By Nathaniel R
Tom Cruise is an eternal draw at the box office but Mission Impossible still came in under expectations. Was it that clumsy "Part One" in the title (on the SIXTH film in a franchise no less)? Movies are starting to move away from this since the audience can often feel had as in 'my ticket doesn't get me the full movie?' Note that Spider-Verse dropped it's "part one" title before release even though it literally ends on a cliffhanger...
| Weekend Box Office July 14th-16th 🔺 = new or expanding / ★ = Recommended |
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| WIDE (Over 700 Screens) | LIMITED / PLATFORM |
 DEAD RECKONING PT 1 |
 THE MIRACLE CLUB |
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1🔺 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE -DEAD RECKONING PART ONE $54.6 *NEW* (cum. $78.4) 4,327 screens |
1 🔺 THE MIRACLE CLUB $664k *NEW* 678 screens |
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2 SOUND OF FREEDOM $12.1 (cum. $89.6) 3265 screens |
2★ PAST LIVES $537k (cum. $9.4) 386 screens |
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3 INSIDIOUS: THE RED DOOR $13 (cum. $58) 3188 screens
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3 🔺 THEATER CAMP $301k *NEW* 6 screens |
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4 INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY $12.2 ($145.6) 3,865 screens |
4 PSYCHO PASS: PROVIDENCE $210k *NEW* 419 screens |
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5 ELEMENTAL $9 (cum. $125.6) 3235 screens |
5 THE LESSON $45k (cum. $284k) 140 screens |
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6 ★ SPIDER-MAN ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE $6 (cum. $368.8) 2,577 screens |
6 🔺THE LEAGUE $45k *NEW* 140 screens |
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7 TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS $3.4 (cum. $152.7) 2,041 screens |
7🔺 AFIRE $38k *NEW* 4 screens |
 NO HARD FEELINGS |
 THEATER CAMP |
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8 ★ NO HARD FEELINGS $3.2 (cum. $46.5) 2,053 screens |
7 🔺 BLACK ICE $28k *NEW* 144 screens |
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9 JOY RIDE $2.6 (cum. $10.7) 2,820 screens |
8 ★ CONTEMPT (Anniversary Restoration) $16K ($78k) 5 screens |
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10 THE LITTLE MERMAID $2.3 (cum. $293.9) 1,615 screens |
9 🔺 LAKOTA NATION [doc] $8k *NEW* 1 screen |
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11 ★ ASTEROID CITY $1.1 (cum. $26.3) 713 screens |
10 THE ANGRY BLACK GIRL AND... $7k (cum. $118k) 3 screens |
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12 RUBY GILLMAN, TEENAGE KRAKEN $1.0 (cum. $14.4) 1,761 screens |
11 THE WICKER MAN (Anniversary) $6k (cum. $25k) 5 screens |
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13 THE FLASH $750k (cum. $106.8) 778 screens |
12★ REVOIR PARIS (France) $6k (cum. $44k) 5 screens |
In happier news the new indie comedy Theater Camp had the weekend highest per screen average" and Past Lives, which had fallen out of wide release after a well earned expansion, is nearing $10 million which is quite a feat given that it's an indie with no bankable stars that's largely subtitled and it isn't even playing during awards season. If you haven't seen it yet you're only hurting yourself. It's a marvel.
One thing we think is really strange about the US box office is the fact that Super Mario Bros is still the top grosser of the year. Across the Spider-Verse isn't even close. Isn't that weird?
Next weekend - Greta Gerwig's Barbie and Chris Nolan's Oppenheimer arrive to suck all the oxygen out of the room for the other movies and then (hopefully for Hollywood) cause an explosive chain reaction of moviegoing.
A lingering question: Will Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One have legs... and not just Tom Cruise's legs in perpetual motion.
What did you watch this past week? I caught a critics screening of Oppenheimer (review soon) but opted out of the critics screening for Barbie since we couldn't bring a guest and that seems like the kind of movie you simply have to see WITH friends, don'cha think? Otherwise it's been quiet with the movies after cramming for those "best of the year, halfway mark" articles.