In March this year, the North American market, with the super level of "Zootopia" and the record-breaking opening performance of "Batman v Superman" at the end of the month, grossed $948 million, up 34.6% from last year, breaking the highest box office record in North America in March and slightly increasing the original record of March 2012 by $5 million. The two highest-grossing films in March were Zootopia ($256 million) and Batman v Superman ($209 million), and only two of them broke through the $100 million line this month.
DC Entertainment's three-year-old superhero blockbuster "Batman v Superman" was dragged down by bad word of mouth, and the next weekend it plummeted in a "cliff jumping style", and the film collected $52.39 million the following weekend, a plunge of nearly 70% compared with the opening weekend. This decline was almost equal to the 72% following-week decline of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows( Part 2), and the film's decline was only higher than that of "Hellboy 2" (-71%) and "Wolverine 1" (-69%) in superhero movies, the third worst in history.
Disney's animation giant "Zootopia" in the super word of mouth blessing, once again maintained a low decline, the film last weekend reported another $20 million, down less than 20% from the previous week, won the weekend runner-up, the film's cumulative performance has exceeded 270 million US dollars.
Universal's comedy sequel, My Grand Greek Wedding 2, grossed $11.13 million the following week, ranking third over the weekend, accumulating more than $36 million in two weeks.
The Christ-themed sequel film "God Is Not Dead 2" released by PFR only sold $8.1 million in the first weekend, which was not as good as the previous one, ranking fourth over the weekend.
Sony Samsung's Christian-themed film "Miracle of Heaven" closed another $7.55 million last weekend, a decline of just over 20%, and the trend was extremely good, ranking fifth in the weekend.
The freestyle comedy "Meet the Blacks", which has been released in 1,015 theaters in North America since Friday, grossed $4.09 million in its opening weekend, ranking eighth on the weekend. This film is a spoof version of the "Human Eradication Project" comedy, the film has a very average opening score, and its media evaluation is also low, and the Rotten Tomatoes website only has a 20% positive rating.
Sony's classic music biopic "I See the Light" began airing in 741 theaters last weekend and only grossed $745,000 over the weekend, with a single performance of only $1,006. Based on the autobiography of country music superstar Hank Williams, the film revolves around Williams' rise to fame and sudden death at the age of 29. The film was poorly rated by the media, with only 16% of the Rotten Tomatoes website rating.
"Boyhood" director Richard Linklater's new work "Each Boyhood" began to be released in a small range of 19 theaters last weekend, earning $323,000 in three days on the weekend and $17,000 in a single museum, which is a decent performance. The film tells the story of a freshman who experiences college baseball culture, the film has a good media evaluation, rotten tomatoes media praise as high as 90%, but less than the "Boyhood" 98%.
The biographical film "Jazz Soul", released by Sony Classic and self-directed by Don Chandel, began screening in 4 theaters last weekend, earning $123,000 over three days over the weekend and $30,700 in a single museum, which is a good performance. The film tells the life of The American jazz musician Miles Davis, known as the "Prince of Darkness", and the film has a mediocre media evaluation, receiving only 71% praise on the Rotten Tomatoes website.
Top 10 weekend box office in North America 2016.04.01—2016.04.03 (unit: $10,000)
Weekend Summary: The top 12 films on the weekend list for the 14th week of 2016 grossed $126 million, down 49% from the previous weekend ($245 million) and down 42% from the same period last year ($217 million) when the action movie "Fast and Furious 7" opened to win the title.
Last week's new film details:
"God Is Not Dead 2" - Christ-themed sequel movie began to fall
Every year during Easter, several seasonal religious films land on the market, which are a type of film that major filmmakers are happy to invest in due to their clear audience, low cost and good rate of return. God Is Not Dead 2 is the third Christ-themed film in less than a month and the seventh gospel-themed film to be released in theaters this year. Released in 2012, "God Is Not Dead" paid $2 million for $62.6 million at the box office, and although the film started for less than ten million dollars, it had a longer momentum. However, two years later, the sequel "God Is Not Dead 2" opened on twice the scale of the previous film, but the first week box office did not count the previous work.
