{"id":44696,"date":"2016-04-24T17:16:40","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T00:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=44696"},"modified":"2016-04-26T11:26:11","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T18:26:11","slug":"box-office-winter-but-no-christmas-for-the-huntsman-and-zootopia-becomes-the-8th-biggest-animated-film-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/04\/box-office-winter-but-no-christmas-for-the-huntsman-and-zootopia-becomes-the-8th-biggest-animated-film-worldwide.html","title":{"rendered":"Box office: Winter but no Christmas for The Huntsman<\/i>, and Zootopia<\/i> becomes the 8th-biggest animated film worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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There was good news and bad news for Chris Hemsworth this week.<\/p>\n

The good news is, The Huntsman: Winter\u2019s War<\/b><\/i> grossed an estimated $20.1 million between Thursday and Sunday nights<\/a>, which marks his second-best debut as a leading man outside of the Thor<\/a><\/i> franchise (and its Avengers<\/a><\/i> tie-ins).<\/p>\n

The bad news is, it\u2019s barely more than a third of the $56.2 million that the previous film in the series, Snow White and the Huntsman<\/i>, opened to in 2012.<\/p>\n

Outside of the Marvel movies, Hemsworth has not had much luck at the box office<\/a>.<\/p>\n

His last three leading-man movies \u2014 Rush<\/i> (total domestic gross: $26.9 million), Blackhat<\/i> ($8 million) and In the Heart of the Sea<\/i> ($25 million) \u2014 were all flops to one degree or another. Even the one comedy he had a small part in, Vacation<\/i> ($58.9 million), was an underperformer, though it cost less to make than the others.<\/p>\n

Hemsworth\u2019s only bona fide<\/i> non-superhero hit since Thor<\/i> catapulted him to stardom was the first Huntsman<\/i> movie. But that<\/i> film also starred Kristen Stewart as Snow White, at a time when Stewart was between hugely popular Twilight<\/a><\/i> sequels.<\/p>\n

Stewart is not part of the new film, and her character is kept entirely offscreen (except for one shot in which Snow White is briefly glimpsed from behind). So the film now rests more squarely on Hemsworth\u2019s shoulders, though it also features highly-touted supporting turns from Jessica Chastain (as a female \u201chuntsman\u201d) and Emily Blunt (as Charlize Theron\u2019s arguably-less-wicked but equally supernatural sister).<\/p>\n

And even with all that talent, Huntsman<\/i>\u2019s first weekend was only so-so. Let\u2019s hope Hemsworth has better luck with the upcoming Ghostbusters<\/i> reboot (in which he once again takes a supporting role in a comedy, as a secretary to the title characters).<\/p>\n

Huntsman<\/i> has earned another $80.2 million overseas since opening in Singapore three weeks ago. The film\u2019s global total currently stands at $100.3 million.<\/p>\n

In other news, Disney had more to smile about this weekend.<\/p>\n

The Jungle Book<\/b><\/i> stayed on top of the box office chart and dropped only 41.1% to gross $60.8 million in its second week, for a domestic cume of $191.5 million. The film has earned another $337 million overseas, for a global total of $528.5 million.<\/p>\n

And Zootopia<\/b><\/i> grossed $6.6 million in its eighth week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $316.4 million \u2014 the second-highest gross of any non-Pixar Disney animated film during its original theatrical release (behind Frozen<\/i>, 2013, $400.7 million).1<\/sup><\/p>\n

Zootopia<\/i>\u2019s weekend haul dropped only 18.8% from last week, and the film actually went up in rank, from fifth place last week to fourth place this week.<\/p>\n

The film has earned another $590.7 million overseas, which makes it the first film this year to gross over $900 million worldwide. ($907.1 million, to be precise.)<\/p>\n

The film still ranks tenth among animated films in North America, but overseas it now ranks seventh, and worldwide it now ranks eighth. (See the charts below.)<\/p>\n

Also worth noting: this was the first weekend without a \u201cfaith-based\u201d film in the top ten since before Risen<\/i> opened on February 19.<\/p>\n

God\u2019s Not Dead 2<\/b><\/i> grossed $1.13 million and ranked eleventh in its fourth week, for a domestic total of $19 million. It has earned another $1.2 million overseas<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And Miracles from Heaven<\/i><\/b> grossed $1.1 million and ranked 13th in its sixth week, for a domestic total of $58.8 million. It has earned another $5.2 million overseas.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in other box-office news\u2026<\/p>\n

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice<\/b><\/i> grossed $5.5 million and ranked sixth for the weekend. After five weeks in theatres, the film has earned $319.5 million \u2014 which is still not yet double the $166 million that the film made in its first weekend<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Batman v Superman<\/i> has earned another $532.1 million overseas for a worldwide total of $851.6 million \u2014 well under the billion-dollar mark the studio was aiming for.<\/p>\n

There were no estimates for Risen<\/b><\/i> or The Young Messiah<\/b><\/i> this week.<\/p>\n

Now for a bit of extra data on Zootopia<\/i>\u2019s ranking among animated films<\/a>:<\/p>\n

In North America, the film ranks tenth:<\/p>\n