Sunday
Feb042018
Box Office: Jumanji and Showman Won't Quit
Sunday, February 4, 2018 at 11:51PM by Nathaniel R
| Weekend Box Office (Feb 2nd-4th) |
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| W I D E 800+ screens |
L I M I T E D excluding prev. wide |
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| 1. Jumanji $11 (cum. $352.6) |
1. Padmaavat $2.5 on 354 screens (cum. $9.0) |
| 2. Maze Runner 3 $10.2 (cum. $39.7 | 2. 🔺 Bilal: A New Kind of Hero $278k on 300 screens NEW |
| 3. 🔺 Winchester $9.2 NEW |
3. 🔺 The Insult $118k on 36 screens (cum. $237k) |
| 4. The Greatest Showman $7.8 (cum. $137.4) REVIEW | ANOTHER HIT MUSICAL |
4. 🔺 A Fantastic Woman $70k on 5 screens NEW CAPSULE | REVIEW |
| 5. Hostiles $5.5 (cum. $21.2) |
5.Mary and the Witches Flower $57k on 30 screens (cum. $1.8) |
Jumanji and The Greatest Showman continue to have incredible staying power in their 7th weeks, the former regaining its #1 berth and Showman holding tight at four...
The Best Picture nominees, save The Post (a hit) and The Shape of Water (finally hitting its stride) all finished outside the top ten but they're all doing steady business (and clogging up theaters for newer films with their long rooms).
That's all not leaving much oxygen for the limited release films like The Insult and A Fantastic Woman, both nominated in foreign film, to breathe as they begin their runs. It may take an unexpected win to give either of them much time to find their audience.
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| 6. The Post $5.2 (cum. $67.1) REVIEW | WOMEN OF THE POST | 6. 🔺 Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool $54k on 34 screens (cum. $314k) INTERVIEW |
| 7. 12 Strong $4.7 (cum. $37.3) | 7. 🔺 Til the End of the World $53k on 27 screens NEW |
| 8. Den of Thieves $4.6 (cum. $36.2) |
8. 🔺 Faces Places $11k on 21 screens (cum. $769k) REVIEW | DOC NOMINEE |
| 9. 🔺 The Shape of Water $4.3 (cum. $44.8) CAPSULE | MUSIC | SCREENPLAY | DESIGN | 9. 🔺 The Breadwinner $11k on 9 screens (cum. $271k) REVIEW | ANIMATED NOMINEE |
| 10. Paddington 2 $3.1 (cum. $36.3) REVIEW | 10. 🔺 24 Frames $8k on 1 screen NEW |
🔺 = new or expanding its theater count numbers (in millions unless otherwise noted) from box office mojo |
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What did you see this weekend?
Reader Comments (25)
Wasn't sure what to see since I saw all BP nominees already. Last-minute decision to see A FANTASTIC WOMAN and I'm so happy I did. So very good and Daniela Vega is exquisite.
I saw Phantom Thread, which is pretty to look at but is very tedious and monotonous. Thank God for Lesley Manville who saves the picture.
This makes me very happy in dark times: Steven Spielberg's The Post brought in an estimated $5.2 million, bringing its domestic cume to $67 million. Additionally, the film added $11 million internationally, which brings its worldwide cume to $107.3 million.
We saw Jumanji in a tiny theatre crowded with pre-teens. They said the lines along with the actors. It actually made it more fun, seeing the movie with its target audience.
I've also seen The Greatest Showman. Most people I've talked to who have seen it said they really liked it, and that someone who had seen it before took them.
My hypothesis is that many people don't realize what a great entertainer Hugh Jackman is (they think of him only as Wolverine) and so their first viewing of his greater range of talents makes a great impression. Part of Jackman's professional generosity is that co-stars also get a chance to shine.
The Shape of Water, definitely a towering achievement from Guillermito.
Molly’s Game. I think the story was interesting but I’m not sure they pulled off the moral sainthood of the title character or the father-daughter dynamic. That scene between them late in the film was just all over the place. Always happy to see Chastain in a meaty role, though.
PHANTOM THREAD and a couple of classics (though many decades apart) - THE PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY VIII with Charles Laughton (and a wonderful Elsa Lanchester as Anne of Cleves), and Carlos Saura's 1999 masterpiece GOYA IN BORDEAUX (this is what a movie that bases itself around the works of a famous painter should be like - take note LOVING VINCENT)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, which is possibly the most repugnant POS I'll see all year. About halfway through the movie I had to contain every impulse to get up, leave, and never go back because that's how ugly, vulgar, and egregious it is. That a film can say so much without saying anything at all is beyond me. It trades on the pain of black people without exploring what that pain means TO THEM. It dips into the wells of toxic police culture only to give that very real problem sitcom treatment. The main characters are redeemed (and I do use that term loosely) only through external factors like death, loss, and sickness, but almost every character in the movie is a garbage person. Precisely with whom is the audience supposed to sympathize?
Sam Rockwell is awful, and if he wins the Oscar, the whole telecast should be thrown in the trash. Obviously, the terrible writing does him no favors, but for God's sake, when you're given a flat character, ADD NUANCE. Instead he plays every obvious beat to the hilt. Frances McDormand does what Frances McDormand does for better or worse, but I don't think her win would bother me nearly as much.
