Box Office Top 20: ‘Batman v Superman’ crosses $260 million
LOS ANGELES >> “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” showed some signs of weakness in its second weekend in theaters with a dramatic 69 percent drop from its debut last week. The superhero pic still easily took first place with $51.3 million, which bumped its domestic total to $260.4 million.
Holdovers “Zootopia” and “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2” trailed far behind in second and third place with $19.3 million and $11.2 million respectively.
Amongthefewmodestnew openers, the faith-based “God’s Not Dead 2” was the only one to crack the top five, opening in fourth place with $7.6 million. It was just slightly more than “Miracles From Heaven” which took fifth place in its third weekend in theaters with $7.3 million.
The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by comScore:
1. “Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice,” Warner Bros., $51,335,254, 4,256 locations, $12,062 average, $260,408,047, 2 weeks.
2. “Zootopia,” Disney, $19,325,291, 3,698 locations, $5,226 average, $275,264,601, 5 weeks.
3. “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2,” Universal, $11,218,055, 3,179 locations, $3,529 average, $36,581,785, 2 weeks.
4. “God’s Not Dead 2,” Pure Flix, $7,623,662, 2,419 locations, $3,152 average, $7,623,662, 1 week.
5. “Miracles From Heaven,” Sony, $7,255,566, 3,155 locations, $2,300 average, $46,528,493, 3 weeks.
6. “The Divergent Series: Allegiant,” Lionsgate, $5,763,227, 3,018 locations, $1,910 average, $56,422,951, 3 weeks.
7. “10 Cloverfield Lane,” Paramount, $4,564,126, 2,511 locations, $1,818 average, $63,377,186, 4 weeks.
8. “Meet The Blacks,” Freestyle Releasing, $4,055,940, 1,015 locations, $3,996 average, $4,055,940, 1 week.
9. “Eye In The Sky,” Bleecker Street, $3,961,556, 1,029 locations, $3,850 average, $6,055,931, 4 weeks.
10. “Deadpool,” 20th Century Fox, $3,456,595, 1,968 locations, $1,756 average, $355,065,529, 8 weeks.
11. “MET Opera: Madama Butterfly (2016),” Fathom Events, $2,470,000, 900 locations, $2,744 average, $2,470,000, 1 week.
12. “Hello, My Name Is Doris,” Roadside Attractions, $2,373,309, 963 locations, $2,464 average, $6,627,403, 4 weeks.
13. “London Has Fallen,” Focus Features, $1,894,718, 1,510 locations, $1,255 average, $59,070,690, 5 weeks.
14. “I Saw The Light,” Sony Pictures Classics, $683,990, 741 locations, $923 average, $745,227, 2 weeks.
15. “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” Disney, $681,629, 462 locations, $1,475 average, $934,898,148, 16 weeks.
16. “Midnight Special,” Warner Bros., $550,384, 58 locations, $9,489 average, $963,619, 3 weeks.
17. “Kung Fu Panda 3,” 20th Century Fox, $517,187, 396 locations, $1,306 average, $140,320,400, 10 weeks.
18. “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot,” Paramount, $512,193, 457 locations, $1,121 average, $22,286,010, 5 weeks.
19. “The Witch,” A24, $465,334, 666 locations, $699 average, $24,650,032, 7 weeks.
20. “Ki & Ka,” Eros Entertainment, $439,521, 148 locations, $2,970 average, $439,521, 1 week. —Universal and Focus are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of Comcast Corp.; Sony, Columbia, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount is owned by Viacom Inc.; Disney, Pixar and Marvel are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is owned by Filmyard Holdings LLC; 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight are owned by 21st Century Fox; Warner Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a group of former creditors including Highland Capital, Anchorage Advisors and Carl Icahn; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC is owned by AMC Networks Inc.; Rogue is owned by Relativity Media LLC. Courtesy of The Democratic Republic of Trivia