Horror, Scifi, Thriller Box Office Numbers, DVD Sales and Television Viewership for the week of May 20 to May 26, 2016.
Box Office: Nothing new going into Memorial Day Weekend, but I should have three new titles to track next time.
7 4 The Darkness $3,014,000 (Total: $9,112,000)
10 7 Huntsman: Winter’s War $1,652,000 (Total: $47,130,000)
27 16 Green Room $181,000 (Total: $3,119,000)
30 24 10 Cloverfield Lane $161,000 (Total: $71,964,000)
51 43 Midnight Special $13,000 (Total: $3,712,000)
57 45 The Fifth Wave $11,000 (Total: $34,912,000)
64 83 A Monster with 1,000 Heads $7,000 (Total: $13,000)
76 85 The Witch $2,000 (Total: $25,138,000)
82 91 The Invitation $1,600 (Total: $228,000)
DVD Top 10 in Horror: It’s weird to see what titles are selling consistently every week. Some are definitely unexpected.
1 2 Pride, Prejudice & Zombies
2 1 The Witch
3 3 The Boy
4 4 Stephen King’s IT
5 N/A Stephen King’s The Stand
5 N/A Supernatural: Season 4
6 10 Penny Dreadful: Season 2
8 6 Krampus
9 N/A Penny Dreadful: Season 1
10 5 Supernatural: Season 10
Television Viewership: “Wayward Pines” and “Preacher” debut to decent numbers. Should be interesting to see if they maintain.
Fear the Walking Dead – 4,388,000
Grimm – 4,032,000
Gotham – 3,618,000
The Flash – 3,350,000
Wayward Pines – 3,059,000
Preacher – 2,380,000
Arrow – 2,193,000
Good Witch – 2,191,000
Supernatural 1,836,000
Containment – 1,399,000
Ancient Aliens – 1,061,000
The Talking Dead – 964,000
Fear Thy Neighbor – 952,000
Mako Mermaids – 916,000
Pokemon: XY – 875,000
The Originals – 847,000
Murder U – 817,000
Murder Among Friends – 732,000
Dead Files – 704,000
Wynonna Earp – 574,000
Penny Dreadful – 482,000
12 Monkeys – 348,000
Ghost Brothers – 295,000
Ghost Asylum – 270,000
Orphan Black – 258,000
Hunters – 255,000
Monica the Medium – 180,000
