Now You See Me 2 (2016)

Now You See Me 2 poster
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $65,075,540Details
International Box Office $263,249,467Details
Worldwide Box Office $328,325,007
Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic DVD Sales $8,382,857 Details
Est. Domestic Blu-ray Sales $8,403,542 Details
Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $16,786,399
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Synopsis

One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public’s adulation with their Robin Hood-style magic spectacles, the illusionists resurface for a comeback performance in hopes of exposing the unethical practices of a tech magnate. The man behind their vanishing act is none other than Walter Mabry, a tech prodigy who threatens the Horsemen into pulling off their most impossible heist yet. Their only hope is to perform one last unprecedented stunt to clear their names and reveal the mastermind behind it all.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$22,383,146 (34.4% of total gross)
Legs:2.91 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:19.8% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$90,000,000 (worldwide box office is 3.6 times production budget)
Theater counts:3,232 opening theaters/3,232 max. theaters, 4.1 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $81,099,913

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,301-1,400) 1,371 $65,075,540
All Time International Box Office (Rank 301-400) 340 $263,249,467
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 401-500) 489 $328,325,007

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: June 10th, 2016 (Wide) by Lionsgate
International Releases: May 27th, 2016 (Wide) (Australia)
June 9th, 2016 (Wide) (Netherlands)
June 10th, 2016 (Wide) (Brazil)
June 10th, 2016 (Wide) (Bulgaria)
June 10th, 2016 (Wide) (Czech Republic)
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Video Release: August 23rd, 2016 by Lionsgate Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence and some language.
(Rating bulletin 2420 (Cert #50263), 4/13/2016)
Running Time: 129 minutes
Franchise: Now You See Me
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Keywords: Stage Magician, Heist, Sequels Without Their Original Stars, Crime Thriller
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Thriller/Suspense
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Summit Entertainment, TIK Films, K/O Paper Products
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Top Lionsgate Weekend Domestic 48 $22,383,146 Jun 10, 2016 3
Top Thriller/Suspense Weekend Domestic 93 $22,383,146 Jun 10, 2016 3

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jun 10, 2016 3 $22,383,146   3,232 $6,925   $22,383,146 1
Jun 17, 2016 4 $9,373,379 -58% 3,232 $2,900   $41,085,908 2
Jun 24, 2016 7 $5,593,399 -40% 2,745 $2,038   $51,997,613 3
Jul 1, 2016 10 $2,958,764 -47% 1,788 $1,655   $58,698,209 4
Jul 8, 2016 13 $1,320,430 -55% 864 $1,528   $62,149,643 5
Jul 15, 2016 14 $687,309 -48% 523 $1,314   $63,540,841 6
Jul 22, 2016 22 $288,358 -58% 257 $1,122   $64,270,893 7
Jul 29, 2016 32 $112,791 -61% 135 $835   $64,554,806 8
Aug 5, 2016 38 $51,272 -55% 85 $603   $64,685,359 9
Aug 12, 2016 36 $122,449 +139% 151 $811   $64,845,898 10
Aug 19, 2016 39 $107,434 -12% 126 $853   $65,030,563 11

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Jun 9, 2016 P $1,750,000     0     $1,750,000  
Jun 10, 2016 3 $8,400,189     3,232 $2,599   $8,400,189 1
Jun 11, 2016 2 $8,206,254 -2%   3,232 $2,539   $16,606,443 2
Jun 12, 2016 2 $5,776,703 -30%   3,232 $1,787   $22,383,146 3
Jun 13, 2016 2 $2,275,003 -61%   3,232 $704   $24,658,149 4
Jun 14, 2016 2 $3,067,601 +35%   3,232 $949   $27,725,750 5
Jun 15, 2016 2 $2,252,874 -27%   3,232 $697   $29,978,624 6
Jun 16, 2016 2 $1,733,905 -23%   3,232 $536   $31,712,529 7
Jun 17, 2016 4 $2,850,958 +64% -66% 3,232 $882   $34,563,487 8
Jun 18, 2016 4 $3,506,678 +23% -57% 3,232 $1,085   $38,070,165 9
Jun 19, 2016 4 $3,015,743 -14% -48% 3,232 $933   $41,085,908 10
Jun 20, 2016 4 $1,312,870 -56% -42% 3,232 $406   $42,398,778 11
Jun 21, 2016 4 $1,586,027 +21% -48% 3,232 $491   $43,984,805 12
Jun 22, 2016 4 $1,263,208 -20% -44% 3,232 $391   $45,248,013 13
Jun 23, 2016 4 $1,156,201 -8% -33% 3,232 $358   $46,404,214 14
Jun 24, 2016 7 $1,709,563 +48% -40% 2,745 $623   $48,113,777 15
Jun 25, 2016 7 $2,239,326 +31% -36% 2,745 $816   $50,353,103 16
Jun 26, 2016 7 $1,644,510 -27% -45% 2,745 $599   $51,997,613 17
Jun 27, 2016 6 $829,662 -50% -37% 2,745 $302   $52,827,275 18
Jun 28, 2016 6 $1,269,689 +53% -20% 2,745 $463   $54,096,964 19
Jun 29, 2016 6 $1,010,896 -20% -20% 2,745 $368   $55,107,860 20
Jun 30, 2016 7 $631,585 -38% -45% 2,745 $230   $55,739,445 21
Jul 1, 2016 10 $878,134 +39% -49% 1,788 $491   $56,617,579 22
Jul 2, 2016 10 $1,098,157 +25% -51% 1,788 $614   $57,715,736 23
Jul 3, 2016 10 $982,473 -11% -40% 1,788 $549   $58,698,209 24
Jul 4, 2016 9 $744,859 -24% -10% 1,788 $417   $59,443,068 25
Jul 5, 2016 10 $570,392 -23% -55% 1,788 $319   $60,013,460 26
Jul 6, 2016 11 $461,933 -19% -54% 1,788 $258   $60,475,393 27
Jul 7, 2016 11 $353,820 -23% -44% 1,788 $198   $60,829,213 28
Jul 8, 2016 12 $388,728 +10% -56% 864 $450   $61,217,941 29
Jul 9, 2016 13 $547,972 +41% -50% 864 $634   $61,765,913 30
Jul 10, 2016 13 $383,730 -30% -61% 864 $444   $62,149,643 31
Jul 11, 2016 12 $179,318 -53% -76% 864 $208   $62,328,961 32
Jul 12, 2016 12 $225,795 +26% -60% 864 $261   $62,554,756 33
Jul 13, 2016 13 $154,020 -32% -67% 864 $178   $62,708,776 34
Jul 14, 2016 12 $144,756 -6% -59% 864 $168   $62,853,532 35
Jul 15, 2016 14 $197,694 +37% -49% 523 $378   $63,051,226 36
Jul 16, 2016 14 $280,173 +42% -49% 523 $536   $63,331,399 37
Jul 17, 2016 14 $209,442 -25% -45% 523 $400   $63,540,841 38
Jul 18, 2016 13 $110,393 -47% -38% 523 $211   $63,651,234 39
Jul 19, 2016 12 $149,198 +35% -34% 523 $285   $63,800,432 40
Jul 20, 2016 13 $109,977 -26% -29% 523 $210   $63,910,409 41
Jul 21, 2016 14 $72,126 -34% -50% 523 $138   $63,982,535 42
Jul 22, 2016 - $85,780 +19% -57% 257 $334   $64,068,315 43
Jul 23, 2016 - $123,330 +44% -56% 257 $480   $64,191,645 44
Jul 24, 2016 - $79,248 -36% -62% 257 $308   $64,270,893 45
Jul 25, 2016 - $49,330 -38% -55% 257 $192   $64,320,223 46
Jul 26, 2016 - $59,399 +20% -60% 257 $231   $64,379,622 47
Jul 27, 2016 - $34,419 -42% -69% 257 $134   $64,414,041 48
Jul 28, 2016 - $27,974 -19% -61% 257 $109   $64,442,015 49
Jul 29, 2016 - $33,275 +19% -61% 135 $246   $64,475,290 50
Jul 30, 2016 - $44,391 +33% -64% 135 $329   $64,519,681 51
Jul 31, 2016 - $35,125 -21% -56% 135 $260   $64,554,806 52
Aug 1, 2016 - $21,656 -38% -56% 135 $160   $64,576,462 53
Aug 2, 2016 - $24,340 +12% -59% 135 $180   $64,600,802 54
Aug 3, 2016 - $18,437 -24% -46% 135 $137   $64,619,239 55
Aug 4, 2016 - $14,848 -19% -47% 135 $110   $64,634,087 56
Aug 5, 2016 - $15,326 +3% -54% 85 $180   $64,649,413 57
Aug 6, 2016 - $21,347 +39% -52% 85 $251   $64,670,760 58
Aug 7, 2016 - $14,599 -32% -58% 85 $172   $64,685,359 59
Aug 8, 2016 - $8,080 -45% -63% 85 $95   $64,693,439 60
Aug 9, 2016 - $11,402 +41% -53% 85 $134   $64,704,841 61
Aug 10, 2016 - $10,054 -12% -45% 85 $118   $64,714,895 62
Aug 11, 2016 - $8,554 -15% -42% 85 $101   $64,723,449 63
Aug 12, 2016 - $33,945 +297% +121% 151 $225   $64,757,394 64
Aug 13, 2016 - $51,751 +52% +142% 151 $343   $64,809,145 65
Aug 14, 2016 - $36,753 -29% +152% 151 $243   $64,845,898 66
Aug 15, 2016 - $21,312 -42% +164% 151 $141   $64,867,210 67
Aug 16, 2016 - $23,429 +10% +105% 151 $155   $64,890,639 68
Aug 17, 2016 - $20,319 -13% +102% 151 $135   $64,910,958 69
Aug 18, 2016 - $12,171 -40% +42% 151 $81   $64,923,129 70
Aug 19, 2016 - $30,743 +153% -9% 126 $244   $64,953,872 71
Aug 20, 2016 - $46,064 +50% -11% 126 $366   $64,999,936 72
Aug 21, 2016 - $30,627 -34% -17% 126 $243   $65,030,563 73
Aug 22, 2016 - $10,859 -65% -49% 126 $86   $65,041,422 74
Aug 23, 2016 - $12,822 +18% -45% 126 $102   $65,054,244 75
Aug 24, 2016 - $10,706 -17% -47% 126 $85   $65,064,950 76
Aug 25, 2016 - $10,590 -1% -13% 126 $84   $65,075,540 77

