Superman Continues to Soar Taking First at the Weekend Box Office

Superman

Superman continued to dominate the weekend box office, coming in first place for the second weekend in a row. The film grossed an estimated $57.3 million bringing its domestic total to $235 million in two weeks. That’s a drop of 54.2% from the previous week, not bad for blockbusters that tend to see high 50s and low 60s in their second week. Internationally, the movie added $76.8 million over the week to bring that total to $171.8 million and $406.8 million worldwide. It’ll be interesting to see how it does next weekend when Marvel’s Fantastic Four: First Steps debuts where it’ll face its toughest challenge.

Jurassic World: Rebirth held on to second place adding $23.4 million domestically to bring that total to $276.2 million. Over the week, it grossed $74.5 million to bring its international total to $371.8 and now $648 million worldwide.

I Know What You Did Last Summer struggled for an audience with just $13 million domestically and $11.6 million internationally. That’s $24.6 million its first weekend. The original film debuted with $15.8 million domestically in 1997 and I Still Know What You Did Last Summer debuted with $16.5 million in 1998. Nostalgia didn’t give this one a boost.

Smurfs are back again, this time coming in fourth with $11 million domestically. Internationally, they did better with $22.6 million for a worldwide total of $33.6 million. The Smurfs debuted in 2011 with $35.6 million domestically, The Smurfs 2 debuted in 2013 with $17.5 million, and Smurfs: The Lost Village opened in 2017 with $13.2 million. This is a franchise in the decline and its opening is not a surprise.

F1: The Movie rounded out the top five with $9.6 million to lift its domestic total to $153.6 million. Over the week, it grossed $50 million internationally to bring that total to $307.2 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $460.8 million.

In comic movie news…

Thunderbolts* added $20,000, an increase from the previous weekend, to its domestic total this weekend to bring that to just under $190 million and internationally it remained at $192.1 million for a worldwide total of $382.1 million. Between the budget and marketing, the film needs around $425 million to break even.

The weekend box office saw a total of 58 films gross $134,009,051 from 30,852 theaters compared to last weekend’s $201,148,969 from 59 films and 27,585 theaters. This weekends average was $4,343.61 compared to last weekend’s $7,291.97.


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