At just over 90 minutes, The Jungle Book is a short-lived wonder. The original movie is good, but the 2016 film is a masterpiece, a feast for the eyes supported by a brilliant cast. The Jungle Book will finally relinquish top spot, but I would be shocked if it didn't earn at least $20 million over the weekend. Barbershop: The Next Cut is also expected to do well, perhaps earning the biggest opening in the franchise, not taking into account inflation. Why the flip would you want either animal to have similar facial features to the voice actor?? The Jungle Book is a magical and immersive film, yet not without its flaws. Other contenders for Pick of the Week include Game of Thrones: Season Six and Rush: Time Stands Still on Blu-ray. • Leading up to the release, Scarlett Johansson was one of the cast members I was unsure about. What's even more impressive is some (or all) of these backdrops and landscapes are actually based on real locations in India (so I've read), so even though its CGI magic, its based on real mother Earth. However, none of them were able to top Finding Dory, which earned its third win in a row. Unfortunately, this weekend last year had a one-two punch with Pitch Perfect 2 and Mad Max: Fury Road. In fact, it looks like all three combined won't come close to The Jungle Book weekend haul. The Jungle Book remained the top draw on Friday with $16.38 million, which was more than twice as much as The Huntsman: Winter’s War opened with. Finding Dory started its box office run by setting a Pixar record with $9.2 million at preview shows. All Critics (323) On one hand some of the animals look truly amazing, incredibly authentic...such as the elephants, Bagheera, the wolves, Shere Khan and various smaller mammals. The casting of Bill Murray, Edris Elba and Christopher Walken was terrible! Finally there's Criminal, which should just be happy with a spot in the top five. Year-to-date, 2016 has earned $3.37 million, putting it ahead of last year's pace by 8.5% or $260 million. Are you ready? The Purge: Election Year earned the best Thursday previews out of the three wide releases with $3.64 million last night. More impressively, it did this with no major market openings this past weekend. Is it truly one of the best films of 2016? However, this was still 6.3% lower than the same weekend last year. This is a no-brainer decision: Remake! On other other hand, if the other films in the D.C. Extended Universe are good, then each time one of them comes out, BvS will gets a small boost on the home market. Overall, the box office pulled in $237 million, which is 121% more than last weekend. The look of pride on their faces is the cherry on top of an incredibly sweet moment. Keanu is the best of the new releases and it has a shot at becoming a midlevel hit. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for The Jungle Book. Is the Jungle Book monkey temple real, or at least based on a similar temple? Absolutely stunning! I appreciate that he had a vision & stuck with it, not forcing the musical aspect. Weekend Predictions: Will Jungle Leave Huntsman Out in the Cold? , • At the very end of the movie, the shot of Bagheera, Baloo, & Mowgli sitting in a tree turns into an illustration, & the book, which is resting on blue velvet material, closes. |, July 1, 2020 In the 1967 film, he’s raised by Raksha & her mate Rama, & Akela is their pack leader. Fortunately, 2016 has such a lead so far that it can weather this storm. See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records. That won't happen this year. The film opens in China this weekend, among other countries, so it should have no trouble remaining in first place on the international chart. It makes Baloo look ridiculous and King Louie look positively scary with his glaring sky blue eyes. Unfortunately, while there are a few that are worth picking up, none of them have the extras needed to be Pick of the Week contenders. It is mentioned that elephants are treated almost like Gods of the jungle, that they created the jungle by creating rivers with their tusks etc...wut?? However, its biggest market was South Korea, where it earned $20.75 million on 1,990 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $28.39 million. Not that that's stopped people from searching for a similar Jungle Book setting, which recently led Taj Safaris in India to launch two travel experiences called "Mowgli's Trails." The Jungle Book opened with an amazing $32.41 million on Friday. The Jungle Book is special. Jon Favreau was honest early on that this would be less of a musical film than its predecessor. Filming & Production There are three wide releases coming out this week, all of which are aimed at different target audiences. Comic book format is Color; Standard Comic Issue; 32 pages Entries must be received by 10 a.m., Pacific Time on Friday to be eligible, so don't delay! It was also down 20% from the same weekend last year. Barbershop: The Next Cut did well as counter-programming earning $20.24 million. Admittedly, it is a children's movie with beautiful visual detail, but it seems that Favreau went overboard, because it adopts naturalistic charm over narrative substance. But then right at the end he's able to run all the way back in an instant. Please enter your email address and we will email you a new password. It should bounce back next weekend. The Jungle Book has stellar previews pulling in $4.2 million in Thursday. | Rating: 3.5/4 As for individual markets, the film became the biggest Hollywood film in India earning $28.8 million after three weeks of release. • I need you to be prepared for a review that’s mostly me raving about how pretty the movie looks. Year-to-date, 2016's lead has shrunk to 5.7% at $3.51 billion to $3.32 billion. He actually has a Jungle Book painting from 2012. 