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jun 10, 2016 2 $31,712,529   3,232 $9,812   $31,712,529 1
Jun 17, 2016 4 $14,691,685 -54% 3,232 $4,546   $46,404,214 2
Jun 24, 2016 7 $9,335,231 -36% 2,745 $3,401   $55,739,445 3
Jul 1, 2016 10 $5,089,768 -45% 1,788 $2,847   $60,829,213 4
Jul 8, 2016 12 $2,024,319 -60% 864 $2,343   $62,853,532 5
Jul 15, 2016 15 $1,129,003 -44% 523 $2,159   $63,982,535 6
Jul 22, 2016 24 $459,480 -59% 257 $1,788   $64,442,015 7
Jul 29, 2016 32 $192,072 -58% 135 $1,423   $64,634,087 8
Aug 5, 2016 39 $89,362 -53% 85 $1,051   $64,723,449 9
Aug 12, 2016 33 $199,680 +123% 151 $1,322   $64,923,129 10
Aug 19, 2016 39 $152,411 -24% 126 $1,210   $65,075,540 11

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Argentina 8/19/2016 $347,574 102 102 241 $905,772 9/30/2019
Australia 5/27/2016 $146 1 263 1,111 $6,943,961 9/9/2018
Belgium 7/28/2016 $686,000 0 0 0 $686,000 8/1/2016
Brazil 6/10/2016 $1,800,000 0 548 1,382 $7,756,692 11/16/2018
Bulgaria 6/10/2016 $0 0 0 0 $323,068 2/26/2019
China 6/20/2016 $42,430,000 67,652 67,652 117,259 $97,115,216 8/27/2018
Colombia 7/1/2016 $585,000 0 0 0 $585,000 12/20/2018
Czech Republic 6/10/2016 $4,784 12 95 323 $571,109 12/31/2018
France 7/29/2016 $5,000,000 0 0 0 $15,058,312 8/17/2018
Germany 8/26/2016 $767,772 0 0 0 $2,935,447 8/19/2018
Hong Kong 6/10/2016 $0 0 43 86 $4,173,699 11/15/2018
Italy 6/10/2016 $1,062,691 0 12 22 $3,227,428 11/13/2018
Japan 9/2/2016 $1,885,164 0 0 0 $5,243,239 8/20/2018
Lithuania 6/10/2016 $41,324 89 89 233 $158,316 8/31/2016
Malaysia 6/17/2016 $1,000,000 0 0 0 $1,000,000 6/20/2016
Mexico 7/22/2016 $3,663,998 0 0 0 $10,823,214 9/8/2018
Middle East Region 6/17/2016 $1,300,000 0 0 0 $1,300,000 6/20/2016
Netherlands 6/9/2016 $491,819 116 116 737 $2,201,945 11/19/2018
New Zealand 6/10/2016 $308,974 92 92 389 $966,886 8/22/2016
Poland 7/8/2016 $753,499 0 0 0 $3,297,379 12/31/2018
Portugal 6/17/2016 $264,365 75 75 396 $1,415,966 9/15/2016
Russia (CIS) 6/10/2016 $7,180,580 1,122 1,128 4,674 $17,357,568 12/31/2018
Slovakia 6/16/2016 $102,329 66 66 209 $432,917 8/25/2016
Slovenia 6/17/2016 $19,106 15 15 58 $99,047 8/9/2016
South Korea 7/14/2016 $1,507,932 412 1,200 2,580 $12,700,034 9/17/2016
Spain 7/22/2016 $834,447 287 483 2,188 $5,502,926 11/17/2018
Taiwan 6/10/2016 $2,200,000 0 59 116 $6,265,817 10/30/2018
Turkey 6/10/2016 $376,943 279 284 1,888 $2,962,006 2/26/2019
United Kingdom 7/4/2016 $3,835,737 483 483 1,668 $7,858,234 10/12/2016
Venezuela 7/1/2016 $500,000 0 0 0 $500,000 7/4/2016
 
Rest of World $42,882,269
 
International Total$263,249,467 9/30/2019

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
Sep 11, 20162193,543 193,543$2,895,403$2,895,4033
Sep 18, 2016463,520-67% 257,063$915,323$3,810,7264
Sep 25, 2016823,818-63% 280,881$356,317$4,167,0435
Oct 2, 20161419,170-20% 300,051$286,783$4,453,8266
Oct 9, 20162713,950-27% 314,001$186,790$4,640,6167
Nov 13, 20163010,598 357,825$137,350$5,208,57412

