‘Pirates of the Caribbean 5’ Sinks ‘Baywatch’ in Battle for Weekend Box Office’s Top Spot

From let, Alexandra Daddario, Kelly Rohrbacher and Priyanka Chopra star in Paramount's big screen adaptation of the 90s TV series which finished third in the weekend box office race (Paramount photo).

LOS ANGELES - The newest chapter of Disney's buccaneer saga “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” sank the competition as it won the weekend box office with  an estimated $76.6 million from 4,276 theaters, while big screen remake “Baywatch” floundered with an estimated $22 million.

“Pirates of the Caribbean” starring Johnny Depp as wacky Captain Jack Sparrow, is billed as the final chapter in the franchise and is lagging behind the last three installments domestically. In terms of Memorial Day openings, this fifth effort from the franchise ranks 11th overall. “Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End” (2007) tops the franchise record with $139.8 million, while “Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides” rolled out to a $90.2 million opening on May 20-22 weekend in 2011, which was not a holiday weekend.

The film, which cost more than $200 million to make before marketing expenses, is already tapping into the overseas audience with an international debut of $208.4 million for an estimated global opening of $285 million.

“Baywatch” was third behind Disney’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,” which is the only major hit so far this summer. The sci-fi sequel is estimate to top $24.2 million over the four-day weekend, raising its domestic total about $340 million.

Fox’s “Alien: Covenant” came in fourth during its second weekend. The newest edition in the Alien franchise will likely top $13.1 million over the four-day weekend. Rounding out the top five, the YA adaptation “Everything, Everything” will likely end up with $7.6 million.

'Captain America: Civl War' Takes top Spot at Weekend Box Office

The Chris Evans starrer "Captain America: Civil War" crushed the opposition at the weekend box office with $181.8 million (Photo by Warner Bros.).

"Captain America: Civil War" won the weekend with an big $181.8 million, according to  estimates from ComScore The tally gave the movie the fifth-biggest opening weekend ever, just behind "Avengers: Age of Ultron" which took in $191.3 million in 2015, "The Avengers" with an estimated $207.4 million; "Jurassic World," $208.8 million; and Disney's space juggernaut, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," with $248 million.

In second place, Disney's "The Jungle Book" which took in $24.49 million in its fourth weekend, with a huge $285 million total  for a worldwide total of $776.2 million. The romantic comedy "Mother's Day" was in third place, bringing in $9 million after an $8.4 million opening last week.

In fourth place was "The Huntsman: Winter's War" with an disappointing $3.94 million for a three-week total of $40.73 million, while the raunchy comedy "Keanu" took fifth place with $3.29 million, for a two-week total of 15.31 million.

The rest of the top 10 stacked up this way:

6. Zootopia (Disney) $3.21 million for a 10-week total of $328.16 million
7. Barbershop: The Next Cut (Warner Bros.) $2.80 million for a 10-week total of $48.87 million
8. The Boss (Universal) $1.91 million for a five-week total of $59.26 million
9. Ratchet & Clank (Focus Pictures) $1.46 million for a two-week total of $7.10 million
10. Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice (Warner Bros.) $1.05 million for a seven-week total of $327.25 million

'Ride Along 2' Takes Top Spot From 'Star Wars' at the Weekend Box Office

The  buddy cop comedy "Ride Along 2"  starring Ice Cube, left, and Kevin Hart, took over the top spot in the weekend box office with $35.24 million (Photo by Universal Pictures).

LOS ANGELES - Universal's buddy comedy with Kevin Hart and Ice Cube took the top spot in the weekend box office from "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," which had reigned suprement the last four weekends. The comedy brought in $35.24 million on its opening weekend, well below the $49 million the original film brought in on its opening weekend in 2014.

The Oscar-nominated "The Revenant" starring Leonardo DiCaprio was second with $31.80 million for a four-week total of $89.97 million. The frontier-themed epic appeared to be reaping the rewards of the 12 Oscar nominations it received on Thursday- including Best Actor for DiCaprio. In third place was "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" with $26.34 million for a four-week total of $852.27 million.

In fourth place was Paramount's "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi" with $16.19 million on its opening weekend. It was followed by the Paramount comedy "Daddy's Home," starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, with $9.55 million for a four-week total of $129.50 million.

