Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)

Kubo and the Two Strings
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $48,023,088Details
International Box Office $29,525,034Details
Worldwide Box Office $77,548,122
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic DVD Sales $4,588,306 Details
Est. Domestic Blu-ray Sales $5,863,571 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $10,451,877
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Synopsis

Clever, kindhearted Kubo ekes out a humble living, telling stories to the people of his seaside town including Hosato, Akihiro, and Kameyo. But his relatively quiet existence is shattered when he accidentally summons a spirit from his past which storms down from the heavens to enforce an age-old vendetta. Now on the run, Kubo joins forces with Monkey and Beetle, and sets out on a thrilling quest to save his family and solve the mystery of his fallen father, the greatest samurai warrior the world has ever known. With the help of his shamisen — a magical musical instrument — Kubo must battle gods and monsters, including the vengeful Moon King and the evil twin Sisters, to unlock the secret of his legacy, reunite his family, and fulfill his heroic destiny.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$12,608,372 (26.3% of total gross)
Legs:3.81 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:61.9% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$55,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.4 times production budget)
Theater counts:3,260 opening theaters/3,279 max. theaters, 5.0 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $59,848,426

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,901-2,000) 1,934 $48,023,088
All Time International Box Office (Rank 2,801-2,900) 2,801 $29,525,034
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,201-2,300) 2,245 $77,548,122

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: August 19th, 2016 (Wide) by Focus Features
International Releases: August 18th, 2016 (Wide) (Hong Kong)
August 18th, 2016 (Wide) (Israel)
August 19th, 2016 (Wide), released as Kubo And The Two Strings (Australia)
August 19th, 2016 (Wide) (New Zealand)
August 19th, 2016 (Wide) (South Africa)
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Video Release: November 8th, 2016 by Focus Features
MPAA Rating: PG for thematic elements, scary images, action and peril.
(Rating bulletin 2428 (Cert #49911), 6/8/2016)
Running Time: 102 minutes
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Keywords: Set in Japan, Feudal Japan, Coming of Age, Dysfunctional Family, Animated Inanimate Objects, Young Child Dealing with the Death of a Parent, Mental Illness, Faulty Memory, Curses, 3-D, 3-D - Shot in 3-D, Family Adventure
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Adventure
Production Method:Stop-Motion Animation
Creative Type:Fantasy
Production/Financing Companies: Focus Features, Laika
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Labor Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 139 $6,375,278 Sep 2, 2016 17
Labor Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 269 $8,252,074 Sep 2, 2016 17
Labor Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) 102 $8,764,182 Sep 2, 2016 17
Labor Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 140 $11,344,240 Sep 2, 2016 17

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 19, 2016 4 $12,608,372   3,260 $3,868   $12,608,372 1
Aug 26, 2016 3 $7,844,822 -38% 3,279 $2,392   $24,856,200 2
Sep 2, 2016 3 $6,375,278 -19% 2,985 $2,136   $34,236,714 3
Sep 9, 2016 6 $3,301,748 -48% 2,335 $1,414   $40,919,428 4
Sep 16, 2016 9 $2,540,031 -23% 1,757 $1,446   $44,272,005 5
Sep 23, 2016 10 $1,124,384 -56% 1,209 $930   $45,975,957 6
Sep 30, 2016 17 $469,431 -58% 526 $892   $46,743,207 7
Oct 7, 2016 25 $231,653 -51% 251 $923   $47,125,701 8
Oct 14, 2016 35 $114,785 -50% 139 $826   $47,346,434 9
Oct 21, 2016 47 $69,850 -39% 102 $685   $47,447,966 10
Oct 28, 2016 31 $140,036 +100% 176 $796   $47,612,370 11
Nov 4, 2016 32 $118,906 -15% 149 $798   $47,773,427 12
Nov 11, 2016 36 $92,443 -22% 107 $864   $47,901,134 13
Nov 18, 2016 40 $50,036 -46% 88 $569   $47,969,818 14
Nov 25, 2016 47 $23,717 -53% 46 $516   $48,019,281 15

