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Shazam! Fury of the Gods limps into first place

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Shazam! Fury of the Gods

It was a rough weekend at the box office. Shazam! Fury of the Gods took first place with $30.5 million, far short of the debut of the original film. It also grossed $35 million internationally for a weekend total of $65.5 million. Shazam! debuted in 2019 with $53.5 million and went on to gross $366.1 million worldwide. The sequel received poor reviews from critics but the audience has enjoyed it. But the 52% critic score and 88% audience is a bit mixed to the originals 90% critic score and 82% audience on RottenTomatoes.

Scream VI tumbled in its second week dropping 60.6%. It grossed $17.5 million to bring its domestic total to $76 million. Internationally, it added about $14 million over the week to bring that to $40 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $116 million in two weeks.

Creed III came in third with $15.4 million to bring its domestic total to $127.7 million. Over the week, it grossed $18.6 million to bring that to $96.6 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $224.3 million after three weeks.

65 slipped to fourth with $5.8 million to bring its domestic total to $22.4 million. Over the week, it grossed $7.9 million internationally to bring that to $16.4 million. The film has grossed $38.8 million over two weeks.

Rounding out the top five was Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania which grossed $4.1 million to bring its domestic total to $205.8 million. Internationally, the movie grossed $7.2 million over the week to bring that to $256.8 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $462.6 million.

In comic film news…

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – To the Swordsmith Village looks like it still has earned $10.1 million domestically. Internationally, the film has grossed a little over $7.4 million to bring that to $38.6 million and $48.7 million worldwide.

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond looks like it didn’t make any gains and the domestic total is steady at $1.6 million. Internationally, it looks like it gained a little and is now a little over $10 million. The worldwide total is a bit over $11.6 million.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever looks like it held steady at $453.8 million domestically. Internationally, the film added about $50,000 over the week to bring that to just under $405 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed over $858.8 million.

The week’s overall box office success…

Numbers have 26 films earning $90,344,451 from 32,753 theaters. That’s a dip from last weekend’s $117,266,512 from 35,638 theaters and 62 films. The average earning was $2,758.36 this past weekend, a drop from the previous weekend’s $3,290.49.

Scream VI delivers a knock down punch to Creed III at the weekend box office

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Scream VI

It was a new box office champion as Scream VI took the weekend and delivered a franchise best, not accounting for inflation). The film opened with a reported $44.5 million domestically and internationally it grossed $22.6 million. Worldwide, that’s $67.1 million.

The first film opened with $14 million ($26.7 million in 2023) in 1996 and went on to gross $173 million ($329.9 million) worldwide. In 1997, Scream 2 debuted with $32.9 million ($61.3 million) and went on to gross $172.4 million ($321.4 million) worldwide. Scream 3 opened with $34.7 million ($60.3 million) in 2000 and went on to gross $161.8 million ($281.1 million) worldwide. Scream 4 debuted with $18.7 million ($24.9 million) and went on to gross $97.2 million ($129.3 million) worldwide in 2011. Scream (V) opened with $30 million 2022 and went on to gross $137.7 million worldwide.

A seventh film has already been announced.

Creed III, last weekend’s box office champ, was knocked down a spot coming in second. It grossed an estimated $27.2 million to lift its total gross to $101.4 million after two weeks. Internationally, it added $27.2 million over the week to bring that to an even $78 million. The film has grossed $179.4 million after just two weeks.

In third place was another debut, 65. This Adam Driver driven film grossed $12.3 million domestically and $8.5 million internationally for $20.8 million. With heavy competition coming and already here, it’s hard not to see this as a crash and burn.

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania continues to spiral dropping to fourth from last weekend’s second place. The film added $7 million domestically to bring its domestic total to just under $198 million. Over the week, it added $16.8 million internationally to bring that to $249.6 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $447.6 million. Is the Marvel juice running out?

Rounding out the top five was Cocaine Bear which added $6.2 million to its total to bring that to $51.7 million. Over the week, it added $3.3 million to its international gross to bring that to a little over $14 million. Worldwide, the film has snorted $65.7 million.

In comic film news…

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – To the Swordsmith Village looks like it still has earned $10.1 million domestically. Internationally, the film has grossed a little over $6.2 million to bring that to $31.2 million and $41.3 million worldwide.

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond looks like it didn’t make any gains and the domestic total is steady at $1.6 million. Internationally, it looks like it gained a little and is now a little over $10 million. The worldwide total is a bit over $11.6 million.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever grossed $4,000 to bring its domestic total to over $453.8 million. Internationally, the film added about $240,000 over the week to bring that to $404.9 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed over $858.8 million.

The week’s overall box office success…

Numbers have 62 films earning $117,266,512 from 35,638 theaters. That’s about last weekend’s $117,318,555 from 36,498 theaters and 72 films. The average earning was $3,290.49 this past weekend, an improvement from the previous weekend’s $3,214.38.