The 2024 Box Office thread

[HarleyQuinn]

Looks like the final numbers will decide the #1 spot but right now Kung Fu Panda 4 has edged out Dune: Part Two by $900,000

 

[Gary]

1	(1)	Kung Fu Panda 4	Universal	$30,000,000	-48%	4,067	+32	$7,376	$107,744,000	2
2	(2)	Dune: Part Two	Warner Bros.	$29,100,000	-37%	3,847	-227	$7,564	$205,318,000	3
3	N	Arthur the King	Lionsgate	$7,500,000		3,003		$2,498	$7,500,000	1
4	(3)	Imaginary	Lionsgate	$5,600,000	-44%	3,118	n/c	$1,796	$19,081,668	2
5	(4)	Cabrini	Angel Studios	$2,814,183	-61%	2,850	+10	$987	$13,003,109	2
6	(-)	Love Lies Bleeding	A24	$2,485,650	+1,549%	1,362	+1,357	$1,825	$2,762,268	2
7	(5)	Bob Marley: One Love	Paramount Pi…	$2,300,000	-44%	2,272	-492	$1,012	$93,365,000	5
8	N	One Life	Bleecker Street	$1,708,813		983		$1,738	$1,708,813	1
9	N	The American Society of Magical Negroes	Focus Features	$1,250,000		1,147		$1,090	$1,250,000	1
10	(6)	Ordinary Angels	Lionsgate	$1,000,000	-50%	1,753	-570	$570	$18,072,921	4

-

N

Snack Shack

Republic Pic…

$300,000

437

$686

$300,000

1

-

N

Exhuma

Well Go USA

$65,500

3

$21,833

$65,500

1

-	N	Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus	Janus Films	$11,293		1		$11,293	$11,293	1
-	N	Pastor’s Kid	Atlas Distri…	$9,400		38		$247	$9,400	1

-

N

Remembering Gene Wilder

Kino Lorber

$3,007

1

$3,007

$3,007

1

Next two weeks should be interesting since we're getting "Ghostbusters: Frozen Kingdom" and "Godzilla X Kong." Also, I really wanna see "Love Lies Bleeding"

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Final numbers came in for the Top 10 with KF4 slightly performing better while Dune did slightly worse. TASMN also performed slightly better as did Arthur the King.

		Movie Title	Distributor	Gross	%LW	Theaters	Theaters Change	Per Theater	Total Gross	Weekends In Release
1	(1)	Kung Fu Panda 4	Universal	$30,149,970	-48%	4,067	+32	$7,413	$107,893,725	2
2	(2)	Dune: Part Two	Warner Bros.	$28,505,206	-38%	3,847	-227	$7,410	$204,723,123	3
3	N	Arthur the King	Lionsgate	$7,633,898		3,003		$2,542	$7,633,898	1
4	(3)	Imaginary	Lionsgate	$5,552,010	-44%	3,118	n/c	$1,781	$19,033,678	2
5	(4)	Cabrini	Angel Studios	$2,812,301	-61%	2,850	+10	$987	$13,001,227	2
6	(-)	Love Lies Bleeding	A24	$2,485,650	+1,549%	1,362	+1,357	$1,825	$2,762,268	2
7	(5)	Bob Marley: One Love	Paramount Pi…	$2,277,860	-44%	2,272	-492	$1,003	$93,342,862	5
8	N	One Life	Bleecker Street	$1,713,505		983		$1,743	$1,713,505	1
9	N	The American Society of Magical Negroes	Focus Features	$1,304,270		1,147		$1,137	$1,304,270	1
10	(6)	Ordinary Angels	Lionsgate	$942,488	-53%	1,753	-570	$538	$18,015,409	4

 

[Gary]