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Aug 18, 2016 P $515,000     2,100 $245   $515,000  
Aug 19, 2016 5 $4,061,170     3,260 $1,246   $4,061,170 1
Aug 20, 2016 5 $4,836,987 +19%   3,260 $1,484   $8,898,157 2
Aug 21, 2016 4 $3,710,215 -23%   3,260 $1,138   $12,608,372 3
Aug 22, 2016 4 $1,077,095 -71%   3,260 $330   $13,685,467 4
Aug 23, 2016 4 $1,517,849 +41%   3,260 $466   $15,203,316 5
Aug 24, 2016 6 $928,695 -39%   3,260 $285   $16,132,011 6
Aug 25, 2016 6 $879,367 -5%   3,260 $270   $17,011,378 7
Aug 26, 2016 6 $1,955,222 +122% -52% 3,279 $596   $18,966,600 8
Aug 27, 2016 3 $3,424,740 +75% -29% 3,279 $1,044   $22,391,340 9
Aug 28, 2016 3 $2,464,860 -28% -34% 3,279 $752   $24,856,200 10
Aug 29, 2016 5 $660,106 -73% -39% 3,279 $201   $25,516,306 11
Aug 30, 2016 4 $1,003,834 +52% -34% 3,279 $306   $26,520,140 12
Aug 31, 2016 5 $648,952 -35% -30% 3,279 $198   $27,169,092 13
Sep 1, 2016 5 $692,344 +7% -21% 3,279 $211   $27,861,436 14
Sep 2, 2016 5 $1,401,333 +102% -28% 2,985 $469   $29,262,769 15
Sep 3, 2016 3 $2,502,578 +79% -27% 2,985 $838   $31,765,347 16
Sep 4, 2016 3 $2,471,367 -1% n/c 2,985 $828   $34,236,714 17
Sep 5, 2016 3 $2,388,904 -3% +262% 2,985 $800   $36,625,618 18
Sep 6, 2016 8 $465,208 -81% -54% 2,985 $156   $37,090,826 19
Sep 7, 2016 9 $286,704 -38% -56% 2,985 $96   $37,377,530 20
Sep 8, 2016 9 $240,150 -16% -65% 2,985 $80   $37,617,680 21
Sep 9, 2016 10 $670,092 +179% -52% 2,335 $287   $38,287,772 22
Sep 10, 2016 6 $1,590,203 +137% -36% 2,335 $681   $39,877,975 23
Sep 11, 2016 5 $1,041,453 -35% -58% 2,335 $446   $40,919,428 24
Sep 12, 2016 7 $208,259 -80% -91% 2,335 $89   $41,127,687 25
Sep 13, 2016 10 $264,397 +27% -43% 2,335 $113   $41,392,084 26
Sep 14, 2016 10 $177,190 -33% -38% 2,335 $76   $41,569,274 27
Sep 15, 2016 9 $162,700 -8% -32% 2,335 $70   $41,731,974 28
Sep 16, 2016 12 $509,275 +213% -24% 1,757 $290   $42,241,249 29
Sep 17, 2016 9 $1,190,400 +134% -25% 1,757 $678   $43,431,649 30
Sep 18, 2016 9 $840,356 -29% -19% 1,757 $478   $44,272,005 31
Sep 19, 2016 10 $146,624 -83% -30% 1,757 $83   $44,418,629 32
Sep 20, 2016 10 $185,127 +26% -30% 1,757 $105   $44,603,756 33
Sep 21, 2016 10 $138,930 -25% -22% 1,757 $79   $44,742,686 34
Sep 22, 2016 10 $108,887 -22% -33% 1,757 $62   $44,851,573 35
Sep 23, 2016 12 $255,393 +135% -50% 1,209 $211   $45,106,966 36
Sep 24, 2016 10 $510,517 +100% -57% 1,209 $422   $45,617,483 37
Sep 25, 2016 10 $358,474 -30% -57% 1,209 $297   $45,975,957 38
Sep 26, 2016 12 $75,229 -79% -49% 1,209 $62   $46,051,186 39
Sep 27, 2016 12 $91,211 +21% -51% 1,209 $75   $46,142,397 40
Sep 28, 2016 12 $75,783 -17% -45% 1,209 $63   $46,218,180 41
Sep 29, 2016 13 $55,596 -27% -49% 1,209 $46   $46,273,776 42
Sep 30, 2016 - $92,376 +66% -64% 526 $176   $46,366,152 43
Oct 1, 2016 - $223,912 +142% -56% 526 $426   $46,590,064 44
Oct 2, 2016 15 $153,143 -32% -57% 526 $291   $46,743,207 45
Oct 3, 2016 15 $50,450 -67% -33% 526 $96   $46,793,657 46
Oct 4, 2016 - $43,360 -14% -52% 526 $82   $46,837,017 47
Oct 5, 2016 - $27,571 -36% -64% 526 $52   $46,864,588 48
Oct 6, 2016 - $29,460 +7% -47% 526 $56   $46,894,048 49
Oct 7, 2016 - $53,511 +82% -42% 251 $213   $46,947,559 50
Oct 8, 2016 - $98,609 +84% -56% 251 $393   $47,046,168 51
Oct 9, 2016 - $79,533 -19% -48% 251 $317   $47,125,701 52
Oct 10, 2016 - $43,503 -45% -14% 251 $173   $47,169,204 53
Oct 11, 2016 - $21,461 -51% -51% 251 $86   $47,190,665 54
Oct 12, 2016 - $22,459 +5% -19% 251 $89   $47,213,124 55
Oct 13, 2016 - $18,525 -18% -37% 251 $74   $47,231,649 56
Oct 14, 2016 - $25,398 +37% -53% 139 $183   $47,257,047 57
Oct 15, 2016 - $49,711 +96% -50% 139 $358   $47,306,758 58
Oct 16, 2016 - $39,676 -20% -50% 139 $285   $47,346,434 59
Oct 17, 2016 - $7,661 -81% -82% 139 $55   $47,354,095 60
Oct 18, 2016 - $7,529 -2% -65% 139 $54   $47,361,624 61
Oct 19, 2016 - $6,176 -18% -73% 139 $44   $47,367,800 62
Oct 20, 2016 - $10,316 +67% -44% 139 $74   $47,378,116 63
Oct 21, 2016 - $17,258 +67% -32% 102 $169   $47,395,374 64
Oct 22, 2016 - $31,639 +83% -36% 102 $310   $47,427,013 65
Oct 23, 2016 - $20,953 -34% -47% 102 $205   $47,447,966 66
Oct 24, 2016 - $7,833 -63% +2% 102 $77   $47,455,799 67
Oct 25, 2016 - $5,454 -30% -28% 102 $53   $47,461,253 68
Oct 26, 2016 - $6,075 +11% -2% 102 $60   $47,467,328 69
Oct 27, 2016 - $5,006 -18% -51% 102 $49   $47,472,334 70
Oct 28, 2016 - $31,773 +535% +84% 176 $181   $47,504,107 71
Oct 29, 2016 - $59,215 +86% +87% 176 $336   $47,563,322 72
Oct 30, 2016 - $49,048 -17% +134% 176 $279   $47,612,370 73
Oct 31, 2016 - $10,482 -79% +34% 176 $60   $47,622,852 74
Nov 1, 2016 - $11,674 +11% +114% 176 $66   $47,634,526 75
Nov 2, 2016 - $10,124 -13% +67% 176 $58   $47,644,650 76
Nov 3, 2016 - $9,871 -2% +97% 176 $56   $47,654,521 77
Nov 4, 2016 - $26,650 +170% -16% 149 $179   $47,681,171 78
Nov 5, 2016 - $53,872 +102% -9% 149 $362   $47,735,043 79
Nov 6, 2016 - $38,384 -29% -22% 149 $258   $47,773,427 80
Nov 7, 2016 - $7,023 -82% -33% 149 $47   $47,780,450 81
Nov 8, 2016 - $10,859 +55% -7% 149 $73   $47,791,309 82
Nov 9, 2016 - $7,277 -33% -28% 149 $49   $47,798,586 83
Nov 10, 2016 - $10,105 +39% +2% 149 $68   $47,808,691 84
Nov 11, 2016 - $31,138 +208% +17% 107 $291   $47,839,829 85
Nov 12, 2016 - $36,199 +16% -33% 107 $338   $47,876,028 86
Nov 13, 2016 - $25,106 -31% -35% 107 $235   $47,901,134 87
Nov 14, 2016 - $4,309 -83% -39% 107 $40   $47,905,443 88
Nov 15, 2016 - $5,023 +17% -54% 107 $47   $47,910,466 89
Nov 16, 2016 - $4,669 -7% -36% 107 $44   $47,915,135 90
Nov 17, 2016 - $4,647 n/c -54% 107 $43   $47,919,782 91
Nov 18, 2016 - $10,364 +123% -67% 88 $118   $47,930,146 92
Nov 19, 2016 - $22,076 +113% -39% 88 $251   $47,952,222 93
Nov 20, 2016 - $17,596 -20% -30% 88 $200   $47,969,818 94
Nov 21, 2016 - $7,630 -57% +77% 88 $87   $47,977,448 95
Nov 22, 2016 - $9,857 +29% +96% 88 $112   $47,987,305 96
Nov 23, 2016 - $5,636 -43% +21% 46 $123   $47,992,941 97
Nov 24, 2016 - $2,623 -53% -44% 46 $57   $47,995,564 98
Nov 25, 2016 - $8,014 +206% -23% 46 $174   $48,003,578 99
Nov 26, 2016 - $9,648 +20% -56% 46 $210   $48,013,226 100
Nov 27, 2016 - $6,055 -37% -66% 46 $132   $48,019,281 101
Nov 28, 2016 - $693 -89% -91% 46 $15   $48,019,974 102
Nov 29, 2016 - $936 +35% -91% 46 $20   $48,020,910 103
Nov 30, 2016 - $816 -13% -86% 46 $18   $48,021,726 104
Dec 1, 2016 - $1,362 +67% -48% 46 $30   $48,023,088 105

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 19, 2016 4 $17,011,378   3,260 $5,218   $17,011,378 1
Aug 26, 2016 3 $10,850,058 -36% 3,279 $3,309   $27,861,436 2
Sep 2, 2016 3 $9,756,244 -10% 2,985 $3,268   $37,617,680 3
Sep 9, 2016 5 $4,114,294 -58% 2,335 $1,762   $41,731,974 4
Sep 16, 2016 9 $3,119,599 -24% 1,757 $1,776   $44,851,573 5
Sep 23, 2016 11 $1,422,203 -54% 1,209 $1,176   $46,273,776 6
Sep 30, 2016 17 $620,272 -56% 526 $1,179   $46,894,048 7
Oct 7, 2016 25 $337,601 -46% 251 $1,345   $47,231,649 8
Oct 14, 2016 38 $146,467 -57% 139 $1,054   $47,378,116 9
Oct 21, 2016 49 $94,218 -36% 102 $924   $47,472,334 10
Oct 28, 2016 31 $182,187 +93% 176 $1,035   $47,654,521 11
Nov 4, 2016 32 $154,170 -15% 149 $1,035   $47,808,691 12
Nov 11, 2016 38 $111,091 -28% 107 $1,038   $47,919,782 13
Nov 18, 2016 45 $75,782 -32% 46 $1,647   $47,995,564 14
Nov 25, 2016 50 $27,524 -64% 46 $598   $48,023,088 15

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Argentina 9/2/2016 $156,874 100 110 254 $292,940 1/1/2019
Australia 8/19/2016 $515,080 244 244 1,048 $1,551,788 1/18/2017
Austria 10/28/2016 $7,629 20 21 65 $29,642 11/29/2016
Belgium 9/28/2016 $58,624 66 66 178 $112,172 11/1/2016
Brazil 10/14/2016 $308,908 292 292 562 $567,167 12/29/2016
Bulgaria 12/9/2016 $18,879 0 0 0 $52,768 2/26/2019
Chile 9/15/2016 $33,015 41 41 88 $109,896 12/31/2018
China 1/13/2017 $3,040,000 34,269 34,269 43,392 $6,372,757 8/13/2018
Colombia 9/1/2016 $0 0 103 166 $284,555 12/31/2018
Croatia 10/13/2016 $2,703 4 4 34 $9,852 12/31/2018
Czech Republic 10/6/2016 $49,862 98 98 288 $104,907 12/31/2018
Denmark 9/22/2016 $53,353 52 53 220 $169,384 11/8/2016
Finland 9/9/2016 $26,109 110 110 195 $59,894 11/8/2016
France 9/21/2016 $875,279 319 320 1,752 $2,768,243 12/13/2016
Germany 10/28/2016 $168,000 256 256 826 $285,792 5/25/2017
Greece 9/22/2016 $85,326 89 89 313 $246,839 12/13/2016
Hong Kong 8/18/2016 $60,611 18 18 37 $139,996 11/15/2018
Hungary 10/6/2016 $23,314 44 55 196 $108,484 12/31/2018
Israel 8/18/2016 $0 0 22 157 $302,814 12/31/2018
Italy 11/4/2016 $328,887 273 273 611 $631,007 12/13/2016
Lithuania 10/7/2016 $20,030 141 141 316 $57,761 9/5/2017
Malaysia 8/26/2016 $136,771 69 69 227 $357,147 10/4/2016
Mexico 10/7/2016 $557,660 0 515 854 $1,293,190 11/8/2016
Netherlands 8/26/2016 $78,708 108 108 576 $351,436 11/1/2016
New Zealand 8/19/2016 $88,055 68 70 341 $313,433 11/15/2016
Norway 9/9/2016 $55,806 64 64 158 $154,905 11/29/2016
Panama 9/1/2016 $120,028 14 16 45 $278,930 12/31/2018
Peru 8/26/2016 $156,178 90 90 141 $334,202 12/31/2018
Philippines 10/12/2016 $13,890 13 13 16 $20,778 12/31/2018
Poland 12/2/2016 $72,012 128 129 458 $265,458 1/1/2019
Portugal 9/8/2016 $65,197 55 55 168 $165,368 10/25/2016
Russia (CIS) 10/20/2016 $586,175 530 530 1,324 $970,385 12/31/2018
Singapore 9/8/2016 $201,515 29 29 106 $469,823 11/22/2016
Slovakia 9/30/2016 $1,108 13 55 195 $71,708 11/17/2016
Slovenia 10/6/2016 $9,454 10 10 70 $43,064 12/6/2016
South Africa 8/19/2016 $0 0 33 67 $80,267 10/11/2016
South Korea 10/21/2016 $0 0 100 279 $183,965 11/29/2016
Spain 8/26/2016 $396,068 323 323 1,434 $1,840,228 12/21/2016
Sweden 9/23/2016 $110,501 96 96 275 $266,799 11/8/2016
Switzerland 9/21/2016 $21,488 19 34 182 $149,733 1/11/2017
Taiwan 8/19/2016 $90,000 49 49 109 $211,035 9/13/2016
Thailand 9/8/2016 $68,087 46 46 91 $140,867 9/27/2016
Turkey 10/28/2016 $2,000 8 95 242 $175,202 2/26/2019
United Arab Emirates 9/2/2016 $200,000 40 40 40 $200,000 12/31/2018
United Kingdom 9/9/2016 $1,118,954 520 520 3,333 $4,076,521 2/1/2017
Venezuela 9/2/2016 $0 0 47 98 $44,131 10/18/2016
 
