The weekend’s other openers have less rosy futures. Even with the prospect of steep declines in the weeks ahead, the film should hit $150 million domestically, and with international markets expected to be the film’s strong suit, a sequel or two are likely to follow.
With expectations going into the weekend ranging from the low 30s to $50 million or so, an opening that Paramount is projecting at $65 million as of Sunday morning is a triumph. They also overcame almost universally-scathing reviews and an end-of-Summer release date to top the box office.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles didn’t just overcome the bad guys in a movie this weekend. Per Theater Chart: The Admiral Roars to the Top It looks like 2014 will continue its winning streak. The Butler was the only movie to make more than $20 million, while three of the four wide releases opened in fifth place or weaker. This weekend last year was also arguably the the end of summer. Frankly, the most interesting aspect of the weekend box office will likely be milestones reached by Guardians of the Galaxy and other movies, rather than the new releases. Finally, The Giver is the latest Young Adult adaptation, but this genre has produced more flops than even midlevel hits. Let's Be Cops opened on Wednesday, but with simply awful reviews, the word-of-mouth could kill it by the time the weekend starts. The Expendables 3 is the biggest of the three films opening this weekend, but the franchise appears to be on a downward trajectory.
This week three films look to avoid flopping, thus signaling the end of summer, but in order to do so, they must defy critics. The strong opening by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles allowed summer to be extended one more weekend. International Box Office: Lucy Makes a Return Trip to the Top There's almost no chance 2014 will win in the year-over-year comparison. Worse case scenario has neither film opening above last year's number two film, The Family. This weekend last year, Insidious Chapter 2 opened with more than $40 million and the combined openings of the two new releases this weekend will likely be below that. The biggest news of the weekend will come from Guardians of the Galaxy, which will become the first film released in 2014 to top $300 million. That said, they will still be a step up from what happened last weekend. Neither film is expected to become a big hit in fact, if either film earns more than $20 million over the weekend, I will be impressed. There are two wide releases debuting this weekend: Dolphin Tale 2 and No Good Time. This weekend the box office will bounce back, because it has to. Last weekend was the worst weekend in more than a decade. International Box Office: Century Weekend for Interstellar In the end, I went with The Skeleton Twins on Blu-ray. There are some releases that are contenders for Pick of the week, including Extant: Season 1 on DVD or Blu-ray, Tootsie on Blu-ray, and The Americans: Season 2 on DVD. However, it is also one of the worst big releases of the year. The biggest release of the week is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which is coming out on a 3D Blu-ray Combo Pack. It is getting very close to Christmas and while this means there are more and more people shopping, it also means the new releases are less likely to stand out in a sea of sales. This isn't bad, for a thriller.ĭVD and Blu-ray Releases for December 16th, 2014 Gone Girl earned first place with 342,000 / $6.64 million for an opening week Blu-ray share of 43%.
There were not a lot of new releases to reach the top twenty on the Blu-ray sales chart this week, but we did have a new film on top. The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits. Production and Technical Credits Jonathan Liebesmanīased on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Characters Top Based on Comic/Graphic Novel Weekend Domestic Top Animation/Live Action Weekend Domestic Labor Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) Labor Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) Platinum Dunes, Gama Entertainment, Mednick Productions, Heavy Metal Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the ShadowsĪnimal Lead, Animals Gone Bad, Mutants, Martial Arts, Live Action Cartoon, Reboot, Motion Capture Performance, 3-D, 3-D - Post-production Conversion, IMAX: DMR See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.Īugust 8th, 2014 (Wide) by Paramount Picturesĭecember 16th, 2014 by Paramount Home Video All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 201-300)Īll Time International Box Office (Rank 201-300)Īll Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 201-300)Īll Time Domestic Box Office for Super Hero MoviesĪll Time International Box Office for Super Hero MoviesĪll Time Worldwide Box Office for Super Hero Movies