The Belko Experiment (2017)

The Belko Experiment
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $10,166,820Details
International Box Office $1,626,122Details
Worldwide Box Office $11,792,942
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic DVD Sales $466,543 Details
Est. Domestic Blu-ray Sales $547,641 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $1,014,184
Further financial details...

Synopsis

Explores a twisted social experiment, in which a group of 80 Americans are locked in their high-rise corporate office in Bogotá and ordered by an unknown voice on an intercom system to participate in a deadly game of kill or be killed.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$4,137,230 (40.7% of total gross)
Legs:2.46 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:86.2% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$5,000,000 (worldwide box office is 2.4 times production budget)
Theater counts:1,341 opening theaters/1,341 max. theaters, 2.8 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $12,218,311

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists


Watch Now On

Amazon VOD:Amazon VOD, Amazon VOD
iTunes:iTunes
Google Play:Google Play, Google Play
Vudu:Vudu

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: March 17th, 2017 (Wide) by BH Tilt
International Releases: April 21st, 2017 (Wide) (United Kingdom)
July 7th, 2017 (Wide) (Russia (CIS))
October 13th, 2017 (Wide) (Australia)
Video Release: June 13th, 2017 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for strong bloody violence throughout, language including sexual references, and some drug use.
(Rating bulletin 2395, 10/14/2015)
Running Time: 88 minutes
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Keywords: Corporate Malfeasance, One Location, Trapped, Human Experimentation, Ensemble, Set in Colombia, Isolation Horror
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Horror
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Orion Pictures, Troll Court Entertainment, The Safran Company, Blumhouse
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Mar 17, 2017 7 $4,137,230   1,341 $3,085   $4,137,230 1
Mar 24, 2017 10 $1,878,370 -55% 1,341 $1,401   $7,648,935 2
Mar 31, 2017 13 $528,165 -72% 453 $1,166   $8,990,355 3
Apr 7, 2017 20 $204,305 -61% 186 $1,098   $9,426,895 4
Apr 14, 2017 35 $71,870 -65% 88 $817   $9,584,765 5
Apr 21, 2017 43 $31,740 -56% 47 $675   $9,644,485 6
Apr 28, 2017 40 $44,145 +39% 83 $532   $9,697,090 7
May 5, 2017 45 $26,250 -41% 69 $380   $9,742,140 8
May 12, 2017 28 $186,740 +611% 74 $2,524   $9,941,215 9
May 19, 2017 - $7,070 -96% 18 $393   $10,164,675 10

