2016 in Review: Box Office Report

SURE-FIRE HITS – The Kings of the Box Office (All Disney Edition)
Finding Dory ($486.2 million)
*Rogue One ($408.2 million)
Captain America: Civil War ($408 million)
The Jungle Book ($364 million)

SURPRISE SUCCESSES – They got there through word-of-mouth or succeeded where others failed
The Secret Life of Pets ($368.2 million)
Deadpool ($363 million)
Central Intelligence ($127.4 million)
Sully ($124.9 million)

CONSOLATION PRIZES – Didn’t do so hot here, but made up for it overseas
Kung Fu Panda 3 ($143.5 million) – $377.6 million outside North America
Ice Age: Collision Course ($64 million) – $343.6 million outside North America
Warcraft ($47.2 million) – $386.3 million outside North America
The Mermaid ($3.2 million) – $550.5 million outside North America

DISAPPOINTMENTS – Movies that should have done better
Jason Bourne ($162.1 million) – previous film made $227.4 million
Star Trek Beyond ($158.8 million) – previous film made $228.7 million
X-Men: Apocalypse ($155.4 million) – previous film made $234.3 million
Neighbors 2 ($55.3 million) – previous film made $150.1 million

FLOPPIEST FLOPS – These cost a lot and didn’t come close to returning their investment
Alice Through the Looking Glass ($77 million) – cost $170 million, made less than previous film made in its opening weekend
The Divergent Series: Allegiant ($66.1 million) – budget not reported, but underperformed so much that Lionsgate is making the fourth film a TV movie
The BFG ($55.4 million) – cost $140 million, Steven Spielberg’s lowest-grossing movie since 2005’s Munich
The Huntsman: Winter’s War ($48 million) – cost $115 million, made less than previous film made in its opening weekend

LOW BUDGET VICTORIES – Low-cost, high-yield successes
Bad Moms ($113.2 million) – cost $20 million
Sausage Party ($97.6 million) – cost $19 million
Don’t Breathe ($89.2 million) – cost $9.9 million
Lights Out ($67.2 million) – cost $4.9 million

SADDEST STATISTIC
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping made less than Nine Lives, Bad Santa 2 and a few comedies that never played in more than 1,000 theaters.

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