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Sep 11, 20161209,609 209,609$4,223,913$4,223,9133
Sep 18, 2016367,304-68% 276,913$1,354,882$5,578,7954
Sep 25, 2016922,602-66% 299,515$455,093$6,033,8885
Oct 2, 20161114,291-37% 313,806$287,530$6,321,4186
Oct 9, 2016177,727-46% 321,533$148,709$6,470,1277

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Lead Ensemble Members

Jesse Eisenberg    J. Daniel Atlas
Mark Ruffalo    Dylan Rhodes
Woody Harrelson    Merritt McKinney/Chase McKinney
Dave Franco    Jack Wilder
Daniel Radcliffe    Walter Mabry
Lizzy Caplan    Lula
Jay Chou    Li
Michael Caine    Arthur Tressler
Morgan Freeman    Thaddeus Bradley

Supporting Cast

Sanaa Lathan    Deputy Director Natalie Austin
David Warshofsky    Agent Cowan
Tsai Chin    Bu Bu
William Henderson    Young Dylan
Richard Laing    Lionel Shrike
Henry Lloyd-Hughes    Allen Scott-Frank
Brick Patrick    Chase McKinney
Zach Gregory    Hannes Pike
Ben Lamb    Owen Case
Fenfen Huang    Lab Tech
Aaron Ly    Head Security Guard
Cyd Casados    Case Advisor
Jem Wilner    Agent Dore
James Richard Marshall    Agent UK
Alexa Brown    Agent 2 UK
Karl McMillian    Prison Guard 2 (US)
Jim Pirri    Eye Voice
Christopher Logan    Chef
Varada Sethu    Tressler Assistant
Michael Walters    Prison Guard US
Justine Wachsberger    Zoey Taylor
Simon Connolly    Octa Guard
Dino Fetscher    Octa Guard
Martin Delaney    Bo Walsh
Nichole Bird    Disappearing Lady 1
Danielle Bird    Disappearing Lady 2
Michael Cooke    Jack Stooge 1A
John Cooke    Jack Stooge 1B
Greg McKenzie    Jack Stooge 2A
Michael McKenzie    Jack Stooge 2B
Tai Yin Chan    Science Lab Guard
Bruce Chong    Science Lab Guard 2
Marianne Malek    Case Assistant
Krystal Ellsworth    Casino Dancer
Jessica Keller    Casino Dancer
Krysada Phounsiri    Casino Dancer
Luis Rosado    Casino Dancer
Karl Hussain    Street Drummer

Cameos

Savannah Guthrie    Herself

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

Production and Technical Credits

Jon M. Chu    Director
Ed Solomon    Screenwriter
Peter Chiarelli    Story by
Ed Solomon    Story by
Boaz Yakin    Based on Characters Created by
Edward Ricourt    Based on Characters Created by
Alex Kurtzman    Producer
Bobby Cohen    Producer
Roberto Orci    Producer
Kevin De La Noy    Executive Producer
Louis Leterrier    Executive Producer
Ed Solomon    Executive Producer
Peter Deming    Director of Photography
Sharon Seymour    Production Designer
Stan Salfas    Editor
Anna B. Sheppard    Costume Designer
Brian Tyler    Composer
Randall Poster    Music Supervisor
Matt Johnson    Visual Effects Supervisor
Deborah Aquila    Casting Director
Tricia Wood    Casting Director
Kevin De La Noy    Unit Production Manager
Donald Sabourin    Unit Production Manager
Richard Whelan    First Assistant Director
Tom Rye    Key Second Assistant Director
Donna Sloan    Executive in Charge of Production
Mark Mottram    Stunt Coordinator/Fight Arranger
Karl McMillian    Associate Producer
Meredith Wieck    Associate Producer
Stuart Kearns    Supervising Art Director
Dominic Masters    Art Director
Martin Foley    Art Director
Remo Tozzi    Art Director
Stephen Swain    Art Director
Stephen Dobric    Art Director
Jude Farr    Set Decorator
Janet Muswell Hamilton    Visual Effects Producer
James K. Jensen    Post-Production Supervisor
Stephen Shapiro    First Assistant Editor
Jill Piwowar    Assistant Editor
Tobias Lloyd    Assistant Editor
Ben Howdeshell*    Assistant Editor
Paul Elman    Assistant Editor
John Marquis    Supervising Sound Editor
Nancy Nugent Title    Supervising Sound Editor
John Marquis    Sound Designer
Nancy Nugent Title    Sound Designer
Andy Koyama    Re-recording Mixer
Will Files    Re-recording Mixer
Anna Worley    Script Supervisor
John Casali    Sound Mixer
Steve Hutchinson    Special Effects Supervisor
Frances Hannon    Make-up and Prosthetic Effects Designer
Julie Dartnell    Make-up and Hair Designer
Lillie Jeffrey    Additional Casting-Casting Associate
Katy Covell    Additional Casting-Casting Assistant
Ollie Gilbert    Additional Casting-Casting Assistant
Alex Gladstone    Supervising Location Manager
Ashton Radcliffe    Location Manager
Damon Crane    Location Manager
Aurelia Thomas    Location Manager

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

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September 6th, 2016

The Iron Giant

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International Box Office: Ice Age Collides with Top Spot Earning $53.5 million

July 21st, 2016

Ice Age: Collision Course

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Finding Dory

Finding Dory started its international run in first place with $50.0 million in 29 markets. Its biggest market was China, where it earned second place with 18.15 million over the weekend and $18.18 million including previews. This is not a lot of money compared to last week's winner; however, China is not a market that is kind to animated films. Before this year, no animated movie had earned more than $100 million in China and the current record is held by Zootopia at $235.77 million. Zootopia only made $23.99 million during its opening weekend in China, so this isn't a bad start for Finding Dory. Additionally, Finding Dory doubled Zootopia's opening in Australia with $7.63 million on 524 screens. It also performed very well in Argentina ($3.5 million) and in Russia ($3.25 million on 1,220 screens). It is still too early to tell if Finding Dory will top $1 billion worldwide, but this start gives box office watchers a reason to be optimistic. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Dory Dominates with $135.06 Million, Central is Solid with $35.54 Million

June 21st, 2016

Finding-Dory

In our prediction column, I said I wanted the top two films to earn a combined total of $150 million to $170 million. Finding Dory's and Central Intelligence's combined opening weekend was $170.60 million. The overall box office was 53% higher than last weekend at $233 million. However, this was still 6.3% lower than the same weekend last year. Finding Dory did do better than either Jurassic World or Inside Out individually, but couldn't compete with their combined totals. 2016 is still ahead of 2015, but its lead was cut by a third at $150 million or 3.1%. That said, 2016 hit $5 billion a week faster than 2015 did and its lead of $5.06 billion to $4.91 billion is still substantial. More...

Friday Estimates: Dory Finds Success with $54.95 Million

June 18th, 2016

Finding-Dory

Finding Dory led the way on Friday with $54.95 million. This is the best opening day for a Pixar film and the best opening day for an animated film. Simply, a fantastic start. Our prediction of $129 million seems woefully inadequate. It is a family-friendly film with 95% positive reviews and a CinemaScore of A, so it should have good legs, meaning a $140 million is the new target. This would also be a record for an animated film and put it in the top twenty opening weekends. If this calculation holds true, then getting to $400 million domestically will be an easy feat. Hitting $500 million isn’t out of the question. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will Audience Find Dory? Is Seeing Central Intelligence the Smart Thing to do?

