Twisters blows its way into first place at the weekend box office
Twisters was at the top of the box office this past weekend. The film grossed an estimated $80.5 million domestically and $42.7 million internationally for a worldwide debut of $123.2 million.
The semi-sequel opened in a similar amount to the original Twister in 1996. That movie opened with a about $41.1 million in 1996 which is about $82.2 million in today’s dollars. That movie went on to gross $241.8 million domestically in the dollars of that day (about $484.2 million in today’s dollars) and $494.6 million worldwide.
In second place was Despicable Me 4 which slipped one spot from the previous weekend. The movie grossed $23.8 million to bring its domestic total to $259.5 million. Over the week it grossed about $88.3 million to bring its international gross to just under $315 million.
Inside Out 2 remained in third place with an estimated $12.8 million to bring its domestic total to $596.4 million. Internationally, the movie grossed $69.4 million over the week to bring that to $846.9 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $1.443 billion.
Longlegs dropped from second to fourth with $6.1 million. Domestically, it has grossed $44.7 million after two weeks. Internationally, the movie has grossed $2.7 million. Worldwide, it has grossed $47.3 million.
A Quiet Place: Day One wrapped up the top five with $6.1 million to bring its domestic total to $127.6 million. Over the week, it grossed $9.3 million internationally to bring that total to $113.8 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $241.4 million.
In comic film news…
Blue Lock: Episode Nagi added about$50,000 domestically which is now $1.9 million and internationally it added about $300,000 over the week to bring that gross to just under $11.3 million internationally for a worldwide total of $13.1 million.
Haikyuu!! The Dumpster Battle remains a little over $7 million domestically. Internationally, the movie added about $1.1 million over the week to bring that total to a little over $86 million for a worldwide gross of just over $93.1 million.
The week’s overall box office success…
Numbers have 57 films earning $149,487,289 from 31,957 theaters. That’s a nice bump from the previous weekend’s $122,258,397 from 33,783 theaters and 57 films. The average earning was $4,677.76 which is an increase from the previous weekend’s $3,618.93.



