Monday
Aug122019
A scattershot weekend at the box office. What did you see?
Monday, August 12, 2019 at 5:30PM Since we haven't done a massive box office chart of everything in wide release (800+ screens) and the corresponding specialty titles in a month or so, let's do that shall we? What did you see on this scattershot weekend that had literally 9 new releases premiering and nothing truly dominant? After the jump the full chart and some context about The Farewell's major financial success (and Oscar dreams)...
| Weekend Box Office August 9th-11th (Actuals) 🔺 = new or expanding / ★ = recommended |
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| 1 Hobbs & Shaw $25.2 (cum. $108.3) REVIEW ★ |
1 🔺 The Farewell $2 on 704 screens (cum. $10.2) PERSONAL TAKE, INTERVIEW ★ |
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| 2 🔺 Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark $20.9 *new* |
2 🔺 Maiden $258k on 173 screens (cum. $1.9) REVIEW ★ |
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| 3 The Lion King $20.2 (cum. $473.3) REVIEW |
3 🔺 The Peanut Butter Falcon $204k on 17 screens *new* REVIEW ★ |