June 16th, 2016

Finding-Dory

This weekend should be the best weekend in June, led by Finding Dory. Finding Dory should easily be the biggest hit of the month, one of the biggest hits of the year, and the fastest opening film in Pixar's history. On the other hand, Central Intelligence is just hoping for a solid second place opening in its role as counter-programming. If it hits $30 million, then the studio will be very happy. This weekend last year, Jurassic World led the way with $106.59 million, while Inside Out opened in second place with $90.44 million. 2016 is going to lose more ground to 2015. I just hope they keep it close. I will be happy if Finding Dory and Central Intelligence earned a combined $150 million to $170 million. More...

International Box Office: Warcraft Crushes Competition in China on way to $185.8 Million Weekend

June 16th, 2016

Warcraft

Warcraft roared into first place with $185.8 million in 52 markets for totals of $261.7 million internationally and 285.9 million worldwide. There are some amazing news to report from over the weekend, but also some bad news. First the positive news. The film broke records in China earning $156.17 million during its five-day opening. That topped the previous record held by Furious 7. Unfortunately, outside of China, its box office run was much closer to its North American debut. For example, it earned second place in South Korea with $4.26 million on 736 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $5.09 million. Because of how much money the film is earning in China and how little of that the studio sees, the film could make $600 million internationally and still struggle to break even. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Conjuring Conquers Competition with $40.41 million

June 14th, 2016

The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist

As anticipated, The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist led the weekend box office with ease pulling in $40.41 million. The second place film, Warcraft, earned 40% less. Now You See Me 2 only managed third place and it will need a lot of help to break even. The overall box office was $152 million, which is 13% more than last weekend. However, it was also more than $100 million less than this weekend last year. Normally a 44% collapse like this only happens when there is a misalignment in holidays. In this case, it's because of Jurassic World. 2016 is still ahead of 2015 by a substantial margin at $4.76 billion to $4.54 billion. 2016's lead is now 4.8%, more than a full percentage point lower than it was this time last week, but hopefully Finding Dory will help prevent a similar descent this week. More...

Weekend Estimates: Conjuring Top at Home, Warcraft Dominates in China

June 12th, 2016

The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist

This weekend’s box office is a tale of two continents. In North America, The Conjuring 2 is off to a great start, easily winning the weekend with $40.35 million, and averaging over $10,000 per theater. In Asia—China to be specific—Warcraft has made a record-breaking debut. Its domestic prospects look horrible though, with just $24.36 million expected for the weekend. More...

Friday Estimates: Sequels Still Struggle, but Conjuring Comes Out on Top with $16.4 million

June 11th, 2016

The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist

The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist is the only bit of good news to come out of Friday, and even then it was muted. The film earned $16.4 million on Friday, which is enough for first place, but it is also about 3.3% lower than the original’s opening day and sequels really need to open faster than the original. Its outlook for the rest of the weekend is mixed when compared to the first film. Both films earned identical A- CinemaScores, but the sequel’s reviews are weaker and sequels tend to be more front-loaded. Look for an opening weekend of about $38 million. This is a little better than predicted and almost as much as it cost to make. Hopefully it is enough to get to $100 million domestically, because we could use some good news at the box office. Even if it doesn’t quite get to the century mark, as long as it doesn’t completely collapse, it will break even sooner rather than later. More...

Thursday Night Previews: Conjuring 2 Re-Capture's Box Office Might with $3.4 million

June 10th, 2016

The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist

The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist had the best run during Midnight showings earning $3.4 million on Thursday. By comparison, The Conjuring earned $3.3 million during its previews. The Enfield Poltergeist does have a good Tomatometer Score (74% positive), but the Sequel Effect will still be in play and that will limit the film's weekend box office. Look for $35 million, or close to it. This will make it the biggest horror release of 2016 by Sunday, perhaps as early as Saturday. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will the New Releases Scare the Industry?

June 9th, 2016

The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist

If this weekend is as bad as some fear it will be, it could begin to cause a panic among some studio executives. Two of the three wide releases are sequels and there are some who expect both to fail to match their predecessors by significant margins. If this happens, we will have six sequels failing to match expectations during a four-week stretch. Worse still, there are more than six additional sequels left to open before the end of summer. (Finding Dory seems safe, but the rest could flop as well.) The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist should come out on top at the box office, but with less than the original made. Now You See Me 2 will likely continue Lionsgate's losing streak. Meanwhile, Warcraft could do well enough in China to justify a sequel, which is great news, because it will likely bomb here. This weekend last year, Jurassic World opened with $208 million. There's no way the entire box office will make that much this year. 2016 is going to get pummeled in the year-over-year comparison. More...

Contest: Scared Silly

June 3rd, 2016

The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist

There are three wide releases coming out next week. The Conjuring 2: The Enfeild Poltergeist is expected to top Now You See Me 2 for top spot. (Warcraft is just hoping to not embarrass itself at this point.) While there is a chance of an upset, The Enfeild Poltergeist has a large enough advantage that I'm confident in making it 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 The Conjuring 2: The Enfeild Poltergeist.

Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win a Frankenprize of previously reviews DVD and / or Blu-rays. I grabbed a few more boxes from storage, so we can do winner's choice again. The choices are, two movies, one TV on DVD release, three single-disc kids DVDs, or two items from the mystery box. 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 Frankenprize, as described above. 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 the final Frankenprize.

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

2016 Preview: June

June 1st, 2016

Finding Dory

May was great, as long as you don't compare it to last May. Captain America: Civil War was a monster hit and is closing in on $400 million, while both X-Men: Apocalypse and The Angry Birds Movie will earn over $100 million. Looking ahead, every week in June, there is one movie that should top $100 million; however, only Finding Dory is expected to make more than $200 million. In fact, that film is expected to make close to $400 million domestically and over $1 billion worldwide. Last June, there were two monster hits, Inside Out and Jurassic World, plus one $100 million hit, Spy. I don't see how 2016 will top that. Even if every film with a shot at $100 million gets to that milestone, 2016 still might not top last year's pace. Fortunately, 2016 does have a large lead and that could be enough to keep 2016 ahead of 2015's pace in the year-over-year competition. It could be really close at the end of the month, on the other hand. More...


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Synopsis

One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public’s adulation with their Robin Hood-style magic spectacles, the illusionists resurface for a comeback performance in hopes of exposing the unethical practices of a tech magnate. The man behind their vanishing act is none other than Walter Mabry, a tech prodigy who threatens the Horsemen into pulling off their most impossible heist yet. Their only hope is to perform one last unprecedented stunt to clear their names and reveal the mastermind behind it all.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$22,383,146 (34.4% of total gross)
Legs:2.91 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:19.8% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$90,000,000 (worldwide box office is 3.6 times production budget)
Theater counts:3,232 opening theaters/3,232 max. theaters, 4.1 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $81,099,913

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,301-1,400) 1,371 $65,075,540
All Time International Box Office (Rank 301-400) 340 $263,249,467
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 401-500) 489 $328,325,007

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: June 10th, 2016 (Wide) by Lionsgate
International Releases: May 27th, 2016 (Wide) (Australia)
June 9th, 2016 (Wide) (Netherlands)
June 10th, 2016 (Wide) (Brazil)
June 10th, 2016 (Wide) (Bulgaria)
June 10th, 2016 (Wide) (Czech Republic)
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Video Release: August 23rd, 2016 by Lionsgate Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence and some language.
(Rating bulletin 2420 (Cert #50263), 4/13/2016)
Running Time: 129 minutes
Franchise: Now You See Me
Comparisons: vs. Bullet Train
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Keywords: Stage Magician, Heist, Sequels Without Their Original Stars, Crime Thriller
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Thriller/Suspense
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Summit Entertainment, TIK Films, K/O Paper Products
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date
Days In
Release
Top Lionsgate Weekend Domestic 48 $22,383,146 Jun 10, 2016 3
Top Thriller/Suspense Weekend Domestic 93 $22,383,146 Jun 10, 2016 3

