Weekend Box Office Report: ‘Spectre’ Stays On Top

Meanwhile, the three new nationwide releases opened to peanuts.

But the runner-up for a second straight weekend closed the gap a bit.

Home-grown Hitler comedy Look Who’s Back, the box office champ before Bond arrived, landed at number two in the charts with a paltry $1.07 million (€1 million) gross, ahead of Pixar’s Inside Out ($988,000) and Hotel Transylvania 2 ($902,000).

This week, the Open Road Films movie extended to 60 screens, pulling in almost $1.4 million. Jurassic World and Furious 7 are among the top Hollywood earners in India with lifetime nett collections of Rs 101 cr ($15 million) and Rs 104 cr ($15.7 million) respectively. That would be The Peanuts Movie, which took in $24-million.

Finally, “My All American” was barely able to collect $1.4 million, which was not enough to make it to the top ten. Sony is distributing the Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer and Eon Productions’ film which carries an enormous $250 million price tag. If the people that made the movie want to forget about it, it’s a good bet you should too.

“Spectre” added $35.4 million to bring its domestic total to $130.7 million. A quick glance at the less-than-impressive $3,227 per-screen average points to this being a flop. Despite its unclear title, the movie was well-marketed; viewers knew that it was a Christmas-themed family comedy, and as the first such film of the season, it had an advantage. The Heineken James Bond commercial runs 2-3 weeks prior to the launch of the official James Bond film to help create awareness for the new Bond film but importantly for the brewer to link the brand with the famous global film franchise.

The Martian fell one spot to fourth place as it was wedged between newcomers Love the Coopers ($8.4m) and The 33 ($5.8m). It turns out that audiences didn’t much care to pay to see the Chilean miner story that they already saw unfold live on TV several years ago. “The Peanuts Movie” has grossed $82.5 million thus far. The latest flop for Warner Bros. came in the form of a mining disaster drama as The 33 debuted to an estimated $5.8M from 2,452 sites for a miserable $2,384 average. It has taken in $131 million in North America and $413 million internationally, $152 million this weekend alone, TheWrap reports.