Weekend Box Office Roundup

Weekend Box Office Top 10:

JIGSAW opened at #1 with $16.2M (Million), well below expectations for this SAW sequel/reboot from Lionsgate, but at a $10M pricetag plus marketing costs, the film should still be profitable.

TYLER PERRY'S BOO 2! A MADEA HALLOWEEN also from Lionsgate held onto the #2 spot with $10M, bringing the total to $35.5M. With a cost of just $25M plus a modest marketing campaign, this will be another profitable Madea entry. GEOSTORM slid to #3 with $5.6M, a domestic total of only $23.5M, but a better worldwide haul of $136.9M. From Skydance and Warner Bros., and directed by Dean Devlin from a screenplay written by himself and Paul Guyot, this sci-fi disaster pic will be a sharp loss at a $120M budget plus marketing costs. HAPPY DEATH DAY is #4 with $5M, a domestic total of $48.3M, and a worldwide total of $68.5M. Produced and financed by Blumhouse, and distributed by Universal, this horror film directed by Christopher Landon from an original script by Scott Lobdell carried a production budget of just $4.8M plus marketing, meaning it has made 10X its budget in the U.S. alone. BLADE RUNNER: 2049 is #5 with $3.9M, a domestic total of $81.3M, and a worldwide total of $223.3M. The film is produced and co-financed between Alcon and Sony, and released in the U.S. by Warner Bros., while all international is handled by Sony. Directed by Denis Villeneuve from a screenplay by Michael Green and Hampton Fancher, the film's budget of $150M plus marketing does make this a sharp financial loss. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE opened at a disastrous #6 with just $3.7M. This Universal release has a budget of $20M plus marketing, which means it will be a financial loser for all involved. ONLY THE BRAVE fell to #7 with $3.4M, bringing the total to only $11.9M on this Sony film which cost $38M plus marketing, another financial loser this fall despite strong critical reviews. THE FOREIGNER held onto #8 with $3.2M, a domestic total now of $28.8M, and a worldwide total of $117.2M. From STX, this Chinese co-production directed by Martin Campbell and written by David Marconi, based on Stephen Leather's novel "The Chinaman" is solidly profitable with a budget of only $35M plus marketing. SUBURBICON opened at #9 well below expectations with just $2.8M, a career low for director George Clooney, and star Matt Damon. Despite the Coen Bros. script which inspired the film, this Paramount release which was acquired for $10M plus marketing costs, will be a financial loss and another fall casualty at the box office. IT is #10 with the film's final weekend in the Top Ten, earning another $2.4M, to bring the domestic total to $323.7M, and the worldwide total to a huge, and slightly spooky $666.6M, appropriate for this Halloween weekend. Other Notable: THOR: RAGNAROK opened internationally this weekend to a giant $107.6M ahead of the U.S. debut and global expansion next weekend. Look for massive numbers out of this Marvel/Disney superhero pic. Next weekend brings the aforementioned THOR: RAGNAROK, as well as A BAD MOM'S CHRISTMAS, and ROMAN J. ISRAEL, ESQ. as November kicks the fall box office into high gear.