Lead Ensemble Members

Jesse Eisenberg    J. Daniel Atlas
Mark Ruffalo    Dylan Rhodes
Woody Harrelson    Merritt McKinney/Chase McKinney
Dave Franco    Jack Wilder
Daniel Radcliffe    Walter Mabry
Lizzy Caplan    Lula
Jay Chou    Li
Michael Caine    Arthur Tressler
Morgan Freeman    Thaddeus Bradley

Supporting Cast

Sanaa Lathan    Deputy Director Natalie Austin
David Warshofsky    Agent Cowan
Tsai Chin    Bu Bu
William Henderson    Young Dylan
Richard Laing    Lionel Shrike
Henry Lloyd-Hughes    Allen Scott-Frank
Brick Patrick    Chase McKinney
Zach Gregory    Hannes Pike
Ben Lamb    Owen Case
Fenfen Huang    Lab Tech
Aaron Ly    Head Security Guard
Cyd Casados    Case Advisor
Jem Wilner    Agent Dore
James Richard Marshall    Agent UK
Alexa Brown    Agent 2 UK
Karl McMillian    Prison Guard 2 (US)
Jim Pirri    Eye Voice
Christopher Logan    Chef
Varada Sethu    Tressler Assistant
Michael Walters    Prison Guard US
Justine Wachsberger    Zoey Taylor
Simon Connolly    Octa Guard
Dino Fetscher    Octa Guard
Martin Delaney    Bo Walsh
Nichole Bird    Disappearing Lady 1
Danielle Bird    Disappearing Lady 2
Michael Cooke    Jack Stooge 1A
John Cooke    Jack Stooge 1B
Greg McKenzie    Jack Stooge 2A
Michael McKenzie    Jack Stooge 2B
Tai Yin Chan    Science Lab Guard
Bruce Chong    Science Lab Guard 2
Marianne Malek    Case Assistant
Krystal Ellsworth    Casino Dancer
Jessica Keller    Casino Dancer
Krysada Phounsiri    Casino Dancer
Luis Rosado    Casino Dancer
Karl Hussain    Street Drummer

Cameos

Savannah Guthrie    Herself

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

Production and Technical Credits

Jon M. Chu    Director
Ed Solomon    Screenwriter
Peter Chiarelli    Story by
Ed Solomon    Story by
Boaz Yakin    Based on Characters Created by
Edward Ricourt    Based on Characters Created by
Alex Kurtzman    Producer
Bobby Cohen    Producer
Roberto Orci    Producer
Kevin De La Noy    Executive Producer
Louis Leterrier    Executive Producer
Ed Solomon    Executive Producer
Peter Deming    Director of Photography
Sharon Seymour    Production Designer
Stan Salfas    Editor
Anna B. Sheppard    Costume Designer
Brian Tyler    Composer
Randall Poster    Music Supervisor
Matt Johnson    Visual Effects Supervisor
Deborah Aquila    Casting Director
Tricia Wood    Casting Director
Kevin De La Noy    Unit Production Manager
Donald Sabourin    Unit Production Manager
Richard Whelan    First Assistant Director
Tom Rye    Key Second Assistant Director
Donna Sloan    Executive in Charge of Production
Mark Mottram    Stunt Coordinator/Fight Arranger
Karl McMillian    Associate Producer
Meredith Wieck    Associate Producer
Stuart Kearns    Supervising Art Director
Dominic Masters    Art Director
Martin Foley    Art Director
Remo Tozzi    Art Director
Stephen Swain    Art Director
Stephen Dobric    Art Director
Jude Farr    Set Decorator
Janet Muswell Hamilton    Visual Effects Producer
James K. Jensen    Post-Production Supervisor
Stephen Shapiro    First Assistant Editor
Jill Piwowar    Assistant Editor
Tobias Lloyd    Assistant Editor
Ben Howdeshell*    Assistant Editor
Paul Elman    Assistant Editor
John Marquis    Supervising Sound Editor
Nancy Nugent Title    Supervising Sound Editor
John Marquis    Sound Designer
Nancy Nugent Title    Sound Designer
Andy Koyama    Re-recording Mixer
Will Files    Re-recording Mixer
Anna Worley    Script Supervisor
John Casali    Sound Mixer
Steve Hutchinson    Special Effects Supervisor
Frances Hannon    Make-up and Prosthetic Effects Designer
Julie Dartnell    Make-up and Hair Designer
Lillie Jeffrey    Additional Casting-Casting Associate
Katy Covell    Additional Casting-Casting Assistant
Ollie Gilbert    Additional Casting-Casting Assistant
Alex Gladstone    Supervising Location Manager
Ashton Radcliffe    Location Manager
Damon Crane    Location Manager
Aurelia Thomas    Location Manager

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

Home Market Releases for September 6th, 2016

September 6th, 2016

The Iron Giant

It is a big week with a ton of home market releases, including several that were contenders for Pick of the Week. There were two limited releases in that group, Love and Friendship and Tale of Tales. Love and Friendship got better reviews, but Tale of Tales’ Blu-ray is more interesting in my mind. Star Trek 50th Anniversary TV and Movie Collection is a great Blu-ray box set and would make an amazing gift. As for the Pick of the Week, that was an easy choice: The Iron Giant: Signature Edition on Blu-ray. Although if you are a hardcore fan, then the Ultimate Collector’s Edition might be worth the $75. More...

Home Market Releases for August 23rd, 2016

August 24th, 2016

The Nice Guys

There are not many major hits on this week’s list, but there are several releases that are contenders for Pick of the Week. This includes TV on DVD releases like Ash vs The Evil Dead: Season 1 (DVD or Blu-ray), as well as limited releases like Maggie’s Plan (DVD or Blu-ray). However, in the end I went with The Nice Guys on Blu-ray Combo Pack. More...

International Box Office: Ice Age Collides with Top Spot Earning $53.5 million

July 21st, 2016

Ice Age: Collision Course

Ice Age: Collision Course rose to first place with $53.5 million in 51 markets for an early international total of $127.0 million. The film’s biggest new market was France, where it earned first place with $7.07 million on 873 screens. That’s a pretty good opening for that market, but the previous film opened with $12.76 million in that market, so that’s a sizable drop-off. The film also earned first place in Russia with $5.85 million on 1,236, compared to $16.97 million the earlier film opened with. That’s really troubling. Meanwhile, the film had to settle for second place in the U.K. with $4.99 million in 570 theaters. (We can’t really compare openings here. The numbers we get for the U.K. are actually for the U.K., Ireland, and Malta. It’s similar to the domestic market being Canada and the States. In almost all cases this doesn’t matter, because films open in all three countries at the same time. However, Continental Drift opened in Ireland first, before expanding into the U.K., so there’s no easy way to compare the two results.) At this pace, it looks like Collision Course isn’t going to match its predecessor at the box office. However, it could fail to earn half as much worldwide and still break even on the home market. This might be the last installment in the franchise, on the other hand. More...

International Box Office: Independence Day tops Chart, Dory Reaches $500 million Milestone

July 7th, 2016

Independence Day: Resurgence

Independence Day: Resurgence remained in first place on the international chart with $40.2 million in 64 markets for totals of $177.0 million internationally and $249.9 million worldwide. Its biggest new market was Spain, where it earned $1.7 million. Meanwhile, its biggest holdovers were China ($11.64 million over the weekend for a two-week total of $66.67 million) and the U.K. ($2.69 million in 603 theaters for a two-week total of $12.16 million). Overall, the movie is doing fine, but the film set up an obvious sequel, so the studio was obviously hoping for more than just fine. More...