God Is Not Dead 2 is still starring Harold Cronker, director of God Not Dead, and starring Jesse Matt Calfi, David White, ray Wise, and others. The film is about a female high school teacher answering a student's question about Jesus in class, which brings her deep trouble, and she will fight for the right to discuss Jesus in public.
The film landed in some theaters early on Thursday night and made $400,000 that night, a modest performance. The film began fully screened in 2,419 theaters across the United States on Friday, earning $2.95 million on the day, the fourth-highest single-day achievement. The film closed another $2.77 million on Saturday, up 9 percent from Friday (excluding midnight), an average increase. The film is expected to charge another $2.43 million on Sunday, bringing its opening weekend to $8.1 million, which also ranks fourth over the weekend. The film opens 12 percent below the $9.2 million opening of "God Is Not Dead," and the $5 million film is expected to end up at $45 million to $50 million.
The film's Cinema Score (A" was a good audience rating; however, the film's media evaluation was poor, and only 14% of the 21 media outlets on Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a positive rating, with an average score of only 4.2. MetaCritic, an authoritative media review website, included 7 media outlets with an average score of 21 points, which was higher than the 16 points of "God Is Not Dead".
Chicago Sun- And The Chicago Sun: The actors present their roles calmly, but the film is reduced to a two-hour missionary sermon, but the style is still relatively novel. （63/100）
TheWrap: The film doesn't show the brutal karma of the unbelievers in the previous film, but the non-Christian characters in the film still botch the evil of humanity. （40/100）
"Variety": From a plot point of view, the level of this film is the same as that of your mediocre middle school students performing dramas. In addition, the film is full of extremely chaotic logic and intolerance of unbelievers. （0/100）
The list of old films details:
Batman v Superman plunged the following week
Warner's DC superhero blockbuster Batman v Superman easily won the weekend title last week, but the film plummeted from the opening weekend. The film was slightly increased to 4356 theaters the following weekend, and another $52.39 million was collected in three days on the weekend, which was 68.4% more than the opening weekend diving. That drop was even higher than The Man: Man of Steel's 64 percent decline the following week, though the latter had two more competitive films, Monsters University and Zombie World Wars, with Few competitors the same period.
Two weeks after its release, Zach Schneider's darker-style, fan-oriented comic book blockbuster grossed $261 million in North America, a 4 percent lead over the same period of "Fast and Furious 7," which opened in Easter last year. According to the current trend, the final landing point of the film in North America will be around $350 million. The film's overseas weekend box office also plummeted by 67%, with a cumulative overseas box office of $420 million; the film's global box office has reached $681 million, which has surpassed the final result of "Man of Steel" ($668 million), and it is speculated that the final global landing point of the film will be around $900 million.
Disney's high-quality animation "Zootopia" is very stable, and the fifth week of release firmly holds the runner-up position of the weekend. The film was slightly expanded to 3,698 theaters last weekend and closed another $20 million over the weekend, down just 17 percent from the previous weekend. The anthropomorphic animal-themed animation, voiced by Jennifer Goodwin and Jason Bateman, has grossed $276 million in North America, and based on current trends, the ultimate goal of the film's North American box office can be as high as 320 million. At present, the cumulative overseas box office of the film has reached 512 million US dollars, of which the Chinese mainland box office has exceeded 1.4 billion yuan. The film has reached $787 million at the global box office, temporarily topped the global box office this year, and is expected to approach $900 million before the film opens in Japan.
The comedy sequel "My Grand Greek Wedding 2" released globally remained in 3179 theaters the following weekend, and collected another $11.13 million over the weekend, down only 38% from the opening weekend, and the trend was relatively stable, ranking third in the weekend. Written and starred by Nia Wadalas, the comedy grossed $36.49 million in two weeks, and the film is expected to end at around $60 million, more than three times its $18 million cost line. The film's cumulative global record reached $54.9 million.
Sony Samsung's Christian-themed film "Miracle of Heaven" was screened in 3,155 theaters last weekend, and the film closed another $7.55 million over the weekend, down only 22% from the previous weekend, and the trend was better, ranking fifth in the weekend. The new work by Mexican female director Patricia Reagan, who directed "Rescue in the Center of the Earth," grossed $46.3 million, nearly four times the film's $13 million cost line.
