Weekend Box Office: ‘Maze’ Upsets ‘Mass’

Weekend Box Office
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September 21, 2015 (Gephardt Daily) – It was an upsetting weekend for Warner as their new Johnny Depp film came in second to Fox’s sci-fi film “Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials.”

Photo Courtesy: 20th Century Fox
Photo Courtesy 20th Century Fox

“Maze Runner” took in a weekend total of $30.3 millions, while the highly anticipated and promoted “Black Mass” garnered $23.3 million in ticket sales.

The film, which recently was touted prominently at the Toronto Film Festival, under performed bringing less than expected dollars at the box office.

Photo Courtesy: Warner Bros. Pictures
Photo Courtesy Warner Bros Pictures

Experts are saying Johnny Depp may have a creative success with “Black Mass,” which earned good reviews and award chatter, but the film just doesn’t appeal to his core audience and offers a lot of violence against women which could be unappealing to fans.

Photo Courtesy: Universal Pictures
Photo Courtesy Universal Pictures

M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Visit” dropped to third place in it’s second week. The horror film has earned just over $42 million in total so far with “The Perfect Guy” coming in at fouth place with a $41 million total domestically.

Photo Courtesy: Universal Pictures
Photo Courtesy Universal Pictures

Finally, the big format film “Everest” grossed an estimated $7.3 million from an exclusive run in 545 large format locations (including 366 IMAX Theaters). The film took in a whopping $13.8 thousand per theater. It will open next weekend everywhere including standard formats.

Here’s how the weekend added up:

1.  “Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials”           $30.3 million

2.   “Black Mass”                                        $23.3 million

3.   “The Visit”                                           $11.3 million       $42.3 million total

4.   “The Perfect Guy”                                 $ 9.3 million        $41.3 million total

5.   “Everest”                                              $ 7.3 million        Large format only

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