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Hobbs & Shaw Repeats in First By a Car Length at the Weekend Box Office

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It wasn’t a close race at the weekend box office as Hobbs & Shaw repeated in first place holding on to the spot for a second weekend. The film dipped 51% to earn an estimated $25.4 million. That brings its domestic total to $108.5 million.

Internationally, the film earned $60.8 million to bring its foreign earnings to $224.1 million. The film has earned $332.6 million worldwide after two weeks. The film opens in South Korea on August 14 and China on August 23. Expect a massive boost in foreign earnings then.

In second place was Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark which debuted with an estimated $20.8 million. The film received a “C” CinemaScore from the opening audience with a crowd that was 57% female and 54% aged 25 or older.

The Lion King remake came in third place with an estimated $20 million. After four weeks, the film has earned $473.1 million. Internationally, the film added $9.3 million to its total. That total now stands at $861.5 million for a worldwide total of $1.334 billion. The film is the second-highest-grossing film of the year.

Dora and the Lost City of Gold debuted in fourth place with an estimated $17 million. The film earned an “A” CinemaScore from the opening day audience which was 57% female and 54% aged 25 or older. Internationally, the film debuted in 11 markets and earned $2.5 million.

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood rounded out the top five with an estimated $11.6 million to bring its domestic total to $100.3 million after 3 weeks.

In comic related films….

The Kitchen debuted at #7 with an estimated $5.5 million. That’s well below expectations. The film earned a “B-” CinemaScore from an audience that was 51% female and 89% were over the age of 25.

Spider-Man: Far From Home was #8 for the weekend with an estimated $5.3 million to bring its domestic total to $371 million after 6 weeks.

Avengers: Endgame is still bringing in money after 16 weeks. It has earned $197,000 to increase its domestic total to $857.9 million.

Dark Phoenix added $31,000 to its domestic total to bring that to $65.8 million and coming in at #34.

Hobbs & Shaw Takes First for the Weekend

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As expected, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw took first place for the weekend bringing in an estimated $60.8 million. That’s right about the studio’s predictions. The film received an “A-” CinemaScore and currently has 90% approval from the audience on RottenTomatoes. The audience was 58% male.

The movie also launched in 63 foreign markets where it earned an estimated $120 million giving it a worldwide debut of $180.8 million. That’s the fifth-largest opening for Universal.

In second place was The Lion King which dipped 50% from the previous weekend and earned an estimated $38.2 million. Domestically the film has earned $430.9 million. Internationally the film added $72 million to that total to bring it to $764.9 million. Worldwide, the film has earned $1.196 billion.

In third place was Once Upon a Time in Hollywood which brought in an estimated $20 million to bring its total to $78.8 million.

Spider-Man: Far From Home added $7.8 million to its domestic total which now stands at $360.3 million. Internationally, the film added $9.5 million to that total to bring it to $715 million. Worldwide, the film has earned $1.075 billion.

Toy Story 4 rounded out the top five with $7.2 million to bring its domestic total to $410.1 million. At the foreign box office, it brought in $10.2 million to bring that total to $549.2 million. Worldwide, the film has earned $959.3 million. The question is, will this be the latest Disney film to cross $1 billion fo the year?

In other comic movie news…

Avengers: Endgame came in at #14 for the weekend and earned an estimated $313,000 to bring its domestic total to $857.4 million.

Dark Phoenix improved to #19 from the previous week’s #26 and earned an estimated $109,000 to bring that total to $65.8 million.

We’ll be back in an hour for a deeper dive into 2018 and 2019’s comic film releases.

The Lion King Repeats at #1 While Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Gives Tarantino His Best Debut

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The past weekend was the second straight weekend to top the same weekend last year as The Lion King ruled the box office. The film earned an estimated $75.5 million to bring its domestic total to $350.8 million after two weekends. Internationally, the film added $142.8 million to that total to bring it to $611.9 million. Worldwide the film has earned $962.7 million. It’ll soon cross $1 billion worldwide continuing Disney’s dominance at the box office.

In second place was Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. With a $40.4 million debut, the film was Quentin Tarantino‘s largest opening. It beats the $38 million for Inglorious Basterds in 2009. The film received a “B” CinemaScore from the opening day audience. The crowd was 54% male and 64% aged 25 or older.

Crossing $1 billion this weekend was Spider-Man: Far From Home which came in third place. The film earned an estimated $12.2 million to bring its domestic total to $344.5 million. The film also added $21 million from the international box office to bring that total to $692.4 million. Worldwide, the film has earned $1.037 billion.

Toy Story 4 came in fourth place earning $9.9 million to bring its domestic total to $395.6 million. It added $19.4 million to its international box office to bring that to $522.3 million. Worldwide, the film has earned $917.9 million so far making it the fourth largest Pixar release globally of all-time.

Crawl rounded out the top five earning an estimated $4 million to bring its domestic total to $31.5 million. It also added $3.4 million internationally for an overseas total of $1.4 million. With a production of just $13.5 million, the $45.9 million so far is a solid return.

In other comic film results…

Avengers: Endgame dropped one spot from the previous week to come in at #12. The movie added $824,000 to its domestic total to bring that to $856.4 million.

Dark Phoenix improved on the previous week to come in at #22. It added $104,000 to bring its domestic total to $65.6 million.

We’ll be back in an hour for a deeper dive into this year’s comic films.