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women-- while I had some issues with the structure (the scenes with Connie Britton felt a little unnecessary), I thought Rebecca Hall was fantastic. I wish her performance had received more attention.
I decided to stream I, Olga Hepnarova, on the recommendation of John Waters (#2 for 2017). It's a true story, and Michalina Olszanska is tremendous as the sullen lesbian who one day took a truck and ran over 20 people in Prague, killing 8. She was the last woman executed in Czechoslovakia. The movie is very austere and powerful. The main problem was the subtitles, which were on a couple second delay for some reason. This wasn't so bad except for rapid dialogues, when it became really confusing as to who was saying what.
Finally caught up with Battle of the Sexes, which I liked quite a bit. Why wasn't Emma Stone even considered for BA? What Frances and Meryl do in their respective films is great, but normal for them. What Emma does as Billie Jean King in terms of physicality is amazing. What Billie Jean did for women and for tennis, and what she continues to do is also extraordinary. This film needed more publicity.
Also, Andrea Riseborough is fantastic. I just rewatched National Treasure again; her performance as the messed up daughter brought me to tears.
Re The Greatest Showman, thrilled that NBC promos for Winter Olympics are using This is Me for the theme song.
Though, my fav song from the musical is Michelle Williams' lovely rendition of Tightrope--an actor who can sing slays me more emotionally some times than a singer who can act.
I saw The Insult, which was not particularly good. The twist with the lawyers I was afraid that my eyes may never return they had rolled back so far in my head.
Dinner at Eight I saw as well, and that was wonderful. Like a slightly more somber Grand Hotel.
Saw I,Tonya and loved it... Robbie would be my choice for BA and I have seen all 5.
Also. agree with Tom Ford about Phantom Thread.
Also, saw Winchester *( mainly because I was born in San Jose, Ca. and grew up there.. That is where the "house" is and it is a big tourist attraction. Sad to say, the movie was horrible.
So many talented people involved, so little results!!
The Cloverfield Paradox. It's a mish mash of other sci-fi space films we have seen before. It's got an impressive cast but they are underutilized by a tired and clichéd story.
Saw the insult. It was terrible. Bad premise followed by bombast. And an appalling score.
Saw The Wound - really fascinating culture, story and characters. It felt like a really well-shot documentary.
Also saw God's Own Country. Holy crap. Now I get why people compare CMBYN unfavorably to this movie. Ultimately I think CMBYN is a superior movie, but GOC has a lot going for it, not the least of which are those almost porn-ish sex scenes (but not gratuitous - they tell us a lot about those men, their relationship to sex and to each other, and how that evolves over time) and an easier ending.
Re The Greatest Showman, thrilled that NBC promos for Winter Olympics are using This is Me for the theme song.
I noticed and pointed this out last night as well during the Super Bowl. And apparently they'll be using it throughout the Olympics. It's a VERY smart move actually. It only raises the song's awareness which would not only help the movie with box office but the song to win its Oscar nomination. It was already the front-runner, but this can't hurt.
Part of Jackman's professional generosity is that co-stars also get a chance to shine.
The fact that the movie ONLY submitted one song which doesn't feature Jackman (or even Efron/Zendaya/Williams) for Oscars is a bit of playing the game, but also speaks highly of Jackman and the others putting their ego aside to help the film. It's paying off.
Hey Troy, tell us what you really think! ;-) But I sort of agree, though not as strongly. The buzz/award Three Billboards has received is baffling to me.
This weekend I saw three movies on DVD, and I liked all three: The Big Sick, Atomic Blonde, and Baby Driver. The one that will probably stick with me the longest is The Big Sick, though the room probably liked Baby Driver the most.
Watched a parade of Oscar nominees/winners — on Columbo. Gena Rowlands, Lesley Warren (I wonder why she added “Ann” afterwards), Celeste Holm, Ruth Gordon, and Anne Baxter. An Actresssexual’s dream!
I remember last year when i hoped Greatest Showman would be a great picture with big award appeal .... Then i saw it and i thought it was reaaaally bad (espacially the direction and the auto-tune). But as bad a musical can be, it's still a musical so i still take some pleasure watching it. And i'm really happy about its healthy box-office, because this means we could have more original musicals in the years to come .... But please make them better and hire REAL directors to do those !!!
One more thing : this third Cloverfield movie coming out of nowhere looks everything like "LIFE" which already looked a LOT like Alien. So what's the point ?
I saw A Fantastic Woman and.... I really hate to be so obvious, but it truly was fantastic. Daniela Vega is absolutely incredible in it and I hope we see a lot more from her. I liked it so much more than Gloria, which kind of buckled under all the hype for me. This totally lived up to the hype though.
And you just KNOW Laverne Cox is trying to snatch up the remake rights in an effort to get that de-glam Oscar!
I saw "Call Me By Your Name" twice- yes I loved it that much- a must see on the BIG SCREEN for the Italian scenery alone.
I really don't understand all the praise for " Phantom Thread" I did not hated but I thought it was highly over rated like a Hitchcok film in which someone had removed all the thrills- and I really did not buy this girl as neither a muse or a sexual obsession.
Watched MOLLY’S GAME which I liked. Glad to see Jessica Chastain getting these meaty roles, while I kinda expected more from Idris Elba. And whoa, did not know Michael Cera was in it.