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Mar 16, 2017 P $306,000     0     $306,000  
Mar 17, 2017 6 $1,518,000     1,341 $1,132   $1,518,000 1
Mar 18, 2017 7 $1,576,890 +4%   1,341 $1,176   $3,094,890 2
Mar 19, 2017 7 $1,042,340 -34%   1,341 $777   $4,137,230 3
Mar 20, 2017 6 $381,900 -63%   1,341 $285   $4,519,130 4
Mar 21, 2017 6 $603,930 +58%   1,341 $450   $5,123,060 5
Mar 22, 2017 7 $347,935 -42%   1,341 $259   $5,470,995 6
Mar 23, 2017 7 $299,570 -14%   1,341 $223   $5,770,565 7
Mar 24, 2017 9 $552,495 +84% -64% 1,341 $412   $6,323,060 8
Mar 25, 2017 10 $785,975 +42% -50% 1,341 $586   $7,109,035 9
Mar 26, 2017 11 $539,900 -31% -48% 1,341 $403   $7,648,935 10
Mar 27, 2017 10 $204,740 -62% -46% 1,341 $153   $7,853,675 11
Mar 28, 2017 10 $279,015 +36% -54% 1,341 $208   $8,132,690 12
Mar 29, 2017 10 $192,655 -31% -45% 1,341 $144   $8,325,345 13
Mar 30, 2017 10 $136,845 -29% -54% 1,341 $102   $8,462,190 14
Mar 31, 2017 13 $165,655 +21% -70% 453 $366   $8,627,845 15
Apr 1, 2017 13 $233,345 +41% -70% 453 $515   $8,861,190 16
Apr 2, 2017 13 $129,165 -45% -76% 453 $285   $8,990,355 17
Apr 3, 2017 13 $59,770 -54% -71% 453 $132   $9,050,125 18
Apr 4, 2017 13 $76,025 +27% -73% 453 $168   $9,126,150 19
Apr 5, 2017 14 $51,870 -32% -73% 453 $115   $9,178,020 20
Apr 6, 2017 15 $44,570 -14% -67% 453 $98   $9,222,590 21
Apr 7, 2017 - $61,130 +37% -63% 186 $329   $9,283,720 22
Apr 8, 2017 - $87,805 +44% -62% 186 $472   $9,371,525 23
Apr 9, 2017 - $55,370 -37% -57% 186 $298   $9,426,895 24
Apr 10, 2017 - $24,955 -55% -58% 186 $134   $9,451,850 25
Apr 11, 2017 - $27,815 +11% -63% 186 $150   $9,479,665 26
Apr 12, 2017 - $18,215 -35% -65% 186 $98   $9,497,880 27
Apr 13, 2017 - $15,015 -18% -66% 186 $81   $9,512,895 28
Apr 14, 2017 - $25,340 +69% -59% 88 $288   $9,538,235 29
Apr 15, 2017 - $30,315 +20% -65% 88 $344   $9,568,550 30
Apr 16, 2017 - $16,215 -47% -71% 88 $184   $9,584,765 31
Apr 17, 2017 - $8,145 -50% -67% 88 $93   $9,592,910 32
Apr 18, 2017 - $7,290 -10% -74% 88 $83   $9,600,200 33
Apr 19, 2017 - $7,550 +4% -59% 88 $86   $9,607,750 34
Apr 20, 2017 - $4,995 -34% -67% 88 $57   $9,612,745 35
Apr 21, 2017 - $9,585 +92% -62% 47 $204   $9,622,330 36
Apr 22, 2017 - $15,135 +58% -50% 47 $322   $9,637,465 37
Apr 23, 2017 - $7,020 -54% -57% 47 $149   $9,644,485 38
Apr 24, 2017 - $2,495 -64% -69% 47 $53   $9,646,980 39
Apr 25, 2017 - $2,120 -15% -71% 47 $45   $9,649,100 40
Apr 26, 2017 - $2,105 -1% -72% 47 $45   $9,651,205 41
Apr 27, 2017 - $1,740 -17% -65% 47 $37   $9,652,945 42
Apr 28, 2017 - $12,710 +630% +33% 83 $153   $9,665,655 43
Apr 29, 2017 - $18,930 +49% +25% 83 $228   $9,684,585 44
Apr 30, 2017 - $12,505 -34% +78% 83 $151   $9,697,090 45
May 1, 2017 - $4,825 -61% +93% 83 $58   $9,701,915 46
May 2, 2017 - $5,110 +6% +141% 83 $62   $9,707,025 47
May 3, 2017 - $4,425 -13% +110% 83 $53   $9,711,450 48
May 4, 2017 - $4,440 n/c +155% 83 $53   $9,715,890 49
May 5, 2017 - $6,585 +48% -48% 69 $95   $9,722,475 50
May 6, 2017 - $11,375 +73% -40% 69 $165   $9,733,850 51
May 7, 2017 - $8,290 -27% -34% 69 $120   $9,742,140 52
May 8, 2017 - $3,080 -63% -36% 69 $45   $9,745,220 53
May 9, 2017 - $3,075 n/c -40% 69 $45   $9,748,295 54
May 10, 2017 - $2,760 -10% -38% 69 $40   $9,751,055 55
May 11, 2017 - $3,420 +24% -23% 69 $50   $9,754,475 56
May 12, 2017 - $61,530 +1,699% +834% 74 $831   $9,816,005 57
May 13, 2017 - $66,270 +8% +483% 74 $896   $9,882,275 58
May 14, 2017 - $58,940 -11% +611% 74 $796   $9,941,215 59
May 15, 2017 - $51,200 -13% +1,562% 74 $692   $9,992,415 60
May 16, 2017 - $58,625 +15% +1,807% 74 $792   $10,051,040 61
May 17, 2017 - $52,650 -10% +1,808% 74 $711   $10,103,690 62
May 18, 2017 15 $53,915 +2% +1,476% 74 $729   $10,157,605 63
May 19, 2017 - $785 -99% -99% 18 $44   $10,158,390 64
May 20, 2017 - $4,085 +420% -94% 18 $227   $10,162,475 65
May 21, 2017 - $2,200 -46% -96% 18 $122   $10,164,675 66
May 22, 2017 - $575 -74% -99% 18 $32   $10,165,250 67
May 23, 2017 - $525 -9% -99% 18 $29   $10,165,775 68
May 24, 2017 - $475 -10% -99% 18 $26   $10,166,250 69
May 25, 2017 - $570 +20% -99% 18 $32   $10,166,820 70

