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| ‘Logan’ Box Office Hits $85.3 Million as Fox’s Bet Pays Off | |
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| LOS ANGELES — Aging fanboys and enthusiasm from critics propelled “Logan,” an R-rated “X-Men” spinoff, to a fat $85.3 million in domestic ticket sales over the weekend. “The Shack,” aimed at religious audiences, also got off to a strong start, but the Academy Awards did not drive the multiplex masses into “Moonlight.” | LOS ANGELES — Aging fanboys and enthusiasm from critics propelled “Logan,” an R-rated “X-Men” spinoff, to a fat $85.3 million in domestic ticket sales over the weekend. “The Shack,” aimed at religious audiences, also got off to a strong start, but the Academy Awards did not drive the multiplex masses into “Moonlight.” |
| Starring Hugh Jackman as the claw-fisted Wolverine, “Logan” was an effort by 20th Century Fox to freshen the superhero genre by pushing into “raw, ugly violence,” as Manohla Dargis, a chief movie critic for The New York Times, wrote in her review. To its benefit, she said, the film “doesn’t play like a retread or an ad for the next installment.” | Starring Hugh Jackman as the claw-fisted Wolverine, “Logan” was an effort by 20th Century Fox to freshen the superhero genre by pushing into “raw, ugly violence,” as Manohla Dargis, a chief movie critic for The New York Times, wrote in her review. To its benefit, she said, the film “doesn’t play like a retread or an ad for the next installment.” |
| That was the bull’s eye for which Fox was aiming: Having been fed one superhero sequel after another — Mr. Jackman has been playing Wolverine for 17 years — audiences (in particular, a core fan base that has aged) are demanding that studios get more creative. Fox got the message last year, when its daring R-rated “Deadpool” broke box office records and its rather rote “X-Men: Apocalypse” underperformed. | That was the bull’s eye for which Fox was aiming: Having been fed one superhero sequel after another — Mr. Jackman has been playing Wolverine for 17 years — audiences (in particular, a core fan base that has aged) are demanding that studios get more creative. Fox got the message last year, when its daring R-rated “Deadpool” broke box office records and its rather rote “X-Men: Apocalypse” underperformed. |
| Fox booked “Logan” into 4,071 theaters, a large number for an R-rated film. “Logan,” which cost roughly $100 million to make, not including marketing costs, collected an additional $152.5 million overseas. | Fox booked “Logan” into 4,071 theaters, a large number for an R-rated film. “Logan,” which cost roughly $100 million to make, not including marketing costs, collected an additional $152.5 million overseas. |
| For the weekend in North America, the horror movie “Get Out” (Universal) was second, collecting about $26.1 million, for a two-week total of $76 million, according to comScore, which compiles box-office data. | For the weekend in North America, the horror movie “Get Out” (Universal) was second, collecting about $26.1 million, for a two-week total of $76 million, according to comScore, which compiles box-office data. |
| “The Shack” (Lionsgate), starring Octavia Spencer as God and based on William P. Young’s best-selling novel of the same name, was third, arriving at about $16.1 million in ticket sales, more than industry analysts had predicted before its release. “The Shack” may have been dismissed by most critics, but viewers gave it an A grade in CinemaScore exit polls, suggesting that it will ride word-of-mouth to solid ticket sales in the weeks to come. | “The Shack” (Lionsgate), starring Octavia Spencer as God and based on William P. Young’s best-selling novel of the same name, was third, arriving at about $16.1 million in ticket sales, more than industry analysts had predicted before its release. “The Shack” may have been dismissed by most critics, but viewers gave it an A grade in CinemaScore exit polls, suggesting that it will ride word-of-mouth to solid ticket sales in the weeks to come. |
| Lionsgate, which has been on a box office roll, spent a little over $20 million to make “The Shack,” backing it with an aggressive faith-based marketing campaign. | Lionsgate, which has been on a box office roll, spent a little over $20 million to make “The Shack,” backing it with an aggressive faith-based marketing campaign. |
| Despite its best-picture win at the Oscars, “Moonlight” (A24) only collected about $2.5 million from more than 1,500 theaters, its widest release yet, for a new total of $25.4 million. On the plus side, A24 said that “Moonlight” was a top seller on video-on-demand platforms. It was also released on DVD on Tuesday. | Despite its best-picture win at the Oscars, “Moonlight” (A24) only collected about $2.5 million from more than 1,500 theaters, its widest release yet, for a new total of $25.4 million. On the plus side, A24 said that “Moonlight” was a top seller on video-on-demand platforms. It was also released on DVD on Tuesday. |