Box Office

[Dejana]

Huge weekend for Jurassic World, and the final numbers on Monday may put it above The Avengers' opening weekend ($207.4M) for the record. Jurassic Park ($50.2M) and The Lost World ($72.1M) both set opening weekend records when they were first released, too.

 

June 12–14, 2015 Estimates:

 

1 (N) Jurassic World  $204,596,380 | 4,274 Theaters | $47,870 Avg. | $204,596,380
2 (1) Spy  $16,000,000 | 3,715 Theaters | $4,307 Avg. | $56,937,244

3 (2) San Andreas  $11,010,000 | 3,535 Theaters | $3,115 Avg. | $119,320,914
4 (3) Insidious Chapter 3  $7,300,000 | 3,014 Theaters | $2,422 Avg. | $37,370,581

5 (6) Pitch Perfect 2  $5,969,710 | 2,677 Theaters | $2,230 Avg. | $170,685,395
6 (4) Entourage  $4,340,000 | 3,108 Theaters | $1,396 Avg. | $25,870,472
7 (5) Mad Max: Fury Road  $4,130,000 | 2,234 Theaters | $1,849 Avg. | $138,607,827
8 (8) The Avengers: Age of Ultron  $3,641,000 | 2,156 Theaters | $1,689 Avg. | $444,743,218
9 (7) Tomorrowland  $3,417,000 | 2,540 Theaters | $1,345 Avg. | $83,607,413
10 (11) Love & Mercy  $1,766,000 | 573 Theaters | $3,082 Avg. | $4,774,611

 

Aloha  $960,000 | 1,423 Theaters | $675 Avg. | $18,960,000

Far from the Madding Crowd  $435,000 | 366 Theaters | $1,189 Avg. | $10,753,000

Cinderella  $270,000 | 270 Theaters | $1,000 Avg. | $199,288,212 (so close, Summer + Pixar opener next week = $200M)

The Divergent Series: Insurgent  $180,000 | 217 Theaters | $829 Avg. | $129,576,250

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl  $210,000 | 15 Theaters | $14,000 Avg. | $210,000

 

Global Totals:

 

FURIOUS 7: $1.160B Overseas Total | $1.511B Global Total

AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON: $917.2M Overseas Total | $1.3619B Global Total

JURASSIC WORLD: $307.2M Overseas Total | $511.8M Global Total

PITCH PERFECT 2: $91.2M Overseas Total | $261.9M Global Total

TOMORROWLAND: $102.9M Overseas Total | $186.508M Global Total

[xaxat]

Would anyone happen to know how Fury Road rates compared to other R rated movies?

[AimingforYoko]

It's #50 right now.

[Skyline]

I hope Jurassic World surpasses Avengers when the actuals come in tomorrow.

[Dejana]

The final number for Jurassic World comes in at $208.8 million, enough for the new opening weekend record. Box office experts thought Universal was predicting too high of a drop on Sunday and that turned out to be the case. It also has a record for the biggest worldwide OW ever, besting the Deathly Hallows Part 2. How high can JW go? The summer weekdays will give it a huge boost.

Edited June 15, 2015 by Dejana

[methodwriter85]

I thought a lot of people had mixed reactions to it, but you never know.

 

I work at a movie theater, and on Sunday it was still pretty crowded, moreso than a usual Sunday. I'm not surprised there wasn't as big as a drop-off as there usually is for Sundays.

[Trini]

The final number for Jurassic World comes in at $208.8 million, enough for the new opening weekend record.

Man, they're never going to break away from sequels/reboots/remakes now, are they?

[King of Birds]

Man, they're never going to break away from sequels/reboots/remakes now, are they?

Nope. And isn't it a bummer? But if that many people (sheeple?) show up and plunk down their dough, should they change?

(Yes they should)

 

What's crazier, is they probably wish they could get their paws on all the popcorn money theaters made over the weekend too.

[Dejana]

Jurassic World surpasses the $250 million mark in 5 days. Marvel Studios congratulated JW for claiming the opening weekend record in the grand tradition of Steven Spielberg and George Lucas.

Edited June 17, 2015 by Dejana

[methodwriter85]

It's a kind of a shame that Jurassic World has basically overshadowed any other movie coming out right now. Spy deserves way more buzz than its getting. At least it's on pace to make back its production budget soon.

