Box Office: “The Huntsman: Winter’s War” is a flop

By Zubera - 25 Apr '16 06:48AM

Universal's "The Huntsman: Winter's War" was a big flop at the North American box office over the weekend, grossing $20.1 million from 3,792 theaters despite a net budget of $115 million.

However, "The Jungle Book" earned $500 million mark globally claiming itself as a super-hit.

"The Jungle Book" earned to another $96 million from 53 territories for a foreign total of $337 million and global haul of $528.5 million, including a hearty $97.4 million in China and $28.8 million in India, the top gross of all time for a Hollywood title, reported the Hollywood Reporter.

Comparatively, "The Huntsman" took in $32.1 million from 64 markets for an inactive foreign total of $80.2 million (it began rolling out internationally two weeks ago) and global cume of $100.3 million. "The Huntsman" debuted in China to $11.1 million, behind "The Jungle Book" and a local film.

The movie paid attention to female, or 61 percent. Interestingly, "Snow White and the Huntsman" played more evenly, with females only making up 53 percent of all ticket buyers.

Cinema Blend summaries that "The Jungle Book's" biggest rival for the weekend was Chris Hemworth's "Hunstman: Winter's War," which is the sequel to "Snow White and the Huntsman" in 2012. The said film, however, only managed to earn $20 million during its opening week.

The Universal domestic distribution chief Nick Carpou said, "We had a tremendous group of filmmakers and actors who made a beautiful action-packed film based on a fairy-tale universe. Frankly, we would have loved to see more people buy tickets to see it, but there's no denying the quality of the film and the quality of the performances."

Joe Roth produced "The Huntsman: Winter's War," and it was directed by first-time feature Helmer Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, who worked as a visual effects supervisor on "Snow White".

A pair of high-profile indie films debuted at the specialty box office: Amazon Studios' Elvis & Nixon, starring Michael Shannon and Kevin Spacey, and A Hologram for the King, starring Tom Hanks.