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Despicable Me 3 (2. Financial Information. September 7th, 2. Dunkirk returned to the international top five for the first time in nearly a month with $3. Nearly all of this came from its first place opening in China, where it pulled in $2. The film also opened in Italy, but had to settle for second place with $3. Dunkirk wraps up its international run in Japan this weekend and will finish with north of $5.

Unless it cost an obscene amount to advertise, this will be enough to ensure profitability by its initial push into the home market. Fortunately, the result is looking like a glass that is at least half full. Thanks in part to the holiday weekend, and the start of recovery from Hurricane Harvey, several returning films improved their box office from last weekend, and the number one film, The Hitman’s Bodyguard, will remain flat from its last outing, with $1. Lionsgate, and a total around $5. Sunday. This is dominated by a sophomore stint of $1. China for a two- week total of $4.

It is already the biggest hit in China, crushing The Mermaid, at least in terms of local currency. It still has a ways to go to become the number one film in terms of the US dollar, but it should get there shortly. On the negative side, it missed both our original prediction, as well as our lowered expectations with just $7. The film’s reviews are terrible at 1. Cinema. Score is a mere B, so that’s bad news for the film’s legs, putting it on pace for between $1.

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It’s good news for Dunkirk, which has a real shot at first place on the weekend chart for the third weekend in a row. The Dark Tower was expected to be the big hit of the weekend, but its reviews are a lot weaker than anticipated. Kidnap is also opening wide and its early reviews were good, but that has changed as the day has gone on. Furthermore, it’s buzz is really quiet, so its box office chances are not good.

Finally Detroit is expanding wide this weekend. Its reviews are among the best we’ve seen all summer, but it is tough to go from a limited release to a wide release, so I’m not overly optimistic. This weekend last year, Suicide Squad opened with $1. It is very likely the entire box office will be less than $1. This is more than the rest of the top five earned combined.

However, had the action flick not topped the family film, it would have been a disaster. Compared to other recent action films, Atomic Blonde underperformed Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets ($1. Baby Driver ($2. 1 million), but at least it topped King Arthur: Legend of the Sword ($1. This summer, the average action film has opened with just over 1. Atomic Blonde, as it puts the film’s opening weekend at $1.

Its reviews are good, but not great enough to really change this trend. Even $2. 0 million would be a boon after this start. Neither are expected to be monster hits, but both could be profitable at the box office. Atomic Blonde’s reviews are excellent and its connections to the John Wick movies could get people into theaters. The Emoji Movie still has no reviews and its buzz is incredibly negative. I haven’t seen buzz this negative since Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul.

This does give Dunkirk a real shot at repeating on top of the chart. This weekend last year, Jason Bourne opened with nearly $6. Even if Dunkirk has better legs than expected, there’s little hope 2.

Its biggest opening was in the U. K., no surprise there, where it earned $1. Strangely, South Korea wasn’t far behind with $8. On the other hand, the film struggled somewhat in France with $4.

This isn’t a bad opening, but I was expecting more. Overall, it is doing about as well as Christopher Nolan’s previous film, Interstellar. If Dunkirk can merely match that movie's worldwide figure, then it will break even before it reaches the home market. Even if it doesn’t quite manage that total, anything above $5. In fact, according to Sunday’s estimates, Spider- Man: Homecoming was the top film on the international chart, but Monday’s final numbers had Despicable Me 3 in first place. That film earned $7.

Its biggest opening came in Indonesia, where it earned $3. Meanwhile, the film is now the second biggest animated film at the Chinese box office. This past weekend, Despicable Me 3 earned $2. The film opens in Japan and South Korea before the end of the month, as well as Italy and a few other smaller markets by the end of August. War for the Planet of the Apes earned first place with a slightly better than predicted result of $5. Overall, the box office plummeted 2.

This was also a little lower than the same weekend last year. The emphasis is on “little”, as it only dropped by 0. On its own, this would be nothing to worry about. However, 2. 01. 7’s lead over 2. I Want To Watch The Full Movie Of Sausage (2016) there. We’ve lost about $2.

I don’t see that turning around any time soon. To match predictions, the film needed to make between $1. Furthermore, this is better than its previews were, so this suggests good word- of- mouth and longer than average legs. Its reviews are 9.

A from Cinema. Score, so long legs wouldn’t be a shock. Perhaps it can reach $6. Anything less than $5. Splitting the difference gets us a weekend target of $5. This much is a near certainty. However, there is some doubt if it will open in first place, or if Spider- Man: Homecoming will remain the top draw over the weekend.

The only other wide release of the week is Wish Upon, a low- budget horror film, if it can just reach the top five, then the studio will be very happy. Finally, The Big Sick is expanding wide. Given its limited release run so far, it should become a sleeper hit over the summer. This weekend last year, The Secret Life of Pets and Ghostbusters had a one- two punch of nearly $1. I think War for the Planet of the Apes and Spider- Man: Homecoming will top that figure, while the overall depth should help 2.

It pulled in $1. 40. Its biggest market was South Korea, where it earned $1. It also cracked $1. U. K. The film did amazing business in Asia, including earning $6. Indonesia and $6. India. The film has yet to open in a number of major markets, including France, Germany, China, and Japan and should top $8. The real challenge is surpassing Wonder Woman and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 for top spot on the worldwide chart for the summer.

It is too soon to tell if it will get there for sure, but this is a great start. Every film in the top five was close to our predictions, while the top two films were a little stronger. This includes Spider- Man: Homecoming, which pulled in $1. Overall, the box office rose by 2.

Unfortunately, this is still 5. Before the summer began, 2.

That lead is now down to just $1. This lead could be completely gone by the weekend. It’s the second- best debut for the Spider- Man franchise, if you ignore the effects of inflation, and makes it almost certain that the franchise will break its unfortunate streak of earning less at the domestic box office with every new outing. With, reportedly, a more constrained budget—this is the least expensive Spider- Man film, adjusted for inflation—profitability looks assured, and Sony’s partnership with Disney looks as though it’s paying off. Its opening day vs.

Spider- Man: Homecoming did earn better reviews, while both movies earned a solid A from Cinema. Score, and many more kids have no school on Monday compared to when Guardians debuted. All of this should help its legs. On the other hand, Homecoming could have a bigger Fanboy Effect, as Spider- Man is a much more established character. Because of that, I’m going to be a little more cautious and predict a $1. This is still simply fantastic and the only downside is Sony and Disney have to work together to make this work in the long term.

This is Sony’s second best domestic opening of all time. Sony has a lot of reasons to work with Disney to keep Spider- Man in the MCU. In fact, it should have the biggest opening since Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2. The competition will put a dent in Despicable Me 3’s box office during the weekend, but even so, it will likely break even sometime over the weekend.