[xaxat]

Fifa's United Passions confirmed as lowest-grossing film in US history

 

Frederic Auburtin’s £17m drama made just $918 from 10 cinemas last weekend and has now been pulled from screens by its distributor

 

FIFA Movie Director Breaks Silence on Bomb: "It's a Disaster; My Name Is All Over [This Mess]

 

 

In his first interview since the disastrous U.S. opening, French director Frederic Auburtin tells THR he tried to strike a balance between "a Disney propaganda film [and] a Costa-Gavras/Michael Moore movie," but the project ultimately tipped in FIFA's favor. "Now I'm seen as bad as the guy who brought AIDS to Africa or the guy who caused the financial crisis. My name is all over [this mess]," the director laments, "and apparently I am a propaganda guy making films for corrupt people."

[Dejana]

Fifa's United Passions confirmed as lowest-grossing film in US history

 

Frederic Auburtin’s £17m drama made just $918 from 10 cinemas last weekend and has now been pulled from screens by its distributor

 

I thought it was Zyzzyx Road (total gross: $30) but it was only released in 1 theater, while United Passions is the lowest grossing movie to be released in at least 10 theaters. Ignoble achievements, both!

[Dejana]

Jurassic World is a little more than $1 million under the all-time second weekend record (currently The Avengers at $103,052,274). Fathers' Day tends to be good to action movies, so the final number just may go up. Inside Out takes the record for best opening weekend to miss #1, replacing The Day After Tomorrow at $68.7 million. It was blocked by the second weekend of Shrek 2.

 

June 19–24, 2015 Estimates:

 

1 (1) Jurassic World  $102,019,000 | 4,291 Theaters | $23,775 Avg. | $398,230,000 
2 (N) Inside Out  $91,056,000 | 3,946 Theaters | $23,076 Avg. | $91,056,000
3 (2) Spy  $10,500,000 | 3,558 Theaters | $2,951 Avg. | $74,374,000
4 (3) San Andreas  $8,240,000 | 3,177 Theaters | $2,594 Avg. | $132,229,000
5 (N) Dope  $6,018,000 | 2,002 Theaters | $3,006 Avg. | $6,018,000
6 (4) Insidious Chapter 3  $4,110,000 | 2,553 Theaters | $1,610 Avg. | $45,370,000
7 (5) Pitch Perfect 2  $3,300,000 | 2,146 Theaters | $1,538 Avg. | $177,500,000
8 (7) Mad Max: Fury Road  $2,815,000 | 1,424 Theaters | $1,977 Avg. | $143,602,000
9 (8) Avengers: Age of Ultron  $2,723,000 | 1,662 Theaters | $1,638 Avg. | $451,039,000
10 (9) Tomorrowland  $2,009,000 | 1,764 Theaters | $1,139 Avg. | $87,696,000

 

Entourage  $1,900,000 | 1,304 Theaters | $1,457 Avg. | $29,610,000

Love & Mercy  $1,695,000 | 792 Theaters | $2,140 Avg. | $7,151,000

I'll See You In My Dreams  $674,000 | 287 Theaters | $2,348 Avg. | $4,048,000

ABCD (Any Body Can Dance) 2  $444,000 | 146 Theaters | $3,041 Avg. | $444,000 (yes, there was a first one)

Cinderella  $353,000 | 275 Theaters | $1,284 Avg. | $199,841,000 (nearly there)

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl  $352,000 | 68 Theaters | $5,176 Avg. | $645,000

 

Global Totals:

 

AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON: $918.4M Overseas Total | $1.367B Global Total

JURASSIC WORLD: $583.1M Overseas Total | $981.3M Global Total

SAN ANDREAS: $282M Overseas Total | $414.2M Global Total

HOME: $206.39M Overseas Total | $380.5M Global Total

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD: $202.5M Overseas Total | $346.1M Global Total

 

THE DIVERGENT SERIES: INSURGENT: $154.74M Overseas Total | $284.55M Global Total

PITCH PERFECT 2: $94.5M Overseas Total | $272M Global Total

TOMORROWLAND: $108.3M Overseas Total | $195.996M Global Total

SPY: $95.01M Overseas Total | $170.39M Global Total

INSIDE OUT: $41.0M Overseas Total | $132.056M Global Total

 

POLTERGEIST: $31.06M Overseas Total | $77.75M Global Total

INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 3: $32.2M Overseas Total | $77.6M Global Total

THE LONGEST RIDE: $23.68M Overseas Total | $61.07M Global Total

DRAGON BALL Z: RESURRECTION F: $37.9M Overseas Total

MINIONS: $12.3M Overseas Total | $12.3M Global Total

Edited June 21, 2015 by Dejana

[AimingforYoko]

Bad news for Pixar: Inside Out did not open at #1.

