Beauty And The Beast’ Box Office Opens With Eye On Pre- Summer Record. Final writethru Monday: Given the massive pre- summer $1. M opening of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, it’s pretty obvious that people don’t strictly relegate movie- watching to their phones and tablets.

The weekend’s $2. M ticket sales, which were +9. In the last 2. 3 days alone, five movies —Fifty Shades Darker, Logan, Get Out,  Kong: Skull Island, and Beauty and the Beast–have crossed the $1. M mark raising 2. That’s a lot of business in a short amount of time and March isn’t even over yet.

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That tally is close to double the number of $1. M titles a year ago (Daddy’s Home, The Revenant, Deadpool, Kung Fu Panda 3 and Zootopia). And the supply of high- grossing titles this year isn’t solely comprised of event films. Only four cost over $8.

M, while the majority of those moneymakers carried low- to- mid budgets. That’s further proof that economically- budgeted theatrical releases, when properly positioned in the market, aren’t necessarily immediate destinations for the small screen. And a big film like Beauty only serves as an advertisement for the entire theatrical business with studios climbing over each other to trailer on a pic of this magnitude. According to Com. Score, this year’s total ticket sales currently stand at $2. Jan. 1- March 1. 9.

How much longer does this box office dance last for Beauty and the. Beast stateside? Compared to other films that have opened in this $1. M- plus threshold, they have typically ended their domestic runs between a 2.

Given the great reviews and A Cinema. Score response, the notion is that Beauty and the Beast will make $4. M on the low end, and as high as $5. M. At the latter level, that would make Beauty and the Beast the sixth- highest grossing domestic title of all- time above 2. The Dark Knight ($5. M) and last year’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story ($5.

Read the Fifty Shades Darker movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on Movies.com. The Hollywood Reporter is your source for breaking news about Hollywood and entertainment, including movies, TV, reviews and industry blogs. Disney's Beauty And The Beast is looking at a $173 million-plus opening at the box office, which would be a pre-summer record.

M). While there’s a lot of competition ahead, Beauty‘s biggest threat from a four- quad standpoint doesn’t arrive until April 1. The Fate of the Furious opens. Beauty reportedly cost $1. M, but others have told us it’s substantially higher by as much as +4. If the latter is true, it doesn’t really matter because any way you slice it, Beauty is bound to be profitable. Number wise, it could be similar to this Marvel title (click here) which was also in the black. All the records we saw yesterday for Beauty and the Beast still hold: It’s the best opening for Emma Watson, director Bill Condon, pre- summer, March, a Disney live- action feature adaptation of an animated title, and the sixth biggest opening stateside of all- time, ahead of Iron Man 3 ($1.

M) and below Captain America: Civil War ($1. M). Fandango saw early on that Beauty and the Beast was beating the latter Marvel pic’s advance ticket sales, as well as becoming the company’s highest family pre- seller. Tracking always saw Beauty and the Beast opening with at least $1. M, with Disney managing expectations with $1. M- $1. 30. M. Beauty And The Beast grossed $4. M yesterday, a 2. Saturday, which ranks as the fifth- best Sunday after Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($6.

M), Jurassic World ($5. M), Avengers ($5. M) and Avengers: Age Of Ultron ($5. M). Below are the top 2. March 1. 7- 1. 9 per Com.

Score actuals: Beauty and the Beast (Disney) $1. M, 4,2. 10 locations, $4. Wk. Kong: Skull Island (WB/Leg), $2.

M,- 5. 4%, 3,8. 46 locations, $7,2. M, /2 Wks. Logan (Fox) $1. M, - 5. 3%, 3,6. 87 locations, $4,8. M/3 Wks. Get Out (Uni), $1. M, - 3. 5%, 2,9. 79 locations, $4,5. M/4 Wks. The Shack (LG) $6m,- 4. M/3 Wks. The. Lego Batman Movie (WB), $4.

M, - 4. 0%, 2,7. 35 locations, $1,6. M/6 Wks. The Belko Experiment (BHT/ORI), $4. M, 1,3. 41 locations, $3,0. Wk. Hidden Figures, 2. Century Fox, $1. 4.

M, - 4. 7%, 1,1. 62 locations, $1,2. M/1. 3 Wks. John Wick: Chapter Two (LG), $1.

M, – 5. 6%, 1,0. 65 locations, $1,1. M/6 Wks. Before I Fall (OR) $9. K, - 6. 7%,1,5. 51 locations, $6. M/3 Wks. Lion (TWC), $7.