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Mar 17, 2017 7 $5,770,565   1,341 $4,303   $5,770,565 1
Mar 24, 2017 10 $2,691,625 -53% 1,341 $2,007   $8,462,190 2
Mar 31, 2017 13 $760,400 -72% 453 $1,679   $9,222,590 3
Apr 7, 2017 20 $290,305 -62% 186 $1,561   $9,512,895 4
Apr 14, 2017 36 $99,850 -66% 88 $1,135   $9,612,745 5
Apr 21, 2017 44 $40,200 -60% 47 $855   $9,652,945 6
Apr 28, 2017 41 $62,945 +57% 83 $758   $9,715,890 7
May 5, 2017 46 $38,585 -39% 69 $559   $9,754,475 8
May 12, 2017 22 $403,130 +945% 74 $5,448   $10,157,605 9
May 19, 2017 62 $9,215 -98% 18 $512   $10,166,820 10

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 10/13/2017 $6,128 12 12 17 $9,265 10/23/2017
Russia (CIS) 7/7/2017 $227,244 367 367 673 $461,651 1/1/2019
United Kingdom 4/21/2017 $166,103 132 132 132 $166,103 4/26/2017
 
Rest of World $989,103
 
International Total$1,626,122 1/1/2019

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Jul 2, 2017179,214 9,214$137,841$137,8413

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Jul 2, 2017149,594 9,594$191,497$191,4973

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Leading Cast

John Gallagher, Jr.    Mike Pelk

Supporting Cast

Tony Goldwyn    Barry Norris
Adria Arjona    Leandra Jerez
John C. McGinley    Wendell Dukes
Josh Brener    Keith McLure
Michael Rooker    Bud Melks
Melonie Diaz    Dany Wilkins
David Del Rio    Roberto Jerez
Stephen Blackehart    Brian Vargas
Rusty Schwimmer    Peggy Displasia
Owain Yeoman    Terry Winters
Sean Gunn    Marty Espenscheid
Abraham Benrubi    Chet Valincourt
David Dastmalchian    Alonso “Lonny” Crane
Gail Bean    Leota Hynek
Valentine Miele    Ross Reynolds
Joe Fria    Robert Hickland
Benjamin Byron Davis    Antonio Fowler
James Earl    Evan Smith
Brent Sexton    Vince Agostino
Mikaela Hoover    Raziya Memarian
Gamal Dillard    Hostage

Cameos

Brett Favre    Salesman

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Greg McLean    Director
James Gunn    Screenwriter
Peter Safran    Producer
James Gunn    Producer
Jimmy Holcomb    Co-Producer
Rodrigo Guerrero    Executive Producer
Luis Sansans    Director of Photography
Carlos Osorio    Production Designer
Julia Wong    Editor
Tyler Bates    Composer
Camila Olarte Suarez    Costume Designer

Home Market Releases for June 27th, 2017

June 27th, 2017

T2 Trainspotting

It’s a really slow week on the home market. (Next week is even worse. ) The Fate of the Furious is the biggest release of the week, but it is only coming out on Video on Demand, so I would wait. The biggest release of the week is Power Rangers, but it feels like a pilot to a TV show and not a self-contained movie. The best new release of the week is T2: Trainspotting and the Blu-ray Combo Pack. That said, if you don’t have Home Movies yet, then buy the Complete Series right now. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Beast Blows Past $300 million with $90.43 million Weekend

March 27th, 2017

Beauty and the Beast

Our predictions for Beauty and the Beast was higher than average, but even we underestimated the film’s weekend box office numbers. It fell just 48% to $90.43 million, which was more than double the second place film, Power Rangers. This one-two punch helped the overall box office earn $202 million, but this was 23% lower than last weekend. It was also 20% lower than the same weekend last year. Granted, this weekend last year was the weekend Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice debuted, so a decline like this was expected. Year-to-date, 2017 has earned $2.75 billion, putting it 6.7% or $170 million ahead of last year’s pace. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Beast Smashes Record with a Beautiful $174.75 million Opening

March 21st, 2017

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast was expected to break records during its opening weekend, but its final tally of $174.75 million is still impressive, even compared to the expectations. The rest of the box office wasn’t hurt as badly as one would predict given the explosive hit at the top and that helped the overall box office grow by 59% to $261 million. This is almost double what it was this weekend last year. More importantly, this was enough to put 2017 in the lead in the year-over-year comparison. At the end of the weekend, 2017 had earned $2.39 billion, compared to $2.30 billion for 2016. Granted, this is partially due to a misalignment of monster hits, as Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice opened the following weekend last year. That said, I really don’t think 2017 will fall behind given its current $95 million lead. More...