The rest of the top 10 stacked up this way:

6. "Norm of the North" (Lionsgate) $6.84 million on its opening weekend

7. "The Forest" (Focus Pictures) $5.98 million for a two-week total of $21.31 million

8. "The Big Short" (Paramount) $5.30 million for a six-week total of  $50.62 million

9. "Sisters" (Universal) $4.68 million for five-week total of $82.12 million

10. "The Hateful Eight" (Weinstein Co.) $3.57 million for four-week total of $47.72 million

'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Crushes the Weekend Box Office

"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" continued to dominated the weekend box office (Photo by Lucasfilms).

LOS ANGELES - Disney's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" comes within $20 million of the all-time domestic box office record in just 17 days, as it remained at number one for a third straight weekend with an estimated $90.24 million. It has reached a three-week total of $742.21 million in only 17 days.

Current all-time box office champ Avatar will soon be surpassed, according to all estimates.

The Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg comedy "Daddy's Home" remained strong  in second place for a second straight weekend despite dropping by 25 percent to $29.20 million, bringing its total up to $93..89 million. In third was Quentin Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight" from the Weinstein Company, earning $15.71 million as it moved from its opening 100 screens to a total of 2,474 screens, totaling $29.04 million over two weeks.

Fourth place went to Universal's Tina Fey/Amy Poehler comedy "Sisters" which earned $12.76 million for a three-week total of $62.88 million. It was followed in fifth place by Fox's "Alvin and the Chipmunks: Road Chip," with $12.07 million for three-week total of $67.65 million.

The rest of the top 10 stacked up this way:

6. "Joy" (Fox) $10.21 million for a three-week total of $38.52 million.

7. "The Big Short" (Paramount) $9.06 million for a four-week total of $33.05 million

8. "Concussion" (Sony) $7.84 million for a two-week total of $25.27 million

9. "Point Break" (Warner Bros.) $6.81 million for a two-week total of $22.40 million

10. "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2" (Lionsgate) $4.62 million for a seven-week total of $274.18 million.

'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Leads the Weekend Box Office

"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" smashed the opposition on its opening weekend for Disney (Photo by Lucasfilm).

LOS ANGELES - To no one's surprise, Disney's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" led the weekend box office with a crushing $247.97 million on its opening weekend, blasting the opposition with more than $200 million more than the second place film.

The earth-shattering figure comes as iconic film franchise is experiencing a huge resurgence among fans who have been awaiting the franchise's return with J.J. Abrams taking over as director and its main visionary. George Lucas, who sold the rights to his iconic science fiction franchise along with his Lucasfilm studio to Disney in 2012, was not involved in the production of a "Star Wars" film  for the first time.

Coming in second, was 20th Century Fox's "Alvin and the Chipmunks; The Road Chip" which opened with $14.29 million amid littel fanfare. In third place was the Tina Fey/Amy Poehler comedy for Universal "Sisters" which opened with $13.92 million.

"The Hunger Games Mockingjay - Part 2" was fourth with $5.89 million for a five-week total of $254.48 million. "Creed" from Warner Bros. dropped by one notch last week by coming in fifth place with $5.01 million for four-week total of $87.83 million.

The rest of the top 10 stacked up this way:

6. "The Good Dinosaur" (Disney) $4.35 million for a four-week total of $96.66 million

7. "Krampus" (Universal) $4.11 for a three-week total of $35.14 million

8. "In the Hear of the Sea" (Warner Bros.) $3.48 for a two-week total of $18.62 million

9. "Dilwale" (UTV Ent.) $1.92 million on its openting weekend for the Bollywood release

10. "Bajirao Mastani" (Eros Int.) $1.74 million on its opening weekend for the Bollywood release

'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2' Tops The Weekend Box Office

Warner Bros.' "In the Heart of the Sea," starring Chris Hemsworth, sank on its opening weekend at the box office, earning just $11.05 million (Photo by Warner Bros.)

LOS ANGELES - Lionsgate's "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2" topped the weekend box office for the fourth straight week with $11.41 million, while Warner Bros.' Chris Hemsworth starrer, "In the Heart of the Sea" sank with a paltry $11.05 million on its opening weekend for second place.

