Box office: 'Pan' bombs, 'Martian' stays No. 1
- 9 years ago
Joe Wright's big-budget "Pan" is looking like a major loss for Warner Bros. after opening to $15.5 million from 3,515 theaters in North America, a disastrous start for a film that cost $150 million to make.
Instead, Ridley Scott's "The Martian" won the weekend race with a better-than-expected $37 million from 3,854 locations after declining a mere 32% in its second outing for a domestic total of $108.7 million.
In the U.S., "Pan" even got beat by Sony's rival family offering "Hotel Transylvania 2," which took in $20.3 million from 3,768 theaters in its third weekend for a North American total of $116.8 million.
Originally, the live-action family title was set to open this past July and be a prominent summer player, but Warners knew there were problems and pushed its release back at the eleventh hour, saying reshoots were needed.
Instead, Ridley Scott's "The Martian" won the weekend race with a better-than-expected $37 million from 3,854 locations after declining a mere 32% in its second outing for a domestic total of $108.7 million.
In the U.S., "Pan" even got beat by Sony's rival family offering "Hotel Transylvania 2," which took in $20.3 million from 3,768 theaters in its third weekend for a North American total of $116.8 million.
Originally, the live-action family title was set to open this past July and be a prominent summer player, but Warners knew there were problems and pushed its release back at the eleventh hour, saying reshoots were needed.