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who thwarted an attack on a Paris-bound train in the summer of 2015.
“Peter Rabbit,” which cost around $50 million to produce, hopped to second place with a solid $25 mil-
lion and an A- CinemaScore.
“The 15:17 to Paris” pulled into third place with $12.6 million. Eastwood’s dramatic thriller about the true
story was not well-received by critics or audiences, who gave the lm a poor B- CinemaScore.
Two lms that just won’t quit rounded out the top ve: “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” fell to fourth
place with $9.8 million and “The Greatest Showman” took fth with $6.4 million.
Overall the marketplace is still down around 1.8 percent for the year and around 27 percent from the same weekend last year which, comScore senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian notes, saw the launch of “The Lego Batman Movie,” ‘’Fifty Shades Darker” and “John Wick: Chapter 2,” all of which opened over
$30 million.
But the box of ce will pick up next weekend with “Black Panther,” which some analysts are pegging for
a $150 million start.
“This is the calm before the Marvel storm,” Dergarabedian said. “’Black Panther’ is going to supercharge
this marketplace when it opens later this week. I think it’s going to break records and spark a huge con- versation.”
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to comScore. Where available, the latest international numbers for Friday through Sunday are also included. Final do- mestic gures will be released Monday.
1. “Fifty Shades Freed,” $38.8 million ($98.1 million international).
2. “Peter Rabbit,” $25 million.
3. “The 15:17 to Paris,” $12.6 million ($5.3 million international).
4. “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle,” $9.8 million ($7.5 million international). 5. “The Greatest Showman,” $6.4 million ($8.7 million international).
6. “Maze Runner: The Death Cure,” $6 million ($23.5 million international). 7. “Winchester,” $5.1 million ($860,000 international).
8. “The Post,” $3.5 million ($5.9 million international).
9. “The Shape of Water,” $3 million ($3.1 million international).
10. “Den of Thieves,”$2.9 million ($4.4 million international).
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Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at international theaters (excluding the U.S. and Canada),
according to comScore:
1. “Fifty Shades Freed,” $98 million.
2. “Maze Runner: The Death Cure,” $23.5 million.
3. “Pad Man,” $8.9 million.
4. “Secret Superstar,” $8.7 million.
5. “The Greatest Showman,” $8.7 million.
6. “Les Tuche 3 (The Magic Tuche),” $7.9 million.
7. “Coco,” $7.8 million.
8. “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle,” $7.5 million.
9. “Detective K: Secret Of The Living Dead,” $6.9 million.
10. “Till The End Of The World,” $6.9 million.
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Universal and Focus are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of Comcast Corp.; Sony, Columbia, Sony Screen
Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount is owned by Viacom Inc.; Disney, Pixar and Marvel are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is owned by Filmyard Holdings LLC; 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight are owned by 21st Century Fox; Warner Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a group of former creditors including Highland Capital, Anchorage Advisors and Carl Icahn; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC is owned by AMC