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It should come as no surprise that no other studio was willing to take a chance and go head-to-head with Civil War. , • Neel Sethi deserves so much praise for what he did with the role of Mowgli. Your Ticket Confirmation # is located under the header in your email that reads "Your Ticket Reservation Details". Psychology Topics: animal sentience, child development, language, social isolation. [Full review in Spanish]. The Oscar nominations were announced starting at 5:18 am Pacific time. theaters, 8.1 weeks average run per theater. Civil War will beat those two individually, but 2015's depth is going to be really hard to top. International Box Office: Billion Dollars Loom Large for Civil War with Weekend Haul of $84.2 million, Weekend Wrap-Up: Civil War Dominates, buy Money Monster has Moderate Debut, Weekend Estimates: Disney still dominant, but Money Monster solid on debut, 5th-biggest opening weekend of all time last weekend. In the end, I went with The Commitments, which is making its Blu-ray debut this week. More... It’s Oscar night and we will be live blogging the show. Disney produced their live-action version of the Jungle Book in 2016. Given its family-friendly target demographic and its 95% positive reviews, it should have a great internal multiplier. It's not the only film struggling at the box office, as Hardcore Henry missed the Mendoza Line during its opening. action, All Upcoming Disney Movies: New Disney Live-Action, Animation, Pixar, Marvel, 20th Century, And Searchlight, The 50 Highest-Grossing Movies of All Time: Your Top Box Office Earners Ever Worldwide, December 19, 2016 • I realize I’ve gone down the list & one by one said how great each actor was in this film. Music shakes the book back open, & all the characters make an appearance in 3D pop-up form, some stepping out of the book & going offscreen. Call me Louie. oh and why do elephants apparently not speak? The Curse of Great Expectations hit Captain America: Civil War, as it had a monster opening, but still missed even the low end of expectations at $179.14 million. Bold films are those films I think will win. Your AMC Ticket Confirmation# can be found in your order confirmation email. Der Film basiert ebenso wie der Originalfilm auf den Dschungelbuch-Erzählungen von Rudyard Kipling. This weekend last year, Furious 7 led the way, but Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 and Unfriended were close behind. According to Travel Daily Media, the travel experience includes rides through the jungle to spot wildlife, visits to tribal villages, Jungle Book trivia, and stargazing. Edit. Next scene he's all good and we're moving on. It should set a standard for future films in the industry that are interested in following the same lines as this one did. Don't have an account? There are three wide releases coming out this week, but none of them look like they will challenge The Jungle Book for top spot. Overall, the box office was down 45% from last weekend to $130 million, while it was down 29% from this weekend last year. • The only two musical numbers that made the transition from the 60s to 2010s were The Bare Necessities & I Wanna be Like You. The Boss was a little better than anticipated and that helped it overtake Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice during its opening weekend. More... After recording the 5th-biggest opening weekend of all time last weekend, Captain America: Civil War will decline 59% this time around to $72.56 million, according to Disney’s Sunday projection. The plot is very simple with this tale, simple and dumb. The Jungle Book ist eine Neuverfilmung des gleichnamigen Zeichentrickfilms von 1967. 2016 is still ahead of 2015 by a massive $230 million or 6.2% at $3.97 billion to $3.73 billion. Not all categories have underlined nominees, because not all categories have someone I’m cheering for, or because there are two nominees I couldn’t pick between. The Twist for the month of April is April Fools. As if the setting wasn’t enough, the animals blow my mind. Because of that, it is the only real choice for the target film in this week's Box Office Prediction contest. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. That’s a lot more than we predicted and would push the film’s running tally well over $250 million. There are not many major hits on this week’s list, but there are several releases that are contenders for Pick of the Week. More... Before Captain America: Civil War came out, it was estimated that the film would need to make more than $600 million worldwide to break even. The overall box office was up from last week, which is a pleasant surprise. The main characters are left largely unaltered and as a result the choice of cast was always going to be successful. • Lupita Nyong’o is the voice of Raksha, & the motherly tenderness & protectiveness she injects into the role is spot on. since when is King Kong in this story?! The Legend of Tarzan was very close in second place, which surprised a lot of analysts, but there might be a logical reason for its success. That's not as big as Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice or Deadpool made earlier this year. The Man Who Knew Infinity was next with an average of $13,388 in six theaters. The Family Fang led the way on the theater average chart with $14,506 in one theater. The Jungle Book. This won't be enough to get to $200 million domestically, but it is enough to break even early in its home market run. Cinemark This ultimately just felt like a cheap nostalgia hook. Nominees in italics are those that have received the most votes from our readers so far in our Oscar contest (which is open to new entries until noon, Pacific, today—enter now!). We refine our estimates from week to week as more data becomes available. They have used all sorts of new special effects jiggery-pokery for creating realistic animal animations (courtesy of Weta) which admittedly do look slick and sexy for the most part, and as said backgrounds and landscapes do also look fantastic. We are confident that the second season will also be a tremendous commercial success. On the downside, the film's reviews have slipped to just 57% positive. | One final point which kinda sums up the cheapness of the plot here, Baloo is seemingly bitten badly by Khan in the final fight. Weekend Predictions: Civil War will Win Weekend, but will New Releases Earn any Money? His interaction with each beast, whether it's hugging or stroking or bumping into, makes you wonder if he really did this with actual animals! . ( Log Out /  The Jungle Book appears to be the biggest film of the year, but The Huntsman: Winter's War could also be a $100 million hit. Regal | Rating: 3/4 With Captain America: Civil War also posting over $200 million overseas this weekend, Disney’s reign of terror is just getting started. As someone with a fear of heights, I sympathize with Baloo having to climb a long way up to King Louie’s temple. Our model projects that it will fall just short of $180 million, but either way it will set easily a new best weekend in 2016, beating the $166 million debut of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and record the fifth-best weekend of all time, landing in between The Avengers: Age of Ultron and Iron Man 3. The biggest release of the week is The Jungle Book, which is one of the biggest hits of the year. These two are opposites in personality, but their friendship works because of that balance. Along the way, Mowgli learns valuable life lessons as his epic journey of self-discovery leads to fun and adventure. . It also opened in first place in France ($7,99 million on 653 screens) and Germany ($5.13 million on 934). To their surprise he pops out of the pit & guides the retrieval of a baby elephant using long vines. . If it is, can you visit it? That's good, but likely not good enough to expand significantly. Later on, Kipling returned to India for seven years to work as a journalist, but he was based in Shimla, and far from Kanha and Pench national forests (the most Jungle Book-esque location in India). Over the weekend, it added $84.2 million in 55 markets lifting its international total to $645.0 million, while its worldwide total hit $941.0 million. This weekend last year, the only true wide release was The Age of Adaline, which opened with $13 million on its way to becoming a midlevel hit. If it tops $15 million over the weekend, it will be seen as a success. The image is an example of a ticket confirmation email that AMC sent you when you purchased your ticket. What about the places in it, though? Posted by ADMIN April 11, 2016 April 17, 2016 Posted in English, Hindi, Hollywood, Reviews Tags: Ben Kingsley, Bill Murray, Bugs Bhargava, Chris Walker, Irffan Khan, Jon Favreau, Movie Review, Mowgli, Neel Sethi, Om Puri, Priyanka Chopra, Rudyard Kipling, Scarlett Johansson, The Jungle Book, The Jungle Book Movie Review, Walt Disney Pictures 2 Comments on The Jungle Book (2016): A Quick … Once the fireworks go off, the camera starts to pan out, & the moat transitions into a river as a jungle comes into view along with the title “The Jungle Book.”. The author was born in Bombay, but at age five, his family moved back to Britain. It also won’t quite take the film past $200 million by the end of the weekend, but it will be close enough that Disney will be able to celebrate that milestone shortly. | Rating: 6/10 The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News. None of the rest of the box office will earn a fraction of that. The special effects team did such a great job making the talking mouths look natural without affecting the integrity of the other features. Finding Dory is also the biggest midnight hit for a family film so far this year, topping The Jungle Book, which earned $4.2 million. We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future. They only need a little more than $1 million to do so. This is the best adaptation of this story to date. More... Captain America: Civil War started its international run a week before its domestic run and it was a huge success earning $200.2 million in 37 markets. Granted, it grew by just under 1.0% to $192 million over the three-day weekend. , • I’ve seen this movie before, & Shere Khan’s attack on Bagheera still scared the life out of me. It's not supposed to stick with you. The film's