Rest of World $2,807,801
 
International Total$29,525,034 2/26/2019

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Dec 4, 20161540,847 93,222$683,779$1,558,4414
Jan 29, 20172210,302 192,940$144,125$3,204,92812

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Dec 4, 2016849,279 134,869$1,126,778$2,952,9234
Dec 11, 20161520,469-58% 155,338$433,014$3,385,9375
Jan 1, 20171516,771 210,736$238,536$4,405,1738
Jan 8, 2017199,191-45% 219,927$138,632$4,543,8059
Mar 5, 2023117,537 324,601$112,452$5,833,999330

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Leading Cast

Art Parkinson    Kubo
Charlize Theron    Monkey
Matthew McConaughey    Beetle

Supporting Cast

Ralph Fiennes    Moon King
Rooney Mara    The Sisters
George Takei    Hosato
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa    Hashi
Brenda Vaccaro    Kameyo
Meyrick Murphy    Mari
Minae Noji    Minae

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Travis Knight    Director
Marc Haimes    Screenwriter
Chris Butler    Screenwriter
Shannon Tindle    Story by
Marc Haimes    Story by
Arianne Sutner    Producer
Travis Knight    Producer
Christopher Murrie    Editor
Dario Marianelli    Composer
Frank Passingham    Director of Photography
Deborah Cook    Costume Designer
Shannon Tindle    Character Designer
Kent Melton    Character Creator-Character Sculptor
Steve Emerson    Visual Effects Supervisor
Oliver Jones    Animation Rigging Supervisor
Brian McLean    Director of Rapid Prototyping
Brad Schiff    Supervisor: Animation
Tim Chau    Re-recording Mixer
Tim Chau    Sound Designer
Tim Chau    Supervising Sound Editor

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

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The Golden Globes nominations were announced and we are starting to see a few names pop up over and over again. La La Land led the way with seven nominations, but Moonlight was right behind with six and Manchester by the Sea earned five. You will be hearing those three names over and over and over again this Awards Season. More...

Contest: Fantastic Prizes: Winning Announcement

November 24th, 2016

Kubo and the Two Strings

The winners of our Fantastic Prizes contest contest were determined and the entrants with the closest predictions for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them opening weekend were... More...

2016 - Holiday Gift Guide - Part I - First-Run Releases and Franchise Box Sets

November 22nd, 2016

Finding Dory

It’s Thanksgiving weekend, which means Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and of course the first installment of our Holiday Gift Guide. This week we will tackle first run releases, as well as franchise box sets, although there aren’t many of the latter to talk about. In fact, the best movie box set of the year includes more TV shows than movies in its running time and I’ve decided to include it in our second part, which deals with TV on DVD releases. There are still a number of big first-run releases this year that are definitely worthy gifts. We are going to start with the biggest domestic hit of the year... More...

Home Market Releases for November 22nd, 2016

November 21st, 2016

MST3k

This is the Tuesday before Black Friday / Cyber Monday. It is the last chance for a home market release to come out before one of the most important shopping weekends of the year. However, it also means the new releases coming out have to compete with massive sales and they will tend to get lost in the crowd. Overall, this is a negative for the new releases, which explains why there are not many big titles. The biggest release of the week is Kubo and the Two Strings, which is also one of the best. If you don’t have any of the Laika films, then the Box Set is easily worth picking up. However, I’m giving the Pick of the Week title to Mystery Science Theater 3000: XXXVII, because I’m a huge fanboy.

More...

Featured Blu-ray and DVD Review: Kubo and the Two Strings

November 21st, 2016

Kubo and the Two Strings

Kubo and the Two Strings came out in the late summer and struggled at the box office, despite its nearly unanimously positive reviews. It wasn’t a bomb and was better than most Stop-Motion animated films at the box office, but that still meant it wasn’t seen by many moviegoers. Should it be seen by more? Or will it only appeal to the niche market fans of this animation style? More...

Contest: Fantastic Prizes

November 10th, 2016

Kubo and the Two Strings

There are four films opening or expanding wide next week, at least that’s what we thought would happen at the beginning of the month. Now we learn The Edge of Seventeen is opening semi-wide, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk is only expanding semi-wide, while we still don’t know what is happening with Bleed for This. This is great news for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, as it will have even less competition that anticipated. It is also the only reasonable choice for the target film in this week’s Box Office Prediction contest. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win a copy of Kubo and the Two Strings on Blu-ray Combo Pack. Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will also win a previously reviewed movie. Finally, we will be choosing an entrant from the group of people who haven't won, or haven't won recently, and they will also win a previously reviewed movie.

Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay! More...

Contest: Be Presidential: Winning Announcement

November 9th, 2016

Doctor Strange

The winners of our Be Presidential contest contest were determined and the entrants with the closest predictions for United States Presidential election were... More...

Home Market Releases for November 8th, 2016

November 8th, 2016

Bubba Ho-Tep

It’s not a particularly deep week for new releases. A lot of releases on this week’s list were good, but not good enough to be a contender for Pick of the Week, like Daredevil: The Complete First Season on Blu-ray. I reviewed Finding Dory this weekend, but I have already named it Pick of the Week. So the only real contender was Bubba Ho-Tep: Collector’s Edition. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Sully Saves the Box Office with $35.03 million

September 13th, 2016

Sully

Four films opened wide or semi-wide over the weekend, but only one of them, Sully, did well at the box office. It earned more than double its nearest competition, When the Bough Breaks, at $35.03 million to $14.20 million. The other two new releases bombed. Overall, the box office was flat, up 1.1% from last weekend to $101 million. This was also flat when compared to last year, down just 1.7%. Since this weekend was so close to last weekend, it should come as no surprise that the year-over-year comparison hardly moved. This time last week, 2016 was ahead of 2016 by just over 6.7%, while this week its lead is just under 6.8% at $8.10 billion to $7.58 billion. More...

Weekend Predictions: The Real Work Begins

September 8th, 2016

Morgan

The weekend after the Labor Day long weekend is often the worst weekend of the year. However, this year there two films opening wide that have a real shot at $20 million or more. Sully is Oscar-bait, but it is opening a little too early for that role and its reviews are a little below where they need to be. When the Bough Breaks is a thriller aimed at African-Americans and this time of year has become the perfect time to release such a film. Those two films should earn $50 million combined. Unfortunately, there are two other films coming out this week. The Wild Life is a third-tier animated film, while The Disappointments Room isn’t even opening truly wide. There’s a chance neither of them will reach the top five. The Disappointments Room likely won’t reach the top ten. This weekend last year, the top two films were The Perfect Guy and The Visit, which combined earned just over $50 million at the box office. It should be a really close race in the year-over-year competition. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Breathe Blows Away the New Releases

September 7th, 2016

Don’t Breathe

The Labor Day long weekend wasn’t even close with Don’t Breathe earning more over three days than any other film earned over four. There were a couple of other major stories as Suicide Squad hit $300 million on Monday and Bad Moms hit $100 million on Saturday. Given the production budgets of those two films, the latter has a lot more reasons to celebrate. As for the new releases, the studios will just be hoping no one remembers them in a few weeks. The Light Between Oceans missed the top five, while Morgan missed the top ten. The overall box office fell 16% to $99 million over the three-day weekend and $127 million including Monday. This is 8.9% higher than the same weekend last year. Year-to-date, 2016’s lead over 2015 grew to $500 million at $7.98 billion to $7.48 billion. That’s a lead of 6.7%. It would take a real collapse for 2016 to lose at this rate. More...

