Box Office: Oceans 8 nabs the loot. Audiences also move into Mr Rogers' Neighborhood.

by Nathaniel R

Weekend Box Office Estimates (June 8-10)
W I D E 800+ screens	L I M I T E D excluding prev. wide
Oceans 8	Won't You Be My Neighbor?
1. 🔺 OCEANS 8 $41.5 *NEW* CATE'S PROMO SUITS	1.  RBG $700K on 375 screens (cum. $9.1)  REVIEW
2. SOLO: $15.1 (cum. $176.1)   REVIEW, BEHIND THE SCENES	2. 🔺FIRST REFORMED $558k on 334 screens (cum. $1.7) REVIEW, ETHAN HAWKE
3. DEADPOOL 2 $13.6 (cum. $278.6)	3. 🔺WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? $470k on 29 screens *NEW*
4.🔺HEREDITARY  $13 *NEW* REVIEW	4. 🔺AMERICAN ANIMALS $234k on 42 screens (cum. $422K)
5. AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR $6.8 (cum. $654.7) REVIEW	5.🔺BELIEVER $144k on 32 screens *NEW*

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Box Office: RBG, Book Club, Saoirse x 2 and More...

by Nathaniel R

Weekend Box Office Estimates (June 1-3)
W I D E 800+ screens	L I M I T E D excluding prev. wide
Adrift	First Reformed
1. Solo $29.2 (cum. $148.8)  REVIEW, BEHIND THE SCENES	1. 🔺 RBG $1.1 on 432 screens (cum. $7.8)  REVIEW
2. Deadpool 2 $23.3 (cum. $254.6)	2. 🔺 First Reformed $455k on 91 screens (cum. $1) REVIEW
3.🔺Adrift $11.5 *NEW* REVIEW	3. 🔺 The Rider $243k on 224 screens (cum. $1.7)  REVIEW
4. Avengers: Infinity War  $10.3 (cum. $642.8) REVIEW	4. Disobedience $211k on 158 screens (cum. $3k) REVIEW
5. Book Club $6.8 (cum. $47.3) REVIEW	5. How Long Will I Love U $170k on 32 screens (cum. $501k)

More bad news for Solo as it fell a terrible 65% in its second week and its also underperforming overseas where would be blockbuster "disappointments" often make up for their tepid reception at home. None of the new pictures got audiences revved up though Adrift did decent business and might eventually be profitable. But the studios were clearly scared of Solo's second weekend when they did their original summer scheduling. Little did they know!

The best hold in the top ten is Book Club which will hit $50 million domestic with ease...

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Box Office: Solo Flies Low, Binoche Charms, and Book Club Holds.

by Nathaniel R

Holiday Weekend Box Office Estimates (May 25th-27th)
W I D E 800+ screens	L I M I T E D excluding prev. wide
Solo: A Star Wars Story	Disobedience
1.🔺Solo $83 *NEW* REVIEW, BEHIND THE SCENES	1. 🔺 RBG $1.1 on 415 screens (cum. $5.6)  REVIEW
2. Deadpool 2 $42.7 (cum. $207.4)	2. Disobedience $368k on 224 screens (cum. $2.5) REVIEW
3. Avengers Infinity War $16.4 (cum. $621.6) REVIEW	3. 🔺 Pope Francis - A Man of His Word $290k on 385 screens (cum. $1)
4. Book Club  $9.4 (cum. $31.8) REVIEW	4. 🔺 First Reformed $282k on 29 screens (cum. $425k) REVIEW
5. Life of the Party $5.1 (cum. $39.1)	5. 🔺 How Long Will I Love U $210k on  23 screens *NEW*

These numbers will go up given that this weekend is extra long and there's still Memorial Day monday in which families are free to see movies if they'd like. But the numbers won't go high enough for Disney's taste. Now, $83 million in one weekend is nothing to scoff at but for a film within the Star Wars saga it's surprisingly low. Lots more on multiple films after the jump...

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Deadpool 2 Opens Big, Book Club Counterprograms.

Weekend Box Office (May 18th-20th)
W I D E 800+ screens	L I M I T E D excluding prev. wide
Deadpool 2	Disobedience
1.🔺Deadpool 2 $125 *NEW*	1.🔺 RBG $1.2 on 375 screens (cum. $3.8)  REVIEW
2. Avengers Infinity War $28.6 (cum. $595) REVIEW	2.🔺 Disobedience $498k on 247 screens (cum. $1.8) REVIEW
3.🔺Book Club $12.5 *NEW* REVIEW	3.🔺 Pope Francis - A Man of His Word $480k on 346 screens *NEW*
4. Life of the Party  $7.7 (cum. $31)	4.🔺  2001: A Space Odyssey $200k on 4 screens RE-RELEASE
5. Breaking In $6.4 (cum. $28.7) REVIEW	5.The Rider $169 on 90 screens (cum. $1.1) REVIEW

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What did you see over the weekend?

by Nathaniel R

Weekend Box Office (May 11th-13th)
W I D E 800+ screens	L I M I T E D excluding prev. wide
Life of the Party	RBG
1. Avengers: Infinity War $61.8 (cum. $547.8) REVIEW	1.🔺 RBG $1.1 on 180 screens (cum. $2.0)  REVIEW
2.🔺 Life of the Party $18.5  NEW	2.🔺 Nothing to Lose $646k on 69 screens NEW
3.🔺 Breaking In $ 16.5 NEW REVIEW	3.🔺 Disobedience  $437k on 101 screens (cum. $1.2) REVIEW
4. Overboard  $10.1 (cum. $29.5)	4.  102 Not Out $275k on 102 screens (cum. $966k)
5. A Quiet Place $6.4 (cum. $169.5)  REVIEW, 2ND OPINION, SCREENPLAY	5.🔺 The Rider $225k on 85 screens (cum. $852k) REVIEW

The leaders of last weekend's box office in wide (Infinity War) and limited release (RBG) repeated this weekend. RBG is turning into a rather big player for indie distributor Magnolia. Magnolia releases lots of pictures but they usually don't crack two million as this new doc has in just two weekends. How big will it get? Only 11 of their releases have ever managed over $3 million theatrical (including TFE favorites Melancholia and I Am Love) but RBG looks likely to join them. Magnolia's all time biggest hit thus far was the Oscar nominated doc I Am Not Your Negro which managed $7 million theatrical last year...

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