International Box Office: Independence Day gets Tricked out of Top Spot in China

June 30th, 2016

Independence Day: Resurgence

Independence Day: Resurgence started its international run in first place with $102.1 million in 57 markets. That's the good news. That bad news is that its biggest market was China, where it only managed second place with $36.09 million, including previews. In most of the rest of the world, the film did no better than it did here, relative to the size of the market. South Korea helped it out with a first place, $5.45 million opening on 926 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $7.49 million. It opened in second place in the U.K. with $6.91 million in 610 theaters, which is no better than its opening here. The film cost a lot to make, so it needs to do better than this to be seen as a financial hit. More...

International Box Office: Dory Earns $50 Million to Dump Warcraft

June 22nd, 2016

Finding Dory

Finding Dory started its international run in first place with $50.0 million in 29 markets. Its biggest market was China, where it earned second place with 18.15 million over the weekend and $18.18 million including previews. This is not a lot of money compared to last week's winner; however, China is not a market that is kind to animated films. Before this year, no animated movie had earned more than $100 million in China and the current record is held by Zootopia at $235.77 million. Zootopia only made $23.99 million during its opening weekend in China, so this isn't a bad start for Finding Dory. Additionally, Finding Dory doubled Zootopia's opening in Australia with $7.63 million on 524 screens. It also performed very well in Argentina ($3.5 million) and in Russia ($3.25 million on 1,220 screens). It is still too early to tell if Finding Dory will top $1 billion worldwide, but this start gives box office watchers a reason to be optimistic. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Dory Dominates with $135.06 Million, Central is Solid with $35.54 Million

June 21st, 2016

Finding-Dory

In our prediction column, I said I wanted the top two films to earn a combined total of $150 million to $170 million. Finding Dory's and Central Intelligence's combined opening weekend was $170.60 million. The overall box office was 53% higher than last weekend at $233 million. However, this was still 6.3% lower than the same weekend last year. Finding Dory did do better than either Jurassic World or Inside Out individually, but couldn't compete with their combined totals. 2016 is still ahead of 2015, but its lead was cut by a third at $150 million or 3.1%. That said, 2016 hit $5 billion a week faster than 2015 did and its lead of $5.06 billion to $4.91 billion is still substantial. More...

Friday Estimates: Dory Finds Success with $54.95 Million

June 18th, 2016

Finding-Dory

Finding Dory led the way on Friday with $54.95 million. This is the best opening day for a Pixar film and the best opening day for an animated film. Simply, a fantastic start. Our prediction of $129 million seems woefully inadequate. It is a family-friendly film with 95% positive reviews and a CinemaScore of A, so it should have good legs, meaning a $140 million is the new target. This would also be a record for an animated film and put it in the top twenty opening weekends. If this calculation holds true, then getting to $400 million domestically will be an easy feat. Hitting $500 million isn’t out of the question. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will Audience Find Dory? Is Seeing Central Intelligence the Smart Thing to do?

June 16th, 2016

Finding-Dory

This weekend should be the best weekend in June, led by Finding Dory. Finding Dory should easily be the biggest hit of the month, one of the biggest hits of the year, and the fastest opening film in Pixar's history. On the other hand, Central Intelligence is just hoping for a solid second place opening in its role as counter-programming. If it hits $30 million, then the studio will be very happy. This weekend last year, Jurassic World led the way with $106.59 million, while Inside Out opened in second place with $90.44 million. 2016 is going to lose more ground to 2015. I just hope they keep it close. I will be happy if Finding Dory and Central Intelligence earned a combined $150 million to $170 million. More...

International Box Office: Warcraft Crushes Competition in China on way to $185.8 Million Weekend

June 16th, 2016

Warcraft

Warcraft roared into first place with $185.8 million in 52 markets for totals of $261.7 million internationally and 285.9 million worldwide. There are some amazing news to report from over the weekend, but also some bad news. First the positive news. The film broke records in China earning $156.17 million during its five-day opening. That topped the previous record held by Furious 7. Unfortunately, outside of China, its box office run was much closer to its North American debut. For example, it earned second place in South Korea with $4.26 million on 736 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $5.09 million. Because of how much money the film is earning in China and how little of that the studio sees, the film could make $600 million internationally and still struggle to break even. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Conjuring Conquers Competition with $40.41 million

June 14th, 2016

The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist

As anticipated, The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist led the weekend box office with ease pulling in $40.41 million. The second place film, Warcraft, earned 40% less. Now You See Me 2 only managed third place and it will need a lot of help to break even. The overall box office was $152 million, which is 13% more than last weekend. However, it was also more than $100 million less than this weekend last year. Normally a 44% collapse like this only happens when there is a misalignment in holidays. In this case, it's because of Jurassic World. 2016 is still ahead of 2015 by a substantial margin at $4.76 billion to $4.54 billion. 2016's lead is now 4.8%, more than a full percentage point lower than it was this time last week, but hopefully Finding Dory will help prevent a similar descent this week. More...

Weekend Estimates: Conjuring Top at Home, Warcraft Dominates in China

June 12th, 2016

The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist

This weekend’s box office is a tale of two continents. In North America, The Conjuring 2 is off to a great start, easily winning the weekend with $40.35 million, and averaging over $10,000 per theater. In Asia—China to be specific—Warcraft has made a record-breaking debut. Its domestic prospects look horrible though, with just $24.36 million expected for the weekend. More...

Friday Estimates: Sequels Still Struggle, but Conjuring Comes Out on Top with $16.4 million

June 11th, 2016

The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist

The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist is the only bit of good news to come out of Friday, and even then it was muted. The film earned $16.4 million on Friday, which is enough for first place, but it is also about 3.3% lower than the original’s opening day and sequels really need to open faster than the original. Its outlook for the rest of the weekend is mixed when compared to the first film. Both films earned identical A- CinemaScores, but the sequel’s reviews are weaker and sequels tend to be more front-loaded. Look for an opening weekend of about $38 million. This is a little better than predicted and almost as much as it cost to make. Hopefully it is enough to get to $100 million domestically, because we could use some good news at the box office. Even if it doesn’t quite get to the century mark, as long as it doesn’t completely collapse, it will break even sooner rather than later. More...

Thursday Night Previews: Conjuring 2 Re-Capture's Box Office Might with $3.4 million

June 10th, 2016

The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist

The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist had the best run during Midnight showings earning $3.4 million on Thursday. By comparison, The Conjuring earned $3.3 million during its previews. The Enfield Poltergeist does have a good Tomatometer Score (74% positive), but the Sequel Effect will still be in play and that will limit the film's weekend box office. Look for $35 million, or close to it. This will make it the biggest horror release of 2016 by Sunday, perhaps as early as Saturday. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will the New Releases Scare the Industry?

June 9th, 2016

The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist

If this weekend is as bad as some fear it will be, it could begin to cause a panic among some studio executives. Two of the three wide releases are sequels and there are some who expect both to fail to match their predecessors by significant margins. If this happens, we will have six sequels failing to match expectations during a four-week stretch. Worse still, there are more than six additional sequels left to open before the end of summer. (Finding Dory seems safe, but the rest could flop as well.) The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist should come out on top at the box office, but with less than the original made. Now You See Me 2 will likely continue Lionsgate's losing streak. Meanwhile, Warcraft could do well enough in China to justify a sequel, which is great news, because it will likely bomb here. This weekend last year, Jurassic World opened with $208 million. There's no way the entire box office will make that much this year. 2016 is going to get pummeled in the year-over-year comparison. More...