Weekend Estimates: Beauty and the Beast Sets New March Record

March 19th, 2017

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast set out this weekend to show that it’s not just super heroes who can deliver big openings at the box office, and it’s doing so in some style. Disney is projecting a $170 million opening weekend for the live action fairytale, and the film is setting records around the world. At home, it’ll have the biggest March weekend of all time, and the fourth-best Saturday of all time. The studio is projecting it will have the sixth-best Sunday in history, although my money would be on it slightly outperforming today, for the fifth-best Sunday, and that it will challenge Iron Man 3’s $174 million for the sixth-best opening of all time. Only Star Wars, super heroes, and dinosaur-themed movies have done better on opening weekend. More...

Friday Estimates: Beast Knocks Out Kong with $63.79 million

March 18th, 2017

Beauty and the Beast

As expected, Beauty and the Beast earned first place on Friday. Its performance was a little better than expected, with Disney’s movie earning $63.79 million. To put this into perspective, this is more than Kong: Skull Island earned during its opening weekend. There are some confusing elements to deal with. Firstly, the reviews improved to 71% positive, which is still lower than anticipated, but good enough to not hurt the film’s legs. Additionally, it earned a solid A from CinemaScore. Strangely, the demographics changed, with women representing 72% of Friday’s audiences. That’s up from just under 60% during Thursday’s previews and a lot of times it goes in the other direction. So what does this mean for the future? The film just needs an internal multiplier above 2.6 to become the biggest March opening of all time. That seems very likely at this point. In fact, anything less than $175 million will be seen as a little disappointing. More...

Thursday Night Previews: Beast’s Start is a Beauty, with $16.3 million in Previews

March 17th, 2017

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast had the best previews of the year so far, earning $16.3 million during midnight shows last night. This tops Logan’s $9.5 million, which was the previous record holder. More impressively, it is better than Cinderella’s, The Jungle Book’s, and Maleficent’s combined previews of $10.7 million. Judging where it goes from here is a little tougher, on the other hand. Its reviews are good, but not amazing, while its demographics are more balanced than I expected. The audience was mostly women, but less than 60% overall. Cinderella had a 77% female audience. Also, there was a wide range of age groups among the audience, meaning it wasn’t just families going with their kids, but adults who grew up on the original movie. We predicted $168 million for the weekend, and that could be a little too conservative after this result. I’m not going to change the prediction just yet, but if Friday is big, then we will be forced to readjust our outlook. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will Beauty have a Beastly Opening?

March 17th, 2017

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast was always expected to be the biggest hit of the month. Now the prevailing wisdom has the film becoming the biggest March opening of all time. Even if it doesn’t match the high end of expectations, it is widely expected to earn more than the entire box office did this weekend last year. On the downside, The Belko Experiment isn’t expected to open in the top five, in fact, it could miss the Mendoza Line. Furthermore, holdovers like Kong: Skull Island and Logan will take a beating at the box office. Overall, the news looks great and 2017 should actually get ahead of 2016 for the first time all year. More...

Contest: Beauty and the Best

March 9th, 2017

Beauty and the Beast

Like this weekend, there is only one truly wide release next weekend: Beauty and the Beast. The Belko Experiment is opening in just 1,200 theaters and it looks like T2: Transpotting is opening in even fewer theaters, 5 to be exact. Because it is the only truly wide release of the week, it is the only choice for the target film in this week’s box office prediction contest. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for Beauty and the Beast.

Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win a Frankenprise consisting of their choice of either one TV on DVD release, two movies, or a kids package (could be a theatrical release, a couple of single-disc TV on DVD releases, or a full season TV on DVD release). Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will also win a Frankenprize, as described above. Finally, we will be choosing an entrant from the group of people who haven't won, or haven't won recently, and they will win the final Frankenprize, as described above.

Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay! More...

2017 Preview: March

March 1st, 2017

Beauty and the Beast

February was an okay month. The films that missed expectations were mostly balanced by the films that were pleasant surprises. Unfortunately, last February was amazing as Deadpool dominated the chart, so 2017 has fallen further behind 2016 and 2016’s lead is now about $100 million. It is not so bad that a good March won’t help 2017 back into the lead. Will that happen? We have some good news and some bad news. Good news: Every week there is one movie that has at least a shot at $100 million. Two of them, Logan and Beauty and the Beast, could reach $200 million or a lot more. Bad News: last March, both Zootopia and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice earned more than $300 million. That’s a really powerful one-two punch and I don’t think we can replicate that this time around. On the other hand, last March, the third best film of the month was 10 Cloverfield Lane, while there were four films that were expected to open wide that earned less than $10 million at the box office. 2017 likely won’t be as good at the top, but I also don’t think it will have as many bombs either. If Beauty and the Beast reaches the very high end of expectations, then 2017 could even close the gap with 2016 entirely. I’ll be happy getting halfway there. More...

