‘Get Out’ Conquers Oscar Weekend Box Office With $30.5 Million
“The Lego Batman Movie” and three other holdovers round out the top five as the box office prepares for a busy March
Jeremy Fuster | February 26, 2017 @ 7:10 AM
Last Updated: February 26, 2017 @ 10:32 AM
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“Get Out” has exceeded box office expectations in its opening weekend, passing tracker projections of $24 million to reach an estimated $30.5 million from 2,781 screen and take the top spot at the box office.
Strong word of mouth, led by the Universal/Blumhouse horror film’s 100 percent Rotten Tomatoes rating and A- CinemaScore, has given “Get Out” more and more steam as the weekend has progressed, though it is expected to see its Sunday totals take a drop due to the Academy Awards airing.
“The Lego Batman Movie” finished in a distant second, making an estimated $18.7 million in its third weekend. That’s a 43 percent drop from the animated film’s strong President’s Day weekend total, but it’s enough to bring its domestic total to $132 million.
Holdovers filled out the rest of the top five. “John Wick: Chapter 2” will take third place this weekend with $9 million, bringing its domestic total to $74 million. That pushes the Keanu Reeves sequel’s worldwide gross over $100 million this weekend, having already blown by its predecessor’s worldwide total of $88 million.
“The Great Wall” will come in fourth, making an estimated $8.7 million in its second week. “Fifty Shades Darker” will fall from second place last week to fifth place this week with an estimated $7.7 million. It’s still a good week for the E.L. James sequel, as it now has over $100 million domestic and $300 million worldwide.
Aside from “Get Out,” it’s been a quiet weekend at movie theaters. The other two new releases this weekend, Open Road’s “Collide” and Lionsgate’s “Rock Dog,” finished outside the top ten. “Collide,” which stars Nicholas Hoult as an American backpacker who gets in trouble with German drug lords, only made an estimated. $1.5 million from 2,045 screens against a $29.5 million budget. The film scored 24 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and received a C+ from CinemaScore.
“Rock Dog,” a $60 million Chinese-American animated film that bombed overseas, won’t fare much better with an estimated $3.5 million weekend from 2,077 screens. The film, which stars Luke Wilson as a Tibetan Mastiff who yearns for stardom as a rock musician in the big city, scored 46 percent on the Tomatometer and a B+ on CinemaScore.
Next weekend marks the start of a busy month at the box office, as studios sent out several major releases including “Logan,” “Beauty and the Beast” and “Kong: Skull Island.” “Logan” will be the first to hit the big screen, as early projections see Hugh Jackman’s R-rated Wolverine finale making $60 million.
17 Movies With 100-Percent Fresh Ratings on Rotten Tomatoes (Photos)
It's harder to hold onto than you think: Rotten Tomatoes' 100-Percent Fresh rating. A movie that wins it needs to garner only positive reviews from the aggregate site, and that's no easy thing to accomplish. Even some of the best movies in history don't have a 100 percent rating. Here are 17 that do, with a few that might be unexpected.
"The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" (1920) A silent, creepy German horror film, "Dr. Caligari" is full of strange expressionist imagery. The story of a hypnotist who uses his gift to force a man to commit murders is considered a classic.
"Bride of Frankenstein" (1935) Frankenstein's monster needs a mate. That means murdering people and doing mad scientist in 1935 horror movie. It also invented some of the coolest hair ever on its way to becoming a monster movie classic.
"Pinocchio" (1940) "Pinocchio" was produced in the early days before Walt Disney's name became synonymous with an animation empire. It's still counted as a classic in animation, and its major influence on pop culture seems fitting given how well-regarded it is by critics.
"Citizen Kane" (1941) It makes sense that Orson Welles' opus would be sitting atop the heap with a 100-Percent Fresh rating. It's largely considered possibly the best film that's ever been made.
"Singin' in the Rain" (1952) The classic Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds musical still captivates audiences. It was also one of the first films chosen for induction in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry.
"Rear Window" (1954) Another Hitchcock classic thriller that enjoys the perfect percentage. Jimmy Stewart's paranoid panic about believing his neighbor murder his wife remains as unsettling today as it was in 1954.
"Seven Samurai" (1956) Akira Kurosawa's classic movie about heroes coming together to defend a town inspired quite a few films after it. All that critical love and influence has caused it to consistently rank on lists cataloging the best movies ever made.
"12 Angry Men" (1957) Set almost entirely in one room full of guys yelling at each other about the trial they're adjudicating is one of those movies that reminds you how the justice system is supposed to work. Its 100-Percent Fresh rating is just one of its accolades, and the American Film Institute considers it the second-best courtroom drama ever made -- after "To Kill a Mockingbird."
"North by Northwest" (1959) Who wouldn't love a movie where Cary Grant almost falls off Mount Rushmore? "North By Northwest" isn't the only Alfred Hitchcock thriller that enjoys a 100-Percent Fresh rating, but it is the one with the most giant president heads.
"The Lord of the Flies" (1963) A film adaptation of a novel about kids who get stranded on an island, "The Lord of the Flies" is upsetting. That's mostly because of the eventual child murders (and child murderers) that grow out of the lack of adult supervision.
"Mary Poppins" (1964) The beloved musical starring Julie Andrews mixes animation with live-action performances, which is why it's still a huge favorite with kids and adults. It was acclaimed when it was released, snagging 13 Academy Award nominations and five wins, and is highly regarded enough today that Disney is working on a sequel, coming in 2018.
"Cool Hand Luke" (1967) Nobody's as cool as Paul Newman was in "Cool Hand Luke." Fighting prisoners and testing the guards in a Florida prison, Newman's performance nabbed him a Best Actor Academy Award nomination.
"Blade Runner (Final Cut)" (1982) Ridley Scott's sci-fi cult classic has several versions floating around in the world. It's the 2007 definitive that grabbed the 100-Percent Fresh rating, although Rotten Tomatoes only tallied nine reviews.
"The Witches" (1990) Anjelica Huston and her witch coven friends really hate children. That's why they're planning to turn them all into mice in "The Witches," which still holds up as a funny children's movie -- especially thanks to its over-the-top, still-gross witch makeup effects.
"Toy Story" (1995) Pixar ushered in a phenomenal era of animation with "Toy Story." It also showed off the possibilities of high-quality computer-generated imaging as an animation medium.
"Toy Story 2" (1999) Landing one movie with a 100-percent Fresh rating is impressive, but Pixar did it again with its follow-up to "Toy Story." And it came extremely close once more with "Toy Story 3," missing the coveted pile of positive reviews by just 1 percent.
Off the list: "Get Out" (2017) Jordan Peele's horror film is one of the highest-rated movies of the year so far, and carried its 100-Percent Fresh rating through 143 reviews. It only takes one bad review to lose it, though. It came from notoriously contrarian critic Armond White, whose 144th review brought "Get Out" down to (still-great) 99-Percent Fresh.
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Greta Gerwin’s “Lady Bird” is now the best-reviewed movie in Rotten Tomatoes history — here are the movies that share its company
It's harder to hold onto than you think: Rotten Tomatoes' 100-Percent Fresh rating. A movie that wins it needs to garner only positive reviews from the aggregate site, and that's no easy thing to accomplish. Even some of the best movies in history don't have a 100 percent rating. Here are 17 that do, with a few that might be unexpected.
