Heading into the opening weekend, neither The Boss Baby nor Ghost in the Shell were critical hits, with Boss Baby currently posting a 50% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, while Ghost in the Shell posted a 45% rating among the nation’s movie critics.
The Boss Baby, starring a voice cast lead by Alec Baldwin, opened in 3,773 theaters while Scarlett Johansson’s Ghost in the Shell opened in 3,440 theaters.
Another film hoping to capitalize on this upward trend was Paramount’s Ghost in the Shell, although the movie was handily trounced by DreamWorks Animation’s The Boss Baby, which opened with $50.1 million, while Ghost in the Shell debuted in third with $18.6 million, a lackluster pull for a movie budgeted at $110 million.
While The Boss Baby had a slight advantage in theater count (9%) and critical reception (5%), the animated movie still earned more than twice what Ghost in the Shell earned in its opening weekend, although both movies are aimed at far different audiences.