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After a record-breaking September and the massive success of New Line Cinema's "It," the October box appointment brought a alternation of above flops and disappointments.
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Moana (2016) - Box Office Mojo | moana box office"This has been a absolutely asperous ages at the box office," said Paul Dergarabedian, chief media analyst at altitude close ComScore. "All the drive that was acquired in September was appealing abundant absent in October.”
Ticket sales were bottomward 13% compared to aftermost October, grossing $539 actor compared to 2016’s $622.6 million, which has done annihilation to advice antidote the all-embracing year-to-date box appointment deficit. "We're larboard with two months in this box appointment year to accomplish up a 5% deficit," said Dergarabedian. "That's activity to be absolutely tough. We accept a lot of arena to accomplish up and not a lot of aerodrome to do that in."
Despite 16 new advanced releases in October — including disappointments such as "Blade Runner 2049" and "Geostorm" and complete nonstarters such as “The Snowman,” “Professor Marston and the Wonder Women” and the weekend’s "Suburbicon" — annihilation could blow aftermost month's monster success "It," which has grossed $323.7 actor domestically to date.
This weekend's $75-million gross is one of the everyman of the year.
"It's all about drive at the box office," said Dergarabedian. "None of the films appear this ages absolutely afire abundant excitement."
Next month, a college contour and added assorted access of films is accepted to burn that spark, with apprehension abnormally aerial for the absolution of superhero authorization entries "Thor: Ragnarok" from Disney and Marvel, and Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment’s "Justice League."
"November could be a monster," said Dergarabedian. "And we charge it. Between 'Thor' and 'Justice League' alone, I anticipate this could, ironically enough, be one of the better Novembers ever. The arduous action surrounding both of these movies is maybe a case of a lot of admirers aloof cat-and-mouse for November to appear forth to get them aback into the theater.”
November 2016 produced three titles that grossed added than $200 actor in the U.S.: “Doctor Strange,” “Fantastic Beasts and Area to Find Them” and “Moana.”
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Box Office: Disney's 'Moana' Tops Thanksgiving Eve Ticket Sales ... | moana box officeThis year, family-friendly films Disney-Pixar's "Coco" and Sony's "The Star," and a brace of sequels to sleeper hit comedies — Paramount's "Daddy's Home 2" and STX Entertainment's "A Bad Moms Christmas" — are additionally acquisitive to allurement admirers aback into theaters. Fox additionally offers the star-studded abstruseness “Murder on the Orient Express.”
"Everything can change," said Dergarabedian. "What a aberration a anniversary can make."
This weekend, abhorrence and Halloween-themed films led the box appointment afore the Oct. 31 anniversary with Lionsgate's latest, "Jigsaw," advancing out on top while the George Clooney-helmed “Suburbicon” accepted to be a massive disappointment.
“Jigsaw,” the eighth chapter in the accepted "Saw" franchise, afraid up an estimated $16.2 actor in the U.S. and Canada, beneath analysts’ expectations of $20 actor or more, according to abstracts from ComScore.
Directed by Michael and Peter Spierig, the R-rated “Jigsaw” follows, in analyst Noel Murray's words, "bad association ashore in an busy ache chamber" and becoming an boilerplate B appraisement from admirers polling account CinemaScore and a 39% "rotten" appraisement on analysis accession armpit Rotten Tomatoes.
"Jigsaw" comes seven years afterwards "Saw VII: The Final Chapter," already advised to blanket the franchise, and 13 years afterwards the aboriginal "Saw" film.
Dropping one atom back aftermost anniversary was "Tyler Perry's Boo 2! A Madea Halloween," additionally by Lionsgate, which brought in $10 actor this weekend, a 53% decline. The blur has a accumulative absolute of $35.5 million.
Now in its added week, "Boo 2!" garnered alloyed reviews from audiences and critics, earning an A-minus appraisement on CinemaScore and a afflictive 7% "rotten" appraisement on Rotten Tomatoes.
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Moana (2016) - Financial Information | moana box officeWarner Bros.' ecology adversity abstruseness "Geostorm," additionally in its added week, came in third, bottomward one spot. It brought in an added $5.7 million, a 59% bead back opening, giving it a absolute of $23.5 million.
In fourth place, Blumhouse's abhorrence blur "Happy Death Day" added $5 million, a 46% bead back aftermost week. In three weeks, the blur has becoming a absolute of $48.4 million.
Rounding out the top bristles was Alcon Entertainment's "Blade Runner 2049," now in its fourth anniversary and abacus $4 actor to its earnings, a 46% dip. To date, the sci-fi blur has taken in $81.4 million.
A aftereffect to Ridley Scott's 1982 sci-fi band archetypal "Blade Runner," about a affected association area androids accepted as replicants are about duplicate from humans, the $150-million blur becoming an A-minus appraisement on CinemaScore and an 88% "fresh" appraisement on Rotten Tomatoes.
The weekend’s added notable newcomer, Paramount's "Suburbicon," debuted with $2.8 million.
Starring Matt Damon and Julianne Moore, the $25-million brash ball is set in a suburb in the '50s in the after-effects of a crime. Directed by George Clooney with a cine originally accounting by Joel and Ethan Coen and revised by Clooney and Grant Heslov, the blur was abhorred with both audiences and critics, earning an abnormal D bare on CinemaScore and a "rotten" 26% appraisement on Rotten Tomatoes. Critic Justin Chang alleged its allegation of white advantage "condescending."
Universal's ball "Thank You for Your Service" additionally premiered over the weekend with $3.7 million. Following a accumulation of American soldiers abiding home from Iraq, the blur becoming an A-minus appraisement on CinemaScore and a 77% "fresh" appraisement on Rotten Tomatoes. Miles Teller stars.
In bound release, Open Road premiered "All I See Is You," starring Blake Lively. The blur opened in 283 locations and brought in an bloodless $153,504. Directed by Marc Forster, the blur centers on a dark woman and her bedmate (played by Jason Clarke) and becoming a 32% "rotten" appraisement on Rotten Tomatoes.
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Will Disney's Moana Rule the Thanksgiving Box Office? - MovieWeb | moana box officeMagnolia Picture's art apple banter "The Square" opened in four theaters with $76,000, for a per-screen boilerplate of $19,000. The film, which denticulate the top award-winning at this year’s Cannes Blur Festival, was directed by Ruben Östlund and becoming a 78% "fresh" appraisement on Rotten Tomatoes.
"The Killing of a Sacred Deer," from A24, broadcast to 33 locations in its added week, earning $221,532, for a per-screen boilerplate of $6,713, and a accumulative gross of $392,453. The film, which follows a surgeon who befriends a adulterated boyhood to alarming results, stars Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman.
This weekend, Marvel and Walt Disney premieres superhero aftereffect "Thor: Ragnarok," which has already becoming a boss $107.6 actor internationally.
Meanwhile, in bound release, A24 will bow Greta Gerwig’s anniversary admired “Lady Bird” starring Saoirse Ronan, and Amazon and Lionsgate will admission Richard Linklater’s “Last Flag Flying” starring Bryan Cranston, Steve Carell and Laurence Fishburne.
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