“Spectre” and “The Peanuts Movie” were able to pull the box office out of one of its worst weekends in the past 10 years. Both films will struggle to keep pace as they will be up against some tough competition. More for “Spectre” with another Hunger Games hitting, while Peanuts won’t have much until “The Good Dinosaur” hits during Thanksgiving.
| Rank | Title | Studio | Weekend Gross | % Change | Total Gross | Week # | |||||
| 1 | Spectre | Sony | $73,000,000 | – | $73,000,000 | 1 | |||||
| 2 | The Peanuts Movie | Fox | $45,000,000 | – | $45,000,000 | 1 | |||||
| 3 | The Martian | Fox | $9,300,000 | -20.6% | $197,067,346 | 6 | |||||
| 4 | Goosebumps | Sony | $6,965,000 | -29.4% | $66,440,954 | 4 | |||||
| 5 | Bridge of Spies | BV | $6,086,000 | -27.5% | $54,971,952 | 4 | |||||
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.