Freaky held the top spot in the initial numbers from the weekend domestic box office. The film earned an estimated $1.2 million in its second weekend. That’s a drop of 66.1% from the previous weekend. It’s still more than enough to hold on to first place by almost double the second place. The film has earned $5.6 million domestically so far and $3.7 million at the international box office. Worldwide, the film has earned $9.2 million.
In second place was The War With Grandpa which improved from last week’s #3. The film earned an estimated $733,067 a drop of 44.5% from the previous week. In seven weeks the film has earned $16.2 million. It has also earned $8.1 million at the foreign box office for a worldwide total of $24.3 million worldwide.
Let Him Go dropped from second place last weekend to this week’s third. It earned an estimated $710,000 a drop of 59.3%. The film has earned $7.9 million domestically after three weeks. At the foreign box office, the film has earned $71,852 for a worldwide total of a little over $8 million.
In fourth place was Come Play which earned $550,000, down 48.8% from the previous week. The film has earned $8 million after four weeks domestically. Internationally, the film has earned $1.9 million for a worldwide gross of just under $10 million.
Rounding out the top five was a re-release of The Santa Clause which earned $461,000.
In comic related films…
Guardians of the Galaxy earned $136,000 to come in at #14. That’s a drop of 66.5% from the previous weekend and brought the film’s earnings to $542,000. It has also earned $22,424 at the international box office, the same amount as the previous weekend. That brings its total to $564,424 after two weeks.
The New Mutants slipped one spot over the weekend to #17. It earned an estimated $41,000, a drop of 50.7%. Its grossed $23.8 million after 13 weeks domestically. It earned about $200,000 over the week internationally to bring that total to $22.1 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $45.9 million.
The Empty Man slipped to spots to come in at #19. The film earned an estimated $31,000, a drop of 61.6%. After five weeks the film has earned just under $3 million domestically. Internationally, the film earned about $90,000 to bring that total to $557,533. Worldwide, the film has earned $3.5 million.
Initial numbers has the weekend box office at 42 films, $6,412,895 grossed, from 16,622 theaters. That’s a massive drop of the previous weekend’s 41 films and their $11.3 million from 19,067 theaters. This past weekend had a per-average earning of $385.81 compatred to the previous weekend’s $584.30. We’ll update those numbers as the final weekend box amounts are reported.