THE BEAST soars again..
For the second week in a row, SPLIT reigned high at the box office, delivering another decisive victory for M Night Shyamalan.
SUNDAY AM UPDATE: Looking to hold on to the number one spot with ease, Universal’s Split brought in an estimated $7.9 million on Friday and is looking at an impressive $25+ million second weekend.
Landing in second on Friday is Universal’s A Dog’s Purpose with an estimated $5.3 million as it looks as if it will finish around $18.5 million for the three-day weekend.
Screen Gems’s release of Resident Evil: The Final Chapter is projected to take in $13.7 – $14 million for the weekend after taking in an estimated $5.1 million on Friday.
The stories and video about dogs from DOG’S PURPOSE being treated questionably probably didn’t help the film–and with the cloudy month we had we are sad enough without watching a movie about dogs dying continuously..
That said, I also loved the movie SPLIT.. The ending wasn’t the twist I completely have come to love with M Night, but it worked for the film and the atmosphere presented about a city of Philadelphia under siege from 24 personalities without knowing it..
James McAvoy was impressive, completely impressive. Anna Taylor Joy was as well–as usual M Night cast the film with the perfect people to perform the roles necessary..
This is also a much needed victory for M Night Shyalaman, so many films now he has been hit was criticism..
I have loved each movie he made–even the ones others didn’t..
So happy to see SPLIT performing well..
Weekend final numbers for this week:
- Split (3,199 theaters) – $18.8 M
- A Dog’s Purpose (3,058 theaters) – $18.0 M
- Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (3,104 theaters) – $12.2 M
- Hidden Figures (3,351 theaters) – $11.6 M
- xXx: The Return of Xander Cage (3,651 theaters) – $11.0 M
- La La Land (3,136 theaters) – $10.0 M
- Sing (2,690 theaters) – $5.4 M
- Gold (2,166 theaters) – $4.1 M
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2,049 theaters) – $4.0 M
- Monster Trucks (2,496 theaters) – $3.5 M