A bit late, but here ya go

1	-	Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire	$45,200,000	-	4,345	-	$10,402	$45,200,000	1	Sony Pictures Releasing
2	2	Dune: Part Two	$17,600,000	-38.3%	3,437	-410	$5,120	$233,358,543	4	Warner Bros.
3	1	Kung Fu Panda 4	$16,799,000	-44.3%	3,805	-262	$4,414	$133,236,355	3	Universal Pictures
4	-	Immaculate	$5,360,000	-	2,354	-	$2,276	$5,360,000	1	-
5	3	Arthur the King	$4,360,000	-42.9%	3,003	-	$1,451	$14,630,255	2	Lionsgate Films
6	-	Late Night with the Devil	$2,833,419	-	1,034	-	$2,740	$2,833,419	1	IFC Films
7	4	Imaginary	$2,800,000	-49.6%	2,513	-605	$1,114	$23,624,798	3	Lionsgate Films
8	6	Love Lies Bleeding	$1,586,476	-36.5%	1,828	+466	$867	$5,680,294	3	A24
9	5	Cabrini	$1,428,474	-49.2%	1,765	-1,085	$809	$16,163,077	3	Angel Studios
10	7	Bob Marley: One Love	$1,100,000	-51.7%	1,266	-1,006	$868	$95,316,599	6	Paramount Pictures

24

-

Carol Doda Topless at the Condor

$43,023

-

4

-

$10,755

$43,023

1

Picturehouse

28

-

Riddle of Fire

$24,250

-

28

-

$866

$24,250

1

Yellow Veil Pictures

30

-

Femme

$15,075

-

1

-

$15,075

$15,075

1

Utopia

32	-	Free Time	$6,000	-	1	-	$6,000	$6,000	1	-
33	-	Limbo	$5,790	-	2	-	$2,895	$5,790	1	Music Box Films

"Ghostbusters" and "Immaculate" made what was expected, while "Late Night With the Devil" is probably the best theatrical debut for a Shudder/IFC release. Good to see "Dune" continuing the rake in cash

 

[Gary]

1	-	Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire	$80,000,000	-	3,861	-	$20,720	$80,000,000	1	Warner Bros.
2	1	Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire	$15,700,000	-65.1%	4,345	-	$3,613	$73,401,133	2	Sony Pictures Releasing
3	2	Dune: Part Two	$11,100,000	-37%	3,136	-301	$3,539	$252,390,027	5	Warner Bros.
4	3	Kung Fu Panda 4	$10,200,000	-38.2%	3,582	-223	$2,847	$151,652,055	4	Universal Pictures
5	4	Immaculate	$3,265,000	-38.8%	2,362	+8	$1,382	$11,128,191	2	-
6	5	Arthur the King	$2,400,000	-43.7%	2,525	-478	$950	$19,066,397	3	Lionsgate Films
7	7	Late Night with the Devil	$2,205,693	-22.2%	1,442	+408	$1,529	$6,294,451	2	IFC Films
8	-	Tillu Square	$1,870,000	-	450	-	$4,155	$1,870,000	1	-
9	-	Crew	$1,500,000	-	486	-	$3,086	$1,500,000	1	-
10	8	Imaginary	$1,400,000	-49.7%	1,956	-557	$715	$26,235,054	4	Lionsgate Films
11	-	In the Land of Saints and Sinners	$1,056,000	-	896	-	$1,178	$1,056,000	1	The Samuel Goldwyn Company

14

-

The Goat Life

$625,000

-

-

-

-

$625,000

1

AA Films

20

-

Asphalt City

$130,600

-

298

-

$438

$130,600

1

N/A

22	-	Wicked Little Letters	$87,939	-	5	-	$17,587	$87,939	1	Sony Pictures Releasing
23	-	A Fragile Flower	$73,000	-	55	-	$1,327	$73,000	1	Atlas Distribution Company

26

-

La Chimera

$45,037

-

3

-

$15,012

$45,037

1

-

31

-

The Samurai

$15,788

-

1

-

$15,788

$15,788

1

Janus Films

Big opening for "Godzilla X Kong" (made $194 million worldwide), and ouch for "Ghostbusters". Good to see "Dune", "Immaculate" and "Late Night With the Devil" still making cash.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Not too surprised over Ghostbusters as I figured families would see that thing opening weekend then flock to Godzilla x Kong (or just skip it entirely for GxK). The only hope for Ghostbusters is it can leg out a solid April as there's not a lot of other competition except maybe Civil War and Abigail (unless The First Omen really surprises).