Contest: Scared Silly

June 3rd, 2016

The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist

There are three wide releases coming out next week. The Conjuring 2: The Enfeild Poltergeist is expected to top Now You See Me 2 for top spot. (Warcraft is just hoping to not embarrass itself at this point.) While there is a chance of an upset, The Enfeild Poltergeist has a large enough advantage that I'm confident in making it 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 The Conjuring 2: The Enfeild Poltergeist.

Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going over, will win a Frankenprize of previously reviews DVD and / or Blu-rays. I grabbed a few more boxes from storage, so we can do winner's choice again. The choices are, two movies, one TV on DVD release, three single-disc kids DVDs, or two items from the mystery box. 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 Frankenprize, as described above. 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 the final Frankenprize.

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

2016 Preview: June

June 1st, 2016

Finding Dory

May was great, as long as you don't compare it to last May. Captain America: Civil War was a monster hit and is closing in on $400 million, while both X-Men: Apocalypse and The Angry Birds Movie will earn over $100 million. Looking ahead, every week in June, there is one movie that should top $100 million; however, only Finding Dory is expected to make more than $200 million. In fact, that film is expected to make close to $400 million domestically and over $1 billion worldwide. Last June, there were two monster hits, Inside Out and Jurassic World, plus one $100 million hit, Spy. I don't see how 2016 will top that. Even if every film with a shot at $100 million gets to that milestone, 2016 still might not top last year's pace. Fortunately, 2016 does have a large lead and that could be enough to keep 2016 ahead of 2015's pace in the year-over-year competition. It could be really close at the end of the month, on the other hand. More...

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Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jun 10, 2016 3 $22,383,146   3,232 $6,925   $22,383,146 1
Jun 17, 2016 4 $9,373,379 -58% 3,232 $2,900   $41,085,908 2
Jun 24, 2016 7 $5,593,399 -40% 2,745 $2,038   $51,997,613 3
Jul 1, 2016 10 $2,958,764 -47% 1,788 $1,655   $58,698,209 4
Jul 8, 2016 13 $1,320,430 -55% 864 $1,528   $62,149,643 5
Jul 15, 2016 14 $687,309 -48% 523 $1,314   $63,540,841 6
Jul 22, 2016 22 $288,358 -58% 257 $1,122   $64,270,893 7
Jul 29, 2016 32 $112,791 -61% 135 $835   $64,554,806 8
Aug 5, 2016 38 $51,272 -55% 85 $603   $64,685,359 9
Aug 12, 2016 36 $122,449 +139% 151 $811   $64,845,898 10
Aug 19, 2016 39 $107,434 -12% 126 $853   $65,030,563 11

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Jun 9, 2016 P $1,750,000     0     $1,750,000  
Jun 10, 2016 3 $8,400,189     3,232 $2,599   $8,400,189 1
Jun 11, 2016 2 $8,206,254 -2%   3,232 $2,539   $16,606,443 2
Jun 12, 2016 2 $5,776,703 -30%   3,232 $1,787   $22,383,146 3
Jun 13, 2016 2 $2,275,003 -61%   3,232 $704   $24,658,149 4
Jun 14, 2016 2 $3,067,601 +35%   3,232 $949   $27,725,750 5
Jun 15, 2016 2 $2,252,874 -27%   3,232 $697   $29,978,624 6
Jun 16, 2016 2 $1,733,905 -23%   3,232 $536   $31,712,529 7
Jun 17, 2016 4 $2,850,958 +64% -66% 3,232 $882   $34,563,487 8
Jun 18, 2016 4 $3,506,678 +23% -57% 3,232 $1,085   $38,070,165 9
Jun 19, 2016 4 $3,015,743 -14% -48% 3,232 $933   $41,085,908 10
Jun 20, 2016 4 $1,312,870 -56% -42% 3,232 $406   $42,398,778 11
Jun 21, 2016 4 $1,586,027 +21% -48% 3,232 $491   $43,984,805 12
Jun 22, 2016 4 $1,263,208 -20% -44% 3,232 $391   $45,248,013 13
Jun 23, 2016 4 $1,156,201 -8% -33% 3,232 $358   $46,404,214 14
Jun 24, 2016 7 $1,709,563 +48% -40% 2,745 $623   $48,113,777 15
Jun 25, 2016 7 $2,239,326 +31% -36% 2,745 $816   $50,353,103 16
Jun 26, 2016 7 $1,644,510 -27% -45% 2,745 $599   $51,997,613 17
Jun 27, 2016 6 $829,662 -50% -37% 2,745 $302   $52,827,275 18
Jun 28, 2016 6 $1,269,689 +53% -20% 2,745 $463   $54,096,964 19
Jun 29, 2016 6 $1,010,896 -20% -20% 2,745 $368   $55,107,860 20
Jun 30, 2016 7 $631,585 -38% -45% 2,745 $230   $55,739,445 21
Jul 1, 2016 10 $878,134 +39% -49% 1,788 $491   $56,617,579 22
Jul 2, 2016 10 $1,098,157 +25% -51% 1,788 $614   $57,715,736 23
Jul 3, 2016 10 $982,473 -11% -40% 1,788 $549   $58,698,209 24
Jul 4, 2016 9 $744,859 -24% -10% 1,788 $417   $59,443,068 25
Jul 5, 2016 10 $570,392 -23% -55% 1,788 $319   $60,013,460 26
Jul 6, 2016 11 $461,933 -19% -54% 1,788 $258   $60,475,393 27
Jul 7, 2016 11 $353,820 -23% -44% 1,788 $198   $60,829,213 28
Jul 8, 2016 12 $388,728 +10% -56% 864 $450   $61,217,941 29
Jul 9, 2016 13 $547,972 +41% -50% 864 $634   $61,765,913 30
Jul 10, 2016 13 $383,730 -30% -61% 864 $444   $62,149,643 31
Jul 11, 2016 12 $179,318 -53% -76% 864 $208   $62,328,961 32
Jul 12, 2016 12 $225,795 +26% -60% 864 $261   $62,554,756 33
Jul 13, 2016 13 $154,020 -32% -67% 864 $178   $62,708,776 34
Jul 14, 2016 12 $144,756 -6% -59% 864 $168   $62,853,532 35
Jul 15, 2016 14 $197,694 +37% -49% 523 $378   $63,051,226 36
Jul 16, 2016 14 $280,173 +42% -49% 523 $536   $63,331,399 37
Jul 17, 2016 14 $209,442 -25% -45% 523 $400   $63,540,841 38
Jul 18, 2016 13 $110,393 -47% -38% 523 $211   $63,651,234 39
Jul 19, 2016 12 $149,198 +35% -34% 523 $285   $63,800,432 40
Jul 20, 2016 13 $109,977 -26% -29% 523 $210   $63,910,409 41
Jul 21, 2016 14 $72,126 -34% -50% 523 $138   $63,982,535 42
Jul 22, 2016 - $85,780 +19% -57% 257 $334   $64,068,315 43
Jul 23, 2016 - $123,330 +44% -56% 257 $480   $64,191,645 44
Jul 24, 2016 - $79,248 -36% -62% 257 $308   $64,270,893 45
Jul 25, 2016 - $49,330 -38% -55% 257 $192   $64,320,223 46
Jul 26, 2016 - $59,399 +20% -60% 257 $231   $64,379,622 47
Jul 27, 2016 - $34,419 -42% -69% 257 $134   $64,414,041 48
Jul 28, 2016 - $27,974 -19% -61% 257 $109   $64,442,015 49
Jul 29, 2016 - $33,275 +19% -61% 135 $246   $64,475,290 50
Jul 30, 2016 - $44,391 +33% -64% 135 $329   $64,519,681 51
Jul 31, 2016 - $35,125 -21% -56% 135 $260   $64,554,806 52
Aug 1, 2016 - $21,656 -38% -56% 135 $160   $64,576,462 53
Aug 2, 2016 - $24,340 +12% -59% 135 $180   $64,600,802 54
Aug 3, 2016 - $18,437 -24% -46% 135 $137   $64,619,239 55
Aug 4, 2016 - $14,848 -19% -47% 135 $110   $64,634,087 56
Aug 5, 2016 - $15,326 +3% -54% 85 $180   $64,649,413 57
Aug 6, 2016 - $21,347 +39% -52% 85 $251   $64,670,760 58
Aug 7, 2016 - $14,599 -32% -58% 85 $172   $64,685,359 59
Aug 8, 2016 - $8,080 -45% -63% 85 $95   $64,693,439 60
Aug 9, 2016 - $11,402 +41% -53% 85 $134   $64,704,841 61
Aug 10, 2016 - $10,054 -12% -45% 85 $118   $64,714,895 62
Aug 11, 2016 - $8,554 -15% -42% 85 $101   $64,723,449 63
Aug 12, 2016 - $33,945 +297% +121% 151 $225   $64,757,394 64
Aug 13, 2016 - $51,751 +52% +142% 151 $343   $64,809,145 65
Aug 14, 2016 - $36,753 -29% +152% 151 $243   $64,845,898 66
Aug 15, 2016 - $21,312 -42% +164% 151 $141   $64,867,210 67
Aug 16, 2016 - $23,429 +10% +105% 151 $155   $64,890,639 68
Aug 17, 2016 - $20,319 -13% +102% 151 $135   $64,910,958 69
Aug 18, 2016 - $12,171 -40% +42% 151 $81   $64,923,129 70
Aug 19, 2016 - $30,743 +153% -9% 126 $244   $64,953,872 71
Aug 20, 2016 - $46,064 +50% -11% 126 $366   $64,999,936 72
Aug 21, 2016 - $30,627 -34% -17% 126 $243   $65,030,563 73
Aug 22, 2016 - $10,859 -65% -49% 126 $86   $65,041,422 74
Aug 23, 2016 - $12,822 +18% -45% 126 $102   $65,054,244 75
Aug 24, 2016 - $10,706 -17% -47% 126 $85   $65,064,950 76
Aug 25, 2016 - $10,590 -1% -13% 126 $84   $65,075,540 77

