#BOXOFFICE: “GOOD BOYS” GETS A PAT ON THE BACK IN DEBUT

GOOD BOYS gets a pat on the back with a debut in top spot, taking $20 million from 3,204 theatres. The R-rated Comedy with a trio of child actors including Canada’s Jacob Tremblay, gets 80% on the Tomatometer and a B+ CinemaScore.

FAST & FURIOUS PRESENT: HOBBS & SHAW lands in second with $12.5 million, a total $132 million grossed over three weeks for Universal Pictures.

DISNEY’S THE LION KING is in third with $11.7 million with $495.9 million grossed over five weeks domestically.

THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 2 debuts in fourth with $8.7 million from 3,869 theatres for Sony Pictures, tallying $11.4 million since its mid-week opening. It gets 75% on the Tomatometer and a B+ CinemaScore. Its previous installment opened with $38 million in 2016.

Opening in seventh is 47 METERS DOWN: UNCAGED with $6.5 million from 2,853 theatres for Entertainment Studios/VVS Films. It gets 50% on the Tomatometer and a C+ CinemaScore. Its Predecessor opened with $11.2 million in 2017.

Bruce Springsteen-inspired BLINDED BY THE LIGHT opens in eighth with $4.3 million from 2,307 theatres for New Line Cinema/Warner Bros. and gets 90% on the Tomatometer and an A- CinemaScore.

WHERE’D YOU GO, BERNADETTE rounds-out the Top Ten with $4 million from 2,404 theatres for Annapurna Pictures/eOne Films, while garnering 45% on the Tomatometer and a B CinemaScore.

#BOXOFFICE: “TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURLES: OUT OF THE SHADOWS” SHOW TURTLE POWER AT THE BOX OFFICE

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: OUT OF THE SHADOWS repeats the feat of its 2014 Predecessor, topping the Box Office with $33.7 million in its debut. It plays in 4,071 theatres for Paramount Pictures. Critics gave it 37% on the Tomatometer and an A- CinemaScore from Audiences. The last Film in the Franchise however opened with $65 million.

X-MEN: APOCALYPSE slips to second this weekend with $22.5 million for 20th Century Fox.  In its two week run domestically it has made $112 million so far.

In third is the Romantic Drama ME BEFORE YOU, opening with an impressive $18.3 million for Warner Bros. from 2,704 theatres. Critics gave the adaptation with 54% on the Tomatometer and an A CinemaScore. Expect this one to have legs to go in the next few weeks.

ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS is in fourth this weekend with $11 million in its third week, just surpassing $50 million for Disney.

THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE, a former number one, is in fifth this weekend with $9.2 million for Sony Pictures, earning $86 million so far.

POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING debuts in seventh from 2,311 theatres with $4.6 million for Universal Pictures. Reviews are great with 76% on the Tomatometer, while Audiences gave it an okay B CinemaScore.

THE NICE GUYS rounds out the Top Ten for Warner Bros. with $3.2 million in week three.

#GIVEAWAY: ENTER TO WIN AN AUTOGRAPHED “THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE” POSTER

Courtesy of Sony Pictures Canada, we’re giving Readers across Canada a chance to win an official signed THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE poster, featuring autographs from its stars Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad and Maya Rudolph!

Synopsis:

The movie takes us to an island populated entirely by happy, flightless birds – or almost entirely. In this paradise, Red (Jason Sudeikis, We’re the Millers, Horrible Bosses), a bird with a temper problem, speedy Chuck (Josh Gad in his first animated role since Frozen), and the volatile Bomb (Danny McBride, This is the End, Eastbound and Down) have always been outsiders. But when the island is visited by mysterious green piggies, it’s up to these unlikely outcasts to figure out what the pigs are up to.

 

Trailer:

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Sony Pictures Canada release THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE on Friday, May 20, 2016.

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#BOXOFFICE: “THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE” SOARS IN DEBUT

Soaring high, THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE debuts at the top spot for Sony Pictures with $39 million from 3,932 theatres. Voiced by the likes of Josh Gad, Will Arnett and Maya Rudolph,  it gets a B+ CinemaScore, with 42% from Critics on the Tomatometer.

Slipping to second spot ths weekend with $32 million from 4,226 theatres for Disney is CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR.  In three weeks it has made a whopping $364 million!

NEIGHBORS 2: SORORITY RISING debuts in third with $22.8 million for Universal Pictures from 3,348 theatres. It gets a B CinemaScore and a 61% on the Tomatometer. By contrast, its 2014 predecessor opened with $49 million.

In its sixth week, THE JUNGLE BOOK lands in fourth with $11.3 million for Disney. It now tallies in at $327 million domestically.

Debuting in fifth with $11 million for Warner Bros. is THE NICE GUYS starring Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling. It plays in 2,865 theatres across North America. It gets a B- CinemaScore. Critically, it was a smash with 90% on the Tomatometer.

MONEY MONSTER slips to sixth in its second week out $6.8 million for Sony Pictures. In two weeks it has made $28.9 million.

MOTHER’S DAY rounds out the Top Ten with $1.1 million for Open Road Films/Elevation Pictures.