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Jurassic World Squashes Sicario and Uncle Drew, Incredibes Stays Strong

Published

3 years ago

July 10, 2018

With no massive tentpole titles to stand its way, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom continues to dominate the box office without much competition. In its second weekend, the sequel to Jurassic World pulled in $60 million, bringing its domestic total up to $246.7 million. When coupled with its tremendous foreign gross from early release around the world, the film has nearly crossed over $1 billion in two weeks. It’s well on its way to becoming one of the most profitable films of the year.

Not to outdone by dinosaurs, Incredibles 2 refuses to be left behind in the summer dust. The long-awaited superhero sequel made $45.5 million in its third weekend, beefing up its domestic total to an astounding $439 million. It’s right on track to be Pixar’s most profitable film and possibly beat the studio’s previous best of Finding Nemo’s $486 million domestic gross.

The new films for the weekend were mostly kicked to the curb of the #3 and #4 slot. Sicario: Day of the Soldado, the sequel to the 2015 cartel thriller, only made $19 million. Just below it is the comedy Uncle Draw, starring Shaquille O’Neal, making only $15.5 million. But there was also a foreign surprise as Bollywood drama Sanju snuck into the top 10 to make $2.5 million. It’s not uncommon to see these films drop into the high box office charts but it’s still astounding that Sanju was able to do this for being in under 400 theaters.

The drops were fairly low this week. Ocean’s 8, the all-female heist picture, is slowly creeping down the top 10, the domestic total now sitting at a respectable $114 million. Even the comedy Tag, based on a true story about the simple playground game, has only had a minor dip in gross, placing its domestic total at $40 million. And having been added to a few more theaters this weekend, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, the sweet and somber documentary on TV icon Mr. Rogers, refuses to leave the top 10, now sitting at $7 million domestic.

See the full top 10 below.

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom ($60,000,000)
Incredibles 2 ($45,546,000)
Sicario: Day of the Soldado ($19,015,000)
Uncle Drew ($15,500,000)
Ocean’s 8 ($8,035,000)
Tag ($5,635,000)
Deadpool 2 ($3,450,000)
Sanju ($2,550,000)
Solo: A Star Wars Story ($2,293,000)
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? ($2,290,000)

This fourth of July weekend is going to be a battle of horror versus superheroes. The First Purge, a prequel to Universal’s prolific horror franchise, will have a head start by debuting on July 4th. But it’s going to have steep competition as Marvel Studio’s will unleash their next superhero film Ant-Man and The Wasp on July 6th. Expect Ant-Man to dominate the weekend.

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Movie Magic: The De-Aging Technique of The Irishman

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1 year ago

November 20, 2019

Matt

Have you read Izzy yet? If so, you know that Izzy makes the apples that give the Gods their youth and immortality. It also seems Robert De Niro discovered one of Izzy’s apples too… In Martin Scorsese’s upcoming biographical film, he stars as Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran, a labor union leader and alleged hitman for the Bufalino crime family. The trailer for the movie, which will premieres NEXT WEEK (!), also features a “de-aged” De Niro. “We’re so used to watching them as the older faces,” Scorsese said in an interview on the A24 podcast. “Does it change the eyes at all? …If that’s the case, what was in the eyes that I liked? Was it intensity? Was it gravitas? Was it threat?…How do we get that? I don’t know.” Some might consider this magic and I for one can’t wait to see the impact of Izzy’s apples on screen for myself. ????

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“Captain Marvel” Retains Top Slot at the Box Office

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2 years ago

April 17, 2019

Mark McPherson

It’s no surprise that in its second weekend, the first Marvel Cinematic Universe of 2019 is still riding high. Captain Marvel, the latest in the MCU with Brie Larson starring as the lead, generated another $69 million over the weekend, placing its domestic total at $266 million. Tallying up the international box office, the film’s global total to date is $760 million. Despite the online controversy, the film is looking to be another strong box office smash for Disney and Marvel.

As for the premieres for the weekend, and there were plenty, they were all over the map. Just below Captain Marvel was the animated adventure Wonder Park, bringing in $16 million, another film with controversy when the director’s name was removed from the picture after sexual harassment charges. Five Feet Apart, the dying teen drama about a romance amid cystic fibrosis, only came in at #3 with a weekend gross of $13 million. And debuting the lowest in the top 10 for debuts was Captive State, a sci-fi dystopian tale, only making $3 million. The film debuted so low the little film No Manches Frida 2 was able to sneak about it at #6 with a gross of $3.8 million.

Drops were fairly low all around for the returning films, mostly because Captain Marvel was dominating the previous weekend. The only milestone worth noting is that The LEGO Movie 2, after six weeks at the box office, finally cracked $100 million. And the sun is now setting on Green Book’s post-Oscar run by coming in at #10 for the final weekend of its top 10 run over the past few weeks.

View the full top ten weekend box office results below:

Captain Marvel ($69,318,000)

Wonder Park ($16,000,000)

Five Feet Apart ($13,150,000)

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World ($9,345,000)

Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral ($8,085,000)

No Manches Frida 2 ($3,894,000)

Captive State ($3,163,000)

The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part ($2,135,000)

Alita: Battle Angel ($1,900,000)

Green Book ($1,277,000)

Next weekend, Captain Marvel may very well have some competition when Jordan Peele’s new horror film Us hits over 3,600 theaters.

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“Dragon” Continues To Soar, “Funeral” Close Behind, “Green Book” Back

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2 years ago

March 11, 2019

Mark McPherson

With little competition for the weekend, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, the third in the animated fantasy saga, was able to secure the box office once more. In its second weekend, the animated epic made $30 million to push its domestic total to $97 million. So far the film has done about the same as the previous film and is on track to stay in the top 10 for a few more weeks in March.

Debuts this weekend were small with one big exception. Tyler Perry’s latest Madea film, A Madea Family Funeral, naturally made a relatively big splash with its dedicated audience. Starting at #2, the film made $27 million for its first weekend. No word on the budget yet but it’s most likely on a budget as most Tyler Perry productions are, so it’s safe to call this a success, especially for debuting with a box office so close to Dragon.

The rest of the premieres were not as strong at all. Greta, the new thriller starring Chloe Moretz, debuted all the way down at #8 with $4.5 million box office. To be fair, however, the film was in a constant battle for its spot as three other films also reported earnings around $4 million for the weekend. Of note, Green Book, fresh off winning the Academy Award for Best Picture one weekend ago, splashed back into more theaters to arise even higher in the top 10 with its domestic total now sitting at $73 million. Don’t count on it remaining there long as bigger blockbusters will be swooping as we plow through the last remnants of winter movies.

Check out the full listing of the top 10 box office weekend results below:

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World ($30,046,000)

Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral ($27,050,000)

Alita: Battle Angel ($7,000,000)

The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part ($6,615,000)

Green Book ($4,711,000)

Fighting With My Family ($4,691,284)

Isn’t it Romantic ($4,645,000)

Greta ($4,585,000)

What Men Want ($2,700,000)

Happy Death Day 2U ($2,516,000)

Next weekend is once again all about Marvel as their latest superhero solo film, Captain Marvel, will be appearing in 4,100 theaters.