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Men in Black International and Shaft Both Fail to Meet Expectations as MiB Wins the Weekend

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Men in Black International

It was a bad weekend at the box office as Men in Black International and Shaft didn’t come close to even the lowest expectations. The weekend was down

Men in Black International opened with $28.5 million which is the lowest opening for the franchise by over $20 million. All three previous films opened with over $51 million. The film received a “B” CinemaScore and middling to negative reviews. The audience was 56% male and 53% aged 25 or older.

The film brought in $73.7 million from 36 markets to bring the global debut to $102 million.

With a budget of $110 million, the opening isn’t a complete disaster. The film has also earned a reported $75 million from brand deals so when added into the earnings the film will likely eke out a small profit by the time it’s all done. But, the franchise definitely doesn’t have the juice it once did.

In second place was The Secret Life of Pets 2 which dropped 49% in its second weekend to bring in an estimated $23.8 million. Domestically, the film has earned $92 million after ten days. Internationally, the film added $8.5 million for an international total of $62.5 million and an international total of $154.5 million.

Aladdin held steady in third place with an estimated $16.7 million to bring its domestic total to $263.4 million. Internationally, the film added an estimated $47.5 million for a foreign box office total of $461.4 million and a worldwide total of $724.8 million. After four weeks the film is third domestically and internationally for the year.

Dark Phoenix dropped hard to fourth place tumbling 72.6% and earning an estimated $9 million. That’s the second largest weekend drop for a film playing in over 3,500 theaters in the second weekend. The film has now earned $51.8 million domestically. The film added $24.2 million internationally bringing that total to $152.5 million. Worldwide, the film has earned $204.3 million. With a $200 million budget, the film has just barely passed it in grosses after two weeks.

Rounding out the top five was Rocketman which added $8.8 million to bring its domestic total to $66.1 million. It also added $8.5 million internationally to bring its worldwide total to over $133 million.

Just outside the top five was Shaft which came in sixth place. The film was expected to earn $15 million but could only scrape together $8.3 million. The opening day audience did give the film an “A” CinemaScore. The audience was also 54% female and 84% aged 25 years or older.

In other comic film results…

Avengers: Endgame came in at #11 earning an estimated $3.5 million domestically to bring that number to $830.5 million.

We’ll be back in an hour for a deeper dive into this year, and last year’s, comic film adaptations.

Spider-Man: Far From Home is this Summer’s Most Anticipated Film

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Fandango has revealed the results of its Most Anticipated Summer Movies Survey, in which Marvel’s Spider-Man: Far from Home (the first Marvel Cinematic Universe entry since the game-changing Avengers: Endgame) was voted the most anticipated blockbuster of the summer.

The poll included more than 2,000 fans on Fandango who were asked to vote for movies they planned to see on the big screen between Memorial Day Weekend and Labor Day Weekend. Moviegoers named Disney’s The Lion King and Disney Pixar’s Toy Story 4 as the most anticipated family films, with Disney’s Aladdin, Illumination’s The Secret Life of Pets 2, and Dora and the Lost City of Gold following closely behind.

Fans voted for Chris Hemsworth (Men in Black: International), Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), and Tom Holland (Spider-Man: Far from Home), plus Zendaya (Spider-Man: Far from Home), Sophie Turner (Dark Phoenix) and Tessa Thompson (Men in Black: International) as the most anticipated actors in summer movies. Richard Madden (Rocketman) and Naomi Scott (Aladdin) were selected as the hottest rising stars in the movies, while Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw bad guy Idris Elba was picked as top summer movie villain.

According to Fandango moviegoers, below are the top picks for the summer:

Most Anticipated Summer Blockbuster:

  1. “Spider-Man: Far from Home
  2. “Rocketman”
  3. “Godzilla: King of the Monsters”
  4. “Dark Phoenix”
  5.  “The Lion King”
  6. “Toy Story 4”
  7. “Men in Black: International”
  8. “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw”
  9. “Aladdin”
  10. “The Secret Life of Pets 2”

Most Anticipated Family Film:

  1. “The Lion King”
  2. “Toy Story 4”
  3. “Aladdin”
  4. “The Secret Life of Pets 2”
  5. “Dora and the Lost City of Gold”

Most Anticipated Live-Action Comedy:

  1. “Booksmart”
  2. “Yesterday”
  3. “Late Night”
  4. “Good Boys”
  5. “Stuber”

Most Anticipated Movie Musical:

  1. “Rocketman”
  2. “The Lion King”
  3. “Aladdin”
  4. “Yesterday”
  5. “Blinded by the Light”

Most Anticipated Actress:

  1. Zendaya (“Spider-Man: Far from Home”)
  2. Sophie Turner (“Dark Phoenix”)
  3. Tessa Thompson (“Men in Black: International”)
  4. Margot Robbie (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”)
  5. Jessica Chastain (“Dark Phoenix”)

Most Anticipated Actor:

  1. Chris Hemsworth (“Men in Black: International”)
  2. Brad Pitt (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”)
  3. Tom Holland (“Spider-Man: Far from Home”)
  4. Dwayne Johnson (“Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw”)
  5. Jake Gyllenhaal (“Spider-Man: Far from Home”)

Most Anticipated Male Rising Star:

  1. Richard Madden (“Rocketman”)
  2. O’Shea Jackson Jr. (“Godzilla: King of the Monsters”)
  3. Mena Massoud (“Aladdin”)
  4. Himesh Patel (“Yesterday”)
  5. Mason Gooding (“Booksmart”)

Most Anticipated Female Rising Star:

  1. Naomi Scott (“Aladdin”)
  2. Millie Bobby Brown (“Godzilla: King of the Monsters”)
  3. Alexandra Shipp (“Shaft,” “Dark Phoenix”)
  4. Vanessa Kirby (“Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw”)
  5. Billie Lourd (“Booksmart”)

Most Anticipated Voiceover Performance:

  1. Tom Hanks (as Woody in “Toy Story 4”)
  2. Harrison Ford (as Rooster in “The Secret Life of Pets 2”)
  3. Donald Glover (as Simba in “The Lion King”)
  4. Alan Tudyk (as Iago in “Aladdin”)
  5. Mark Hamill (as Chucky in “Child’s Play”)

Most Anticipated Villain:

  1. Idris Elba (as Brixton in “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw”)
  2. Jessica Chastain (in “Dark Phoenix”)
  3. Chiwetel Ejiofor (as Scar in “The Lion King”)
  4. Octavia Spencer (as Sue Ann in “Ma”)
  5. Mark Hamill (as Chucky in “Child’s Play”)