It was a rather tepid week and weekend at the box office aside from some milestones further down the list. Wonder Woman continues to break records despite falling out of the top 15. In its 12th weekend its just passed by Sam Raimi's Spider-Man (if you don't adjust for inflation) making it the top grossing origin story superhero film. In other happy news for fans, both Girls Trip and Baby Driver passed the important $100 million mark this week. The Girls Trip figure isn't as unusual as the internet seems to be pretending -- how quickly people forget that The Color Purple, Hidden Figures and The Help, which all centered on black women, were megahits and two of those in the very recent past! But the Baby Driver milestone is rarer. It's a first for director Edgar Wright who has had a devoted fanbase for years but never quite crossed over in this way. More after the jump...
| Weekend Box Office (Aug 18th-20th) |
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| 1. 🔺 THE HITMAN'S BODYGUARD $21.6 NEW |
1. AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL $300k (cum. $2.9) 514 screens REVIEW |
| 2. ANNABELLE CREATION $15.5 (cum. $64) | 2. A TAXI DRIVER $266k (cum. $842k) 41 screens |
| 3. 🔺 LOGAN LUCKY $8 NEW REVIEW |
3.🔺 INGRID GOES WEST $265k (cum. $438k) 26 screens REVIEW |
| 4. DUNKIRK $6.7 (cum. $165.5) PODCAST | TOM HARDY |
4. 🔺 MENASHE $230k (cum. $715k) 86 screens REVIEW |
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| 5. NUT JOB 2 $5.1 (cum. $17.6) |
5. 🔺 STEP $205k (cum. $809k) 306 screens |
| 6. EMOJI MOVIE $4.3 (cum. $71.7) REVIEW | 6. WOLF WARRIOR 2 $204K (cum. $2.3) 50 screens |
| 7. SPIDER-MAN HOMECOMING $4.2 (cum. $314) REVIEW | 2ND OPINION | PODCAST |
7. 🔺 GOOD TIME $173k (cum. $349k) 20 screens CANNES RESPONSE |
| 8. GIRLS TRIP $3.8 (cum. $103.9) REVIEW | PODCAST |
8. 🔺 BRIGSBY BEAR $159k (cum. $354k) 408 screens |
| 9. THE DARK TOWER $3.7 (cum. $41.6) REVIEW | 9. MAUDIE $124k (cum. $5.6k) 124 screens REVIEW |
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| 10. WIND RIVER $3 (cum. $4.1) REVIEW |
10.🔺 THE ONLY LIVING BOY IN NEW YORK $84k (cum. $162k) 66 screens |
| 11. KIDNAP $2.8 (cum. $24.4) | 11.🔺 THE TRIP TO SPAIN $70k (cum. $129k) 19 screens |
| 12. THE GLASS CASTLE $2.5 (cum. $9.7) REVIEW |
12.🔺 PATTI CAKE$ $66k NEW 14 screens |
| 13. ATOMIC BLONDE $2.2 (cum. $47.2) REVIEW | PODCAST |
13.🔺 ADVENTURERS $65k NEW 17 screens |
🔺 = new or added screens numbers from box office mojo |
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The Hitman's Bodyguard, which couldn't appear to be any more of an interchangeable action filler if it tried, both with its inescapable leading men and its well worn genre, took the week's #1 spot. Sadly Soderbergh's return to movies didn't really register with that many moviegoers despite a star-laden cast. Was it that it was yet another heist film? Or was the advertising campaign too weak or too late? I barely realized it was opening myself.
Despite animated films being the only rival for horror films as the easiest call a studio can make in terms of sure return on investment, audiences just aren't that into The Nut Job 2. The animated sequel is doing half as much business as its predecessor suggesting that maybe it hadn't needed a sequel at all. A horrifying thought for movie executives in any context since they love to think that every movie needs one.
The best news in limited release was probably for the festival hit Good Time from A24 which worked good reviews and Robert Pattinson's against-type role to a solid per screen average in its second weekend. Less in demand but with ample room to grow, as most agree that it's a crowd pleaser, is a fellow festival darling Patti Cake$ which opened at 14 theaters to respectable if unspectacular business. Will it catch on? We'll find out soon.
WHAT DID YOU SEE THIS WEEKEND?