The Belko Experiment Trailer

January 26th, 2017

Horror movie directed by Greg McLean opens March 17 ... Full Movie Details. More...


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Synopsis

Explores a twisted social experiment, in which a group of 80 Americans are locked in their high-rise corporate office in Bogotá and ordered by an unknown voice on an intercom system to participate in a deadly game of kill or be killed.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$4,137,230 (40.7% of total gross)
Legs:2.46 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:86.2% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$5,000,000 (worldwide box office is 2.4 times production budget)
Theater counts:1,341 opening theaters/1,341 max. theaters, 2.8 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $12,218,311

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists


Watch Now On

Amazon VOD:Amazon VOD, Amazon VOD
iTunes:iTunes
Google Play:Google Play, Google Play
Vudu:Vudu

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: March 17th, 2017 (Wide) by BH Tilt
International Releases: April 21st, 2017 (Wide) (United Kingdom)
July 7th, 2017 (Wide) (Russia (CIS))
October 13th, 2017 (Wide) (Australia)
Video Release: June 13th, 2017 by Fox Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R for strong bloody violence throughout, language including sexual references, and some drug use.
(Rating bulletin 2395, 10/14/2015)
Running Time: 88 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Upgrade
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Corporate Malfeasance, One Location, Trapped, Human Experimentation, Ensemble, Set in Colombia, Isolation Horror
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Horror
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Orion Pictures, Troll Court Entertainment, The Safran Company, Blumhouse
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Leading Cast

John Gallagher, Jr.    Mike Pelk

Supporting Cast

Tony Goldwyn    Barry Norris
Adria Arjona    Leandra Jerez
John C. McGinley    Wendell Dukes
Josh Brener    Keith McLure
Michael Rooker    Bud Melks
Melonie Diaz    Dany Wilkins
David Del Rio    Roberto Jerez
Stephen Blackehart    Brian Vargas
Rusty Schwimmer    Peggy Displasia
Owain Yeoman    Terry Winters
Sean Gunn    Marty Espenscheid
Abraham Benrubi    Chet Valincourt
David Dastmalchian    Alonso “Lonny” Crane
Gail Bean    Leota Hynek
Valentine Miele    Ross Reynolds
Joe Fria    Robert Hickland
Benjamin Byron Davis    Antonio Fowler
James Earl    Evan Smith
Brent Sexton    Vince Agostino
Mikaela Hoover    Raziya Memarian
Gamal Dillard    Hostage

Cameos

Brett Favre    Salesman

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Greg McLean    Director
James Gunn    Screenwriter
Peter Safran    Producer
James Gunn    Producer
Jimmy Holcomb    Co-Producer
Rodrigo Guerrero    Executive Producer
Luis Sansans    Director of Photography
Carlos Osorio    Production Designer
Julia Wong    Editor
Tyler Bates    Composer
Camila Olarte Suarez    Costume Designer

Home Market Releases for June 27th, 2017

June 27th, 2017

T2 Trainspotting

It’s a really slow week on the home market. (Next week is even worse. ) The Fate of the Furious is the biggest release of the week, but it is only coming out on Video on Demand, so I would wait. The biggest release of the week is Power Rangers, but it feels like a pilot to a TV show and not a self-contained movie. The best new release of the week is T2: Trainspotting and the Blu-ray Combo Pack. That said, if you don’t have Home Movies yet, then buy the Complete Series right now. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Beast Blows Past $300 million with $90.43 million Weekend

March 27th, 2017

Beauty and the Beast

Our predictions for Beauty and the Beast was higher than average, but even we underestimated the film’s weekend box office numbers. It fell just 48% to $90.43 million, which was more than double the second place film, Power Rangers. This one-two punch helped the overall box office earn $202 million, but this was 23% lower than last weekend. It was also 20% lower than the same weekend last year. Granted, this weekend last year was the weekend Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice debuted, so a decline like this was expected. Year-to-date, 2017 has earned $2.75 billion, putting it 6.7% or $170 million ahead of last year’s pace. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Beast Smashes Record with a Beautiful $174.75 million Opening

March 21st, 2017

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast was expected to break records during its opening weekend, but its final tally of $174.75 million is still impressive, even compared to the expectations. The rest of the box office wasn’t hurt as badly as one would predict given the explosive hit at the top and that helped the overall box office grow by 59% to $261 million. This is almost double what it was this weekend last year. More importantly, this was enough to put 2017 in the lead in the year-over-year comparison. At the end of the weekend, 2017 had earned $2.39 billion, compared to $2.30 billion for 2016. Granted, this is partially due to a misalignment of monster hits, as Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice opened the following weekend last year. That said, I really don’t think 2017 will fall behind given its current $95 million lead. More...