Weekend Predictions: With Labor Day Comes the Fall

September 1st, 2016

Morgan

Summer officially ends this week with Labor Day long weekend. For a lot of families, this is the last long weekend before school starts. (For other families, school has already started.) There are two films opening wide-ish this weekend. I thought Morgan would open in 2,500 theaters, but it is only opening in 2,020. That will hurt its box office chances. The Light Between Oceans is only opening in 1,500 theaters, which might prevent it from reaching the top five over the weekend. Don’t Breathe will likely remain in first place over the weekend, but I think Morgan will be closer than most people expected it to be. This weekend last year there was not a single film to earn more than $10 million over the three-day weekend. I think Don’t Breathe will top that, while Morgan will be relatively close. This should give 2016 the advantage in the year-over-year competition. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Don’t Breathe Made the Box Office Gasp with $26.41 million

August 29th, 2016

Don’t Breathe

Don’t Breathe topped the weekend box office chart earning $26.41 million. This was double its nearest competitor, Suicide Squad, and more than three times the other new release, Mechanic: Resurrection. The overall box office fell 12% from last weekend to $117 million. This is 33% higher than this weekend last year, which is really impressive for a year-over-year comparison. Year-to-date, 2016’s lead over 2015 has grown to $480 million or 6.5% at $7.81 billion to $7.33 billion. More...

Weekend Estimates: Don’t Breathe Launches with Impressive $26.1 Million

August 28th, 2016

Don’t Breathe

Fall season begins in earnest this weekend with the low-budget suspense flick Don’t Breathe taking over at the top of the box office chart. Sony is predicting a $26.1 million debut for the film, which will be the best debut for a horror or suspense film since The Purge: Election Year’s $31.5 million in July, and the best for a non-sequel since Annabelle’s $37.1 million in October, 2014. Don’t Breathe has the advantage of really good reviews (currently running at 84% positive on Rotten Tomatoes), although it will have a lot of competition over the next few weeks, with films aimed at a broadly similar audience coming out every week for the next three weeks (not to mention a truckload more arriving in October). More...

Friday Estimates: Don’t Breathe Inhales $10.02 million

August 27th, 2016

Don’t Breathe

Don’t Breathe earned a stunning $10.02 million on Friday, which isn’t that much less than some people predicted it would earn over the entire weekend. Its reviews are among the best of any wide release to come out this year. Its CinemaScore was a B+, which is better than most horror films manage. (Like I’ve said in the past, there are two schools of horror fans: gorehounds and those who demand high tension. It is nearly impossible to appeal to both groups, so these movies have a hard time doing well in this metric.) Horror films tend to have a low internal multiplier, but the film is still on pace for $23 million, which is ahead of predictions. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will the New Releases be a Breath of Fresh Air?

August 25th, 2016

Don’t Breathe

It’s the last weekend of summer and a number of schools are already back, so the box office prospects are really low. That’s not to say there’s nothing to look forward to, as Don’t Breathe is earning stellar reviews. On the other hand, Mechanic: Resurrection still has no reviews. (There was another movie, Hands of Stone, that was expected to open wide, but that is no longer the case.) This weekend last year, Straight Outta Compton completed its threepete with $13.13 million. The best new release was War Room, which only managed $11.35 million. This year, the two wide releases will topped the combined numbers of those two films, while the holdovers will push 2016 over 2015 in the year-over-year comparison. More...

Contest: Three Prizes for Two Strings: Winning Announcement

August 24th, 2016

Ratchet and Clank

The winners of our Three Prizes for Two Strings contest were determined and the entrants with the closest predictions for Kubo and the Two Strings opening weekend were... More...

Weekend Estimates: Newcomers Can’t Dislodge Suicide Squad

August 21st, 2016

Suicide Squad

Three even-matched debutants proved to be no match for the incumbents at the box office this weekend, with Suicide Squad taking a third straight victory at the box office with $20.71 million, according to Warner Bros.’ Sunday morning projection. Sausage Party stays in second with $15.3 million, and that leaves the new entrants in 3rd, 4th and 5th. This was a weekend where diversity isn’t the problem, but novelty is. More...

Friday Estimates: Suicide Squad Leads Slow Night with $6.03 million

August 20th, 2016

War Dogs

Suicide Squad led the way on Friday with $6.03 million. This is almost perfectly in line with predictions and it should finish with just a little above $20 million over the weekend. More...

Thursday Night Previews: Dogs Go to War with $1.9 million Preemptive Strike - Updated with Ben-Hur Numbers

August 19th, 2016

War Dogs

War Dogs got off to a surprisingly strong start with $1.9 million during its midnight previews last night. This is about 20% more than Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates made a few weeks ago. The two films are great comparisons, but we don’t have a lot of other films to work with. This is good news for the film and makes it likely that it will beat predictions by a small margin. More...

Weekend Predictions: Dog Days of Summer are Here

August 18th, 2016

War Dogs

Summer is over, at least as far as the box office is concerned. There are three films opening wide and another expanding wide-ish, but none of them are expected to crack $20 million over the weekend. War Dogs should come the closest, but even then, it is only aiming at the midteens. Kubo and the Two Strings is the best of the new releases, but recent history isn’t kind to stop-motion animated films. The final wide release of the week is Ben-Hur. This film cost nearly $100 million to make and it is expected to bomb spectacularly. Hell or High Water is expected to expand semi-wide, perhaps wide enough to score a spot in the top ten. Suicide Squad will likely win the box office race, but this has less to do with the film’s strength and more to do with the weak competition. Speaking of weak competition, this weekend last year, Straight Outta Compton earned more than all three wide releases combined. 2016 won’t be able to match it at the top of the chart, but there’s much better depth this year than last year, so 2016 should win in the year-over-year comparison. More...

Contest: For Pete’s Sake: Winning Announcement

August 17th, 2016

Pete’s Dragon

The winners of our For Pete’s Sake contest were determined and the entrants with the closest predictions for Pete’s Dragon opening weekend were... More...

Contest: Three Prizes for Two Strings

August 12th, 2016

Ratchet and Clank

Summer ends next week, as none of the three wide releases are expected to do well. That said, Kubo and the Two Strings is the only of the three films that are expected to earn good reviews. Since no film is expected to be a major hit, we might as well choose the best film as the target film in this week's Box Office Prediction contest. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for Kubo and the Two Strings.

Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win a copy of Ratchet and Clank on Blu-ray Combo Pack, which comes out on the 23rd of August, so the winner will be announced on the street date. Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will win a Frankenprize consisting of a previously reviewed full-season TV on DVD release, two previously reviewed movies, or three single-disc kids DVDs. Finally, we will be choosing an entrant from the group of people who haven't won, or haven't won recently, and they will win a second Frankenprize, as described above.

Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay! More...

2016 Preview: August

August 1st, 2016

Suicide Squad

July did reasonably well, thanks mostly to The Secret Life of Pets, which will top $300 million shortly and could earn double its nearest competitor when all is said and done. That said, there were also a quartet of $100 million hits as well, so the month had good depth as well. August isn’t as lucky. There is one film that is expected to earn $100 million during its opening weekend, Suicide Squad, and one more that is expected to reach $100 million in total, Pete’s Dragon. There could be a surprise hit among the rest of the releases, (my long shot with a shot is Sausage Party) but for the most part, the rest of the wide releases would be happy with just $50 million at the box office. Last August was a disaster and Straight Outta Compton was the only hit of the month. Unless Suicide Squad bombs compared to expectations, 2016 will come out ahead in the year-over-year comparison. More...


