What did you see this weekend? Doctor Strange (reviewed) continued to be the top draw at the box office tower but Arrival had a strong debut for a thinking person's non-action oriented sci-fi epic. (It's Amy Adams best headline opening since Enchanted !) But will mainstream audiences like it or will we see a big drop next weekend after word gets out that it's, well, a thinking person's movie? Will Oscar come calling or will they prefer the less genre-oriented fare this year? What's your best guess? Meanwhile in limited release...
Oscar hopefuls Moonlight, Loving, and the documentary Eagle Huntress are all inspiring curiosity from moviegoers with good per screen averages. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk and Elle both put two toes in the water on the coasts but it's far too early to tell whether they can expand buzz as they widen.
TOP FIVE WIDE
800 screens +
01 Doctor Strange $43 (cum. $153) Review
02 Trolls $35 (cum. $94)
03 Arrival $24 NEW Review and NEW PODCAST
04 Almost Christmas $15.5 NEW
05 Hacksaw Ridge $10.7 (cum. $32.2) Review
TOP TEN LIMITED
under 800 screens excluding previously wide releases
01 Moonlight $1.3 (cum. $4.7) 176 screens Review and Podcast
02 Loving $532K (cum. $740K) 46 screens Review and NEW PODCAST
03 A Man Called Ove $377K (cum. $2.4) 190 screens
04 Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Denial $275K (cum. $4.1) 163 screens
05 The Handmaiden $218K (cum. $1.2) 123 screens Podcast
06 The Eagle Huntress $209K (cum. $297K) 31 screens Review
07 Denial $153K (cum. $3.8) 121 screens Review
08 Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk $169K (cum. $724K) 135 screens Review
09 Certain Women $117K (cum. $937K) 117 screens Review
10 Elle $56K NEW 2 screens Review