 

[Gary]

1	1	Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire	$31,700,000	-60.4%	3,948	+87	$8,029	$135,037,630	2	Warner Bros.
2	-	Monkey Man	$10,100,000	-	3,029	-	$3,334	$10,100,000	1	Universal Pictures
3	2	Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire	$9,000,000	-42.2%	3,835	-510	$2,346	$88,863,665	3	Sony Pictures Releasing
4	-	The First Omen	$8,363,000	-	3,375	-	$2,477	$8,363,000	1	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
5	4	Kung Fu Panda 4	$7,850,000	-24.1%	3,398	-184	$2,310	$166,057,090	5	Universal Pictures
6	3	Dune: Part Two	$7,200,000	-36.6%	2,836	-300	$2,538	$264,858,587	6	Warner Bros.
7	-	Someone Like You	$3,002,382	-	1,800	-	$1,667	$3,002,382	1	Fathom Events
8	26	Wicked Little Letters	$1,557,234	+1,931.5%	1,002	+997	$1,554	$1,652,902	2	Sony Pictures Releasing
9	6	Arthur the King	$1,540,000	-38%	1,704	-821	$903	$22,205,856	4	Lionsgate Films
10	5	Immaculate	$1,405,000	-56.8%	1,706	-656	$823	$14,146,129	3	-

21	-	The Beast	$48,000	-	4	-	$12,000	$48,000	1	Janus Films
22	-	Housekeeping for Beginners	$45,000	-	4	-	$11,250	$45,000	1	Focus Features

 

[Gary]

Box Office: ‘Civil War’ Ignites With $10.7 Million Opening Day

"Civil War," directed by Alex Garland and starring Kirsten Dunst, gave A24 is biggest opening day ever at the box office.

variety.com

It's expected to be number one, and is also going to be A24's biggest box office debut (it's projected to make about $26 million).

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Sting probably will open small and get thrown onto streaming pretty quickly despite the solid reviews (scoring a 6/10 from critics and audience). Good little period for horror in Late Night With the Devil, The First Omen, Immaculate, Sting, and the upcoming Abigail (I think this may be the biggest hit of the group).

I think in a lot of ways, such competition actually hurts the individual films because they end up being more like a Malignant ($13 Million domestically) than say Barbarian ($40 Million domestically), Talk To Me ($48 Million domestically), or M3GAN ($95 Million domestically) where it can really ride the word of mouth with little genre competition to face.

 

[Gary]

1	N	Civil War	A24	$25,712,608		3,838		$6,699	$25,712,608	1
2	(1)	Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire	Warner Bros.	$15,450,000	-50%	3,847	-101	$4,016	$157,932,000	3
3	(3)	Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire	Sony Pictures	$5,800,000	-36%	3,350	-485	$1,731	$96,967,000	4
4	(5)	Kung Fu Panda 4	Universal	$5,500,000	-29%	3,104	-294	$1,772	$173,688,000	6
5	(6)	Dune: Part Two	Warner Bros.	$4,320,000	-42%	2,401	-435	$1,799	$272,104,000	7
6	(2)	Monkey Man	Universal	$4,100,000	-59%	3,037	+8	$1,350	$17,765,000	2
7	(4)	The First Omen	20th Century…	$3,781,000	-55%	3,375	n/c	$1,120	$14,638,113	2
8	N	The Long Game	Mucho Mas Media	$1,390,000		1,030		$1,350	$1,390,000	1
9	(-)	Shrek 2	Universal	$1,350,000		1,512		$893	$442,777,000	1,039
10	N	Sting	Well Go USA	$1,200,000		1,350		$889	$1,200,000	1

