Jon Favreau's The Jungle Book scored the ninth largest opening in Disney's history with a $103.2 million debut. It's the largest opening for stars Bill Murray and Christopher Walken and the best "not Marvel" opening for Idris Elba, Ben Kingsley, and Scarlett Johansson. That opening is also fifth best for a PG-rated film and the second best for the month of April behind Furious 7 ($147.1 million).
With a 94% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes and an "A" from polled audiences via CinemaScore, the film is set for the storm that is The Huntsman Winter's War and, mostly, Captain America: Civil War. With foreign markets just getting started with $189.9 million, The Jungle Book looks to be another huge hit for Disney (even with a $175 million budget). In total, the film already has $293.1 million worldwide.
Barbershop: The Next Cut opened to $20.2 million. With a budget "around $20 million," the movie's in the clear unless it tanks horribly. That probably won't happen with a solid 92% on Rotten Tomatoes and an "A-" CinemaScore. However, The New Cut fell behind 2004's Barbershop 2: Back in Business ($24.2 million) and 2002's Barbershop ($20.6 million) for the lowest opener of the trilogy.
The Boss earned $9.9 million (-57.8%) in its second weekend. That's a very hard drop for the Melissa McCarthy picture, which has racked up a solid $40.1 million domestically in ten days. With a $29 million budget, Universal has nothing to worry about.
In its fourth weekend, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice made $9.0 million (-61.4%). The superhero mashup is falling quickly, but has already brought in a whopping $311.3 million domestically (49th all time) and $829.3 million worldwide (50th all time).
If Disney knew Zootopia would be such a hit, would they have saved The Jungle Book for a later time to give Zootopia more room? But who could predict the movie would be pulling in $8.1 million (-43.2%) in its seventh weekend for a fresh $307.3 million domestically (53rd all time) and a hot $883.6 million worldwide (40th all time).
Criminal debuted to $5.7 million. The thriller, where an ex-con (Kevin Costner) is embedded with the memories of another CIA agent (Ryan Reynolds) to finish an assignment, was made for $31.5 million. Critics aren't crazy for it (26% on Rotten Tomatoes) and audiences don't care (a "B-" CinemaScore) so it will fall way short of recovering that budget.
The top ten are as follows:
1. The Jungle Book - $103.2 million (NEW)
2. Barbershop: The Next Cut - $20.2 million (NEW)
3. The Boss - $9.9 million (-57.8%)
4. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice - $9.0 million (-61.4%)
5. Zootopia - $8.1 million (-43.2%)
6. Criminal - $5.7 million (NEW)
7. My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 - $3.2 million (-49.7%)
8. Miracles from Heaven - $1.9 million (-58.8%)
9. God's Not Dead 2 - $1.7 million (-59.5%)
10. Eye in the Sky - $1.5 million (-46.4%)
Hardcore Henry brought in a measly $1.4 million (-71.7%) in its second weekend. The flick is essentially already payed off for STX with a measly $8.1 million domestically for $10.2 million worldwide. As long as STX doesn't have any more disappointments like this, all will be well for this exciting new studio.
Demolition gained eight theaters but lost 73.3% of its opening weekend with a lousy $293k second weekend. The amount Fox Searchlight paid for the Jake Gyllenhaal drama is still unknown, but there's not much money in $1.8 million in domestic box office returns.
Next week sees the release of Universal's The Huntsman Winter's War and Bleecker Street's Elvis & Nixon.
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