Fast X races to the top of the weekend box office
There’s a new champ at the weekend box office. Fast X took first, over doubling the next highest film. The movie grossed an estimated $67.5 million domestically and $199.8 million at the international box office for a worldwide debut of $267.3 million. That domestic opening is near the lower end of things for the franchise which has grossed anywhere from $40.1 million to $147.2 million. It is close to F9‘s $70 million in 2021 which went on to earn $726.2 million worldwide.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 slipped to second place with just under $32 million. The movie has grossed $266.5 million domestically after three weeks. Internationally, the film is rocking adding an additional $130.1 million to that total to bring it to $392.6 million and $659.1 million worldwide.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie came in third place with an estimated $9.8 million. Domestically the film has earned $549.3 million. Over the week, it added $5.7 million internationally to bring that total to $680.2 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $1.229 billion.
Book Club: The Next Chapter slipped to fourth place with $3 million to bring its domestic total to $13.1 million. It added about $680,000 internationally over the week to lift that to $3.8 million. Worlwide, the film has grossed $16.9 million.
Evil Dead Rise wrapped up the top five with $2.4 million. Domestically, the film has grossed $64.1 million. Over the week, the film added $10.5 million to bring its international total to $71.5 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $135.6 million.
In comic film news…
Shazam! Fury of the Gods remained steady domestically where it has grossed $57.6 million. The film internationally remained at $75.8 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed $133.4 million.
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania added nearly $136,000 over the weekend to bring the domestic total to just under $214.3 million. Internationally, the movie remained steady at about $261.6 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed just under $476 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 57 films earning $121,758,165 from 29,021 theaters. That’s an increase of about $20 million from last weekend’s $100,362,433 from 32,913 theaters and 55 films. But, it’s still a solid weekend box office. The average earning was $4,195.52 this past weekend, a boost from the previous weekend’s $3,049.33.
