It was a new movie at the top of the box office as Transformers: Rise of the Beasts opened with $60.5 million domestically. Internationally, the movie opened with just $18.9 million delivering an opening weekend of $79.4 million.

The first live action film, Transformers, opened with $70.5 million domestically in 2007 and grossed $709.7 million worldwide. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen opened with just under $109 million in 2009 and grossed $836.3 million worldwide. Transformers: Dark of the Moon in 2011 opened with $97.9 million and grossed $1.124 billion worldwide. In 2014, Transformers: Age of Extinction opened with $100 million and grossed $1.104 billion worldwide. Transformers: The Last Knight saw a pretty big drop opening with $44.7 million domestically and grossed $605.4 million worldwide in 2017. Bumblebee kicked off a new take and opened with $21.7 million in 2018 and went on to gross just under $468 million worldwide.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse added $55.4 million to its domestic total which is now $225.4 million. The International total still hasn’t been updated and stands at $87.9 million for a worldwide total of $313.3 million.

The Little Mermaid slipped to third place with $22.8 million. Domestically, the film has grossed $228.8 million. Over the week, the film added $44.9 million internationally to bring that total to $185.4 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $414.2 million.

In fourth place was Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 with a little over $7 million. It has now grossed $335.4 million domestically. Over the week, it grossed $13.1 million internationally where it has now earned $470.5 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $805.9 million.

Rounding out the top five was The Boogeyman which added $6.9 million to its domestic total. It has grossed $24.7 million since opening. Over the week, it added $7.2 million to its international total to increase that to $14.9 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $39.6 million.

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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania added nearly $12,000 over the weekend to bring the domestic total to just under $214.5 million. Internationally, the movie remained steady at about $261.6 million. Worldwide, the film has grossed just under $476.1 million.

The week’s overall box office success…

Numbers have 54 films earning $165,337,184 from 27,960 theaters. That’s a decrease from last weekend’s $205,179,351 from 30,903 theaters and 52 films. But, it’s still a solid weekend box office. The average earning was $5,913.35 this past weekend, a drop from the previous weekend’s $6,639.46.