Good news for Pixar: Inside Out's $91m solidly beat expectations and is the best #2 opening ever.

[methodwriter85]

This was a pretty damn good summer box office weekend in general. My movie theater ran out of like everything.

[Dejana]

This was a pretty damn good summer box office weekend in general. My movie theater ran out of like everything.

 

It really shows that the overall weak box office last year was down to the level of interest the general public had in 2014's slate. There was just one 2014 movie get to $350 million, barely, and it made most of its money earlier this year (American Sniper). This year there are already three, plus the latest Star Wars and the last Hunger Games movie are good bets to join the list. 

 

The actual numbers give Jurassic World the highest second weekend ever, with $106,588,440. It's made $402.8M in ten days. It's going to get much closer to Jurassic Park in admissions than anyone ever would have guessed this time two weeks ago.

[Ankai]

Didn't Inside Out also get the highest opening numbers for Pixar aside from Toy Story 3? 

[caracas1914]

Yup: Plus highest opening for a non sequel non franchise Pixar film.

[methodwriter85]

Spy is holding up really well. I hope it can hit 100 million...it should a least surpass Tammy, which was 84 million.

[Trini]

EoT?

[dusang]

The worst case scenario is that EoT fails and that turns studios off of original Science fiction entirely. This will only hasten the system's inevitable collapse, since there is only so far you can reboot Spider-Man, exploit more and more obscure Marvel properties, and make sequels of sequels of sequels before you hit fatigue and diminishing returns.

 

EoT?

 

What Trini said.

[Dejana]

Spy is holding up really well. I hope it can hit 100 million...it should a least surpass Tammy, which was 84 million.

 

Memorial Day weekend could have used Spy and that would've been one more weekend away from Jurassic World. I also think the reaction to Tammy caught up with McCarthy and hurt her next big comedy, but Spy will restore some goodwill. Summer weekdays will help the quest for $100 million, though Ted 2 will take screens and offer competition.

 

EoT?

 

Edge of Tomorrow, last summer's sci-fi with Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt? It was out of theaters a while ago, obviously.

Edited June 24, 2015 by Dejana

[dusang]

Edge of Tomorrow, last summer's sci-fi with Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt? It was out of theaters a while ago, obviously.

 

That was my guess too, but in context of emmastone's comment that makes no sense, since the success or failure of Edge of Tomorrow is long-since determined.

[methodwriter85]

Memorial Day weekend could have used Spy and that would've been one more weekend away from Jurassic World. I also think the reaction to Tammy caught up with McCarthy and hurt her next big comedy, but Spy will restore some goodwill. Summer weekdays will help the quest for $100 million, though Ted 2 will take screens and offer competition.

 

That the move dropped only 28 percent in its third weekend is pretty promising...I think the movie will have some decent legs.

Edited June 24, 2015 by methodwriter85

[absnow54]

That was my guess too, but in context of emmastone's comment that makes no sense, since the success or failure of Edge of Tomorrow is long-since determined.

I've noticed in a bunch of threads that really old posts are popping up again as new.

[Trini]

To me, a really interesting contest is next week's premiere of Magic Mike XXL and Terminator: Genisys. On one hand, MM made less than the last Terminator film and its rated 'R', but the sequel seems poised to make more than the first by heavily marketing to its female target demo. Genisys is targeting males with action and Schwarzenegger, but Ahhnold and the Terminator brands aren't what they used to be. It also doesn't have any proven mega-moneymaking stars.

 

Does MMXXL have a chance to beat Genisys? I can't wait to see the headline puns if that happens.

Edited June 26, 2015 by Trini

[Ohwell]

Well, this is one female who will be sitting in the theater with a big ol' box of popcorn watching Magic Mike  I can't wait.  O.M.G.

[Dejana]

If the estimates hold, Inside Out may end up becoming the top movie never to hit #1 for the weekend. The current champ is My Big Fat Greek Wedding at $241 million. Jurassic World also hits another major milestone.

