By Nathaniel R
Rule #1 of Hollywood: If it's making money, keep sequelizing it. Yes, even if it's as much of a lemon as Pixar's Cars franchise, basically the sole significant weight dragging down their otherwise blissful quality to quantity ratio (Sigh). But the world keeps buying so they'll keep selling. Cars won't have much time at the top of the charts, though, since another long-in-the-tooth franchise that's a blight on the cinemascape (Transformers) arrives Wednesday with its 5th installment. With so many lackluster sequels out this summer it's no wonder that people have been so thirsty for Wonder Woman, which at least has the benefit of being a "first" in multiple ways. Charts are after the jump...
| Weekend Box Office (June 16th-18th) |
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| W I D E | L I M I T E D |
 cars 3 |
 book of henry |
| 1. 🔺 CARS (3) $53.5 NEW |
1. 🔺 THE BOOK OF HENRY $1.4 NEW (579 screens) |
| 2. WONDER WOMAN $40.7 (cum. $274) Review | Top Ten | Special | 2. 🔺 PARIS CAN WAIT $447k (cum. $3.2 | 447 screens) |
| 3. 🔺 ALL EYEZ ON ME $27 NEW |
3. 🔺 BEATRIZ AT DINNER $715k (cum. $921k | 77 screens) |
| 4. THE MUMMY $13.9 (cum. $56.5) | 4. 🔺 MY COUSIN RACHEL $535K (cum. $1.9 | 531 screens) on the '52 version |
| 5. 🔺 47 METERS DOWN $11.5 NEW |
5. 🔺 THE HERO $135k (cum. $195k | 27 screens) |
| 6. PIRATES OF CARRIBEAN (5) $8.4 (cum. $150) |
6. LOWRIDERS $60k (cum. $6.1 | 40 screens) |
 rough night |
 maudie |
| 7. 🔺 ROUGH NIGHT $8 NEW | 7.THE WEDDING PLAN $51K (cum. $1.2 | 54 screens) |
| 8. CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS $7.3 (cum. $57.9) |
8. 🔺 MAUDIE $49K NEW REVIEW (24 screens) |
| 9. GUARDIANS (2) $4.9 (cum. $374.8) REVIEW | 9. THE EXCEPTION $41k REVIEW ($91k | 14 screens ) |
| 10. IT COMES AT NIGHT $2.6 (cum. $11.1) REVIEW | 10. 🔺 WARRIORS OF THE DAWN $39k NEW (32 screens) |
| 🔺 = new or added screens numbers from box office mojo |
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Meanwhile it was a tough opening weekend for Rough Night so I guess this means women AREN'T funny again? (Kidding. But you just know some Hollywood executives are thinking that, because they love to declare women unbankable!)
What did you see this weekend?