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Synopsis

Clever, kindhearted Kubo ekes out a humble living, telling stories to the people of his seaside town including Hosato, Akihiro, and Kameyo. But his relatively quiet existence is shattered when he accidentally summons a spirit from his past which storms down from the heavens to enforce an age-old vendetta. Now on the run, Kubo joins forces with Monkey and Beetle, and sets out on a thrilling quest to save his family and solve the mystery of his fallen father, the greatest samurai warrior the world has ever known. With the help of his shamisen — a magical musical instrument — Kubo must battle gods and monsters, including the vengeful Moon King and the evil twin Sisters, to unlock the secret of his legacy, reunite his family, and fulfill his heroic destiny.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$12,608,372 (26.3% of total gross)
Legs:3.81 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:61.9% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$55,000,000 (worldwide box office is 1.4 times production budget)
Theater counts:3,260 opening theaters/3,279 max. theaters, 5.0 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $59,848,426

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,901-2,000) 1,934 $48,023,088
All Time International Box Office (Rank 2,801-2,900) 2,801 $29,525,034
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,201-2,300) 2,245 $77,548,122

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: August 19th, 2016 (Wide) by Focus Features
International Releases: August 18th, 2016 (Wide) (Hong Kong)
August 18th, 2016 (Wide) (Israel)
August 19th, 2016 (Wide), released as Kubo And The Two Strings (Australia)
August 19th, 2016 (Wide) (New Zealand)
August 19th, 2016 (Wide) (South Africa)
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Video Release: November 8th, 2016 by Focus Features
MPAA Rating: PG for thematic elements, scary images, action and peril.
(Rating bulletin 2428 (Cert #49911), 6/8/2016)
Running Time: 102 minutes
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Keywords: Set in Japan, Feudal Japan, Coming of Age, Dysfunctional Family, Animated Inanimate Objects, Young Child Dealing with the Death of a Parent, Mental Illness, Faulty Memory, Curses, 3-D, 3-D - Shot in 3-D, Family Adventure
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Adventure
Production Method:Stop-Motion Animation
Creative Type:Fantasy
Production/Financing Companies: Focus Features, Laika
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Labor Day (All Movies, 3-Day) 139 $6,375,278 Sep 2, 2016 17
Labor Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 269 $8,252,074 Sep 2, 2016 17
Labor Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) 102 $8,764,182 Sep 2, 2016 17
Labor Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) 140 $11,344,240 Sep 2, 2016 17

Leading Cast

Art Parkinson    Kubo
Charlize Theron    Monkey
Matthew McConaughey    Beetle

Supporting Cast

Ralph Fiennes    Moon King
Rooney Mara    The Sisters
George Takei    Hosato
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa    Hashi
Brenda Vaccaro    Kameyo
Meyrick Murphy    Mari
Minae Noji    Minae

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Travis Knight    Director
Marc Haimes    Screenwriter
Chris Butler    Screenwriter
Shannon Tindle    Story by
Marc Haimes    Story by
Arianne Sutner    Producer
Travis Knight    Producer
Christopher Murrie    Editor
Dario Marianelli    Composer
Frank Passingham    Director of Photography
Deborah Cook    Costume Designer
Shannon Tindle    Character Designer
Kent Melton    Character Creator-Character Sculptor
Steve Emerson    Visual Effects Supervisor
Oliver Jones    Animation Rigging Supervisor
Brian McLean    Director of Rapid Prototyping
Brad Schiff    Supervisor: Animation
Tim Chau    Re-recording Mixer
Tim Chau    Sound Designer
Tim Chau    Supervising Sound Editor

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

2016 - Awards Season - And the Oscar Goes to... La La Land Moonlight!

February 26th, 2017

Moonlight

It’s Oscar night and we were live blogging the show. Read on the the highlights of what turned out to be a crazy night. More...

2016 - Awards Season: Oscars - Nominations - Final Look

February 26th, 2017

La La Land

It’s Oscar night and we will be live blogging the show. Before that, let’s take a last look at the nominations with a few annotations. Nominees in italics are those that have received the most votes from our readers so far in our Oscar contest (which is open to new entries until noon, Pacific, today—enter now!). Bold films are those films I think will win. Meanwhile, those that are Underlined are those I want to win. Not all categories have underlined nominees, because not all categories have someone I’m cheering for, or because there are two nominees I couldn’t pick between. More...

2016 - Awards Season: BAFTA - Winners - La La Lands on Top, Again

February 12th, 2017

La La Land

The BAFTA winners were announced on Sunday and there were very few surprises to talk about. La La Land again won the most awards with five, while only two other films, Lion and Manchester by the Sea, earned more than one award. They each won two. More...

2016 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Feature-Length Animated Film

February 10th, 2017

Zootopia

With our annual Oscar Prediction contest underway, now is the best time to look at the nominees and try and figure out who the favorites are and which films should just feel honored to be nominated. Today we look at Best Feature-Length Animated Film. It’s a one-horse race. More...

2016 Awards Season: Oscar Nominations

January 24th, 2017

La La Land

The Oscar nominations were announced starting at 5:18 am Pacific time. Nothing is good that early in the morning. Worse still, it’s a boring year for nominations with very few surprises worth talking about, especially in the biggest categories. Leading the way was La La Land with 14 nominations, tying the record. More...

2016 - Awards Season: PGA - Nominations

January 11th, 2017

Deadpool

The Producers Guild of America finally finished announcing their nominations. (They spread out their announcements for reasons I’ve never quite understood.) Most of the films on this list have already earned more than a few previous nominations. We appear to be settling into a predictable Awards Season. More...

2016 - Awards Season: BAFTA - Nominations

January 11th, 2017

La La Land

The BAFTA nominations were announced and it should come as no surprise what film lead the way... La La Land with 11 nominations, Nocturnal Animals and Arrival are tied for second with nine nominations a piece. More...

2016 - Awards Season: Golden Globes - Nominations

December 12th, 2016

La La Land

The Golden Globes nominations were announced and we are starting to see a few names pop up over and over again. La La Land led the way with seven nominations, but Moonlight was right behind with six and Manchester by the Sea earned five. You will be hearing those three names over and over and over again this Awards Season. More...

Contest: Fantastic Prizes: Winning Announcement

November 24th, 2016

Kubo and the Two Strings

The winners of our Fantastic Prizes contest contest were determined and the entrants with the closest predictions for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them opening weekend were... More...

2016 - Holiday Gift Guide - Part I - First-Run Releases and Franchise Box Sets

November 22nd, 2016

Finding Dory

It’s Thanksgiving weekend, which means Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and of course the first installment of our Holiday Gift Guide. This week we will tackle first run releases, as well as franchise box sets, although there aren’t many of the latter to talk about. In fact, the best movie box set of the year includes more TV shows than movies in its running time and I’ve decided to include it in our second part, which deals with TV on DVD releases. There are still a number of big first-run releases this year that are definitely worthy gifts. We are going to start with the biggest domestic hit of the year... More...

Home Market Releases for November 22nd, 2016

November 21st, 2016

MST3k

This is the Tuesday before Black Friday / Cyber Monday. It is the last chance for a home market release to come out before one of the most important shopping weekends of the year. However, it also means the new releases coming out have to compete with massive sales and they will tend to get lost in the crowd. Overall, this is a negative for the new releases, which explains why there are not many big titles. The biggest release of the week is Kubo and the Two Strings, which is also one of the best. If you don’t have any of the Laika films, then the Box Set is easily worth picking up. However, I’m giving the Pick of the Week title to Mystery Science Theater 3000: XXXVII, because I’m a huge fanboy.

More...

Featured Blu-ray and DVD Review: Kubo and the Two Strings

November 21st, 2016

Kubo and the Two Strings

Kubo and the Two Strings came out in the late summer and struggled at the box office, despite its nearly unanimously positive reviews. It wasn’t a bomb and was better than most Stop-Motion animated films at the box office, but that still meant it wasn’t seen by many moviegoers. Should it be seen by more? Or will it only appeal to the niche market fans of this animation style? More...

Contest: Fantastic Prizes

November 10th, 2016

Kubo and the Two Strings

There are four films opening or expanding wide next week, at least that’s what we thought would happen at the beginning of the month. Now we learn The Edge of Seventeen is opening semi-wide, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk is only expanding semi-wide, while we still don’t know what is happening with Bleed for This. This is great news for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, as it will have even less competition that anticipated. It is also the only reasonable choice for the target film in this week’s Box Office Prediction contest. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win a copy of Kubo and the Two Strings on Blu-ray Combo Pack. Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will also win a previously reviewed movie. Finally, we will be choosing an entrant from the group of people who haven't won, or haven't won recently, and they will also win a previously reviewed movie.

Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay! More...

Contest: Be Presidential: Winning Announcement

November 9th, 2016

Doctor Strange

The winners of our Be Presidential contest contest were determined and the entrants with the closest predictions for United States Presidential election were... More...

Home Market Releases for November 8th, 2016

November 8th, 2016

Bubba Ho-Tep

It’s not a particularly deep week for new releases. A lot of releases on this week’s list were good, but not good enough to be a contender for Pick of the Week, like Daredevil: The Complete First Season on Blu-ray. I reviewed Finding Dory this weekend, but I have already named it Pick of the Week. So the only real contender was Bubba Ho-Tep: Collector’s Edition. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Sully Saves the Box Office with $35.03 million

September 13th, 2016

Sully

Four films opened wide or semi-wide over the weekend, but only one of them, Sully, did well at the box office. It earned more than double its nearest competition, When the Bough Breaks, at $35.03 million to $14.20 million. The other two new releases bombed. Overall, the box office was flat, up 1.1% from last weekend to $101 million. This was also flat when compared to last year, down just 1.7%. Since this weekend was so close to last weekend, it should come as no surprise that the year-over-year comparison hardly moved. This time last week, 2016 was ahead of 2016 by just over 6.7%, while this week its lead is just under 6.8% at $8.10 billion to $7.58 billion. More...