Weekend Estimates: Beauty and the Beast Sets New March Record

March 19th, 2017

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast set out this weekend to show that it’s not just super heroes who can deliver big openings at the box office, and it’s doing so in some style. Disney is projecting a $170 million opening weekend for the live action fairytale, and the film is setting records around the world. At home, it’ll have the biggest March weekend of all time, and the fourth-best Saturday of all time. The studio is projecting it will have the sixth-best Sunday in history, although my money would be on it slightly outperforming today, for the fifth-best Sunday, and that it will challenge Iron Man 3’s $174 million for the sixth-best opening of all time. Only Star Wars, super heroes, and dinosaur-themed movies have done better on opening weekend. More...

Friday Estimates: Beast Knocks Out Kong with $63.79 million

March 18th, 2017

Beauty and the Beast

As expected, Beauty and the Beast earned first place on Friday. Its performance was a little better than expected, with Disney’s movie earning $63.79 million. To put this into perspective, this is more than Kong: Skull Island earned during its opening weekend. There are some confusing elements to deal with. Firstly, the reviews improved to 71% positive, which is still lower than anticipated, but good enough to not hurt the film’s legs. Additionally, it earned a solid A from CinemaScore. Strangely, the demographics changed, with women representing 72% of Friday’s audiences. That’s up from just under 60% during Thursday’s previews and a lot of times it goes in the other direction. So what does this mean for the future? The film just needs an internal multiplier above 2.6 to become the biggest March opening of all time. That seems very likely at this point. In fact, anything less than $175 million will be seen as a little disappointing. More...

Thursday Night Previews: Beast’s Start is a Beauty, with $16.3 million in Previews

March 17th, 2017

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast had the best previews of the year so far, earning $16.3 million during midnight shows last night. This tops Logan’s $9.5 million, which was the previous record holder. More impressively, it is better than Cinderella’s, The Jungle Book’s, and Maleficent’s combined previews of $10.7 million. Judging where it goes from here is a little tougher, on the other hand. Its reviews are good, but not amazing, while its demographics are more balanced than I expected. The audience was mostly women, but less than 60% overall. Cinderella had a 77% female audience. Also, there was a wide range of age groups among the audience, meaning it wasn’t just families going with their kids, but adults who grew up on the original movie. We predicted $168 million for the weekend, and that could be a little too conservative after this result. I’m not going to change the prediction just yet, but if Friday is big, then we will be forced to readjust our outlook. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will Beauty have a Beastly Opening?

March 17th, 2017

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast was always expected to be the biggest hit of the month. Now the prevailing wisdom has the film becoming the biggest March opening of all time. Even if it doesn’t match the high end of expectations, it is widely expected to earn more than the entire box office did this weekend last year. On the downside, The Belko Experiment isn’t expected to open in the top five, in fact, it could miss the Mendoza Line. Furthermore, holdovers like Kong: Skull Island and Logan will take a beating at the box office. Overall, the news looks great and 2017 should actually get ahead of 2016 for the first time all year. More...

Contest: Beauty and the Best

March 9th, 2017

Beauty and the Beast

Like this weekend, there is only one truly wide release next weekend: Beauty and the Beast. The Belko Experiment is opening in just 1,200 theaters and it looks like T2: Transpotting is opening in even fewer theaters, 5 to be exact. Because it is the only truly wide release of the week, it is the only choice for the target film in this week’s box office prediction contest. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for Beauty and the Beast.

Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win a Frankenprise consisting of their choice of either one TV on DVD release, two movies, or a kids package (could be a theatrical release, a couple of single-disc TV on DVD releases, or a full season TV on DVD release). Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will also win a Frankenprize, as described above. Finally, we will be choosing an entrant from the group of people who haven't won, or haven't won recently, and they will win the final Frankenprize, as described above.

Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay! More...

2017 Preview: March

March 1st, 2017

Beauty and the Beast

February was an okay month. The films that missed expectations were mostly balanced by the films that were pleasant surprises. Unfortunately, last February was amazing as Deadpool dominated the chart, so 2017 has fallen further behind 2016 and 2016’s lead is now about $100 million. It is not so bad that a good March won’t help 2017 back into the lead. Will that happen? We have some good news and some bad news. Good news: Every week there is one movie that has at least a shot at $100 million. Two of them, Logan and Beauty and the Beast, could reach $200 million or a lot more. Bad News: last March, both Zootopia and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice earned more than $300 million. That’s a really powerful one-two punch and I don’t think we can replicate that this time around. On the other hand, last March, the third best film of the month was 10 Cloverfield Lane, while there were four films that were expected to open wide that earned less than $10 million at the box office. 2017 likely won’t be as good at the top, but I also don’t think it will have as many bombs either. If Beauty and the Beast reaches the very high end of expectations, then 2017 could even close the gap with 2016 entirely. I’ll be happy getting halfway there. More...

