Ridley Scott's space-adventure "The Martian" stayed at No. 1 at the box office after Warner Bros.' "Pan" failed to impress audiences, earning an estimated $15.5 million in its opening weekend, as per Rentrak estimated on Sunday, making it one of the worst flops of the year, according to Fox News.
The Joe-Wright directed film, which cost an estimated $150 million to produce, failed to meet expectations. Early tracking did not look promising for the Neverland adventure but was still estimated to open at least in the $20 million range.
"It's a huge misfire," said Jeff Bock, box office analyst with Exhibitor Relations, adding, "We won't see another Peter Pan film for awhile," according to Variety.
The Hugh Jackman and Kate Mara starrer wasn't the only film to disappoint at the box office. Robert Zemeckis' "The Walk" also had a lackluster showing with its wide release, expanding from 448 IMAX and other large format theaters to more than 2,500 locations, and only earning an estimated $3.7 million. The film, starring Joseph Gordon, cost $35 million to produce and has a domestic total of $6.4 million in its initial two weeks.
"The Martian" held first place, which fell a modest 32 percent in its second weekend with an estimated $37 million, taking its domestic total to $108.7 million. "Hotel Transylvania" came in second place, raking in $20.3 million in its third weekend and a domestic total of $116.8 million, according to Entertainment Weekly.
Holdovers "The Intern" and "Sicario" came in at fourth and fifth place respectively, with the former falling only 26 percent for a third weekend collection of $8.7 million and domestic total of $49.6 million. "Sicario," the drug war thriller, dropped 39 percent in its second week in wide release, earning about $7.4 million, making its domestic total $26.7 million.
Danny Boyle's "Steve Jobs" opened to $520,942 after its limited release in only four theaters, for a per-theater average of $130,235, beating the record set by "Sicario" a couple of weeks ago for the best per-theatre average of the year, and the 15th best weekend theater average ever.