Weekend Predictions: The Real Work Begins

September 8th, 2016

Morgan

The weekend after the Labor Day long weekend is often the worst weekend of the year. However, this year there two films opening wide that have a real shot at $20 million or more. Sully is Oscar-bait, but it is opening a little too early for that role and its reviews are a little below where they need to be. When the Bough Breaks is a thriller aimed at African-Americans and this time of year has become the perfect time to release such a film. Those two films should earn $50 million combined. Unfortunately, there are two other films coming out this week. The Wild Life is a third-tier animated film, while The Disappointments Room isn’t even opening truly wide. There’s a chance neither of them will reach the top five. The Disappointments Room likely won’t reach the top ten. This weekend last year, the top two films were The Perfect Guy and The Visit, which combined earned just over $50 million at the box office. It should be a really close race in the year-over-year competition. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Breathe Blows Away the New Releases

September 7th, 2016

Don’t Breathe

The Labor Day long weekend wasn’t even close with Don’t Breathe earning more over three days than any other film earned over four. There were a couple of other major stories as Suicide Squad hit $300 million on Monday and Bad Moms hit $100 million on Saturday. Given the production budgets of those two films, the latter has a lot more reasons to celebrate. As for the new releases, the studios will just be hoping no one remembers them in a few weeks. The Light Between Oceans missed the top five, while Morgan missed the top ten. The overall box office fell 16% to $99 million over the three-day weekend and $127 million including Monday. This is 8.9% higher than the same weekend last year. Year-to-date, 2016’s lead over 2015 grew to $500 million at $7.98 billion to $7.48 billion. That’s a lead of 6.7%. It would take a real collapse for 2016 to lose at this rate. More...

Weekend Predictions: With Labor Day Comes the Fall

September 1st, 2016

Morgan

Summer officially ends this week with Labor Day long weekend. For a lot of families, this is the last long weekend before school starts. (For other families, school has already started.) There are two films opening wide-ish this weekend. I thought Morgan would open in 2,500 theaters, but it is only opening in 2,020. That will hurt its box office chances. The Light Between Oceans is only opening in 1,500 theaters, which might prevent it from reaching the top five over the weekend. Don’t Breathe will likely remain in first place over the weekend, but I think Morgan will be closer than most people expected it to be. This weekend last year there was not a single film to earn more than $10 million over the three-day weekend. I think Don’t Breathe will top that, while Morgan will be relatively close. This should give 2016 the advantage in the year-over-year competition. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Don’t Breathe Made the Box Office Gasp with $26.41 million

August 29th, 2016

Don’t Breathe

Don’t Breathe topped the weekend box office chart earning $26.41 million. This was double its nearest competitor, Suicide Squad, and more than three times the other new release, Mechanic: Resurrection. The overall box office fell 12% from last weekend to $117 million. This is 33% higher than this weekend last year, which is really impressive for a year-over-year comparison. Year-to-date, 2016’s lead over 2015 has grown to $480 million or 6.5% at $7.81 billion to $7.33 billion. More...

Weekend Estimates: Don’t Breathe Launches with Impressive $26.1 Million

August 28th, 2016

Don’t Breathe

Fall season begins in earnest this weekend with the low-budget suspense flick Don’t Breathe taking over at the top of the box office chart. Sony is predicting a $26.1 million debut for the film, which will be the best debut for a horror or suspense film since The Purge: Election Year’s $31.5 million in July, and the best for a non-sequel since Annabelle’s $37.1 million in October, 2014. Don’t Breathe has the advantage of really good reviews (currently running at 84% positive on Rotten Tomatoes), although it will have a lot of competition over the next few weeks, with films aimed at a broadly similar audience coming out every week for the next three weeks (not to mention a truckload more arriving in October). More...

Friday Estimates: Don’t Breathe Inhales $10.02 million

August 27th, 2016

Don’t Breathe

Don’t Breathe earned a stunning $10.02 million on Friday, which isn’t that much less than some people predicted it would earn over the entire weekend. Its reviews are among the best of any wide release to come out this year. Its CinemaScore was a B+, which is better than most horror films manage. (Like I’ve said in the past, there are two schools of horror fans: gorehounds and those who demand high tension. It is nearly impossible to appeal to both groups, so these movies have a hard time doing well in this metric.) Horror films tend to have a low internal multiplier, but the film is still on pace for $23 million, which is ahead of predictions. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will the New Releases be a Breath of Fresh Air?

August 25th, 2016

Don’t Breathe

It’s the last weekend of summer and a number of schools are already back, so the box office prospects are really low. That’s not to say there’s nothing to look forward to, as Don’t Breathe is earning stellar reviews. On the other hand, Mechanic: Resurrection still has no reviews. (There was another movie, Hands of Stone, that was expected to open wide, but that is no longer the case.) This weekend last year, Straight Outta Compton completed its threepete with $13.13 million. The best new release was War Room, which only managed $11.35 million. This year, the two wide releases will topped the combined numbers of those two films, while the holdovers will push 2016 over 2015 in the year-over-year comparison. More...

Contest: Three Prizes for Two Strings: Winning Announcement

August 24th, 2016

Ratchet and Clank

The winners of our Three Prizes for Two Strings contest were determined and the entrants with the closest predictions for Kubo and the Two Strings opening weekend were... More...

Weekend Estimates: Newcomers Can’t Dislodge Suicide Squad

August 21st, 2016

Suicide Squad

Three even-matched debutants proved to be no match for the incumbents at the box office this weekend, with Suicide Squad taking a third straight victory at the box office with $20.71 million, according to Warner Bros.’ Sunday morning projection. Sausage Party stays in second with $15.3 million, and that leaves the new entrants in 3rd, 4th and 5th. This was a weekend where diversity isn’t the problem, but novelty is. More...

Friday Estimates: Suicide Squad Leads Slow Night with $6.03 million

August 20th, 2016

War Dogs

Suicide Squad led the way on Friday with $6.03 million. This is almost perfectly in line with predictions and it should finish with just a little above $20 million over the weekend. More...

Thursday Night Previews: Dogs Go to War with $1.9 million Preemptive Strike - Updated with Ben-Hur Numbers

August 19th, 2016

War Dogs

War Dogs got off to a surprisingly strong start with $1.9 million during its midnight previews last night. This is about 20% more than Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates made a few weeks ago. The two films are great comparisons, but we don’t have a lot of other films to work with. This is good news for the film and makes it likely that it will beat predictions by a small margin. More...

Weekend Predictions: Dog Days of Summer are Here

August 18th, 2016

War Dogs

Summer is over, at least as far as the box office is concerned. There are three films opening wide and another expanding wide-ish, but none of them are expected to crack $20 million over the weekend. War Dogs should come the closest, but even then, it is only aiming at the midteens. Kubo and the Two Strings is the best of the new releases, but recent history isn’t kind to stop-motion animated films. The final wide release of the week is Ben-Hur. This film cost nearly $100 million to make and it is expected to bomb spectacularly. Hell or High Water is expected to expand semi-wide, perhaps wide enough to score a spot in the top ten. Suicide Squad will likely win the box office race, but this has less to do with the film’s strength and more to do with the weak competition. Speaking of weak competition, this weekend last year, Straight Outta Compton earned more than all three wide releases combined. 2016 won’t be able to match it at the top of the chart, but there’s much better depth this year than last year, so 2016 should win in the year-over-year comparison. More...

Contest: For Pete’s Sake: Winning Announcement

August 17th, 2016

Pete’s Dragon

The winners of our For Pete’s Sake contest were determined and the entrants with the closest predictions for Pete’s Dragon opening weekend were... More...

Contest: Three Prizes for Two Strings

August 12th, 2016

Ratchet and Clank

Summer ends next week, as none of the three wide releases are expected to do well. That said, Kubo and the Two Strings is the only of the three films that are expected to earn good reviews. Since no film is expected to be a major hit, we might as well choose the best film as the target film in this week's Box Office Prediction contest. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for Kubo and the Two Strings.

Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win a copy of Ratchet and Clank on Blu-ray Combo Pack, which comes out on the 23rd of August, so the winner will be announced on the street date. Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will win a Frankenprize consisting of a previously reviewed full-season TV on DVD release, two previously reviewed movies, or three single-disc kids DVDs. Finally, we will be choosing an entrant from the group of people who haven't won, or haven't won recently, and they will win a second Frankenprize, as described above.

Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay! More...

2016 Preview: August

August 1st, 2016

Suicide Squad

July did reasonably well, thanks mostly to The Secret Life of Pets, which will top $300 million shortly and could earn double its nearest competitor when all is said and done. That said, there were also a quartet of $100 million hits as well, so the month had good depth as well. August isn’t as lucky. There is one film that is expected to earn $100 million during its opening weekend, Suicide Squad, and one more that is expected to reach $100 million in total, Pete’s Dragon. There could be a surprise hit among the rest of the releases, (my long shot with a shot is Sausage Party) but for the most part, the rest of the wide releases would be happy with just $50 million at the box office. Last August was a disaster and Straight Outta Compton was the only hit of the month. Unless Suicide Squad bombs compared to expectations, 2016 will come out ahead in the year-over-year comparison. More...

