Boo! A Madea Halloween Scares Up Number One Opening

October 24, 2016 Gaius Bolling Reel Box Office Comments Off on Boo! A Madea Halloween Scares Up Number One Opening

A three year absence from theaters paid off for Tyler Perry and Madea over the weekend. Boo! A Madea Halloween takes the top spot at the box office with $27.6 million. The film is budgeted at $20 million so it’s off to a great start for profitability. Perry’s movies tend to have steep week two drops but with Halloween falling a week from today, the film should hold up decently with the holiday weekend to boost it a bit.

Settling for second place is Jack Reacher: Never Go Back with an estimated $23 million. The sequel actually tops the opening of the first film which came in at $15.2 million. That film came out during the holiday season of 2012 and finished with $80 million due to decent reviews and solid word of mouth. It also killed it internationally with about $138 million overseas. The  sequel comes in with less than stellar reviews (40% rotten on Rotten Tomatoes versus the 62% fresh rating of the original) but with a $60 million budget (same as the first film) and a solid opening overseas ($31 million in several markets) the sequel will be another success for Tom Cruise.

Finishing in third is Ouija: Origin of Evil with $14 million. Some forget this but the original film, released on this weekend two years ago, actually opened at number one with $19.9 million and topped out at $50 million. The film cost $5 million to make so despite horrible reviews (7% rotten on Rotten Tomatoes) the film was a success relative to its small budget. Despite the lower opening, Ouija: Origin of Evil is off to a solid start given the fact that it cost only $9 million and has the best reviews of all the openers this weekend (81% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes). The film should see a decent hold with Halloween coming up as well.

Check out the rest of the Top Ten below:

October 21-23

  1. Boo! A Madea Halloween – $27.6 million
  2. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back – $23 million
  3. Ouija: Origin of Evil – $14.06 million
  4. The Accountant – $14.02 million
  5. The Girl on the Train– $7.2 million
  6. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children– $6 million
  7. Keeping Up With the Joneses – $5.6 million
  8. Kevin Hart: What Now? – $4.1 million
  9. Storks – $4 million
  10. Deepwater Horizon – $3.6 million

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At the age of five, I knew I wanted to write movies and about them. I've set out to make those dreams come true. As an alumni of the Los Angeles Film Academy, I participated in their Screenwriting program, while building up my expertise in film criticism. I write reviews that relate to the average moviegoer by educating my readers and keeping it fun. My job is to let you know the good, the bad, and the ugly in the world of cinema, so you can have your best moviegoing experience. You can find more of my writing on Instagram @g_reelz.
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