Saturday Update: ‘The Huntsman’ Loses War Against ‘Jungle Book’

With poor marketing and strong competition from The Jungle Book, The Huntsman: Winter's War failed to attract an audience with a very poor $7M on Friday. The Huntsman: Winter's War is the prequel-spin off-sequel to 2012's Snow White and the Huntsman, which opened to nearly $60 million four years ago. However, that film wasn't exactly well received - …

Saturday Update: ‘The Boss’ Takes First, ‘Henry’ Disappoints

The Boss got off to a very solid first place start on Friday, while Hardcore Henry proved that its niche appeal and gimmicky first person perspective failed to click with a wide audience. Meanwhile, Demolition bombed in limited release. The Boss is the fifth win in a row for star Melissa McCarthy, who seems to have cemented …

Saturday Update: ‘Batman V Superman’ Crashes and Burns

Turns out that bad reviews and word of mouth can, in fact, hurt a films performance. After a mighty opening weekend, Batman V Superman plummeted down to earth with a horrendously bad 81% drop from last Friday. Even among the most front loaded comic adaptations to date, that's pretty much unheard of. Watchmen fell 78% while X-Men Origins: Wolverine fell around …

Saturday Update: ‘Batman’ and ‘Superman’ Crush Deadpool and Katniss

Critical reception be damned, Warner Brothers' $250M superhero epic had one of the biggest opening days of all time, and seems set to easily land on the very high end of expectations. Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice took in a stellar $82M on its opening day, which included $27.7M from early Thursday night previews, …

Saturday Update: ‘Deadpool’ Slashes Competition

Without much strong competition, Deadpool was easily able to destroy all three newcomers with a fantastic $16M on its second Friday. Meanwhile, Risen and The Witch both got off to solid stars, while Race was lower than already low expectations. As expected, Deadpool took first with a solid $16.2M. That’s down around 66%, which is …

Saturday Update: ‘Panda’ Soft, ‘Finest Hours’ Drowns

Three new wide releases hit theaters this weekend, and they're all coming in a bit below already soft expectations. Meanwhile, Jane Got a Gun imploded, while last weekends releases had above average holds. Kung Fu Panda 3 took first with a slightly disappointing $10.5M on Friday. Among the other films in the series, that's less than half …

Saturday Update: ‘Revenant’ Repeats, ‘Grandpa’ Tops Newcomers

With a major storm keeping most of the east cost indoors this weekend, all three new reassesses (as well as last week's Ride Along 2) failed to find major success. Despite this, all three newcomers will likely see above average performance over the week and in the following weekends due to how many people aren't able …

Saturday Update: ‘Ride Along 2’ Takes First with Solid $12M

Ride Along 2 took first place on the Friday of MLK weekend, but strong performance from The Revenant shows potential to jump on Saturday and take first place over the weekend. Meanwhile, 13 Hours fell below expectations and Norm of the North was a blip on the radar. Ride Along 2 took in an estimated $12M on its …

Saturday Update: ‘Revenant’ Dethrones ‘Star Wars’

After nearly a month in first place, The Revenant finally dethroned Star Wars: The Force Awakens from first place on Friday, and even has a good shot at taking first for the weekend. Meanwhile, The Forest did solid business, while The Hateful Eight plummeted from last weekend. The Revenant took in a fantastic $14.4M on first place, which was …

Saturday Update: ‘Star Wars’ Makes History

They did it. Star Wars: The Force Awakens made history on its opening day, crushing the previous opening day record by a long shot. It also made more the previous December opening (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey) in just one day. The film sold nearly 14 million tickets, averaging more than 3,000 per theater. We're …