Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 holds on to first with a moderate drop
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 remained in first place at the weekend box office with an estimated $60.5 million. That’s a 48.9% drop from the previous weekend, which is pretty good when blockbusters tend to drop closer to 60%. It’s a sign of life for the recently struggling Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film has grossed $213.2 million domestically after two weeks. Over the week it added $94.4 million at the international box office to lift that to $262.5 million. Worldwide, the film ahs grossed $475.7 million. That has it nearly beating Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’s entire domestic gross for the year as well as its international gross. It should pass both this Monday.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie held on to second place with $13 million lifting its domestic earnings to just under $536 million. Over the week, it added $37.3 million at the international box office to bring that to $674.5 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $1.210 billion making it easily the top film of the year.
Book Club: The Next Chapter debuted in third place with $6.5 million domestically and $3.1 million internationally for a worldwide debut of $9.6 million.
Evil Dead Rise slipped to fourth place with $3.7 million bringing its domestic total to $60.2 million. Internationally, the film grossed $17.3 million over the week to bring that total to $61 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $121.2 million.
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. rounded out the top five with an estimated $2.5 million to bring its domestic total to $16.5 million.
In comic film news…
Shazam! Fury of the Gods added $100,000 over the week. Domestically, the film has grossed $57.6 million. The film internationally remained steady at $75.8 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $133.4 million.
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania added nearly $377,000 over the weekend to bring the domestic total to just under $214.1 million. Internationally, the movie remained steady at about $261.6 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $475.8 million.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever looks like it held steady at $453.8 million domestically. Internationally, the film looks like it remained steady and is about $405.4 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $859.2 million.
The week’s overall box office success…
Numbers have 55 films earning $100,362,433 from 32,913 theaters. That’s a decrease of about 25% from last weekend’s $159,898,817 from 32,719 theaters and 52 films. But, it’s still a solid weekend box office. The average earning was $3,049.33 this past weekend, a dip from the previous weekend’s $4,887.03.