"In the Heart of the Sea" tells the story of the whaling ship Essex which was sunk by a whale and served as the inspiration for Herman Melville's "Moby Dick." The movie, with a $100 million budget, appears destined to crash and burn as moviegoers all but dismissed the Ron Howard film with the apparent disdain of the ancient whale toward its human prey.

The 'Hunger Games' finale reached a total of $244.60 million after four weeks since its release. The sci-fi adventure had little oppostion with the only other major studio release, Paramount's "The Big Short," earned $705,520 in just eight screens, finishing in 15th place. The film tells the story of the financial and housing meltdown of 2008.

Third place went to Disney's "The Good Dinosaur" with $10.31 million for a three-week total of  $89.48 million. It was followed by Warner Bros. "Rocky" spinoff "Creed," which earned $10.12 million for a three-week total of $79.32 million. In fifth place was Universal/Legendary Pictures' Christmas horror tale, "Krampus," which garnered $8.42 million for two-week total of $28.56 million.

The rest of the top 10 stacked up this way:

6. "The Night Before," (Sony) $4.13 million for a four-week total of $38.43 million

7. "SPECTRE" (Sony) $4.04 million for a six-week total of $190.81 million

8. "The Peanuts Movie (Fox) $2.68 million for a six-week total of $124.99 million

9. "Spotlight" (Open Roads) $2.51 million for a six-week total of $20.30 million

10. "Brooklyn" (Fox Searchlight) $1.99 million for six-week total of $14.35 million

'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2' Led a Slow Weekend Box Office

Jennifer Lawrence stars in Lionsgate's “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2” which topped the weekend box office for the third straight week (Photo by Lionsgate).

LOS ANGELES - “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2” topped the weekend box office on a slow post Thanksgiving Weekend. The sci-fi sequel took in $18.6 million, for a three-week total of $227.11 million on a weekend that is usually one of the year's weakest.

The only new major release was “Krampus,” a comic horror film from Legendary and Universal that earned $16.02 million - it had been predicted to earn between $10-13 million. The movie tells the story of a demon who unleashes mayhem into a family’s Christmas celebration. It stars Adam Scott and Toni Collette and was directed by Michael Dougherty (“Trick ‘r Treat”).

Warner Bros.'s “Creed” rode strong buzz to finish third with $15.54 million to the “Rocky” franchise's newest film to a total to $65.14 million. Disney's “The Good Dinosaur” tied for third third place with $15.51 million, followed in fifth place by Sony's James Bond thriller "SPECTRE" with $5.42 million for a five-week total of $184.52 million

The rest of the top ten stacked up this way:

6. "The Night Before" (Sony) $4.92 million for a three-week total of $31.99 million

7. "The Peanuts Movie" (Fox) $3.52 for a five-week total of $121.44 million

8. "Spotlight" (Open Roads) $2.93 million for a five-week total of $16.63 million

9. "Brooklyn" (Fox Searchlight) $2.43 million for a five-week total of $11.21 million

10. "The Secret in their Eyes" (STX Entertainment) $1.95 million for a three-week total of $17.24 million

Mockingjay Part 2 Holds 1st Place For Thanksgiving Weekend Box Office

Jennifer Lawrence stars in "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2," which topped the weekend box office (Photo by Lionsgate).

LOS ANGELES - Lionsgate's "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2," starring Jennifer Lawrence, dropped by 50 percent this weekend, but still managed to hold on to the box office top spot with $52 million, nearly reaching the $200 million mark.

Its $198.54 million makes it the franchise's only entry that failed to top $200 million by its second weekend of release and in all likelyhood will become the lowest earning film of the series. Yet it still appears to be one of only around ten movies this year to surpass the $200 million mark in domestic box office.

The Disney Pixar release "The Good Dinosaur" came in second with $39 million, with a total domestic sales take of come to $55.45  million though still a lower than the usual opening for a Pixar movie. "Creed," the newest release from the "Rocky" franchise which features Stallone playing the aging character, came in third place with a $29.63 million opening. "Creed," experts say, appears likely to reach $100 million which would make it the first movie in the franchise since "Rocky IV" in 1985 to top that figure.

