by Nathaniel R
Dinosaurs or a Super Family? That was the big choice for moviegoers this weekend but since The Incredibles 2 had debuted last week to gargantuan numbers a lot of people have already seen it and flocked to the Jurassic World sequel this time despite its terrible reviews. In other box office news Oceans 8 has crossed the $100 million mark, Solo crossed $200 million and Deadpool 2 (BARF!) crossed $300 million proving once again that people have terrible taste. I kid. To each their own...
| Weekend Box Office Estimates (June 22-24) |
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| W I D E 800+ screens |
L I M I T E D excluding prev. wide |
 Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom |
 Gotti |
| 1.🔺 JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM $150 *NEW* REVIEW |
1. 🔺 WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? $1.8 on 348 screens (cum. $4.1) |
| 2. INCREDIBLES 2 $80.9 (cum. $350.3) | 2. GOTTI $812k on 466 screens (cum. $3.2) |
| 3.🔺OCEANS 8 $11.6 (cum. $100.3) CATE'S PROMO SUITS |
3. 🔺AMERICAN ANIMALS $576k on 339 screens (cum. $1.4) |
| 4. TAG $8.2 (cum $30.3) |
4. RBG $425k on 209 screens (cum. $10.8) REVIEW |
| 5. DEADPOOL 2 $5.2 (cum. $304.1) PODCAST |
5. 🔺 HEARTS BEAT LOUD $319k on 104 screens (cum. $795k) |
 Hereditary |
 Catcher Was a Spy |
| 6. SOLO $4 (cum. $202.1) REVIEW, BEHIND THE SCENES | 6. FIRST REFORMED $228k on 151 screens (cum. $2.8) REVIEW, ETHAN HAWKE |
| 7.🔺HEREDITARY $3.8 (cum. $35) REVIEW | 7. 🔺THE CATCHER WAS A SPY $122k on 49 screens *NEW* |
| 8. SUPERFLY $3.3 (cum. $15.2) |
8. THE SEAGULL $97k on 145 screens (cum. $1) REVIEW |
| 9. AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR $2.4 (cum. $669.4) REVIEW | 9. THE RIDER $41k on 54 screens (cum. $2.2) REVIEW |
| 10. BOOK CLUB $920k (cum. $64.6) REVIEW | 10. LOBSTER COP $35k on 12 screens *NEW* |
| 🔺 = new or expanding its theater count numbers (in millions unless otherwise noted) from box office mojo |
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There wasn't much movement among arthouse releases with docs like Won't You Be My Neighbor and RBG still dominating audience interest... though Hearts Beat Loud is growing and the long delayed period drama Catcher was a Spy starring Paul Rudd was released presumably to capitalize on his media presence given the return of Ant-Man (the latter film debuted at festivals last year)
What did you see this weekend? I finally caught Oceans 8 which was languorous fun with Anne Hathaway easily taking best-in-show honors and that's a problem given the talent on display! The film could have probably done with more all around energy and more jazzy shaping of each star's role. Dug Cate Blanchett's lipstick lesbian vibe and Sandra Bullock finally using her German onscreen though. Mostly though I was knee deep in 1994 movies. You?