HOLLYWOOD – October 25, 2015 — (Gephardt Daily) — Insiders are calling it “The Weekend of Flops.” None of the 4 new films made it past 4th place as domestic box office tallies are coming in.
This weekend “The Martian,” which stars Matt Damon, is back in the number one position for the third time in since its release, with an estimated $15.9 million in its fourth weekend in release. Last weekend the the Ridley Scott-directed sci-fi film dropped to second place with Jack Black’s “Goosebumps” taking the lead.
Box Office Mojo is reporting, the sci-fi film has a domestic total of $166.3 million dollars and is now just $11.4 million shy from becoming Ridley Scott’s highest grossing domestic film of all-time.
“Goosebumps” swapped places with “The Martian” dropping to number 2 while taking in about $15.5 million dollars. “The family Halloween film has a total US take of $43.7 million in its two-week run.
In third place is Steven Spielberg’s “Bridge of Spies.” Its 11.3 million dollar weekend gives the cold-war spy drama a $32.5 million dollar total.
The Vin Diesel ‘sword and sorcery’ film, “The Last Witch Hunter,” underperformed it’s way to 4th place with an estimated $10.8 million its debut weekend.
Rounding out the top 5 films for the weekend is “Hotel Transylvania 2.” The Adam Sandler-voice animated feature took in an estimated 9.0 million. The film which has been in theaters for 5 weeks has performed very well. It’s total US take is $148.2 million dollars.
The ranking of the other 3 films that debuted this weekend are:
“Steve Jobs,” starring Michael Fassbender went wide with $7.2 million dollars. (The film was released in some selected theaters earlier this month).
Bill Murray’s “Rock the Kasbah” did a miserable $1.5 million dollars. The film opened in 2012 theaters around the country. According to ‘Box Office Mojo,’ “that’s the 5th-worst opening ever for a film playing in more than 2,000 theaters.”
And finally “Jem and the Holograms” debuted with just $1.3 million dollars its opening weekend. The film was pretty much ignored by its demographic making it the 4th-worst opening for a film in 2000 theaters.
