When is $51 million a massive opening? When it’s the sixth film in a franchise and the previous best debut was the fourth film’s $27.4 million. Final Destination: Bloodlines won the weekend box office with $51 million and did the same internationally for a worldwide debut of $102 million.

Final Destination opened in 2000 with a little over $10 million and went on to gross $53.3 million domestically and $112.9 million worldwide. Not counting inflation, the sixth film nearly did that in a weekend. Final Destination 2 in 2003 opened with $16.2 million and grossed just under $47 million domestically and $90.9 million worldwide. In 2006, Final Destination 3 grossed $54.1 million domestically and $118.9 million worldwide. The Final Destination in 2009 grossed $66.5 million domestically with $186.2 million worldwide. Finally, Final Destination 5 in 2011 grossed $42.6 million domestically and $157.9 million worldwide. Maybe parents are taking their kids to the newest film? Yes, it’s been around long enough that could the case.

Thunderbolts* slipped one spot from last weekend’s first place adding $16.5 million domestically to bring that film to $155.4 million. Internationally the movie has grossed $170.3 million for a worldwide total of $325.7 million.

Sinners slipped to third place with $15.4 million to bring its domestic total to $240.8 million and internationally it has grossed $73.8 million for a worldwide total of $314.6 million. Remember when major outlets said this film was a failure?

A Minecraft Movie still might be the stealth story of the year. It grossed $5.9 million to come in fourth. Domestically, the movie has grossed $416.6 million and internationally it has grossed $505.3 million for a worldwide gross of $921.9 million. Will it hit $1 billion before it’s done?

The Accountant 2 wrapped up the top five with just under $5 million to bring its domestic gross to $59.1 million. Internationally it has grossed $31.5 million for a worldwide gross of $90.6 million.

In comic movie news…

Captain America: Brave New World is streaming but it’s still running in theaters and grossed $13,000 from 30 of them to bring its domestic gross to $200.5 million. Internationally, the movie has grossed $214.6 million for a worldwide total of $415.1 million.

The weekend box office saw a total of $104,733,040 from 74 films and 31,790 theaters for an average of $3,294.53.