Sony's "SPECTRE" continued to do well with a $12.89 million take for fourth place in the weekend box office race, for a four-week total of $176.12 million. Fifth place went to Fox's "The Peanuts Movie" with $9.75 million for a four-week total of $116.80 million.

The rest of the top 10 stacked up this way:

6. "The Night Before" (Sony) $8.38 million for a two-week total of $24.28 million

7. "The Secret in their Eyes" (STX Entertainment) $4.42 million for a two-week total of $13.95 million

8. "Spotlight" (Open Road Films) $4.42 million for a two-week total of $12.26 million

9. "Brooklyn" (Fox Searchlight) $3.95 million for a four-week total of $7.39 million

10. "The Martian" (Sony) $3.22 million for a nine-week total of $218.54 million

'The Martian' Takes Top Slot in Weekend Box Office as 'Paranormal' & 'Kasbah' Tank

Universal's "Jem and the Holograms" opened with whimper this weekend, finishing in 13th place in the weekend box office race. Pictured are, from left, Aurora Perrineau, Hayley Kiyoko, Aubrey Peeples and Stefanie Scott (Photo by Universal Pictures).

LOS ANGELES - Fox's "The Martian" rebounded from second place last week to return to the weekend box office top spot it held its first two weeks as a slew of new releases like "Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension," "Rock the Kasbah" and "Jem and the Holograms" opened with a whimper.

The Martian blasted back to No. 1 with an estimated $15.90 million and $166.35 million over four weeks. Sony’s "Goosebumps" came in second with $15.50 million, or down 34 percent at 3,501 theaters and a two-week total of $43.71 million. Disney's cold war drama "Bridge of Spies" followed in third place with $11.36 million  for a two-week total of $32.58 million.

"The Last Witch Hunter" starring Vin Diesel from Lionsgate was fourth, earning $10.82 million on its opening weekend. "Hotel Transylvania 2" came in fifth with a solid $9.0 million for a five-week total of $148.29 million. "Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension" was sixth with the worst opening in the franchises's history with $8.20 million in limited release of 1,626 theaters, compared to the 3,082  screening "The Last Witch Hunter."

The Bill Murray starrer, Open Roads' "Rock the Kasbah" opened in 13th place with $1.51 million while Universal's "Jem and the Holograms" based upon the children's animated series took 15th place with $1.32 million.

The rest stacked up this way:

7. "Steve Jobs" (Universal) $7.27 million for a three-week total of $9.98 million

8. "Crimson Peak" (Universal) $5.56 million for a two-week total of $22.45 million

9. "The Intern" (Warner Bros.) $3.85 million for a five-week total of $64.70 million

10. "Sicario" (Lionsgate) $2.95 million for a six-week total of $39.38 million

'Goosebumps' Beats Out 'Crimson Peak' for Weekend Box Office Crown

LOS ANGELES - Sony's gamble on the PG-rated movie adaptation of TV's kid-friendly horror-themed "Goosebumps" has paid off after going head to head with the R-rated Universal/Legendary haunted house tale, "Crimson Peak," and topping the weekend box office with a $23.61 million opening.

"Goosebumps" appeared to tap into adults' feel for their childhood favorite as well as the younger crowd who still watch the TV series. Guillermo Del Toro's ambitious ode to 1940s haunted house movies seemed to fall flat with core audiences as the $55 million film was able to draw just $13.14 million and fourth place on its opening weekend.

Fox's "The Martian" remained strong but dropped by 43 percent as it fell to second place this weekend with $21.30 million for a three-week total of $143.59 million. Third place went to Disney's cold war saga, "Bridge of Spies" starring Tom Hanks, with $15.37 million.

The rest stacked up this way:

5. "Hotel Transylvania 2" (Sony) $12.64 million for a four-week total of $136.80 million

6. "Pan" (Warner Bros.) $5.86 million for a two-week total of $25.74 million

7. "The Intern" (Warner Bros.) $5.45 million for a four-week total of $58.77 million

8. "Sicario" (Lionsgate) $4.56 million for a five-week total of $34.72 million

9. "Woodlawn (Pure Flix Cinema) $4.0 million on its opening weekend

10. "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials," (Fox) $2.86 million for a three week total of  $75.52 million