{"id":53903,"date":"2016-11-13T21:38:51","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T05:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=53903"},"modified":"2016-11-13T21:38:51","modified_gmt":"2016-11-14T05:38:51","slug":"box-office-arrival-beats-expectations-in-its-big-screen-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/11\/box-office-arrival-beats-expectations-in-its-big-screen-debut.html","title":{"rendered":"Box office: Arrival<\/i> beats expectations in its big-screen debut"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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A smart sci-fi film was the top new movie at the box office this week.<\/p>\n

Arrival<\/b><\/i>, which depicts an effort by the world\u2019s governments to communicate with extra-terrestrials who have parked their spaceships over a dozen cities, landed in third place with an estimated $24 million between Thursday and Sunday nights<\/a>. That was quite a bit better than the $12-18 million that some observers<\/a> had predicted.<\/p>\n

Arrival<\/i>, which was produced for about $40 million, had the best first weekend of any film directed by Denis Villeneuve<\/a> (beating the $20.8 million that Prisoners<\/i> opened to in 2013), and it marks the second-best opening of any film with Amy Adams<\/a> in the lead role (behind the $34.4 million that Enchanted<\/i> opened to in 2007).<\/p>\n

The top two films this week were identical to the top two films from last week.<\/p>\n

Doctor Strange<\/b><\/i> earned $43 million in its second week, a drop of only 49.4% from its debut last week. Among Marvel Cinematic Universe<\/a> movies, only Iron Man<\/i> (48.1%) and Thor<\/i> (47.2%) have had less-steep second-weekend drops.<\/p>\n

The film has earned $153 million so far in North America, and it is still tracking ahead of Thor: The Dark World<\/a><\/i>, the only other MCU movie released outside of spring or summer. That film had earned $145.1 million by this point in its release.<\/p>\n

Doctor Strange<\/i> has also earned another $339.6 million overseas, which puts it ahead of all other MCU non-sequels except for Guardians of the Galaxy<\/a><\/i>.1<\/sup> The Sorcerer Supreme has also earned more money internationally than Iron Man 2<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Globally, Doctor Strange<\/i> has earned $492.6 million altogether.<\/p>\n

Trolls<\/b><\/i>, for its part, dropped only 24.8% and took in $35.1 million, thereby raising its domestic cume to $94 million. The DreamWorks animated film has earned another $128.3 million overseas for a global total of $222.3 million so far.<\/p>\n

There were two other wide releases in the top ten this week.<\/p>\n

The comedy Almost Christmas<\/b><\/i> landed in fourth place with $15.6 million, while the thriller Shut In<\/b><\/i> landed in seventh with $3.7 million \u2014 the lowest wide-release opening for Naomi Watts<\/a> since Stay<\/a><\/i> opened to $2.2 million in 2005.<\/p>\n

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

Hacksaw Ridge<\/b><\/i> earned $10.8 million and ranked fifth in its second week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $32.3 million. The film has earned another $2.1 million overseas for a global total of $34.4 million.<\/p>\n

The Accountant<\/b><\/i> earned $4.6 million and ranked sixth in its fifth week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $77.7 million. The film has earned another $50.9 million overseas for a global total of $128.6 million.<\/p>\n

Tyler Perry\u2019s Boo! A Madea Halloween<\/b><\/i> earned $3.6 million and ranked eighth in its fourth week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $70.4 million. The film has earned another $1.1 million overseas for a global total of $71.5 million.<\/p>\n

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back<\/b><\/i> earned $3.33 million and ranked ninth in its fourth week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $54.6 million. The film has earned another $73 million overseas for a global total of $127.6 million.<\/p>\n

And Inferno<\/b><\/i> earned $3.25 million and ranked tenth in its third week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $31.6 million. The film has earned another $171 million overseas for a global total of $202.6 million.<\/p>\n

Now for a bit of extra data on the year\u2019s top-grossing animated films<\/a>:<\/p>\n

In North America, The Secret Life of Pets<\/i> still ranks eighth among animated films:<\/p>\n