-

N

Arcadian

IFC Films

$481,100

1,100

$437

$481,100

1

-

N

Sasquatch Sunset

Bleecker Street

$93,005

9

$10,334

$93,005

1

N

Indigo Girls: It’s Only Life After All

Oscilloscope…

$14,150

14

$1,011

$147,382

1

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Final Numbers

Movie Title	Distributor	Gross	%LW	Theaters	Theaters Change	Per Theater	Total Gross	Weekends In Release
1	N	Civil War	A24	$25,712,608		3,838		$6,699	$25,712,608	1
2	(1)	Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire	Warner Bros.	$15,539,152	-50%	3,847	-101	$4,039	$158,021,255	3
3	(3)	Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire	Sony Pictures	$5,757,121	-36%	3,350	-485	$1,719	$96,924,044	4
4	(5)	Kung Fu Panda 4	Universal	$5,532,995	-29%	3,104	-294	$1,783	$173,720,725	6
5	(6)	Dune: Part Two	Warner Bros.	$4,333,743	-42%	2,401	-435	$1,805	$272,117,808	7
6	(2)	Monkey Man	Universal	$4,086,180	-60%	3,037	+8	$1,345	$17,751,435	2
7	(4)	The First Omen	20th Century…	$3,801,736	-54%	3,375	n/c	$1,126	$14,658,849	2
8	(-)	Shrek 2	Universal	$1,455,260		1,512		$962	$438,126,856	1,039
9	N	The Long Game	Mucho Mas Media	$1,300,398		1,030		$1,263	$1,300,398	1
10	(-)	Arthur the King	Lionsgate	$852,254	-45%	1,188	-516	$717	$23,606,201	5
11	(7)	Someone Like You	Fathom Events	$830,554	-72%	921	-881	$902	$4,838,810	2
12	N	Sting	Well Go USA	$825,797		975		$847	$825,797	1
-	N	Arcadian	IFC Films	$504,937		1,100		$459	$504,937	1
-	N	Bade Miyan Chote Miyan	Yash Raj Films	$493,782		604		$818	$689,505	1
-	N	Sasquatch Sunset	Bleecker Street	$91,146		9		$10,127	$91,146	1
-	N	The Absence of Eden	Roadside Att…	$23,912		110		$217	$23,912	1
-	N	Food, Inc. 2	Magnolia Pic…	$23,697		129		$184	$23,697	1
-	N	Indigo Girls: It’s Only Life After All	Oscilloscope…	$14,150		14		$1,011	$147,382	1
-	N	Omen	Utopia	$3,087		1		$3,087	$3,087	1

 

[Gary]

1	(1)	Civil War	A24	$11,127,753	-56%	3,929	+91	$2,832	$44,884,414	2
2	N	Abigail	Universal	$10,200,000		3,384		$3,014	$10,200,000	1
3	(2)	Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire	Warner Bros.	$9,455,000	-39%	3,658	-189	$2,585	$171,617,000	4
4	N	The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare	Lionsgate	$9,025,000		2,845		$3,172	$9,025,000	1
5	N	Spy x Family Code: White	Crunchyroll	$4,875,000		2,009		$2,427	$4,875,000	1
6	(4)	Kung Fu Panda 4	Universal	$4,600,000	-17%	2,955	-149	$1,557	$179,982,000	7
7	(3)	Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire	Sony Pictures	$4,400,000	-24%	3,109	-241	$1,415	$102,914,000	5
8	(5)	Dune: Part Two	Warner Bros.	$2,900,000	-33%	2,014	-387	$1,440	$276,593,000	8
9	(6)	Monkey Man	Universal	$2,200,000	-46%	2,641	-396	$833	$21,675,000	3
10	(7)	The First Omen	20th Century…	$1,700,000	-55%	2,430	-945	$700	$17,765,038	3

No real surprises.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Abigail actually ended up doing slightly better making just under $10.3 Million (around $10.297 in finals). It doesn't have a lot of competition coming up in terms of genre-fare outside of the crappy looking Tarot so I could see it ending up around $40-$55 Million all told when it's done domestically.

Also Spy x Family continues to prove that despite mostly limited releases and opening weekend heavy, that anime can be a legitimate money maker for theaters now desperately turning & trying to get people in via Fathom Event screenings (just look at the re-releases of classic movies coming up: Alien, Star Wars Episode 1: Phantom Menace, The Mummy, The Muppet Movie, The Neverending Story, etc.)