 

June 26–26, 2015 Estimates:

 

1 (1) Jurassic World  $54,200,000 | 4,198 Theaters | $12,911 Avg. | $500,100,000 
2 (2) Inside Out  $52,128,000 | 4,132 Theaters | $12,616 Avg. | $184,945,000
3 (N) Ted 2  $33,000,000 | 3,442 Theaters | $9,587 Avg. | $33,000,000 
4 (N) Max  $12,210,000 | 2,855 Theaters | $4,277 Avg. | $12,210,000 
5 (3) Spy  $7,800,000 | 3,194 Theaters | $2,442 Avg. | $88,351,000
6 (4) San Andreas  $5,275,000 | 2,620 Theaters | $2,013 Avg. | $141,871,000 
7 (5) Dope  $2,862,000 | 1,851 Theaters | $1,546 Avg. | $11,776,000
8 (6) Insidious Chapter 3  $2,025,000 | 1,612 Theaters | $1,256 Avg. | $49,816,000 
9 (8) Mad Max: Fury Road  $1,735,000 | 961 Theaters | $1,805 Avg. | $147,078,000
10 (9) Avengers: Age of Ultron  $1,643,000 | 1,097 Theaters | $1,498 Avg. | $452,428,000

 

Pitch Perfect 2  $1,400,000 | 1,061 Theaters | $1,320 Avg. | $180,994,000

Love & Mercy  $1,310,000 | 724 Theaters | $1,809 Avg. | $9,293,000

Tomorrowland  $965,000 | 714 Theaters | $1,352 Avg. | $90,078,000

I'll See You In My Dreams  $582,000 | 290 Theaters | $2,007 Avg. | $5,001,000

Home  $410,000 | 275 Theaters | $1,491 Avg. | $174,755,000

Cinderella  $280,000 | 235 Theaters | $1,191 Avg. | $200,306,000

 

Global Totals:

 

AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON: $919.1M Overseas Total | $1.3715B Global Total

JURASSIC WORLD: $737.5M Overseas Total | $1.238B Global Total

SAN ANDREAS: $297.8M Overseas Total | $439.67M Global Total

MAD MAX FURY ROAD: $209.3M Overseas Total | $356.37M Global Total

 

PITCH PERFECT 2: $95.8M Overseas Total | $276.8M Global Total

INSIDE OUT: $81.5M Overseas Total | $266.4M Global Total

TOMORROWLAND: $111.9M Overseas Total | $202.0M Global Total

SPY: $106.56M Overseas Total | $194.91M Global Total

 

POLTERGEIST: $39.4M Overseas Total | $86.4M Global Total

INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 3: $37.0M Overseas Total | $84.8M Global Total

MINIONS: $51.7M Global Total

TED 2: $20.3M Overseas Total | $53.2M Global Total

 

HOT PURSUIT: $11.1M Overseas Total | $45.14M Global Total

DRAGON BALL Z: RESURRECTION F: $44.8M Global Total

ENTOURAGE: $12.3M Overseas Total | $43.7M Global Total

TERMINATOR: GENISYS: $8.3M Global Total

Edited June 30, 2015 by Dejana

[Rick Kitchen]

Any predictions on how The Minion Movie will do?

[Dejana]

Any predictions on how The Minion Movie will do?

 

Here's some tracking info that's about ten days old:

 

The funny little yellow guys of Universal and Illumination Entertainment’s “Minions” are looking at a lot of green — around $85 million to be specific — when they open at the box office on July 10.

[methodwriter85]

There's a TON of interest in the Minion cups that Cinemark was giving out, so I'm not surprised.

[Athena]

Despicable Me made $543 million. The sequel did $970 million. It's a very strong franchise. I think it's going to be the children/family movie of the summer.

[methodwriter85]

Wow, I didn't think Terminator was going to be huge, but I didn't know it would be THAT huge of a flop:

 

Terminator Continues To Self-Terminate

 

42 million over a long weekend would be fine if the budget wasn't 155 million.

 

Can they FINALLY let go of the franchise, or consider actually going back to the R-rated format that served the movies so well?

 

This is going to get beaten by two movies that have been out for three weeks.That's pretty bad.

Edited July 5, 2015 by methodwriter85

[AimingforYoko]

I'm actually a little disappointed Inside Out is going to win the weekend. I wanted it to set the record for biggest gross while never finishing #1.

