Adam Sandler’s HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 Has $47.5 Million Opening Weekend

HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 was number one at this weekend’s box office with a staggering $47.5 million. The monster comedy adventure from Sony Pictures Animation stars  Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, Steve Buscemi and Mel Brooks . The sequel is Sandler’s best debut ever and if estimates hold, a record for a September opening. (Review)

Another film with dazzling worldwide weekend box office results is LOST IN HONG KONG.

Rentrak’s Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian commented, “Actor, director Xu Zheng enjoyed an incredible global weekend as his ‘Lost in Hong Kong,’ the highly anticipated follow up to 2012’s ‘Lost in Thailand,’ grossed a spectacular $100.559 million in just 6 territories. Sony’s ‘Hotel Transylvania 2’ also made its mark in 42 international territories and took the top spot in North America with a combined $76.7 million worldwide.”

The top 12 worldwide weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015, are below.

1. Lost In Hong Kong – Multiple – $100.6M
2. Hotel Transylvania 2 – Sony – $76.7M
3. Everest – Universal – $46.9M
4. Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials – 20th Century Fox – $42.4M
5. Intern, The – Warner Bros. – $30.0M
6. Visit, The – Universal – $11.7M
7. Black Mass – Warner Bros. – $11.5M
8. Inside Out – Disney – $8.4M
9. Throne, The – Unknown – $7.9M
10. Fack ju Gohte 2 – Constantin – $7.5
11. Third way of Love, The – Multiple – $7.5M
12. Minions – Universal – $7.2M

The top 12 domestic weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015, are below.

1. Hotel Transylvania 2 – Sony – $47.5M
2. Intern, The – Warner Bros. – $18.2M
3. Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials – 20th Century Fox – $14.0M
4. Everest – Universal – $13.1M
5. Black Mass – Warner Bros. – $11.5M
6. Visit, The – Universal – $6.7M
7. Perfect Guy, The – Sony – $4.8M
8. War Room – Sony – $4.3M
9. Green Inferno, The – High Top Releasing – $3.5M
10. Sicario – Lionsgate – $1.8M
11. Pawn Sacrifice – Bleecker Street – $1.0M
12. Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation – Paramount – $0.9M