Finally, for all the bitching about how, "no original movies are being made," it's less that than the fact that people simply aren't (usually) going to see those in the same way they did in the 80s, 90s, and 00s but COVID really fucked the entire model up period and theaters are simply going to struggle to get re-engagement for 90% of movies unless the right ones come along ala The Super Mario Bros. Movie or Barbie. It's also a lot of hindsight being 20/20 and people picking and choosing the big blockbusters that weren't IPs while often ignoring they were usually already written books in cases like The Exorcist, Jaws, Jurassic Park, etc.

Here's a list of mostly original movies just until September, I'm including biopics because that's been a thing forever gtfo "IP" bitchers: Civil War, Abigail, Challengers, Unsung Hero, The Fall Guy, Tarot, Back to Black, IF, Sight, Ezra, Robot Dreams, The Watchers, The Bikeriders, Janet Planet, Fly Me to the Moon, Cuckoo, The Fire Inside, Trap, Blink Twice, The Forge, Slingshot, and City of Dreams. That's 22 movies between now and September that are all getting a wide release on a weekend. You can even throw in Speak No Evil on 9/13 for 23 movies.

 

[Gary]

1	-	Challengers	$15,011,078	-	3,477	-	$4,317	$15,011,078	1	United Artists Releasing
2	-	Unsung Hero	$7,750,000	-	2,832	-	$2,736	$7,750,000	1	Lionsgate Films
3	3	Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire	$7,200,000	-24.8%	3,312	-346	$2,173	$181,680,032	5	Warner Bros.
4	1	Civil War	$7,004,038	-37.6%	3,518	-411	$1,990	$56,194,933	3	A24
5	2	Abigail	$5,250,000	-49%	3,393	+9	$1,547	$18,787,755	2	Universal Pictures
6	4	The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare	$3,860,000	-56.7%	2,845	-	$1,356	$15,448,667	2	Lionsgate Films
7	6	Kung Fu Panda 4	$3,550,000	-24.3%	2,767	-188	$1,282	$184,999,090	8	Universal Pictures
8	7	Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire	$3,250,000	-27%	2,627	-482	$1,237	$107,387,915	6	Sony Pictures Releasing
9	8	Dune: Part Two	$1,985,000	-32.7%	1,334	-680	$1,488	$279,742,968	9	Warner Bros.
10	-	Boy Kills World	$1,675,475	-	1,993	-	$840	$1,675,475	1	-
11	-	Alien 2024 Re-release	$1,563,000	-	1,750	-	$893	$1,563,000	1	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
12	9	Monkey Man	$1,150,000	-49.7%	1,538	-1,103	$747	$23,916,990	4	Universal Pictures
13	5	Spy x Family Code: White	$1,100,000	-77.2%	2,009	-	$547	$7,075,120	2	Crunchyroll
14	-	The Mummy 2024 Re-release	$1,040,000	-	1,236	-	$841	$1,040,000	1	Universal Pictures International (UPI)

29	-	Humane	$25,756	-	56	-	$459	$25,756	1	IFC Films
30	-	Nowhere Special	$15,052	-	4	-	$3,763	$15,052	1	Cohen Media Group

"Civil War" continuing to rake in cash, and that's a pretty steep drop for "Spy X Family". Next week's the beginning of the Summer movie season with "The Fall Guy"

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

I didn't even know spy x family was out. wonder if its in theater here at all.

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

I'm loving the doomsayers for GB:FE ignoring that it's currently within $12m of the ~$200m it needs to break even, and that's without streaming rights or home video sales (streaming or BluRay).

It'll make its money back and we're going to get another GB entry, just probably on a smaller budget, especially with Sony so willing to throw money at even more obscure IPs after they should've learned better.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

I'm loving the doomsayers for GB:FE ignoring that it's currently within $12m of the ~$200m it needs to break even, and that's without streaming rights or home video sales (streaming or BluRay).

It'll make its money back and we're going to get another GB entry, just probably on a smaller budget, especially with Sony so willing to throw money at even more obscure IPs after they should've learned better.