K,- 4. 5%, 6. 21 locations, $1,1. M/1. 7 Wks. La La Land (LG), $5. K, - 7. 0%, 5. 85 locations, $9. M/1. 5 Wks. Split (Uni) $5. K,- 6. 0%, 6. 04 locations, $8. M/9 Wks. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Dis), $5. K, +1. 40%,1. 79 locations, $2,8.

M/, 1. 4 Wks. The Sense of an Ending (CBS), $4. K, +3. 55%, 2. 81 locations, $1,7. K/2 Wks. A Dog’s Purpose (Uni), $4. K, - 5. 6%, 5. 94 locations, $8. M/8 Wks. Fist Fight (WB), $4.

K, - 6. 5%, 5. 33 locations, $8. M, 5 Wks. Fifty Shades Darker, Universal, $4. M/ 6 Wks. Badrinath Ki Dulhania, Fox International Productions, $4. K, - 5. 2%, 1. 56 locations, $2,6. M/ 2 Wks. Moana, Disney, $3.

K,- 2. 0%, 2. 64 locations, $1,2. M/1. 7 Wks. Notables: Sony Pictures UKT2 Trainspotting (Sony/Tri- Star), 5 theaters  /PTA: $3. K/ 3- day: $1. 70,5k/Wk 1. Personal Shopper (IFC), 2. K (+9. 3%)/Total: $2.

K/ Wk 2. Song To Song (BG), 4 theaters /PTA: $1. Watch Modigliani IMDB. K/ 3- day: $5. 0,5k /Wk 1. Raw (FOC), 9 theaters (+7)  /PTA: $5,3k/ 3- day: $4.

K (+9. 5%)/Total: $8. K/ Wk 2. WRITETHRU, Sunday AM after Saturday 1. PM post: Marvel has its superheroes and Disney has its vaults of beloved fairy tales, and this morning industry estimates have the latter studio’s Beauty and the Beast easily logging a $6. M Saturday, making it the fourth best Saturday of all- time ahead of Marvel’s Iron Man 3 ($6.

M) and Captain America: Civil War ($6. M). The Bill Condon- directed musical per industry projections is now on track for a $1. M opening. Disney. Watch Alien Download Full. All opening records listed in the previous post (see below) for pre- summer, March, Emma Watson (Beauty whips Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2), Condon, and best Disney live- action canon title, still stand, plus Beauty‘s the seventh best debut of all- time stateside, after Iron Man 3 ($1. M). Sunday looks to be glamorous, with most industry estimates seeing a - 2. It’s very possible a Jurassic World Sunday phenomenon could take effect (- 1. Saturday) pushing Beauty as high as $1.

M. We’ll see. Don’t forget kids are still off on Monday for spring break with 1. K- 1. 2 and 1. 5% colleges resting. Disney is calling the weekend safely at $1. M (all records mentioned still stand) due to a their estimate for Sunday which they figure is - 3. Beauty and the Beast has nowhere to go but up and up and up.

In a matter of days, the live action version of Beauty will beat her 1. M. Beamed Dave Hollis, Disney’s distribution chief, “This goes beyond our wildest expectations and it’s so satisfying to see the audience response. On Twitter fans are saying that they cried multiple times. There’s a hopeful sense of repeat business for the rest of the pic’s run. Audiences responded to the film in ways you don’t often see.”Disney“You have an extraordinary world here created by VFX which is only possible because it fully leverages every piece of technology, and then you round that off with the iconic music of Alan Menken as the thru- line from old to new, even introducing new songs. You take that nostalgia, the music, the cast, the VFX and the brand sitting on it, and you have a recipe for massive success,” adds Hollis who gave a shout out to Walt Disney Motion Pictures Production president Sean Bailey for the studio’s mission to re- imagine its animated classics into live- action features, a trend that started with Tim Burton’s 2.

Alice in Wonderland. Here’s how Beauty and the Beast has impacted the theatrical landscape for those radically pondering an early premium VOD window for films: The total weekend B. O. raked in a massive $2. M per Com. Score, up a huge 9. This year’s B. O. B. Can we all agree it’s a good time to be in exhibition? People have been yearning to see the big screen version of the 1.

Oscar- winning film. Back then Beauty and the Beast was an anomaly for an animated movie since it was nominated for best picture, and there were only five slots. The Broadway musical and road tour grossed more than $1. Gracie Full Movie. In a Fandango survey in January, those polled said Beauty and the Beast was one of the top three movies they were looking forward to this year behind Star Wars The Last Jedi and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.