It was a really close battle for the #1 spot, there was a decent amount of buzz around M. Night Shyamalan’s newest movie, but not enough to beat generic obsessed ex movie “The Perfect Guy.” Our reviewer, a horror buff, didn’t love “The Visit.” You can read the full review here.
Next weekend will be a bit more interesting, with “Black Mass” and “Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials”
| Rank | Title | Studio | Weekend Gross | % Change | Total Gross | Week # | |||||
| 1 | The Perfect Guy | SGem | $25,888,154 | – | $25,888,154 | 1 | |||||
| 2 | The Visit | Uni. | $25,427,560 | – | $25,427,560 | 1 | |||||
| 3 | War Room | TriS | $7,772,485 | -18.0% | $39,560,812 | 3 | |||||
| 4 | A Walk in the Woods | BG | $4,743,520 | -42.5% | $20,000,445 | 2 | |||||
| 5 | Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation | Par. | $4,100,405 | -43.3% | $188,122,923 | 7 | |||||
A quick note on budgets and dollar figures:
Films making back their budgets is a good sign, but that is just the money to film. It doesn’t include distribution and marketing. Marketing can cost as much as a film. That big Superbowl spot is spendy. So take that into account when judging a film’s success. Hitting $100 million isn’t the same as it once was.
All dollar amounts in the top 5 come from estimates based on ticket sales unless noted otherwise. Occasionally this article will be published when actual results come out, which is usually late Monday afternoon. For more about this and other ins and outs of movie tracking click here.