Also it was the only Ghostbusters movie released in March. Ghostbusters: Afterlife was released in November and made $136.8 Million adjusted (while having Harold Ramis' death to boost it). The franchise is very domestic heavy unlike the global-ness of say The Fast & The Furious so it doing almost $115 Million isn't bad (could be better but it'd also look better if the budget was $75 Million like the other one) considering it wasn't a June/July release like the original duo & reboot or November like Afterlife.

We'll probably get a 3rd movie with a budget closer to that $75-$85 Million.

 

[Gary]

1	-	The Fall Guy	$28,500,000	-	4,002	-	$7,121	$28,500,000	1	Universal Pictures
2	-	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 2024 Re-release	$8,080,000	-	2,700	-	$2,992	$8,080,000	1	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
3	1	Challengers	$7,642,617	-49.1%	3,477	-	$2,198	$29,462,046	2	United Artists Releasing
4	-	Tarot	$6,500,000	-	3,104	-	$2,094	$6,500,000	1	Screen Gems
5	3	Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire	$4,500,000	-37.7%	2,884	-428	$1,560	$188,067,009	6	Warner Bros.
6	4	Civil War	$3,550,396	-48.2%	2,689	-829	$1,320	$62,006,313	4	A24
7	2	Unsung Hero	$3,000,000	-61.2%	2,832	-	$1,059	$13,143,890	2	Lionsgate Films
8	7	Kung Fu Panda 4	$2,400,000	-33.3%	2,380	-387	$1,008	$188,345,995	9	Universal Pictures
9	5	Abigail	$2,300,000	-55.8%	2,638	-755	$871	$22,790,900	3	Universal Pictures
10	8	Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire	$1,800,000	-44.6%	2,025	-602	$888	$109,902,874	7	Sony Pictures Releasing

21

-

I Saw the TV Glow

$116,340

-

4

-

$29,085

$116,340

1

A24

24	-	Wildcat	$58,140	-	3	-	$19,380	$58,140	1	Oscilloscope
25	-	Evil Does Not Exist	$45,300	-	3	-	$15,100	$45,300	1	Janus Films

Ouch for "The Fall Guy" and hey, there are still people deluding themselves into thinking the prequels are good.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

This summer/fall/winter is gonna be really interesting to see how many big movies actually hit this year for movie theaters. I used to think we could get 8+ movies at $300+ Million Domestic and now I'm dwindling that down to maybe 4-5?

Last year had 5 with The Little Mermaid just missing by under $2 Million and Avatar missing by just $13 Million. For comparison, there were 8 in 2022, 9 in 2019, 5 in 2018, and 7 in 2017.

Potential $300+. I'd be surprised if Kingdom of Planet of the Apes does $200+ as Dawn did the best and that was just $208 Million domestically. Same for Bad Boys: Ride or Die where I could see that topping out around $215-$225 max.
- The Garfield Movie or Inside Out 2. I'd hedge my bet on the latter but kids can easily rocket a movie up if it hits right (see The Super Mario Bros. Movie).
- Despicable Me 4. I think this is a near lock. Minions: The Rise of Gru did $370 Million while DM3 still did $264 Million.
- Twisters. This could be a pure summer movie popcorn fest but it also faces stiff competition immediately so that could fade really fast like Mission Impossible last year.
- Deadpool and Wolverine. Another, to me, easy lock.
- Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. I think there's gonna be a ton of hype for this one. If it lives up to the hype in reviews, it could be a shoe-in.
- Joker: Folie a Deux. See BB.
- The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim. The LOTR trilogy had budgets under $100 Million and were massive. The Hobbit largely struggled by comparison with $200 Million budgets and barely getting to $240-$250 Million domestically after marginal reviews. This could really go either way.