Lionsgate's teen science fiction adaptation, Divergent 3: Loyal World, was cut to 3,018 theaters last weekend and closed for another $5.73 million over the weekend, down 39 percent from the previous weekend and sixth. Starring Sherlyn Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet and others, the film has only accumulated $56.38 million, and the cumulative result of "The Divergent" in the same period is only half of "The Divergent". It is expected that the final landing point of this film will be below 70 million. The film currently has a global cumulative total of $137 million, and its global performance is not as good as the previous performance in the same period.
Produced by Paramount, J. J. Abrams' new film , 10 Clover Road , was cut to 2,511 theaters last weekend and closed for another $4.75 million over the weekend, down just 20 percent from the previous weekend and narrowed to seventh place over the weekend. Science fiction films with a slight connection to The Clover Files have grossed $63.56 million in North America over the past four weeks, nearly five times its $13 million cost line. The film also grossed $81.76 million worldwide.
The comedy "Eye in the Sky," released by independent filmmaker Bareck Street, was added to 1,029 theaters last weekend and grossed $4.09 million on the weekend, up 3.35 times from the previous weekend. The war thriller, starring Helen Mirren and the recently deceased Alan Rickman, grossed $6.15 million and was well received by the film, with 93% of the rotten tomatoes receiving positive reviews.
Fox's restrictive superhero action comedy Deadpool, which was released by Fox, was scaled back to 1968 theaters last weekend and closed for another $3.5 million over the weekend, down just 28 percent from the previous weekend, and held firm, ranking tenth at the weekend. Ryan Reynolds starred in the film, based on marvel's popular character Deadpool, grossed $355 million in North America, surpassing Fast and Furious 7 ($353 million) on the North American all-time list. The film grossed $754 million worldwide, surpassing X-Men: Reverse Future's $748 million to become the highest-grossing film in the X-Men series.
The roadside romantic comedy "Hello, My Name is Doris" was also expanded to 964 theaters last weekend, earning $2.36 million on the weekend, up 42 percent from the previous weekend. The romantic comedy starring Sally Field has grossed $6.62 million in North America, and the film has received good media reviews, with 83% Rotten Tomatoes.
Focus Pictures' action sequel, The Fall of London, was cut to 1,510 theaters last weekend and closed for another $1.91 million over three days over the weekend, down 37 percent from the previous weekend and below the top 10 weekend. The action thriller, starring Gerald Butler, grossed $59.08 million in North America and is about to reach its $60 million cost line. The film has grossed US$120 million worldwide, with a release date set for April 8 in the mainland market.
Independent filmmaker A24 re-expanded the horror suspense film "The Witch" to 666 theaters last weekend, collecting another $465,000 over three days over the weekend, and the low-budget film, which has only invested $3.5 million, has grossed $24.6 million after six weeks of release. The film has a good reputation and has received 90% praise on the Rotten Tomatoes website.
New films to be released this week:
Introduction to the new film:
The Boss
Directed by: Ben Falcone (Tammy)
Starring Melissa McCarthy, Pete Tinraki, Kathy Bates, Kristen Bell
Genre: Comedy
Publisher: Universal (Number of theaters: 3200+)
Overview: In the film, Melissa changed her former image of a female dick and played a wealthy businesswoman Michelle, who was later imprisoned for insider trading. Desperate to make a comeback after her release from prison, she accepted an invitation from a group of girl scouts to lead them along the streets to sell brownies and teach them "special" business skills. Although Melissa is dressed tall, she still keeps her sentences intact, and a group of girl scouts are also scrappy under her teaching. Melissa, who has lost her affluent life, lives in Kristen Bell's home, and her misfit behavior escalates the laughter.
Hardcore Wars (Hardcore Henry)
Director: Ilya Neschuler (debut)
Starring: Charto Copley, Hayley Bennett, Cyrus Arnold
Genre: Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi
Publisher: STX (Number of Theaters: 3000+)
Overview: The film is based on its previous short film, Bad Motherfucker, which was also used in the MV of a song by the Russian indie rock band Biting Elbows. The film is shot in the first person throughout the film, and "you" are awakened by your dead wife, waking up to find that the memory has been cleared and that your body has been replaced with an electronic one! Immediately after, your wife is kidnapped by a powerful megalomaniac, and you must engage in a series of battles with this arrogant mercenary to rescue your wife.