biggest market this past weekend was China, where it pulled in $96.07 million, including Thursday's previews. Oh and I might mention that both Baloo and Bagheera see where Mowgli is headed at this point in time, but are unable to catch him...and they're animals. This is well back from Captain America: Civil War or Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, both of which earned more than $25 million. are available through our research services. That's still good, for this genre and it might be a bigger than expected hit. While each film in the top five on this weekend's box office chart finished in the right place, none of them matched expectations, save for The Jungle Book, which earned fifth place. More... Another weekend, another triumph at the box office for Disney. April 17, 2016. and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango. The only real disappointment was The BFG, which got lost in the crowd. That said, 2016 hit $5 billion a week faster than 2015 did and its lead of $5.06 billion to $4.91 billion is still substantial. the jungle book In an epic adventure directed by Jon Favreau (Iron Man), Mowgli, a man-cub raised in the jungle by a family of wolves, embarks on a captivating journey of self-discovery when he’s forced to abandon the only home he’s ever known. Brava! Boom! If The Jungle Book has the same internal multiplier, it will earn $96 million over the weekend. At this pace, a $100 million opening seems very likely and a record-breaking opening, for an animated film, is still the goal. Jungle Book already has a tremendous fan following and has created the need to see more and more of Mowgli and his jungle friends by the kids. The previous record holder was Furious 7 at $23.4 million. fantasy, kids and family, Although I will say right now that I have not seen the Disney movie since I was a kid and I have never read any of the Kipling stories sooo...I know almost zippo here. Cinemark Idris Elba was perfect casting. Even if you compare this weekend to the start of summer last year, 2016 still comes out ahead, albeit by a much smaller margin of 1.8%. Nothing is good that early in the morning. Speaking of King Louis, my God! For example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. Soon after they meet, Baloo convinces Mowgli to climb where the big bear cannot & retrieve honey from a beehive. This was my 2nd viewing: •  ⚠️  •  ⚠️  •  ⚠️  •  ⚠️  •  ⚠️  •  S  P  O  I  L  E  R  S  •  A  H  E  A  D  •  ⚠️  •  ⚠️  •  ⚠️  •  ⚠️  •  ⚠️  •, • This particular castle intro is not jungle-themed . Like me, someone will hear the word, use the subtitles for spelling, & google it for more information. Because of that, it is the only real choice for the target film in this week's Box Office Prediction contest. These openings are great, but not as great as its domestic debut. Year-to-date, 2016 padded its lead, which grew to 7.0% at $3.77 billion to $3.53 billion. His energy & humor are perfect for Mowgli’s Papa Bear. *sigh* That’s storytelling at its finest. The latest incarnation of The Jungle Book -- almost half a century after Disney's much-loved musical cartoon -- is a stunner. Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), without going under, will also win a Frankenprize consisting of two previously reviewed movies, potentially. 2016 is still ahead of 2015, but its lead was cut by a third at $150 million or 3.1%. Near the start Mowgli is trying to escape from Khan, he finds himself jumping into a muddy trench which suddenly gets clobbered by a stampede of buffalo...yet he survives this by managing to grab onto a passing buffalo horn and riding to safety. It will be followed by a TV Movie special, a Christmas special, a Halloween special and many other spin-offs. Coming Soon. As for the best of the best, there weren’t a lot to choose from. • Remember the adorable baby elephant that was rescued from a pit? Overall, the box office fell 16% from last weekend to $108 million. So in the end what does this offer over the Disney classic? However, it is better than Days of Future Past, which earned $8.1 million, so there's a chance it will cracked $100 million over the four-day weekend. The only other film in the $10,000 was The Meddler, which opened with an average of $14,256 in four theaters. We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your email. • I didn’t know I needed Christopher Walken as a giant ape in my life, but here we are. In the 2016 film, he’s raised by Raksha with the help of her pack & their leader Akela. The blue castle is surrounded by a Disney theme park. For example, Ben Kingsley does a great job with his role of Bagheera who Sebastian Cabot had voiced almost fifty years ago. The following characters have meaningful names, & their species are native to India where The Jungle Book takes place:  Akela | Akela अकेला means alone in Hindi | Indian Wolf,  Bagheera | Baghirā means Black Indian Leopard in Hindi | Black Indian Leopard,  Baloo | Bhālū भालू means bear in Hindi | Himalayan Brown Bear,  Raksha | Raksha रक्षा means defense/protection/safeguard in Hindi | Indian Wolf,  Shere Khan | Shair/Sher means lion & tiger in Urdu & Persian + Khan is a title given in various parts of Asia | Bengal Tiger,  Other represented species include Fred the pygmy hog, Ikki the Indian porcupine, Kaa the reticulated python, Raquel & Rocky the Indian Rhinos, an Indian giant squirrel, & a Nilgai.