The Little Mermaid swims into first place

The Little Mermaid

Moviegoers went under the sea for The Little Mermaid making the latest Disney live action adaptation the top film for the weekend. The movie grossed an estimated $95.5 million domestically over the weekend and $68.3 million internationally. Over the long weekend, the film has grossed $117.5 million domestically. So far the movie has grossed $185.8 million worldwide and is sure to continue Disney’s trend of live action version so their animated classics.

Fast X wasn’t in first long. It came in a distant second over the weekend with a little over $23 million. The film has grossed $113.6 million after two weeks. Internationally, the film added $199.5 million over the week to bring that total to $399.3 million after two weeks. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $512.9 million.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 dropped to third place with just under $20 million for the weekend and a new domestic total of $304.8 million. Internationally, the movie added $26.1 million over the week to bring that total to $418.7 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $723.5 million.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie added $6.3 million to its impressive total which stands at $560.9 million domestically. Over the week, the movie grossed $37.6 million to bring its international total to $717.8 million and $1.279 billion worldwide.

Rounding out the top five was another newcomer, The Machine. The movie grossed $4.9 million for a total of $8.9 million domestically since it opened. No international total has been reported.

In comic film news…

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania added nearly $58,000 over the weekend to bring the domestic total to just under $214.5 million. Internationally, the movie remained steady at about $261.6 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed just over $476 million.

The week’s overall box office success…

Numbers have 58 films earning $163,043,508 from 28,581 theaters. That’s an increase of about $40 million from last weekend’s $121,758,165 from 29,021 theaters and 57 films. But, it’s still a solid weekend box office. The average earning was $5,702.62 this past weekend, a boost from the previous weekend’s $4,195.52.


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