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Sunday, August 9, 2015

Weekend Box-Office: FANTASTIC FOUR Flops While MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE Holds Top Spot

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20th Century Fox's "Fantastic Four" reboot took a massive hit in its opening weekend while the latest installment in Tom Cruise's action franchise, "Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation" is still in the lead. 

Find out more about the weekend box office after the jump.


The latest superhero movie to hit theaters, the "Fantastic Four"  reboot turned out to be a huge disappointment, not only for the critics (9% score on Rottentomatoes.com), but also for moviegoers. The film grossed $26.2 million versus a $120 million budget and almost became the worst opening for a Marvel comics based movie ever. The only movie in this particular category that grossed less in its opening weekend was "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance" with $22.1 million in 2012.

Meanwhile, "Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation" is proving to be quite resilient in its second week. The sequel dropped 47% from its debut and grossed $29.4 million which brings it across the $100 million mark.

The biggest surprise came from the mystery thriller "The Gift" , written, directed by and starring Joel Edgerton. The film opened in third place with a solid $12 million from only 1,648 locations, and it only cost $5 million to produce. I should also mention that it's produced by Blumhouse Productions.

The dramedy "Ricki and the Flash" starring Meryl Streep and her real-life daughter Mamie Gummer, placed seventh with $6.5 million.

The animated feature "Shaun the Sheep" also flopped with a $4 million debut that puts it outside the top 10. This is the worst opening for an Aardman film, even worse than the $11 million grossed by "The Pirates! Band of Misfits".

New Wide Releases: "Fantastic Four", "The Gift", "Ricki and the Flash", "Shaun the Sheep Movie".

Biggest Drop : "Pixels" (-48%)

Smallest Drop : "Trainwreck" (-34%)

Rank Title Weekend Gross Domestic Total Foreign Total Budget
1 Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation $29.4M $108.6M $156.7M $150M
2 Fantastic Four $26.2M $26.2M $34.1M $120M
3 The Gift $12M $12M N/A $5M
4 Vacation $9.1M $37.3M N/A $31M
5 Ant-Man $7.8M $147M $178.9M $130M
6 Minions $7.4M $302.7M $609.8M $74M
7 Ricki and the Flash $7M $7M N/A $18M
8 Trainwreck $6.3M $91.1M $6.1M $35M
9 Pixels $5.4M $57.6M $73.6M $88M
10 Southpaw $4.7M $40.7M $10.1M $30M




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