Monday Morning Box Office Report: Jem and the Holograms, Rock the Kasbah Among the Worst Opening Weekends Ever

Posted by on October 26th, 2015   Filed under: Box Office

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While all the new releases were busy beating the crap out of each other, Ridley Scott’s The Martian quietly managed to sneak back into the #1 spot over the weekend with Goosebumps coming a close second. Bridge of Spies stayed in third, while The Last Witch Hunter emerged as the top newcomer with $10.8 million. Hotel Transylvania 2 rounded out the top 5. The real story, however, was just how poorly some of the other new releases performed. Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension opened in sixth place with $8.2 million, the lowest debut ever for the series. However, both Rock The Kasbah and Jem and the Holograms opened far outside the top 10 with less than $2 million apiece. That puts them at #5 and #4 respectively for the worst opening for a movie playing on over 2000 screens. Truly outrageous, indeed.

1. The Martian — $15.9M
2. Goosebumps — $15.5M
3. Bridge of Spies — $11.37M
4. The Last Witch Hunter — $10.83M
5. Hotel Transylvania 2 — $9M
6. Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension — $8.2M
7. Steve Jobs — $7.27M
8. Crimson Peak — $5.56M
9. The Intern — $3.86M
10. Sicario — $2.95M



  • devolutionary

    Not that suprised about Jem tanking. That was such a niche concept for a reboot. Ouch @ Bill Murray. Guess this one won’t net him any Oscar buzz either.

  • Kyle

    Was expecting Steve Jobs to do better as well. Are films named after the lead character just guaranteed to flop? John Carter, Jack Reacher, Steve Jobs, etc, etc.

  • Kurt

    Nope: Harry Potter, Forest Gump, Shrek, Alice in Wonderland, Maleficent

  • Kyle

    Alice in Wonderland isn’t just the character’s name and all the Harry Potters had subtitles, so a little different. I’ll agree with Gump, but that movie is now over 20 years old. Lately all the movies studios have released with just a generic sounding name have not done well. Shrek and Maleficent aren’t generic.