{"id":6332,"date":"2019-04-15T18:42:21","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T18:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog-proxy.atomtickets.com\/?p=6332"},"modified":"2019-08-05T11:16:49","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T18:16:49","slug":"box-office-insider-the-sins-of-hellboy-cant-compete-with-shazam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/box-office-insider-the-sins-of-hellboy-cant-compete-with-shazam\/","title":{"rendered":"Box Office Insider: The Sins Of \u2018Hellboy\u2019 Can\u2019t Compete With \u2018Shazam\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each week on <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Atom Insider<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we break down the box office numbers for all of the biggest films opening in theaters. This week, several wide releases tried to dethrone the latest superhero blockbuster, but not even a rival comic book movie managed to take flight.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This Week\u2019s Top Earner (For The Second Week In A Row) \u2013 &#8216;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shazam!&#8217;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b5vwzxHOzmM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DC and Warner Bros.\u2019s spring superhero comedy dropped 53% in its second week after gaining 89 theaters. Its domestic take of $25.1 million was more than enough to secure the #1 spot, however, despite heavy competition from other studios. With a worldwide total of $221.2 million off of a reported budget of $100 million, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atomtickets.com\/movies\/shazam\/197404\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shazam!<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> doesn\u2019t quite compare with the momentum of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aquaman <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from this past December, which is still the highest-grossing DC film of all time. With <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Avengers: Endgame <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">just weeks away, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shazam! <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">only has a brief and fleeting window to stay on top before the summer season begins with a bang (or snap?)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Second Place \u00a0\u2013 &#8216;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Little&#8217;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/66joPGqFue4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite playing in fewer theaters than two of the other major releases this week, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atomtickets.com\/movies\/little\/267799\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Little <\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">had big gains by comparison. The Universal body\/age reversal comedy grossed $15.5 million domestically and $1.9 million overseas, already coming within spitting distance of its low reported budget of $20 million. Not so little, after all. As far as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/little-review\/\">this particular brand of \u201cbody switch\u201d comedies goes<\/a>, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Little<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> had an opening weekend on part with films like <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">13 Going on 30 <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Change-Up <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(also Universal).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And Third \u00a0\u2013 &#8216;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hellboy&#8217;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cmUxnec1sCQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lionsgate and Summit had big, franchise-sized plans for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atomtickets.com\/movies\/hellboy\/263100\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hellboy<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a reboot of the franchise made popular by Guillermo del Toro (via Universal) over a decade ago. But with only a domestic take of $12 million, which is far below estimated projections and its low reported budget of $50 million, it\u2019s looking like this R-rated comic book reimagining is going nowhere but down. For context, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hellboy <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2019) grossed far less than both previous adaptations, not even adjusting for inflation. Its opening weekend is on par with comic book films like <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elektra<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">R.I.P.D.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scott Pilgrim vs. the World<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rounding Out The Rest Of The Box Office<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coming in at #4 is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pet Sematary<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, another reboot, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/pet-sematary-interview-dennis-widmyer-kevin-kolsch\/\">this time of the classic Stephen King novel<\/a>, but this one is faring far better with audiences. It\u2019s now grossed $76.8 million worldwide in just its second week, more than triple its low reported budget of $20 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dumbo <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dropped two spots to #5 with just $9 million grossed domestically. The Disney live-action remake surpassed <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alice Through the Looking Glass <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as we predicted, but it likely won\u2019t top <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">101 Dalmations <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(1996) in terms of domestic totals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At #6 is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Captain Marvel<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, now in its sixth week at the box office, fittingly. The MCU film brought in another $8.6 million domestically to top off its massive worldwide total of $1.06 billion. It\u2019s now the fourth highest-grossing superhero origin film ever in the U.S., just behind <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spider-Man<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Us <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dropped three spots this week to #7, but it\u2019s clearly one of the biggest hits of the year when stacking up budgets and worldwide totals. The Universal film has now grossed $229.9 million worldwide off of a low reported budget of $20 million. It\u2019s now the fourth highest-grossing domestic R-rated horror movie of all time and will likely surpass <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get Out <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to become #3 by the end of its run. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At last, we get to the other major releases of the week, which both debuted in the #8 and #9 spot. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Aviron Pictures)<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">narrowly beat out <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Missing Link <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(United Artists\/LAIKA) with a domestic take of $6.2 million. The YA romance has a low reported budget of $14 million, but it will likely struggle to bring in much profit if it drops significantly next week. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Missing Link <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is in deeper trouble, however, considering its wide release in over 3,400 theaters only amounting to a $5.8 million opening weekend in the states. It likely cost around $60 million to make, which would be on par with the last few LAIKA films.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And finally at #10 is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Best of Enemies <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(STX Films), which dropped four spots in its second week despite not losing any theaters. The racial drama has so far grossed just $8.1 million off of a reported budget of $10 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And They&#8217;re Out<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unplanned <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(PureFlix) fell off the Top 10 in its third week, dropping three spots to #11 with just $1.8 million domestic. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Five Feet Apart <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Lionsgate) had a more dramatic fall, plummeting five spots to #12. But <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wonder Park <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">took the biggest nosedive, dropping six spots to #15 in over 1,100 theaters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last we have <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which managed to hold on to its Top 10 placement for eight weeks. Worldwide, it\u2019s a solid hit with $512.1 million, but it will finish its run as the lowest-grossing film in the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to Train Your Dragon <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">series.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check back with Atom Insider later this week as we preview all the new releases hitting theaters this Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each week on Atom Insider, we break down the box office numbers for all of the biggest films opening in theaters. This week, several wide releases tried to dethrone the latest superhero blockbuster, but not even a rival comic book movie managed to take flight. 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