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News: January 29-31 Weekend Box Office Numbers

by Ken Miyamoto on January 31, 2016

Kung Fu Panda 3 debuted in the top spot of the weekend box office with an estimated $41 million, which crushed the previous January, animated opening weekend record of $19.4 million held by The Nut Job (2014). However, the opening does signify yet another drop off following the original film's $60.2 million and Kung Fu Panda 2's $47.6 million.

Not one film in the top ten dropped more than 34% and the weekend is also a 46% improvement over the same weekend last year.

The Revenant and Star Wars: The Force Awakens had amazing holds with second and third place. The Revenant earned an estimated $12.4 million with Star Wars adding another $10.7 million, which takes it to now less than $5 million shy of $900 million. Internationally, Star Wars added another $12.6 million as its worldwide gross is now up to $1.983 billion.

The Finest Hours debuted in fourth place, bringing in $10.3 million along with an "A-" CinemaScore. Although with a budget reported to be in the $70-80 million range, that score will surely not save the film from underperforming against its budget. The film, starring Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Holliday Grainger, John Ortiz and Eric Bana, is a "based on a true story" flick that ended up earning an almost exact amount as December's In the Heart of the Sea, which opened with $11 million in 40 fewer theaters.

Ride Along 2 dropped only 33% to finish with an estimated $8.3 million followed by last weekend's new release, The Boy, which dropped a mere 26.8% for an estimated $7.8 million. Sophomore efforts Dirty Grandpa and The 5th Wave dipped less than 33%, finishing with $7.5 and $7 million respectively.

At the bottom of the top ten was Fifty Shades of Black in a fight for ninth place, coming in just ahead of 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi with an estimated $6.1 million.

The biggest disappointment of the weekend was the Natalie Portman-led Western, Jane Got a Gun. With an estimated $803,000 from 1,210 theaters, the film scored a mere $664 per theater average. This is, by far, the worst wide release opening in Portman's career.

ShortsHD and Magnolia Pictures released the 2016 Oscar Nominated Shorts into 112 theaters and pulled in an impressive $505,000, the best result for the theatrical release of the short films yet. Last year's release opened in 118 theaters and pulled in $416,850 and went on to make over $2.4 million. Next week, another 80 theaters will be added to the list with several more being added the weekend of February 12, playing through Oscar weekend. Included in the list are select Cinemark, AMC, Regal and Carmike locations, a first time screening the shorts program for both Regal and Carmike.

Next weekend sees the release of the Coen brothers' new comedy Hail, Caesar!, the latest Nicholas Sparks adaptation The Choice and the zombie comedy Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

January 29-31, 2016 Weekend Box Office Top Ten

1 Kung Fu Panda 3 $41,000,000 ($41,000,000)
2 The Revenant $12,400,000 ($138,171,368)
3 Star Wars: The Force Awakens $10,782,000 ($895,426,162)
4 The Finest Hours $10,327,000 ($10,327,000)
5 Ride Along 2 $8,345,520 ($70,775,210)
6 The Boy $7,894,000 ($21,527,916)
7 Dirty Grandpa $7,575,000 ($22,821,010)
8 The 5th Wave $7,000,000 ($20,188,149)
9 Fifty Shades of Black $6,186,648 ($6,186,648)
10 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi $6,000,000 ($42,573,845)

Source: Box Office Mojo

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