“Zootopia” Tops “Cloverfield” for Weekend Repeat

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BOX OFFICE REPORT

March 11 - 13, 2016

(estimates from BoxOfficeMojo.com)

TOP 5

Zootopia ($50.0)
10 Cloverfield Lane ($25.2)
Deadpool ($10.8)
London Has Fallen ($10.6)
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot ($4.6)

Zootopia is king of the jungle once more. The Disney animated film took in another $50 million to repeat at the top spot. It’s already made more than Kung Fu Panda 3, which has been out for seven weeks. That also makes it the second-biggest movie of 2016 so far. It won’t catch Deadpool, but it’s going to be one of the biggest movies of the year, even though we’ve got many months to go. And that’s not just here. It’s also made nearly $300 million overseas.

10 Cloverfield Lane, which most people didn’t know existed until mid-January, took the second spot with $25.2 million. That’s not as big as the tangentially related Cloverfield made when it opened in January 2008, but that’s a pretty decent opening for a live-action movie in March, especially one not directly based on a comic book or young adult book series.

The rest of the field were all repeats as none of the three other new releases could even crack $5 million. Deadpool stayed strong for its fifth straight weekend, cracking the top 10 comic book movies of all time. London Has Fallen dropped to No. 4, and it’s going to have a tough time making back its $60 million budget. But that was better than Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, which won’t make back its meager $35 million budget.

Outside the top 5:

  • This Weekend's Indie Champ: Eye in the Sky, the last film performance of the late Alan Rickman. The military thriller averaged $23,410 on each of its five screens.
  • Of the underperforming new releases, the one on the fewest screens made the most money. The Perfect Match made $4.1 million on just 925 screens. That bested both The Young Messiah (1,761 screens) and The Brothers Grimsby (2,235 screens).
  • Hello, My Name is Doris, the big comeback vehicle for Sally Field, did exceptionally well in limited release. Playing on only four screens, the dramedy averaged $21,310.

Next week:

Begrudgingly, the latest film in the Divergent series (Allegiant) will take the top spot. It will likely make less than Divergent and Insurgent, which both opened north of $50 million. I think this one will only come up with $45 million and will barely crack $100 million domestically. That’s better than the faith-based Miracles from Heaven will come up with. It’s unlikely to make more than $10 million.

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About Kip Mooney

Kip Mooney
Like many film critics born during and after the 1980s, my hero is Roger Ebert. The man was already the best critic in the nation when he won the Pulitzer in 1975, but his indomitable spirit during and after his recent battle with cancer keeps me coming back to read not only his reviews but his insightful commentary on the everyday. But enough about a guy you know a lot about. I knew I was going to be a film critic—some would say a snob—in middle school, when I had to voraciously defend my position that The Royal Tenenbaums was only a million times better than Adam Sandler’s remake of Mr. Deeds. From then on, I would seek out Wes Anderson’s films and avoid Sandler’s like the plague. Still, I like to think of myself as a populist, and I’ll be just as likely to see the next superhero movie as the next Sundance sensation. The thing I most deplore in a movie is laziness. I’d much rather see movies with big ambitions try and fail than movies with no ambitions succeed at simply existing. I’m also a big advocate of fun-bad movies like The Room and most of Nicolas Cage’s work. In the past, I’ve written for The Dallas Morning News and the North Texas Daily, which I edited for a semester. I also contributed to Dallas-based Pegasus News, which in the circle of life, is now part of The Dallas Morning News, where I got my big break in 2007. Eventually, I’d love to write and talk about film full-time, but until that’s a viable career option, I work as an auditor for Wells Fargo. I hope to one day meet my hero, go to the Toronto International Film Festival, and compete on Jeopardy. Until then, I’m excited to share my love of film with you.

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