The first major box office flop of the summer movie season has arrived<\/b>
\nLos Angeles \u2014 The first major box office flop of the summer movie season has arrived.
Studio estimates on Sunday say director Guy Ritchie\u2019s \u201cKing Arthur: Legend of the Sword\u201d opened to a bleak $14.7 million from more than 3,700 locations against a costly $175 million production budget.
The gritty reimaging of the Excalibur myth starring Charlie Hunnam as Arthur debuted in third place behind box office leader \u201cGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2\u201d and \u201cSnatched\u201d at No. 2.
Warner Bros. was unsurprisingly disappointed at the poor showing for \u201cKing Arthur\u201d but hopeful for the rest of its summer slate, including \u201cWonder Woman\u201d and Christopher Nolan\u2019s \u201cDunkirk.\u201d
\u201cSnatched\u201d surprised analysts by beating \u201cKing Arthur\u201d on the charts. The raunchy, R-rated Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn comedy from 20th Century Fox opened with $17.5 million.
Marvel and Disney\u2019s \u201cGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2\u201d collected $63 million and has earned $246.2 million domestically in just two weeks.
It was down just 57 percent from last weekend and is proving to be the only film in theaters capable of drawing mass audiences.
Rounding out the top five were holdovers \u201cThe Fate of the Furious, \u201d with $5.3 million, and \u201cThe Boss Baby\u201d with $4.6 million.
\u201cThe newcomers definitely had a tough time\u2026 For most general audiences, \u2018Guardians\u2019 remains the go-to movie, \u201d said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for comScore. \u201cIt has incredible staying power.\u201d
Neither \u201cKing Arthur\u201d nor \u201cSnatched\u201d were well-received by critics, and audiences weren\u2019 t all that enchanted either, giving \u201cKing Arthur\u201d a B+ CinemaScore and \u201cSnatched\u201d a B.
\u201cSnatched\u201d also lagged behind Schumer\u2019s \u201cTrainwreck, \u201d which opened to $30.6 million in July 2015.
Dergarabedian, however, noted that the success of \u201cTrainwreck\u201d was more of an anomaly than a precedent and echoed the studio in categorizing \u201cSnatched\u201d as a solid start for the film that cost $42 million to make.
There was a clear gender divide, too, between the two major new releases this weekend. \u201cSnatched\u201d audiences were heavily female \u2014 an estimated 77 percent according to Fox \u2014 while 59 percent of the audience for \u201cKing Arthur\u201d was male.
Results were mixed for the newcomers with more limited releases.
The sniper drama \u201cThe Wall\u201d starring WWE fighter John Cena as an American soldier, took in a tepid $891,590 from 541 locations. Better off was BH Tilt\u2019s East Los Angeles car culture drama \u201cLowriders, \u201d with Eva Longoria and Demian Bichir, which opened in only 295 theaters and still managed to take eighth place on the charts with $2.4 million. The studio said audiences were primarily Hispanic.
Next weekend Ridley Scott\u2019s \u201cAlien: Covenant\u201d will aim to scare \u201cGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2\u201d out of first place.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U. S. and Canadian theaters, according to comScore. Where available, the latest international numbers for Friday through Sunday are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. \u201cGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, \u201d $63 million ($52.2 million international) .
2.\u201dSnatched, \u201d $17.5 million ($3.2 million international) .
3.\u201dKing Arthur: Legend of the Sword, \u201d $14.7 million ($29.1 million international) .
4.\u201dThe Fate of the Furious, \u201d $5.3 million ($13.6 million international) .
5.\u201dThe Boss Baby, \u201d $4.6 million ($8.7 million international) .
6.\u201dBeauty and the Beast, \u201d $3.9 million ($7.5 million international) .
7.\u201dHow to be a Latin Lover, \u201d $3.8 million ($3.7 million international) .
8.\u201dLowriders, \u201d $2.4 million.
9.\u201dThe Circle, \u201d $1.7 million ($810,000 international) .
10.\u201dMET Opera: Der Rosenkavalier (2017) , \u201d $1.7 million ($1.5 million international) .<\/p>\n

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