So that would be roughly 5 by my count with Inside Out 2 being in there with DM4, D&W, BB, Joker Sequel.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Bigger oof for The Fall Guy... and a bigger boon for SW Episode 1

		Movie Title	Distributor	Gross	%LW	Theaters	Theaters Change	Per Theater	Total Gross	Weekends In Release
1	N	The Fall Guy	Universal	$27,747,035		4,002		$6,933	$27,747,035	1
2	(-)	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	20th Century…	$8,723,194		2,700		$3,231	$483,267,871	1,303
3	(1)	Challengers	Amazon MGM S…	$7,590,114	-49%	3,477	n/c	$2,183	$29,409,543	2
4	N	Tarot	Sony Pictures	$6,503,012		3,104		$2,095	$6,503,012	1
5	(3)	Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire	Warner Bros.	$4,541,533	-37%	2,884	-428	$1,575	$188,108,542	6
6	(4)	Civil War	A24	$3,550,396	-48%	2,689	-829	$1,320	$62,006,311	4
7	(2)	Unsung Hero	Lionsgate	$2,988,024	-61%	2,832	n/c	$1,055	$13,131,914	2
8	(7)	Kung Fu Panda 4	Universal	$2,514,530	-30%	2,380	-387	$1,057	$188,460,525	9
9	(5)	Abigail	Universal	$2,331,720	-55%	2,638	-755	$884	$22,822,620	3
10	(8)	Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire	Sony Pictures	$1,862,043	-43%	2,025	-602	$920	$109,964,917	7

 

[Fall of Epic]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1786592752874246350

Ouch.

 

[Brocklock]

The Fall Guy looked like a generic action comedy imo and the marketing was kind of obnoxious. I'm kind of in Ryan Gosling fatigue at this point after the last year and I wonder if the general audience feels similar. I love the man, but he's never been a big box office draw.

 

[Gary]

1	-	Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes	$56,500,000	-	4,075	-	$13,865	$56,500,000	1	20th Century Studios
2	1	The Fall Guy	$13,700,000	-50.6%	4,008	+6	$3,418	$49,696,920	2	Universal Pictures
3	3	Challengers	$4,684,276	-38.3%	2,609	-868	$1,795	$38,073,862	3	United Artists Releasing
4	4	Tarot	$3,450,000	-46.9%	3,104	-	$1,111	$12,015,419	2	Screen Gems
5	5	Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire	$2,525,000	-44.4%	2,531	-353	$997	$191,820,543	7	Warner Bros.
6	7	Unsung Hero	$2,250,000	-24.7%	2,272	-560	$990	$16,785,702	3	Lionsgate Films
7	8	Kung Fu Panda 4	$2,000,000	-20.5%	2,111	-269	$947	$191,172,075	10	Universal Pictures
8	6	Civil War	$1,804,642	-49.2%	2,204	-485	$818	$65,214,841	5	A24
9	2	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 2024 Re-release	$1,500,000	-82.8%	2,700	-	$555	$12,074,869	2	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
10	9	Abigail	$1,100,000	-52.8%	1,641	-997	$670	$24,752,500	4	Universal Pictures

13

$360,000

-

1,108

-

$324

$360,000

1

Briarcliff Entertainment

20

-

Poolman

$131,000

-

162

-

$808

$131,000

1

Vertical Entertainment

24

-

Aggro Dr1ft

$45,500

-

20

-

$2,275

$91,800

1

-

26

-

Force of Nature: The Dry 2

$34,551

-

153

-

$225

$34,551

1

IFC Films

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Kung Fu Panda 4 has quietly made 6X its budget worldwide looking like it has an outside chance to crack $200 Million domestically. That opened at $57.98 Million so it will be interesting to see if something like Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes can have similar legs during its run.

Also looks like theaters are gonna sacrifice Abigail and The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare to the movie production gods so they can get more theaters for Back to Black, IF, and The Strangers: Chapter 1 next weekend. Then Furiosa and The Garfield Movie drop 5/24 so I can see a lot of movies that would normally have longer runs getting short-changed and thrown out in favor of those.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Apes did even better with the finals topping at $58.4 Million(!)

