have stronger holding power than Disney’s live-action adaptations of its animated classics have tended to display in the past. Family audiences represented 49 percent of the film’s overall audience. The audience breakdown for the film skewed slightly towards female moviegoers (51 percent) and towards moviegoers over the age of 25 (53 Percent). As mentioned, The Jungle Book had clear four-quadrant appeal this weekend. The Jungle Book received an A rating on CinemaScore and currently has an impressive 92 percent Flixster audience score and the film’s hold on Saturday is an early indication that strong word of mouth is already kicking in.
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That gives the film an estimated opening weekend to Friday ratio of 3.20 to 1. The Jungle Book opened with $32.41 million on Friday (which included an estimated $4.2 million from Thursday night shows), increased a healthy 27 percent on Saturday to take in $41.12 million and is estimated to decline 27 percent to gross $30.04 million. A strong marketing campaign, terrific critical reviews and four-quadrant appeal all contributed to the break-out performance of The Jungle Book this weekend. In comparison to previous live-action blockbusters from Disney, The Jungle Book opened 31 percent ahead of the $79.11 million start of 2013’s Oz: The Great and Powerful and 49 percent ahead of the $69.43 million debut of 2014’s Maleficent. Without adjusting for ticket price inflation, The Jungle Book claimed the 32nd largest opening weekend of all-time. The 3D live-action computer animated hybrid directed by Jon Favreau registered the second largest opening weekend ever for the month of April, behind only the $147.19 million start of last year’s Furious 7. Disney continued its exceptional start to 2016 this weekend as The Jungle Book exceeded its already lofty expectations with a massive debut of $103.57 million.