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Jun 10, 2016 2 $31,712,529   3,232 $9,812   $31,712,529 1
Jun 17, 2016 4 $14,691,685 -54% 3,232 $4,546   $46,404,214 2
Jun 24, 2016 7 $9,335,231 -36% 2,745 $3,401   $55,739,445 3
Jul 1, 2016 10 $5,089,768 -45% 1,788 $2,847   $60,829,213 4
Jul 8, 2016 12 $2,024,319 -60% 864 $2,343   $62,853,532 5
Jul 15, 2016 15 $1,129,003 -44% 523 $2,159   $63,982,535 6
Jul 22, 2016 24 $459,480 -59% 257 $1,788   $64,442,015 7
Jul 29, 2016 32 $192,072 -58% 135 $1,423   $64,634,087 8
Aug 5, 2016 39 $89,362 -53% 85 $1,051   $64,723,449 9
Aug 12, 2016 33 $199,680 +123% 151 $1,322   $64,923,129 10
Aug 19, 2016 39 $152,411 -24% 126 $1,210   $65,075,540 11

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Argentina 8/19/2016 $347,574 102 102 241 $905,772 9/30/2019
Australia 5/27/2016 $146 1 263 1,111 $6,943,961 9/9/2018
Belgium 7/28/2016 $686,000 0 0 0 $686,000 8/1/2016
Brazil 6/10/2016 $1,800,000 0 548 1,382 $7,756,692 11/16/2018
Bulgaria 6/10/2016 $0 0 0 0 $323,068 2/26/2019
China 6/20/2016 $42,430,000 67,652 67,652 117,259 $97,115,216 8/27/2018
Colombia 7/1/2016 $585,000 0 0 0 $585,000 12/20/2018
Czech Republic 6/10/2016 $4,784 12 95 323 $571,109 12/31/2018
France 7/29/2016 $5,000,000 0 0 0 $15,058,312 8/17/2018
Germany 8/26/2016 $767,772 0 0 0 $2,935,447 8/19/2018
Hong Kong 6/10/2016 $0 0 43 86 $4,173,699 11/15/2018
Italy 6/10/2016 $1,062,691 0 12 22 $3,227,428 11/13/2018
Japan 9/2/2016 $1,885,164 0 0 0 $5,243,239 8/20/2018
Lithuania 6/10/2016 $41,324 89 89 233 $158,316 8/31/2016
Malaysia 6/17/2016 $1,000,000 0 0 0 $1,000,000 6/20/2016
Mexico 7/22/2016 $3,663,998 0 0 0 $10,823,214 9/8/2018
Middle East Region 6/17/2016 $1,300,000 0 0 0 $1,300,000 6/20/2016
Netherlands 6/9/2016 $491,819 116 116 737 $2,201,945 11/19/2018
New Zealand 6/10/2016 $308,974 92 92 389 $966,886 8/22/2016
Poland 7/8/2016 $753,499 0 0 0 $3,297,379 12/31/2018
Portugal 6/17/2016 $264,365 75 75 396 $1,415,966 9/15/2016
Russia (CIS) 6/10/2016 $7,180,580 1,122 1,128 4,674 $17,357,568 12/31/2018
Slovakia 6/16/2016 $102,329 66 66 209 $432,917 8/25/2016
Slovenia 6/17/2016 $19,106 15 15 58 $99,047 8/9/2016
South Korea 7/14/2016 $1,507,932 412 1,200 2,580 $12,700,034 9/17/2016
Spain 7/22/2016 $834,447 287 483 2,188 $5,502,926 11/17/2018
Taiwan 6/10/2016 $2,200,000 0 59 116 $6,265,817 10/30/2018
Turkey 6/10/2016 $376,943 279 284 1,888 $2,962,006 2/26/2019
United Kingdom 7/4/2016 $3,835,737 483 483 1,668 $7,858,234 10/12/2016
Venezuela 7/1/2016 $500,000 0 0 0 $500,000 7/4/2016
 
Rest of World $42,882,269
 
International Total$263,249,467 9/30/2019

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
Sep 11, 20162193,543 193,543$2,895,403$2,895,4033
Sep 18, 2016463,520-67% 257,063$915,323$3,810,7264
Sep 25, 2016823,818-63% 280,881$356,317$4,167,0435
Oct 2, 20161419,170-20% 300,051$286,783$4,453,8266
Oct 9, 20162713,950-27% 314,001$186,790$4,640,6167
Nov 13, 20163010,598 357,825$137,350$5,208,57412

Weekly US Blu-ray Sales

DateRankUnits
this
Week
% ChangeTotal
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
in
Release
Sep 11, 20161209,609 209,609$4,223,913$4,223,9133
Sep 18, 2016367,304-68% 276,913$1,354,882$5,578,7954
Sep 25, 2016922,602-66% 299,515$455,093$6,033,8885
Oct 2, 20161114,291-37% 313,806$287,530$6,321,4186
Oct 9, 2016177,727-46% 321,533$148,709$6,470,1277

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