It’s no surprise that The Fate of the Furious easily topped the weekend box office for third weekend in a row but a couple of openers did make a surprising name for themselves but performing stronger than most anticipated.
With an estimated $19.3 million, The Fate of the Furious sees its domestic gross grow to $192.7 million. The bigger story is the film became Universal’s fifth title to top $1 billion worldwide, joining the ranks of Jurassic World ($1.67 billion), Furious 7 ($1.52 billion), Minions ($1.16 billion) and Jurassic Park ($1.04 billion). This weekend the film is estimated to have brought in $68.4 million from 69 markets bringing its international total to $867.6 million. The only new opener this week was Japan where the film delivered an estimated $7.5 million, the largest opening for a Fast film in Japan.
Surprising in second place is Lionsgate’s release of Pantelion’s How to be a Latin Lover starring Eugenio Derbez and Salma Hayek. The film played in just 1,118 theaters and delivered an estimated $12 million for a $10,750 per theater average. This is the largest opening for a Pantelion film to date and the “A” CinemaScore grade from opening day audiences is sure to aid its legs moving forward. Additionally, the film played to an audience that was 55% female, 75% of the overall audience was 25 years or older and 89% were Hispanic.
The surprises continued in third place with the mammoth release of the Tollywood sensation, Baahubali 2: The Conclusion distributed by Great India Films in North America. Playing in a mere 425 theaters the film brought in an estimated $10.1 million, a whopping $23,855 per theater average and nearly three times as much as the opening for the original film. This is the largest opening for an Indian film domestically.
Opening in a disappointing fourth is another new opener. STX’s The Circle, the first film in the studio’s three-year deal with Europacorp, came up light compared to expectations, delivering an estimated $9.3 million from 3,163 theaters. Opening day audiences gave the film a dismal “D+” CinemaScore which doesn’t bode well for legs moving forward. Exit polls show 62% of the opening weekend audience for the film was female and 44% was between the ages of 18 and 34. While the budget was a reported $18 million for the feature, Europacorp acquired the title for $8 million.
Check out the full top ten results below:
April 28-30, 2017
- The Fate of the Furious– $19.3 million
- How to be a Latin Lover– $12 million
- Baahubali 2: The Conclusion– $10.1 million
- The Circle– $9.3 million
- The Boss Baby– $9 million
- Beauty and the Beast– $6.4 million
- Going in Style– $3.5 million
- Smurfs: The Lost Village– $3.31 million
- Gifted – $3.3 million
- Unforgettable– $2.3 million
