Disney’s Aladdin was the top film of the weekend box office earning an estimated $86.1 million. The film is expected to do somewhere around $105 million for the four-day weekend though some predict it’ll be over $110 million. The film received an “A” CinemaScore from opening audiences. The crowd was 54% female and 54% age 25 or older.
The film also debuted internationally in every major market other than Japan (it opens there June 7). It earned an estimated $121 million to bring its weekend total to $207.1 million.
Aladdin bumped John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum to second place where it earned an estimated $24.4 million. It’s expected to be a bit over $30 million for the four-day weekend. It has earned over $100 million after ten days of release. It’s already the highest grossing film of the franchise so there shouldn’t be a surprise we’re getting a fourth film in two years exactly as we predicted. Internationally, the film earned an estimated $24.8 million to bring that total to $74.4 million for a worldwide total over $175 million.
In third place was Avengers: Endgame which added an estimated $16.8 million domestically over the three days and will be around $22 million for the four day holiday. The film crossed $800 million domestically, only the second to do so. Star Wars: The Force Awakens was the first. Internationally, the film added $15.3 million from 54 markets. It’s now about $111 million behind Avatar to become the highest grossing film worldwide of all time.
In fourth place was Pokemon: Detective Pikachu which added $13.3 million over the weekend to bring its domestic total to $116.1 million. It’s expected to earn about $17.5 million over the four days. Internationally, the film added $24.3 million from 72 markets to its total to bring that to $236 million.
Brightburn debuted in fifth place with an estimated $7.5 million for the three days which is a bit under the $8 million expectation. It’ll earn around $9 million for the four day weekend. While the film received a “C+” CinemaScore and played to an audience 58% male and 64% age 25 and older, the film is already a success with a budget of just $6 million. Internationally, the film brought in $4.5 million from 50 markets. In one weekend it’ll have about double its budget.
In other comic film news…
Captain Marvel came in at #18 adding an estimated $359,000 to its domestic total to bring that to $425.8 million.
Shazam! still charted coming in at #20 with an estimated $268,000 adding to its domestic total. That now stands at $138.5 million.