Compare this performance with other movies…

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 19, 2016 4 $12,608,372   3,260 $3,868   $12,608,372 1
Aug 26, 2016 3 $7,844,822 -38% 3,279 $2,392   $24,856,200 2
Sep 2, 2016 3 $6,375,278 -19% 2,985 $2,136   $34,236,714 3
Sep 9, 2016 6 $3,301,748 -48% 2,335 $1,414   $40,919,428 4
Sep 16, 2016 9 $2,540,031 -23% 1,757 $1,446   $44,272,005 5
Sep 23, 2016 10 $1,124,384 -56% 1,209 $930   $45,975,957 6
Sep 30, 2016 17 $469,431 -58% 526 $892   $46,743,207 7
Oct 7, 2016 25 $231,653 -51% 251 $923   $47,125,701 8
Oct 14, 2016 35 $114,785 -50% 139 $826   $47,346,434 9
Oct 21, 2016 47 $69,850 -39% 102 $685   $47,447,966 10
Oct 28, 2016 31 $140,036 +100% 176 $796   $47,612,370 11
Nov 4, 2016 32 $118,906 -15% 149 $798   $47,773,427 12
Nov 11, 2016 36 $92,443 -22% 107 $864   $47,901,134 13
Nov 18, 2016 40 $50,036 -46% 88 $569   $47,969,818 14
Nov 25, 2016 47 $23,717 -53% 46 $516   $48,019,281 15

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Aug 18, 2016 P $515,000     2,100 $245   $515,000  
Aug 19, 2016 5 $4,061,170     3,260 $1,246   $4,061,170 1
Aug 20, 2016 5 $4,836,987 +19%   3,260 $1,484   $8,898,157 2
Aug 21, 2016 4 $3,710,215 -23%   3,260 $1,138   $12,608,372 3
Aug 22, 2016 4 $1,077,095 -71%   3,260 $330   $13,685,467 4
Aug 23, 2016 4 $1,517,849 +41%   3,260 $466   $15,203,316 5
Aug 24, 2016 6 $928,695 -39%   3,260 $285   $16,132,011 6
Aug 25, 2016 6 $879,367 -5%   3,260 $270   $17,011,378 7
Aug 26, 2016 6 $1,955,222 +122% -52% 3,279 $596   $18,966,600 8
Aug 27, 2016 3 $3,424,740 +75% -29% 3,279 $1,044   $22,391,340 9
Aug 28, 2016 3 $2,464,860 -28% -34% 3,279 $752   $24,856,200 10
Aug 29, 2016 5 $660,106 -73% -39% 3,279 $201   $25,516,306 11
Aug 30, 2016 4 $1,003,834 +52% -34% 3,279 $306   $26,520,140 12
Aug 31, 2016 5 $648,952 -35% -30% 3,279 $198   $27,169,092 13
Sep 1, 2016 5 $692,344 +7% -21% 3,279 $211   $27,861,436 14
Sep 2, 2016 5 $1,401,333 +102% -28% 2,985 $469   $29,262,769 15
Sep 3, 2016 3 $2,502,578 +79% -27% 2,985 $838   $31,765,347 16
Sep 4, 2016 3 $2,471,367 -1% n/c 2,985 $828   $34,236,714 17
Sep 5, 2016 3 $2,388,904 -3% +262% 2,985 $800   $36,625,618 18
Sep 6, 2016 8 $465,208 -81% -54% 2,985 $156   $37,090,826 19
Sep 7, 2016 9 $286,704 -38% -56% 2,985 $96   $37,377,530 20
Sep 8, 2016 9 $240,150 -16% -65% 2,985 $80   $37,617,680 21
Sep 9, 2016 10 $670,092 +179% -52% 2,335 $287   $38,287,772 22
Sep 10, 2016 6 $1,590,203 +137% -36% 2,335 $681   $39,877,975 23
Sep 11, 2016 5 $1,041,453 -35% -58% 2,335 $446   $40,919,428 24
Sep 12, 2016 7 $208,259 -80% -91% 2,335 $89   $41,127,687 25
Sep 13, 2016 10 $264,397 +27% -43% 2,335 $113   $41,392,084 26
Sep 14, 2016 10 $177,190 -33% -38% 2,335 $76   $41,569,274 27
Sep 15, 2016 9 $162,700 -8% -32% 2,335 $70   $41,731,974 28
Sep 16, 2016 12 $509,275 +213% -24% 1,757 $290   $42,241,249 29
Sep 17, 2016 9 $1,190,400 +134% -25% 1,757 $678   $43,431,649 30
Sep 18, 2016 9 $840,356 -29% -19% 1,757 $478   $44,272,005 31
Sep 19, 2016 10 $146,624 -83% -30% 1,757 $83   $44,418,629 32
Sep 20, 2016 10 $185,127 +26% -30% 1,757 $105   $44,603,756 33
Sep 21, 2016 10 $138,930 -25% -22% 1,757 $79   $44,742,686 34
Sep 22, 2016 10 $108,887 -22% -33% 1,757 $62   $44,851,573 35
Sep 23, 2016 12 $255,393 +135% -50% 1,209 $211   $45,106,966 36
Sep 24, 2016 10 $510,517 +100% -57% 1,209 $422   $45,617,483 37
Sep 25, 2016 10 $358,474 -30% -57% 1,209 $297   $45,975,957 38
Sep 26, 2016 12 $75,229 -79% -49% 1,209 $62   $46,051,186 39
Sep 27, 2016 12 $91,211 +21% -51% 1,209 $75   $46,142,397 40
Sep 28, 2016 12 $75,783 -17% -45% 1,209 $63   $46,218,180 41
Sep 29, 2016 13 $55,596 -27% -49% 1,209 $46   $46,273,776 42
Sep 30, 2016 - $92,376 +66% -64% 526 $176   $46,366,152 43
Oct 1, 2016 - $223,912 +142% -56% 526 $426   $46,590,064 44
Oct 2, 2016 15 $153,143 -32% -57% 526 $291   $46,743,207 45
Oct 3, 2016 15 $50,450 -67% -33% 526 $96   $46,793,657 46
Oct 4, 2016 - $43,360 -14% -52% 526 $82   $46,837,017 47
Oct 5, 2016 - $27,571 -36% -64% 526 $52   $46,864,588 48
Oct 6, 2016 - $29,460 +7% -47% 526 $56   $46,894,048 49
Oct 7, 2016 - $53,511 +82% -42% 251 $213   $46,947,559 50
Oct 8, 2016 - $98,609 +84% -56% 251 $393   $47,046,168 51
Oct 9, 2016 - $79,533 -19% -48% 251 $317   $47,125,701 52
Oct 10, 2016 - $43,503 -45% -14% 251 $173   $47,169,204 53
Oct 11, 2016 - $21,461 -51% -51% 251 $86   $47,190,665 54
Oct 12, 2016 - $22,459 +5% -19% 251 $89   $47,213,124 55
Oct 13, 2016 - $18,525 -18% -37% 251 $74   $47,231,649 56
Oct 14, 2016 - $25,398 +37% -53% 139 $183   $47,257,047 57
Oct 15, 2016 - $49,711 +96% -50% 139 $358   $47,306,758 58
Oct 16, 2016 - $39,676 -20% -50% 139 $285   $47,346,434 59
Oct 17, 2016 - $7,661 -81% -82% 139 $55   $47,354,095 60
Oct 18, 2016 - $7,529 -2% -65% 139 $54   $47,361,624 61
Oct 19, 2016 - $6,176 -18% -73% 139 $44   $47,367,800 62
Oct 20, 2016 - $10,316 +67% -44% 139 $74   $47,378,116 63
Oct 21, 2016 - $17,258 +67% -32% 102 $169   $47,395,374 64
Oct 22, 2016 - $31,639 +83% -36% 102 $310   $47,427,013 65
Oct 23, 2016 - $20,953 -34% -47% 102 $205   $47,447,966 66
Oct 24, 2016 - $7,833 -63% +2% 102 $77   $47,455,799 67
Oct 25, 2016 - $5,454 -30% -28% 102 $53   $47,461,253 68
Oct 26, 2016 - $6,075 +11% -2% 102 $60   $47,467,328 69
Oct 27, 2016 - $5,006 -18% -51% 102 $49   $47,472,334 70
Oct 28, 2016 - $31,773 +535% +84% 176 $181   $47,504,107 71
Oct 29, 2016 - $59,215 +86% +87% 176 $336   $47,563,322 72
Oct 30, 2016 - $49,048 -17% +134% 176 $279   $47,612,370 73
Oct 31, 2016 - $10,482 -79% +34% 176 $60   $47,622,852 74
Nov 1, 2016 - $11,674 +11% +114% 176 $66   $47,634,526 75
Nov 2, 2016 - $10,124 -13% +67% 176 $58   $47,644,650 76
Nov 3, 2016 - $9,871 -2% +97% 176 $56   $47,654,521 77
Nov 4, 2016 - $26,650 +170% -16% 149 $179   $47,681,171 78
Nov 5, 2016 - $53,872 +102% -9% 149 $362   $47,735,043 79
Nov 6, 2016 - $38,384 -29% -22% 149 $258   $47,773,427 80
Nov 7, 2016 - $7,023 -82% -33% 149 $47   $47,780,450 81
Nov 8, 2016 - $10,859 +55% -7% 149 $73   $47,791,309 82
Nov 9, 2016 - $7,277 -33% -28% 149 $49   $47,798,586 83
Nov 10, 2016 - $10,105 +39% +2% 149 $68   $47,808,691 84
Nov 11, 2016 - $31,138 +208% +17% 107 $291   $47,839,829 85
Nov 12, 2016 - $36,199 +16% -33% 107 $338   $47,876,028 86
Nov 13, 2016 - $25,106 -31% -35% 107 $235   $47,901,134 87
Nov 14, 2016 - $4,309 -83% -39% 107 $40   $47,905,443 88
Nov 15, 2016 - $5,023 +17% -54% 107 $47   $47,910,466 89
Nov 16, 2016 - $4,669 -7% -36% 107 $44   $47,915,135 90
Nov 17, 2016 - $4,647 n/c -54% 107 $43   $47,919,782 91
Nov 18, 2016 - $10,364 +123% -67% 88 $118   $47,930,146 92
Nov 19, 2016 - $22,076 +113% -39% 88 $251   $47,952,222 93
Nov 20, 2016 - $17,596 -20% -30% 88 $200   $47,969,818 94
Nov 21, 2016 - $7,630 -57% +77% 88 $87   $47,977,448 95
Nov 22, 2016 - $9,857 +29% +96% 88 $112   $47,987,305 96
Nov 23, 2016 - $5,636 -43% +21% 46 $123   $47,992,941 97
Nov 24, 2016 - $2,623 -53% -44% 46 $57   $47,995,564 98
Nov 25, 2016 - $8,014 +206% -23% 46 $174   $48,003,578 99
Nov 26, 2016 - $9,648 +20% -56% 46 $210   $48,013,226 100
Nov 27, 2016 - $6,055 -37% -66% 46 $132   $48,019,281 101
Nov 28, 2016 - $693 -89% -91% 46 $15   $48,019,974 102
Nov 29, 2016 - $936 +35% -91% 46 $20   $48,020,910 103
Nov 30, 2016 - $816 -13% -86% 46 $18   $48,021,726 104
Dec 1, 2016 - $1,362 +67% -48% 46 $30   $48,023,088 105