The Belko Experiment Trailer

January 26th, 2017

Horror movie directed by Greg McLean opens March 17 ... Full Movie Details. More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Mar 17, 2017 7 $4,137,230   1,341 $3,085   $4,137,230 1
Mar 24, 2017 10 $1,878,370 -55% 1,341 $1,401   $7,648,935 2
Mar 31, 2017 13 $528,165 -72% 453 $1,166   $8,990,355 3
Apr 7, 2017 20 $204,305 -61% 186 $1,098   $9,426,895 4
Apr 14, 2017 35 $71,870 -65% 88 $817   $9,584,765 5
Apr 21, 2017 43 $31,740 -56% 47 $675   $9,644,485 6
Apr 28, 2017 40 $44,145 +39% 83 $532   $9,697,090 7
May 5, 2017 45 $26,250 -41% 69 $380   $9,742,140 8
May 12, 2017 28 $186,740 +611% 74 $2,524   $9,941,215 9
May 19, 2017 - $7,070 -96% 18 $393   $10,164,675 10

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Mar 16, 2017 P $306,000     0     $306,000  
Mar 17, 2017 6 $1,518,000     1,341 $1,132   $1,518,000 1
Mar 18, 2017 7 $1,576,890 +4%   1,341 $1,176   $3,094,890 2
Mar 19, 2017 7 $1,042,340 -34%   1,341 $777   $4,137,230 3
Mar 20, 2017 6 $381,900 -63%   1,341 $285   $4,519,130 4
Mar 21, 2017 6 $603,930 +58%   1,341 $450   $5,123,060 5
Mar 22, 2017 7 $347,935 -42%   1,341 $259   $5,470,995 6
Mar 23, 2017 7 $299,570 -14%   1,341 $223   $5,770,565 7
Mar 24, 2017 9 $552,495 +84% -64% 1,341 $412   $6,323,060 8
Mar 25, 2017 10 $785,975 +42% -50% 1,341 $586   $7,109,035 9
Mar 26, 2017 11 $539,900 -31% -48% 1,341 $403   $7,648,935 10
Mar 27, 2017 10 $204,740 -62% -46% 1,341 $153   $7,853,675 11
Mar 28, 2017 10 $279,015 +36% -54% 1,341 $208   $8,132,690 12
Mar 29, 2017 10 $192,655 -31% -45% 1,341 $144   $8,325,345 13
Mar 30, 2017 10 $136,845 -29% -54% 1,341 $102   $8,462,190 14
Mar 31, 2017 13 $165,655 +21% -70% 453 $366   $8,627,845 15
Apr 1, 2017 13 $233,345 +41% -70% 453 $515   $8,861,190 16
Apr 2, 2017 13 $129,165 -45% -76% 453 $285   $8,990,355 17
Apr 3, 2017 13 $59,770 -54% -71% 453 $132   $9,050,125 18
Apr 4, 2017 13 $76,025 +27% -73% 453 $168   $9,126,150 19
Apr 5, 2017 14 $51,870 -32% -73% 453 $115   $9,178,020 20
Apr 6, 2017 15 $44,570 -14% -67% 453 $98   $9,222,590 21
Apr 7, 2017 - $61,130 +37% -63% 186 $329   $9,283,720 22
Apr 8, 2017 - $87,805 +44% -62% 186 $472   $9,371,525 23
Apr 9, 2017 - $55,370 -37% -57% 186 $298   $9,426,895 24
Apr 10, 2017 - $24,955 -55% -58% 186 $134   $9,451,850 25
Apr 11, 2017 - $27,815 +11% -63% 186 $150   $9,479,665 26
Apr 12, 2017 - $18,215 -35% -65% 186 $98   $9,497,880 27
Apr 13, 2017 - $15,015 -18% -66% 186 $81   $9,512,895 28
Apr 14, 2017 - $25,340 +69% -59% 88 $288   $9,538,235 29
Apr 15, 2017 - $30,315 +20% -65% 88 $344   $9,568,550 30
Apr 16, 2017 - $16,215 -47% -71% 88 $184   $9,584,765 31
Apr 17, 2017 - $8,145 -50% -67% 88 $93   $9,592,910 32
Apr 18, 2017 - $7,290 -10% -74% 88 $83   $9,600,200 33
Apr 19, 2017 - $7,550 +4% -59% 88 $86   $9,607,750 34
Apr 20, 2017 - $4,995 -34% -67% 88 $57   $9,612,745 35
Apr 21, 2017 - $9,585 +92% -62% 47 $204   $9,622,330 36
Apr 22, 2017 - $15,135 +58% -50% 47 $322   $9,637,465 37
Apr 23, 2017 - $7,020 -54% -57% 47 $149   $9,644,485 38
Apr 24, 2017 - $2,495 -64% -69% 47 $53   $9,646,980 39
Apr 25, 2017 - $2,120 -15% -71% 47 $45   $9,649,100 40
Apr 26, 2017 - $2,105 -1% -72% 47 $45   $9,651,205 41
Apr 27, 2017 - $1,740 -17% -65% 47 $37   $9,652,945 42
Apr 28, 2017 - $12,710 +630% +33% 83 $153   $9,665,655 43
Apr 29, 2017 - $18,930 +49% +25% 83 $228   $9,684,585 44
Apr 30, 2017 - $12,505 -34% +78% 83 $151   $9,697,090 45
May 1, 2017 - $4,825 -61% +93% 83 $58   $9,701,915 46
May 2, 2017 - $5,110 +6% +141% 83 $62   $9,707,025 47
May 3, 2017 - $4,425 -13% +110% 83 $53   $9,711,450 48
May 4, 2017 - $4,440 n/c +155% 83 $53   $9,715,890 49
May 5, 2017 - $6,585 +48% -48% 69 $95   $9,722,475 50
May 6, 2017 - $11,375 +73% -40% 69 $165   $9,733,850 51
May 7, 2017 - $8,290 -27% -34% 69 $120   $9,742,140 52
May 8, 2017 - $3,080 -63% -36% 69 $45   $9,745,220 53
May 9, 2017 - $3,075 n/c -40% 69 $45   $9,748,295 54
May 10, 2017 - $2,760 -10% -38% 69 $40   $9,751,055 55
May 11, 2017 - $3,420 +24% -23% 69 $50   $9,754,475 56
May 12, 2017 - $61,530 +1,699% +834% 74 $831   $9,816,005 57
May 13, 2017 - $66,270 +8% +483% 74 $896   $9,882,275 58
May 14, 2017 - $58,940 -11% +611% 74 $796   $9,941,215 59
May 15, 2017 - $51,200 -13% +1,562% 74 $692   $9,992,415 60
May 16, 2017 - $58,625 +15% +1,807% 74 $792   $10,051,040 61
May 17, 2017 - $52,650 -10% +1,808% 74 $711   $10,103,690 62
May 18, 2017 15 $53,915 +2% +1,476% 74 $729   $10,157,605 63
May 19, 2017 - $785 -99% -99% 18 $44   $10,158,390 64
May 20, 2017 - $4,085 +420% -94% 18 $227   $10,162,475 65
May 21, 2017 - $2,200 -46% -96% 18 $122   $10,164,675 66
May 22, 2017 - $575 -74% -99% 18 $32   $10,165,250 67
May 23, 2017 - $525 -9% -99% 18 $29   $10,165,775 68
May 24, 2017 - $475 -10% -99% 18 $26   $10,166,250 69
May 25, 2017 - $570 +20% -99% 18 $32   $10,166,820 70