		Movie Title	Distributor	Gross	%LW	Theaters	Theaters Change	Per Theater	Total Gross	Weekends In Release
1	N	Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes	20th Century…	$58,400,788		4,075		$14,331	$58,400,788	1
2	(1)	The Fall Guy	Universal	$13,699,600	-51%	4,008	+6	$3,418	$49,696,520	2
3	(3)	Challengers	Amazon MGM S…	$4,376,617	-42%	2,609	-868	$1,678	$37,766,203	3
4	(4)	Tarot	Sony Pictures	$3,400,329	-48%	3,104	n/c	$1,095	$11,965,748	2
5	(5)	Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire	Warner Bros.	$2,612,517	-42%	2,531	-353	$1,032	$191,908,060	7
6	(7)	Unsung Hero	Lionsgate	$2,549,578	-15%	2,272	-560	$1,122	$17,085,280	3
7	(8)	Kung Fu Panda 4	Universal	$1,829,865	-27%	2,111	-269	$867	$191,001,940	10
8	(6)	Civil War	A24	$1,804,642	-49%	2,204	-485	$819	$65,214,840	5
9	(2)	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	20th Century…	$1,436,959	-84%	2,700	n/c	$532	$486,556,505	1,304
10	(9)	Abigail	Universal	$1,140,830	-51%	1,641	-997	$695	$24,793,330	4
11	(10)	Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire	Sony Pictures	$1,075,408	-42%	1,418	-607	$758	$111,450,574	8
12	(11)	The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare	Lionsgate	$689,651	-57%	1,108	-960	$622	$19,779,807	4
-	(12)	Dune: Part Two	Warner Bros.	$371,333	-51%	416	-286	$893	$281,974,524	11
-	N	Not Another Church Movie	Briarcliff E…	$360,000		1,108		$325	$360,000	1

 

[Brocklock]

GO APES GO

Finally a solid success after a month and a half of flops and bombs.

 

[Gary]

1	-	IF	$35,000,000	-	4,041	-	$8,661	$35,000,000	1	Paramount Pictures
2	1	Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes	$26,000,000	-55.5%	4,075	-	$6,380	$101,239,501	2	20th Century Studios
3	-	The Strangers: Chapter 1	$12,000,000	-	2,856	-	$4,201	$12,000,000	1	Lionsgate Films
4	2	The Fall Guy	$8,450,000	-38.3%	3,845	-163	$2,197	$62,986,845	3	Universal Pictures
5	3	Challengers	$2,941,203	-32.8%	1,938	-671	$1,517	$43,510,299	4	United Artists Releasing
6	-	Back to Black	$2,850,000	-	2,010	-	$1,417	$2,850,000	1	Focus Features
7	4	Tarot	$2,000,000	-41.2%	2,334	-770	$856	$15,433,316	3	Screen Gems
8	5	Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire	$1,710,000	-34.5%	1,773	-758	$964	$194,405,013	8	Warner Bros.
9	-	The Blue Angels	$1,310,767	-	227	-	$5,774	$1,310,767	1	-
10	6	Unsung Hero	$1,095,000	-57.1%	1,736	-536	$630	$19,069,317	4	Lionsgate Films

17

-

Babes

$171,321

-

12

-

$14,276

$171,321

1

-

"If" did about what was projected. The fact we're getting a "Strangers" trilogy feels like the most pointless reboot imaginable, as they could have just made another sequel instead.

 

[Brocklock]

I think If is the second highest opening for an original film post pandemic. With it passing Free Guy also with Ryan Reynolds. I'm beyond tired of Ryan Reynolds, but he is a legitimate draw in a time where there aren't many left.

 

[Gary]

I think If is the second highest opening for an original film post pandemic. With it passing Free Guy also with Ryan Reynolds. I'm beyond tired of Ryan Reynolds, but he is a legitimate draw in a time where there aren't many left.

I do wonder if John Krasinski directing helped matters, considering the popularity of the "A Quiet Place" movies.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

I think If is the second highest opening for an original film post pandemic. With it passing Free Guy also with Ryan Reynolds. I'm beyond tired of Ryan Reynolds, but he is a legitimate draw in a time where there aren't many left.

For all of the ish Gen Zers give to NPCs, Ryan Reynolds is the most NPC like movie star. Which is probably what made him such a slam dunk casting choice for Free Guy.

Yes, I am fully aware that I am a good 15-20 years too old to be calling people NPCs.