“John Wick: Chapter 2,” $15.6 million.Is there a contemporary actor who's as enigmatic, as "out-there," as truly polarizing as Nicolas Cage? It's easy to point to his critical flops as a means of highlighting his manic style of performance (films like The Wicker Man, Ghost Rider, and Left Behind certainly don't do him any favors), but that's completely missing the forest for the trees. “The Lego Batman Movie,” $21.5 million.Ĩ. “xXx: The Return Of Xander Cage,” $27.6 millionĥ. “A Cure for Wellness,” $4.2 million ($4.5 million international).Įstimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at international theaters (excluding the U.S. “La La Land,” $4.5 million ($31.7 million international).ġ0. “Split,” $7 million ($8.9 million international).ĩ. “Hidden Figures,” $7.1 million ($7.3 million international).ħ.
“John Wick: Chapter 2,” $16.5 million ($15.6 million international).Ħ. “The Great Wall,” $18.1 million ($19 million international).Ĥ.
“Fifty Shades Darker,” $21 million ($43.7 million international).ģ. “The Batman Lego Movie,” $34.2 million ($21.5 million international).Ģ. Final four-day domestic figures will be released Tuesday.ġ. Where available, the latest international numbers also are included. and Canadian theaters, according to comScore. On Friday, Fox apologized for using fake news stories to promote the film.Įstimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. The comedy “Fist Fight,” starring Ice Cube and Charlie Day as feuding high-school teachers, opened with $12 million.Īnd Gore Verbinski’s gothic horror “A Cure for Wellness” - his follow-up to the box-office bomb “The Lone Ranger” - made just $4.2 million, a result that won’t help the director’s standing in the industry. Two other new releases, both from 20th Century Fox, also failed to catch on. They don’t necessary care where it came from.” “Just like every movie irrespective of country of origin, reviews matter,” said Dergarabedian. and Canada with $47.4 million, but a $220.8 million hit in China.įilms like “The Great Wall” and “Warcraft,” however, prove that finding the right balance between American and Chinese tastes remains a difficult balancing act.įor Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for comScore, the more significant factor for “The Great Wall” wasn’t its multi-national origins but its Rotten Tomatoes rating: a dismal 36 percent “fresh.” Studios already regularly partner with Chinese film companies on everything from “Transformers: Age of Extinction” to “Warcraft,” a flop in the U.S. More East-West productions like “The Great Wall” are sure to follow.
Universal could still claim four of the top 10 films, the other two being “A Dog’s Purpose” ($5.6 million in its fourth week) and “Split” ($7 million in its fifth week), so far the top film of 2017. “This is absolutely a strategy that’s worldwide,” said Nick Carpou, distribution chief for Universal. It has made $244.6 million overseas and performed over the weekend in North America slightly better than some pundits expected. The film, directed by Zhang Yimou, originated with an idea by Legendary chief executive Thomas Tull, who exited the company last month.īut “The Great Wall” isn’t a bomb. It was produced by Legendary Entertainment, which has since been acquired by Chinese conglomerate Wanda Group. Slammed by critics, “The Great Wall” didn’t measure up to its initial ambitions.