Weekend Box Office (February 28 - March 1, 2020)


by Gitesh Pandya

THIS WEEKEND In a year of horror misfires, Universal scored a big hit with the release of the new thriller The Invisible Man which opened at number one with an impressive result of an estimated $29M. Backed by raves from critics and audiences alike, the R-rated pic averaged a sturdy $8,033 from 3,610 locations. Six of the last eight weekends have been ruled by a movie with an R rating.

Reviews for the Elisabeth Moss starrer were great and the B+ CinemaScore was quite high for the scary movie genre. According to studio data, the audience was 53% male, 54% non-white, and 64% over 25. The road ahead for this low-cost production looks promising. The global launch this weekend was $49.2M.

After a fortnight at number one, the hit vidgame pic Sonic the Hedgehog settled for second place but declined by only 39% and captured another estimate of $16M in sales. Paramount has now grossed $128.3M which is its highest gross for any film since Mission: Impossible - Fallout from the summer of 2018. With $137.2M overseas, Sonic has banked $265.5M worldwide on its way to over $400M if a China release can end up happening.

Harrison Ford took third place with his latest adventure The Call of the Wild which collected an estimated $13.2M, off 47%. The 20th Century film has grossed $45.9M to date and may end up in the $70M neighborhood.

Anime fans showed up in strong numbers for the animated sequel My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising which opened to an estimated $5.1M from 1,260 theaters (the least of any film in the top ten) for a good $4,024 average (second best in the top ten.) Reviews were very positive for the Funimation film and audience feedback has been sensational. Since its Wednesday release the 5-day cume is $8.5M.

A pair of R-rated former number ones followed. Sony's Bad Boys For Life dropped only 26% to an estimated $4.3M boosting the killer cume to $197.4M domestic and $405.4M worldwide. Birds of Prey grossed an estimated $4.1M, down 40%, for $78.8M to date for Warner Bros. Global is now $188.4M.

The prank comedy Impractical Jokers expanded into 1,900 locations this weekend for a full nationwide release and jumped up 36% to an estimated $3.5M. Cume for truTV is $6.6M with a mild weekend average of $1,866. The Oscar-winning war film 1917 followed with an estimated $2.7M, off 37%, lifting the totals to $155.9M domestic and $362.4M worldwide.

Tumbling 55% in its sophomore round was the horror entry Brahms: The Boy II with an estimated $2.6M for a weak $9.8M to date. Rounding out the top ten was Fantasy Island with an estimated $2.3M, down 46%, and $24M overall for Sony.

The top ten films grossed an estimated $82.8M which was down 12% from last year when How To Train Your Dragon 3 opened at number one with $30M; and down 38% from 2018 when Black Panther remained in the top spot with an amazing $66.3M in its third weekend.


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# Title Feb 28 - Mar 1 Feb 21 - 23 % Chg. Theaters Weeks AVG Cumulative Distributor
1 The Invisible Man $ 28,205,665 3,610 1 $ 7,813 $ 28,205,665 Universal
2 Sonic the Hedgehog 16,261,393 26,192,294 -37.9 4,177 3 3,893 128,555,045 Paramount
3 The Call of the Wild 13,362,823 24,791,624 -46.1 3,865 2 3,457 46,018,474 20th Century
4 My Hero Academia: HR 5,750,000 1,172 1 4,906 9,100,000 Funimation
5 Bad Boys For Life 4,350,134 5,843,978 -25.6 2,708 7 1,606 197,418,519 Sony
6 Birds of Prey 4,104,283 6,802,003 -39.7 3,124 4 1,314 78,786,416 Warner Bros.
7 Impractical Jokers 3,600,000 2,607,049 38.1 1,900 2 1,895 6,677,091 truTV
8 1917 2,710,080 4,216,890 -35.7 2,232 10 1,214 155,907,149 Universal
9 Brahms: The Boy II 2,622,542 5,823,006 -55.0 2,151 2 1,219 9,770,161 STX
10 Fantasy Island 2,326,378 4,270,479 -45.5 2,724 3 854 24,056,031 Sony
11 Jumanji: The Next Level 2,181,242 2,875,302 -24.1 1,811 12 1,204 313,787,152 Sony
12 Parasite 1,432,121 3,010,526 -52.4 1,324 21 1,082 51,479,136 Neon
13 Emma 1,159,660 234,482 394.6 97 2 11,955 1,461,110 Focus
14 The Gentlemen 1,098,326 1,231,117 -10.8 1,473 6 746 35,174,796 STX
15 The Photograph 1,053,060 2,785,655 -62.2 1,449 3 727 19,630,815 Universal
16 Dolittle 1,030,930 1,850,385 -44.3 1,477 7 698 76,030,985 Universal
17 Portrait of a Lady on Fire 748,297 693,218 7.9 268 13 2,792 2,471,585 Neon
18 Knives Out 626,008 1,069,376 -41.5 670 14 934 164,651,251 Lionsgate
19 Las Pildoras de mi Novio 614,854 1,396,140 -56.0 350 2 1,757 2,352,280 Lionsgate
20 Little Women 408,741 711,178 -42.5 432 10 946 107,638,887 Sony
Top 5 $ 67,930,015 $ 69,452,905 -2.2
Top 10 83,293,298 86,611,757 -3.8
Top 20 93,646,537 98,895,408 -5.3
Top 20 vs. 2019 93,646,537 108,093,981 -13.4


Last Updated: March 1, 2020 at 1:00PM ET


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