Saturday Update: As expected, The LEGO Batman Movie reigned supreme again on Friday with an estimated $7.555 million, giving it an eight-day domestic haul of $72.1 million. Fifty Shades Darker likewise held steady in the runner-up spot with $6.8 million for an eight-day total of $75.5 million.
The Great Wall debuted to an underwhelming $5.9 million yesterday, coming in just ahead of John Wick: Chapter 2‘s $4.17 million (giving it $46.4 million in all so far). Fist Fight rounded out the top five with an opening day of $3.805 million.
Meanwhile, A Cure for Wellness scored a disappointing $1.52 million first day in eighth place.
Three-day and key four-day weekend projections are listed below. Check back on Sunday for the studios’ own three-day estimates, followed by their four-day estimates on Monday. All actual results will be reported on Tuesday.
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The LEGO Batman Movie | $33,600,000 | -37% | 4,088 | 0 | $8,219 | $33,600,000 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | Fifty Shades Darker | $21,200,000 | -55% | 3,714 | 4 | $5,708 | $89,896,455 | 2 | Universal |
| 3 | The Great Wall | $17,500,000 | — | 3,326 | — | $5,262 | $17,500,000 | 1 | Universal |
| 4 | John Wick: Chapter 2 | $15,000,000 | -51% | 3,113 | 0 | $4,819 | $57,192,083 | 2 | Lionsgate / Summit |
| 5 | Fist Fight | $11,700,000 | — | 3,185 | — | $3,673 | $11,700,000 | 1 | Warner Bros. / New Line |
| 6 | Hidden Figures | $7,000,000 | -13% | 2,217 | -450 | $3,157 | $142,491,830 | 9 | Fox |
| 7 | Split | $6,600,000 | -31% | 2,445 | -516 | $2,699 | $123,165,530 | 5 | Universal |
| 8 | A Dog’s Purpose | $6,400,000 | -12% | 2,400 | -625 | $2,667 | $51,515,510 | 4 | Universal |
| 9 | La La Land | $5,000,000 | 1% | 1,587 | -478 | $3,151 | $134,004,066 | 11 | Lionsgate / Summit |
| 10 | Lion | $4,400,000 | 11% | 1,542 | 205 | $2,853 | $36,655,483 | 13 | Weinstein Company |
| 11 | A Cure for Wellness | $4,100,000 | — | 2,704 | — | $1,516 | $4,100,000 | 1 | Fox |
| 12 | Rings (2017) | $2,100,000 | -63% | 1,560 | -1371 | $1,346 | $25,523,218 | 3 | Paramount |
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moana | $1,600,000 | 118% | 424 | -37 | $3,774 | $245,054,962 | 13 | Disney |
| 2 | Everybody Loves Somebody | $900,000 | — | 333 | — | $2,703 | $900,000 | 1 | Lionsgate / Pantelion |
| 3 | Fences | $800,000 | 11% | 560 | 106 | $1,429 | $55,146,969 | 10 | Paramount |
| 4 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | $700,000 | -53% | 435 | -494 | $1,609 | $528,511,468 | 10 | Disney |
| 5 | Sing (2016) | $690,000 | -59% | 561 | -918 | $1,230 | $266,621,105 | 9 | Universal |
| 6 | Jolly LLB 2 | $370,000 | -52% | 166 | -7 | $2,229 | $1,434,226 | 2 | FIP |
| 7 | Jackie | $147,000 | -24% | 130 | -19 | $1,131 | $13,497,123 | 12 | Fox Searchlight |
| # | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A United Kingdom | $237,000 | 256% | 45 | 41 | $5,267 | $327,142 | 2 | Fox Searchlight |
4-Day Projections:
- The LEGO Batman Movie ($44 million)
- Fifty Shades Darker ($24.5 million)
- The Great Wall ($20 million)
- John Wick: Chapter 2 ($17.7 million)
- Fist Fight ($13.3 million)
- A Dog’s Purpose ($9 million)
- Hidden Figures ($8.6 million)
- Split ($7.8 million)
- La La Land ($6.2 million)
- Lion ($5.3 million)
- A Cure for Wellness ($4.7 million)
- Rings ($2.5 million)
- Moana ($1.1 million)
- Everybody Loves Somebody ($1 million)
- Fences ($960k)
- Sing ($955k)
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story ($860k)
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Friday Update: Sources report The Great Wall pulled in an estimated $970,000 from Thursday night’s opening shows. By comparison, last year’s Gods of Egypt earned $800,000 on Thursday before going on to a $14.1 million opening weekend. That, however, was a standard three-day frame versus Wall‘s four-day advantage with Presidents Day on Monday.
Fist Fight drew second blood last night with an estimated $600,000 take, coming in just under half of Ride Along 2‘s $1.26 million Thursday start before MLK weekend last year when it earned $41 million over that four-day period.
Meanwhile, A Cure for Wellness took in $300,000 from its first shows, slightly under the $350,000 earned by The Lazarus Effect in early 2015 which was part of a regular $10.2 million three-day weekend.
All told, The LEGO Batman Movie remains heavily favored to repeat atop the box office this weekend, while Fifty Shades Darker has a shot to repeat in second place, and even John Wick: Chapter 2 could be a challenge for Great Wall to overcome.
Check back on Saturday morning when we’ll have key Friday estimates from the studios and weekend projections.
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