The Meg's Box Office Bite. Plus Ant-Man 2 Crosses $200 Million
Sunday, August 12, 2018 at 9:00PM by Nathaniel R
Until we hear further details, everything will be viewed through the lens of our apocalyptic fears about Oscar's new "popular achievement" category. Does The Meg's huge opening weekend mean it'll be up for an Oscar? I mean it has been since Jaws that a giant shark movie was Oscar nominated, so if Oscar wants to remain "relevant" they should totally start recognizing MUTANT SHARK movies! Elsewhere in box office news, Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman opened to great reviews, and much discussion, and is a total must-see "but since it didn't open big, I guess it's not as good as Slender Man and The Men so it doesn't deserve Oscar recognition, right?" he added sarcastically...
| Weekend Box Office Estimates (August 10-12) |
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| W I D E 800+ screens |
PLATFORM / LIMITED excluding prev. wide |
 The Meg |
 Three Identical Strangers |
| 1. 🔺THE MEG $44.5 *NEW* REVIEW |
1. THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS $700K on 326 screens (cum. $9.6) REVIEW |
| 2. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT $20 (cum. $161.9) REVIEW, PODCAST | 2. 🔺THE ISLAND $282k on 40 screens *NEW* |
| 3. CHRISTOPHER ROBIN $12.4 (cum. $50) REVIEW |
3. BLINDSPOTTING $220k on 138 screens (cum. $3.7) |
| 4.🔺 SLENDER MAN $11.3 *NEW* REVIEW |
4. 🔺 PUZZLE $164k on 44 screens (cum. $447k) |
| 5.🔺BLACKKKLANSMAN $10.7 *NEW* REVIEW |
5. 🔺 MCQUEEN $154k on 53 screens (cum. $750k) REVIEW |
Though it did very well for a Spike Lee joint, Spike Lee joints don't tend to set the box office on fire. So should he return that Honorary Oscar? I'M JUST FOLLOWING OSCAR'S LOGIC THROUGH, Y'ALL. I seriously can't stop being pissed about this "popular achievement." notion. To quote Don Draper...