[methodwriter85]

Yeah. It was so close to taking that away from My Big Fat Greek Wedding, too. That record has stood for 12 years now.

[Dejana]

Estimates have less than $1 million separating the Top 2 and placing could change with the final numbers. It's not common though it did just happen less than a year ago. Box Office Mojo continues to fail (the site's still up, but majorly error-riddled) so here are the weekend numbers from The Numbers:

 

1 (1) Jurassic World  $30,942,360 | 3,737 Theaters | $8,280 Avg. | $558,167,275 
2 (2) Inside Out  $30,105,000 | 4,158 Theaters | $7,240 Avg. | $246,160,932
3 (N) Terminator: Genisys  $28,700,000 | 3,758 Theaters | $7,637 Avg. | $44,130,404
4 (N) Magic Mike XXL  $12,040,000 | 3,355 Theaters | $3,589 Avg. | $27,071,397
5 (3) Ted 2  $11,016,360 | 3,448 Theaters | $3,195 Avg. | $58,311,050
6 (4) Max  $7,000,000 | 2,870 Theaters | $2,439 Avg. | $25,753,607
7 (5) Spy  $5,500,000 | 2,387 Theaters | $2,304 Avg. | $97,896,059
8 (6) San Andreas  $3,000,000 | 1,672 Theaters | $1,794 Avg. | $147,368,269
9 (14) Me and Earl and the Dying Girl  $1,320,000 | 870 Theaters | $1,517 Avg. | $4,004,245
10 (7) Dope  $1,098,338 | 863 Theaters | $1,273 Avg. | $14,104,610

 

Love & Mercy  $726,000 | 444 Theaters | $1,635 Avg. | $10,513,815

Faith of Our Fathers  $432,505 | 344 Theaters | $1,257 Avg. | $621,296

Amy  $222,015 | 6 Theaters | $37,003 Avg. | $222,015

Far from the Madding Crowd  $130,000 | 105 Theaters | $1,238 Avg. | $11,849,821

A Little Chaos  $126,000 | 87 Theaters | $1,448 Avg. | $395,753

Insurgent  $70,000 | 124 Theaters | $565 Avg. | $130,131,047

 

Global Totals:

 

JURASSIC WORLD: $826.9M Overseas Total | $1.385B Global Total

AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON: $929.3M Overseas Total | $1.384B Global Total

INSIDE OUT: $117.3M Overseas Total | $363.46M Global Total

SPY: $112.78M Overseas Total | $210M Global Total

TERMINATOR: GENISYS: $85.5M Overseas Total | $129.66M Global Total

MINIONS: $124.2M Global Total

 

TED 2: $36M Overseas Total | $94.3M Global Total

INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 3: $42.1M Overseas Total | $93.3M Global Total

POLTERGEIST: $45.08M Overseas Total | $92.15M Global Total

DRAGON BALL Z: RESURRECTION F: $49.05M Global Total

FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD: $13.97M Overseas Total | $25.8M Global Total

[methodwriter85]

Magic Mike is lucky that Channing Tatum knows how to do a movie on-budget and profitable.

 

Also...hmm, looks like Inside Out just might take that title from My Big Fat Greek Wedding after all!

Edited July 5, 2015 by methodwriter85

[xaxat]

Wow, I didn't think Terminator was going to be huge, but I didn't know it would be THAT huge of a flop:

 

Terminator Continues To Self-Terminate

 

42 million over a long weekend would be fine if the budget wasn't 155 million.

 

Can they FINALLY let go of the franchise, or consider actually going back to the R-rated format that served the movies so well?

 

Hopefully the studio realizes that Arnold is done in this role. That would allow them to have a truly fresh start. Any time I saw young Arnold in the trailers, it kind of slipped into uncanny valley because I knew that footage was decades old/CGI.

[Dejana]

Inside Out finished at #1 with the final numbers: $29.7M for IO and $29.2M for Jurassic World. My Big Fat Greek Wedding lives another day!