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Mar 17, 2017 7 $5,770,565   1,341 $4,303   $5,770,565 1
Mar 24, 2017 10 $2,691,625 -53% 1,341 $2,007   $8,462,190 2
Mar 31, 2017 13 $760,400 -72% 453 $1,679   $9,222,590 3
Apr 7, 2017 20 $290,305 -62% 186 $1,561   $9,512,895 4
Apr 14, 2017 36 $99,850 -66% 88 $1,135   $9,612,745 5
Apr 21, 2017 44 $40,200 -60% 47 $855   $9,652,945 6
Apr 28, 2017 41 $62,945 +57% 83 $758   $9,715,890 7
May 5, 2017 46 $38,585 -39% 69 $559   $9,754,475 8
May 12, 2017 22 $403,130 +945% 74 $5,448   $10,157,605 9
May 19, 2017 62 $9,215 -98% 18 $512   $10,166,820 10

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 10/13/2017 $6,128 12 12 17 $9,265 10/23/2017
Russia (CIS) 7/7/2017 $227,244 367 367 673 $461,651 1/1/2019
United Kingdom 4/21/2017 $166,103 132 132 132 $166,103 4/26/2017
 
Rest of World $989,103
 
International Total$1,626,122 1/1/2019

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Jul 2, 2017179,214 9,214$137,841$137,8413

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Jul 2, 2017149,594 9,594$191,497$191,4973

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