By Nathaniel R
Universal's attempted monster movie franchise launch didn't go so well. The Mummy met scathing reviews and a disappointing opening weekend. Now, a $32 million launch would be major news for many films but not for a $125 million budgeted feature starring Tom Cruise that is intending to launch a whole "universe". Not everything can be Marvel's Cinematic Universe, Hollywood!
In the absence of a strong competitor and on terrific word of mouth (no small thing), Wonder Woman continued her reign at the box office. Given a relatively small second week drop (43% while DC's usual superhero sophomore frame drop is 67%) the Amazon princess is looking to join the $300 million club stateside which will put her right up there with Supes and Batman. DC's "Big Three" indeed.
Charts and further comments after the jump...
| Weekend Box Office (June 9th-11th) *UPDATED WITH ACTUAL GROSSES* |
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| 1. WONDER WOMAN (1) $58.5 (cum. $206.3) REVIEW | SPECIAL |
1. 🔺 MY COUSIN RACHEL $968k NEW (523 screens) |
| 2. 🔺 THE MUMMY (1) $31.6 NEW |
2. 🔺 PARIS CAN WAIT $436k (cum. $2.2) (176 screens) |
| 3. CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS (1) $12.1 NEW |
3. 3 IDIOTAS $240k (cum. $1.0) (349 screens) |
| 4. PIRATES OF CARIBBEAN (5) $10.7 (cum. $135.8) |
4. CHURCHILL $200k (cum. $798k) (187 screens) |
| 5. GUARDIANS OF GALAXY (2) $6.3 (cum. $366.4) REVIEW |
5. 🔺 BEATRIZ AT DINNER $141k NEW (5 screens) |
| 6. 🔺 IT COMES AT NIGHT $5.9 NEW REVIEW |
6. LOW RIDERS $137k (cum. $6.0) (107 screens) |
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| 7. BAYWATCH (1) $4.6 (cum. $51.1) REVIEW |
7.THE WEDDING PLAN $109k (cum. $1.1 | 105 screens) |
| 8. 🔺 MEGAN LEAVEY $3.8 NEW |
8. NORMAN $102k (cum. $3.6) (160 screens) |
| 9. ALIEN (6) $1.8 (cum. $71.2) REVIEW | FRANCHISE |
9. THE LOVERS $62k REVIEW (cum. $2.1 | 127 screens) |
| 10. EVERYTHING EVERYTHING $1.6 (cum. $31.7) REVIEW |
10. A QUIET PASSION $52k (cum. $1.7 | 76 screens) |
| 11. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID (4) $656K (cum. $19.3) |
11. 🔺 THE WOMAN'S BALCONY $49K (cum. $392k | 15 screens) |
| 12. THE BOSS BABY (1) $512K (cum. $171.8) REVIEW |
12. 🔺 THE HERO $45k NEW (4 screens) |
| 🔺 = new or added screens numbers from box office mojo A (#) after a title is either an attempted franchise launch or a sequel |
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In quite a lot of theaters, if not quite wide, Rachel Weisz seduced as My Cousin Rachel. The per screen average wasn't so strong but a $1 million launch for a period drama without bankable stars is nothing to poison your team over!
The debuting Salma Hayek feature Beatriz at Dinner had the weekend's highest per screen average ($150,000 from just 5 theaters). Meanwhile Paris Can Wait passed the two million mark in its fifth week despite middling reviews proving an appetite for both Diane Lane (who really deserves high profile pictures and so seldom gets them) and adult romances. In other news worth noting, Mexico's 3 Idiotas and Israel's The Wedding Plan both passed the difficult $1 million hurdle for subtitled features. Congrats!
What did you see this weekend?