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Aug 19, 2016 4 $17,011,378   3,260 $5,218   $17,011,378 1
Aug 26, 2016 3 $10,850,058 -36% 3,279 $3,309   $27,861,436 2
Sep 2, 2016 3 $9,756,244 -10% 2,985 $3,268   $37,617,680 3
Sep 9, 2016 5 $4,114,294 -58% 2,335 $1,762   $41,731,974 4
Sep 16, 2016 9 $3,119,599 -24% 1,757 $1,776   $44,851,573 5
Sep 23, 2016 11 $1,422,203 -54% 1,209 $1,176   $46,273,776 6
Sep 30, 2016 17 $620,272 -56% 526 $1,179   $46,894,048 7
Oct 7, 2016 25 $337,601 -46% 251 $1,345   $47,231,649 8
Oct 14, 2016 38 $146,467 -57% 139 $1,054   $47,378,116 9
Oct 21, 2016 49 $94,218 -36% 102 $924   $47,472,334 10
Oct 28, 2016 31 $182,187 +93% 176 $1,035   $47,654,521 11
Nov 4, 2016 32 $154,170 -15% 149 $1,035   $47,808,691 12
Nov 11, 2016 38 $111,091 -28% 107 $1,038   $47,919,782 13
Nov 18, 2016 45 $75,782 -32% 46 $1,647   $47,995,564 14
Nov 25, 2016 50 $27,524 -64% 46 $598   $48,023,088 15

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Argentina 9/2/2016 $156,874 100 110 254 $292,940 1/1/2019
Australia 8/19/2016 $515,080 244 244 1,048 $1,551,788 1/18/2017
Austria 10/28/2016 $7,629 20 21 65 $29,642 11/29/2016
Belgium 9/28/2016 $58,624 66 66 178 $112,172 11/1/2016
Brazil 10/14/2016 $308,908 292 292 562 $567,167 12/29/2016
Bulgaria 12/9/2016 $18,879 0 0 0 $52,768 2/26/2019
Chile 9/15/2016 $33,015 41 41 88 $109,896 12/31/2018
China 1/13/2017 $3,040,000 34,269 34,269 43,392 $6,372,757 8/13/2018
Colombia 9/1/2016 $0 0 103 166 $284,555 12/31/2018
Croatia 10/13/2016 $2,703 4 4 34 $9,852 12/31/2018
Czech Republic 10/6/2016 $49,862 98 98 288 $104,907 12/31/2018
Denmark 9/22/2016 $53,353 52 53 220 $169,384 11/8/2016
Finland 9/9/2016 $26,109 110 110 195 $59,894 11/8/2016
France 9/21/2016 $875,279 319 320 1,752 $2,768,243 12/13/2016
Germany 10/28/2016 $168,000 256 256 826 $285,792 5/25/2017
Greece 9/22/2016 $85,326 89 89 313 $246,839 12/13/2016
Hong Kong 8/18/2016 $60,611 18 18 37 $139,996 11/15/2018
Hungary 10/6/2016 $23,314 44 55 196 $108,484 12/31/2018
Israel 8/18/2016 $0 0 22 157 $302,814 12/31/2018
Italy 11/4/2016 $328,887 273 273 611 $631,007 12/13/2016
Lithuania 10/7/2016 $20,030 141 141 316 $57,761 9/5/2017
Malaysia 8/26/2016 $136,771 69 69 227 $357,147 10/4/2016
Mexico 10/7/2016 $557,660 0 515 854 $1,293,190 11/8/2016
Netherlands 8/26/2016 $78,708 108 108 576 $351,436 11/1/2016
New Zealand 8/19/2016 $88,055 68 70 341 $313,433 11/15/2016
Norway 9/9/2016 $55,806 64 64 158 $154,905 11/29/2016
Panama 9/1/2016 $120,028 14 16 45 $278,930 12/31/2018
Peru 8/26/2016 $156,178 90 90 141 $334,202 12/31/2018
Philippines 10/12/2016 $13,890 13 13 16 $20,778 12/31/2018
Poland 12/2/2016 $72,012 128 129 458 $265,458 1/1/2019
Portugal 9/8/2016 $65,197 55 55 168 $165,368 10/25/2016
Russia (CIS) 10/20/2016 $586,175 530 530 1,324 $970,385 12/31/2018
Singapore 9/8/2016 $201,515 29 29 106 $469,823 11/22/2016
Slovakia 9/30/2016 $1,108 13 55 195 $71,708 11/17/2016
Slovenia 10/6/2016 $9,454 10 10 70 $43,064 12/6/2016
South Africa 8/19/2016 $0 0 33 67 $80,267 10/11/2016
South Korea 10/21/2016 $0 0 100 279 $183,965 11/29/2016
Spain 8/26/2016 $396,068 323 323 1,434 $1,840,228 12/21/2016
Sweden 9/23/2016 $110,501 96 96 275 $266,799 11/8/2016
Switzerland 9/21/2016 $21,488 19 34 182 $149,733 1/11/2017
Taiwan 8/19/2016 $90,000 49 49 109 $211,035 9/13/2016
Thailand 9/8/2016 $68,087 46 46 91 $140,867 9/27/2016
Turkey 10/28/2016 $2,000 8 95 242 $175,202 2/26/2019
United Arab Emirates 9/2/2016 $200,000 40 40 40 $200,000 12/31/2018
United Kingdom 9/9/2016 $1,118,954 520 520 3,333 $4,076,521 2/1/2017
Venezuela 9/2/2016 $0 0 47 98 $44,131 10/18/2016
 
Rest of World $2,807,801
 
International Total$29,525,034 2/26/2019

International Cumulative Box Office Records


Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records


Weekly US DVD Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Dec 4, 20161540,847 93,222$683,779$1,558,4414
Jan 29, 20172210,302 192,940$144,125$3,204,92812

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Dec 4, 2016849,279 134,869$1,126,778$2,952,9234
Dec 11, 20161520,469-58% 155,338$433,014$3,385,9375
Jan 1, 20171516,771 210,736$238,536$4,405,1738
Jan 8, 2017199,191-45% 219,927$138,632$4,543,8059
Mar 5, 2023117,537 324,601$112,452$5,833,999330

Our DVD and Blu-ray sales estimates are based on weekly retail surveys, which we use to build a weekly market share estimate for each title we are tracking. The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News.

For example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey.

We refine our estimates from week to week as more data becomes available. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. Figures will therefore fluctuate each week, and totals for individual titles can go up or down as we update our estimates.

Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles.

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.