Box Office Breakdown: Marvel’s B-squad kicks off the summer season…
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The Dailies reports on the latest box office news from this week.
Thunderbolts* (Marvel Studios)
- 🦸♂️ Thunderbolts*: 🆕 $76M domestic opening, $162.1M global. Marvel's B-squad comes in the top spot with decent numbers. Audiences actually liked this one (A- CinemaScore), unlike February's ‘Brave New World’ disaster.
- 🧛 Sinners: (Wk 3) $33M domestic weekend (-28%), $179.7M domestic total, $236.7M global. Turns out people REALLY like Ryan Coogler's vampires. Such a small drop is practically unheard of for a third weekend, especially after losing IMAX screens to ‘Thunderbolts*.’ IMAX is bringing it back on 70MM screens May 15th.
- 🐓 A Minecraft Movie: (Wk 5) $13.7M domestic weekend (-40%), $398.2M domestic total, $873.4M global. Closing in on that coveted billion-dollar club globally.
- 💼 The Accountant 2: (Wk 2) $9.5M domestic weekend (-61%), $41.2M domestic total. Ben Affleck's number-crunching hitman took a hefty second-weekend tumble.
- 🎮 Until Dawn: (Wk 2) $3.8M domestic weekend (-53%), $14.4M domestic total. Sony's video game horror adaptation is dying a quick death at the box office.
- 🕵️♂️ The Amateur: (Wk 4) $1.8M domestic weekend (-51%), $36.9M domestic total.
- ✝️ The King of Kings: (Wk 4) $1.7M domestic weekend (-61%), $57.7M domestic total.
- ⚔️ Warfare: (Wk 4) $1.3M domestic weekend (-52%), $24M domestic total. A24's arthouse actioner still clinging to screens.
- 🏄♂️ The Surfer: 🆕 $725K domestic opening from 1,085 theaters. Critics loved Nicolas Cage's Cannes festival hit (86% RT), but audiences didn't show up.
- 🤠 Rust: 🆕 $25K domestic opening from 115 theaters ($217 per screen). Alec Baldwin's controversial western flopped in theaters with its simultaneous PVOD release strategy.
The Big Picture: Hollywood's summer season (aka money-printing season) kicked off with a healthy $145.4M weekend. While ‘Thunderbolts*’ didn't break records, its $76M launch combined with ‘Sinners’ remarkable hold has theaters optimistic. The road ahead looks promising with ‘Lilo & Stitch’ and ‘Mission: Impossible’ arriving on Memorial Day.
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