Logan Gives Hugh Jackman A Number One Send Off

March 6, 2017 Gaius Bolling Reel Box Office Comments Off on Logan Gives Hugh Jackman A Number One Send Off

Hugh Jackman’s last hurrah as Wolverine dominated the weekend box office with an impressive $85.3 million opening.

Some estimates have it coming in even higher with about $87 million but we won’t have confirmation until the final results are in. Opening on 4,071 screens,  Logan represented the widest release of any R-rated film. The closest thing to that count is 2015’s Spy, the Melissa McCarty, Paul Feig-directed film, which debuted on 3,711 screens, a full 360 fewer. That June release made $7,838 per screen for a not-spectacular $29 million three-day take. Logan, on the other hand, hauled in a respectable $20.9K per screen, and now holds the biggest opening weekend of the year so far.

Of that $85.3 million, $10.1 million of it came from 381 IMAX screens. That’s the 2nd highest-grossing R-Rated IMAX opening domestically (after Deadpool at $16.3 million) and is the best R-rated March IMAX opening. Logan followed suit internationally making $10.6 million on foreign IMAX screens, for the 2nd highest-grossing IMAX global opening ever for an R-rated film (once again Deadpool takes that record).

International grosses were just as impressive with  $152 million grossed in 81 markets. Top markets were China ($46.3 million), the UK ($11.4 million), South Korea ($8.2 million), Brazil ($8.17 million), Russia ($7.1 million), France ($6 million), Australia ($5.9 million) and Mexico ($5.3 million). It was Fox’s third biggest international opening of all time only trailing X-Men: Days of Future Past ($172 million) and Avatar ($164 million). Logan bumped out Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith ($145 million) and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs ($151 million). With a reported $97 million, Logan is off to a solid start.

Everyone was also paying attention to the second weekend of Get Out and it dropped an astonishingly low 22% in its second weekend, landing in the 2nd spot of the charts with an impressive $26.1 million, bringing its domestic haul to $75.9 million. Some thought it would fall a bit harder because horror tends to after opening weekend and it was competing for the R-rated audience with Logan but it looks like word of mouth is really carrying this one far and it’s just getting started.

Check out the rest of the top ten below which also includes a stronger than expected start for The Shack:

March 3-5

  1. Logan – $85.3 million
  2. Get Out– $26.1 million
  3. The Shack– $16.1 million
  4. The LEGO Batman Movie– $11.6 million
  5. Before I Fall– $4.9 million
  6. John Wick: Chapter Two– $4.7 million
  7. Hidden Figures– $3.8 million
  8. The Great Wall– $3.5 million
  9. Fifty Shades Darker– $3.4 million
  10. La La Land – $2.9 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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