by Nathaniel R
| Weekend Box Office Estimates (August 24-26) |
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| W I D E 800+ screens |
PLATFORM / LIMITED excluding prev. wide |
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| 1. CRAZY RICH ASIANS $25 (cum. $76.8) Review, Michelle Yeoh |
1. 🔺 PAPILLON $1.1 on 544 screens *NEW* |
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| 2. THE MEG $13 (cum. $105.3) Review |
2. 🔺 PUZZLE $372k on 265 screens (cum. $1.2) |
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| 3. 🔺 HAPPYTIME MURDERS $10 *NEW* |
3. 🔺 SEARCHING $360k on 9 screens *NEW* |
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| 4. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE -FALLOUT $8 (cum. $193.9) Review, Podcast |
4. THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS $310k on 221 screens (cum. $11.1) Review |
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| 5. CHRISTOPHER ROBIN $6.3 (cum. $77.6) Review |
5. 🔺 JULIET, NAKED $250k on 43 screens (cum. $344k) |
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| 6.MILE 22 $6 (cum. $25.1) |
6. 🔺 THE WIFE $217k on 18 screens (cum. $380k) Review, Poster Blurb & Glenn's Oscar |
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| 7. ALPHA $5.6 (cum. $20.1) |
7. 🔺 MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST $120k on 85 screens (cum. $618k) Podcast, Interview |
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| 8. BLACK KLANSMAN $5.3 (cum. $32) Review, Podcast, Spike Lee's Career |
8. 🔺 BLAZE $51k on 7 screens (cum. $104k) |
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| 9. 🔺 A.X.L. $2.9 *NEW* |
9. 🔺MCQUEEN $49k on 51 screens (cum. $1.1) Review |
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| 10. SLENDER MAN $2.7 (cum. $25.4) | 10. 🔺WE THE ANIMALS $48k on 12 screens (cum. $138k) Review, Interview |
| 🔺 = new or expanding theater count numbers (in millions unless otherwise noted) from box office mojo |
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The second weekend of Crazy Rich Asians proved that that opening weekend was no fluke. It fell only 5% in its second weekend which is extremely rare. Expect major legs, repeat business, and a big final gross. The other movie getting good news this weekend was the cyber-thriller Searching (the weekend's biggest per screen average by far, boding well for its expansion to wide release next weekend) starring John Cho. The other new releases struggled to find their audience.
Next week is the last official weekend of what constitutes Hollywood's "summer," at the box office. And then it'll be fall film season which means awards season is right around the corner. Yipee!
Last Chance? McQueen and The Spy Who Dumped Me both lost nearly half of their screens this weekend, so if you've been putting them off, this is the week. Hereditary, now A24's top grosser globally (though it still trails Lady Bird domestically), is at just 23 theaters now so this is your last chance to see Toni Colette's big disturbing performance on the big screen. It arrives on DVD and Blu-Ray September 4th. Also on the way out of theaters: Leave No Trace, Sorry to Bother You, and Blindspotting.
WHAT DID YOU SEE OVER THE WEEKEND?
I went to Happytime Murders, a rep screening of Larry Clark's Bully (2001), and at home caught the Netflix gay romcom Alex Truelove, the insane season (series?) finale of Harlots, and caught up with Castle Rock which I've been lukewarm on beyond the very talented cast. Castle Rock's most recent episode "The Queen" was entirely about Sissy Spacek's character (no B plots!) and it was great to see her major talent front and centered again with something meaty to play. This was the best episode yet, and it probably helped that it was the only episode that's truly aimed for something specific instead of being basically a collection of scenes with multiple storythreads, some more intriguing then others. I could easily see Spacek being nominated next Emmy season. You?