[Dejana]

July 10–12, 2015 Estimates:

 

1 (N) Minions  $115,202,285 | 4,301 Theaters | $26,785 Avg. | $115,202,285
2 (2) Jurassic World  $18,116,865 | 3,441 Theaters | $5,265 Avg. | $590,655,185
3 (1) Inside Out  $17,108,000 | 3,644 Theaters | $4,695 Avg. | $283,638,304
4 (3) Terminator: Genisys  $13,700,000 | 3,783 Theaters | $3,621 Avg. | $68,717,741
5 (N) The Gallows  $10,015,000 | 2,720 Theaters | $3,682 Avg. | $10,015,000

 

6 (4) Magic Mike XXL  $9,640,000 | 3,355 Theaters | $2,873 Avg. | $48,358,829
7 (5) Ted 2  $5,557,760 | 2,171 Theaters | $2,560 Avg. | $71,576,345
8 (N) Self/Less  $5,379,000 | 2,353 Theaters | $2,286 Avg. | $5,379,000
9 (6) Max  $3,420,000 | 2,088 Theaters | $1,638 Avg. | $33,704,195
10 (N) Baahubali: The Beginning  $3,250,000 | 236 Theaters | $13,771 Avg. | $3,250,000

 

11 (7) Spy  $3,000,000 | 1,457 Theaters | $2,059 Avg. | $103,463,523
12 (22) Amy  $1,780,457 | 341 Theaters | $5,221 Avg. | $2,121,253
13 (8) San Andreas  $1,210,000 | 756 Theaters | $1,601 Avg. | $150,000,875
14 (9) Me and Earl and the Dying Girl  $665,000 | 570 Theaters | $1,167 Avg. | $5,545,790
15 (10) Dope  $622,390 | 380 Theaters | $1,638 Avg. | $15,477,614

 

Mad Max: Fury Road  $615,000 | 338 Theaters | $1,820 Avg. | $150,251,047

The Avengers: Age of Ultron  $439,000 | 338 Theaters | $1,299 Avg. | $455,222,083

I'll See You In My Dreams  $354,000 | 212 Theaters | $1,670 Avg. | $6,453,000

Testament of Youth  $182,014 | 91 Theaters | $2,000 Avg. | $1,182,962

Far from the Madding Crowd  $90,000 | 98 Theaters | $918 Avg. | $12,006,215

 

Global Totals:

 

JURASSIC WORLD: $875.2M Overseas Total | $1.466B Global Total

AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON: $933.3M Overseas Total | $1.388B Global Total

INSIDE OUT: $151.8M Overseas Total | $435.4M Global Total

MINIONS: $280.5M Overseas Total | $395.7M Global Total

 

PITCH PERFECT 2: $96.8M Overseas Total | $279.9M Global Total

TERMINATOR: GENISYS: $156.1M Overseas Total | $224.8M Global Total

SPY: $116.4M Overseas Total | $219.9M Global Total

TED 2: $53.2M Overseas Total | $124.8M Global Total

MAGIC MIKE XXL: $20.5M Overseas Total | $68.8M Global Total

[xaxat]

Is Terminator going to make enough money overseas that the studio can pretend it was a success?

 

Inside Out finished at #1 with the final numbers: $29.7M for IO and $29.2M for Jurassic World. My Big Fat Greek Wedding lives another day!

 

I wonder if some of the people at Pixar wanted the notoriety that record. The movie was a success regardless of what the weekend was.

[methodwriter85]

Me and Earl is not doing that well. What a shame. It looks like it's going to do about as well as The Spectacular Now did.

[Dejana]

Is Terminator going to make enough money overseas that the studio can pretend it was a success?

 

 

I wonder if some of the people at Pixar wanted the notoriety that record. The movie was a success regardless of what the weekend was.

 

Probably not a success but maybe not an abject failure, either. It has a lower budget than Terminator: Salvation and if it makes more globally, they can always point to that as a positive, without dwelling on the fact that bringing back Arnold was supposed to draw in some of the audience who'd abandoned the franchise theatrically.

 

The never #1 record tends to last longer but Pixar can still say all of their movies have gone #1 at the box office. I think the never #1  is such a memorable record because MBFGW was such an unlikely success story. Before that it looks to have been Dances With Wolves, whose reputation has fallen off since its glory days, but it was an acclaimed Best Picture winner at the time.

