Here’s how bad this week’s two main openers did.Close Encounters of the Third Kind, re-released in 3D for its anniversary, came in at number thirteen, right belowWonder Woman, which has been out for over three months at this point. That was the best of the bunch and in most circles, it wouldn’t even count as a new release.
To get to the trulynewreleases, you’d have to go all the way down to number twenty-three and twenty-four. The Weinstein Company’s forever-delayedTulip Feverwill bring in $1.2 million by early estimates for the weekend, while Pantelion’sHazlo Como Hombreis estimated to take in a little over $1.1 million, respectively. To add salt to the wound, they both placed behind the IMAX screenings of the first episode ofInhumans, which came in with $1.5 million and was showing in a little more than half the theaters Tulip Fever was in.
Not since the early 1990s has a Labor Day weekend been without a new wide release and its been about two decades since we saw the box office drop so low. This didn’t put much of a dent in the top five, however.The Hitman’s Bodyguardcontinued its streak at number one, making it an official hat trick, but the action-comedy is looking to take in $10.3 million by the end of Sunday with an extra $2 million or so coming in over the Monday holiday. Similarly,Annabelle: Creationcontinued to do steady business in second place, bringing in another $7.3 million, down only 5% from last week’s take.
Wind River’s ascension in the charts likely has peaked this weekend, as the thriller placed in third with $5.8 million and will likely get over $7 million by the end of Monday. The go-to family movie,Leap!, held steady in fourth with $4.8 million and the best movie currently in wide release,Logan Lucky, is looking at approximately $4.4 million by the end of today to keep its place in fifth. If you switchedLeap!andWind Riveron the chart, you’d have the exact same list as last weekend, which is not a good look for an industry that’s clearly in crisis mode. Next weekend will bringItand a small boon for Warner Bros./New Line but the issues with big-studio thinking that this summer has brought to the fore won’t just disappear. We still haveThor: RagnarokandJustice Leagueto look forward to as event releases but if studios are now completely dependent on DC and Marvel movies like these doing well to keep their businesses and employees afloat, we’re in serious trouble.
Here’s your top five estimates for this Labor Day weekend:
Weekend Domestic BO
Total Domestic BO
- ‘The Hitman’s Bodyguard’
$10,250,000
$54,944,214
2. ‘Annabelle: Creation’
$7,300,000
$88,975,598
3. ‘Wind River’
$5,863,074
$18,285,511
4. ‘Leap!’
$4,886,923
$11,381,726
5. ‘Logan Lucky’
$4,421,125
$21,451,612