[Dejana]

July 17–19, 2015 Estimates:

 

1 (N) Ant-Man  $58,040,000 | 3,856 Theaters | $15,052 Avg. | $58,040,000
2 (1) Minions  $50,244,705 | 4,311 Theaters | $11,655 Avg. | $216,736,415
3 (N) Trainwreck  $30,237,850 | 3,158 Theaters | $9,575 Avg. | $30,237,850
4 (3) Inside Out  $11,660,000 | 3,263 Theaters | $3,573 Avg. | $306,362,966
5 (2) Jurassic World  $11,361,465 | 3,117 Theaters | $3,645 Avg. | $611,135,300
6 (4) Terminator: Genisys  $5,400,000 | 2,814 Theaters | $1,919 Avg. | $80,640,125
7 (6) Magic Mike XXL  $4,500,000 | 2,577 Theaters | $1,746 Avg. | $58,635,964
8 (5) The Gallows  $4,005,000 | 2,720 Theaters | $1,472 Avg. | $18,006,588
9 (7) Ted 2  $2,705,490 | 1,582 Theaters | $1,710 Avg. | $77,462,350
10 (N) Mr. Holmes  $2,489,000 | 363 Theaters | $6,857 Avg. | $2,489,000

 

Bajrangi Bhaijaan  $2,400,000 | 256 Theaters | $9,375 Avg. | $2,400,000

Self/Less  $2,292,000 | 2,353 Theaters | $974 Avg. | $10,355,157

Baahubali: The Beginning  $1,405,000 | 210 Theaters | $6,690 Avg. | $6,498,000

Amy  $1,097,940 | 435 Theaters | $2,524 Avg. | $4,165,237

Irrational Man  $188,115 | 5 Theaters | $37,623 Avg. | $188,115

 

Global Totals:

 

JURASSIC WORLD: $902.3M Overseas Total | $1.513B Global Total

AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON: $937.5M Overseas Total | $1.394B Global Total

MINIONS: $409.1M Overseas Total | $625.8M Global Total

INSIDE OUT: $183.8M Overseas Total | $490.163M Global Total

PITCH PERFECT 2: $96.9M Overseas Total | $280.4M Global Total

 

TERMINATOR: GENISYS: $196.8M Overseas Total | $277.44M Global Total

SPY: $120.07M Overseas Total | $226.66M Global Total

TED 2: $66M Overseas Total | $143.4M Global Total

ANT-MAN: $56.4M Overseas Total | $114.4M Global Total

MAGIC MIKE XXL: $31M Overseas Total | $89.63M Global Total

PAPER TOWNS: $6.73M Overseas Total

[xaxat]

Is $58 million a disappointing open for a Marvel super hero movie?

[Dejana]

Most analysts were predicting at least $60 million but I'd say the number is more on the low end of expectations than outright disappointing. Here's the Disney spin:
 

Executives at Disney, Marvel’s parent company, admitted that they would have liked a bigger number, but tried to accentuate the positive, noting that Ant-Man was, in their words, “an obscure character.”

 

The film, which is noticeably lighter in tone, was intended to bring in younger audiences, Disney distribution chief Dave Hollis argued.

 

“We were able to successfully launch a new character and to do so in a way that expands the audience of who is coming to see our movies,” he said. “In the long run, that’s of overwhelming value.

 

I'm sure they would have loved another Guardians of the Galaxy-style breakout, but were probably realistic enough not to expect Ant-Man to do that well.

Edited July 19, 2015 by Dejana

[Rick Kitchen]

Man, Ryan Reynolds movies don't make anything at all, do they?

[ribboninthesky1]

He does seem to be box-office poison nowadays, but I think the bigger issue is that Self/Less isn't the type of film that's popular right now.  If it doesn't lure the kiddies or the family to the theater, not much luck.  It may do better once it hits Netflix or Amazon. He may get his mojo back with Deadpool.   

 

Not sure what the projections were for Trainwreck, but it seems to have held its own. 

[blixie]

Trainwreck was tracking at 20 mil so it over performed. I saw it  at a Sunday twilight that was a sell out.

Edited July 20, 2015 by blixie

[AshleyN]

Trainwreck was tracking at 20 mil so it over performed. I saw it  at a Sunday twilight that was a sell out.

I not exactly an expert on box office numbers, but that's an impressive opening for an original comedy starring two very untested box-office draws, no? And the strong reviews and word of mouth should give it pretty good legs too.

 

I have to admit, I was curious whether Amy Schumer's recent explosion would translate into box office dollars, or if she'd turn out to be another case of someone more "internet famous" than "really famous". But it looks like she just might be the real deal (I know Apatow's name being attached probably played a part too, but that hasn't been as big a boon in recent years as it was in the past).

Edited July 20, 2015 by AshleyN