The weekend was quiet at North American theaters, with Sony dominating once again. The Garfield MovieWarner Bros.’ Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga And plenty of holdovers. Flipping the script from the Memorial weekend opening, the animated orange cat outdoes the wasteland warrior in his second outing.
The Garfield Movie grossed a chart-topping $14 million in ticket sales, while Furiosa He came in third place in a close contest with. IfAccording to studio estimates on Sunday, both If And Furiosa He is estimated to have earned $10.8 million, If Getting a little lead.
Garfield It dropped only 42% in its second weekend in North America. It also topped the global box office, adding $27 million from international territories, bringing its worldwide gross to $152.2 million. The Chris Pratt-voiced animated film will have the market to itself until inside out 2 Will come on 14th June.
FuriosaMeanwhile, its gross dropped by 59% from its first weekend, grossing $10.8 million from 3,864 locations in the US and Canada. Thus, its domestic total is $49.7 million and global total is $114.4 million, against a production budget of $168 million.
There were several new releases on over 1,000 screens this weekend: Anime from Sony/Crunchyroll Haikyuu!! Dumpster Fight; The terror of IFC violent in nature; the Diane Keaton-Alfre Woodard-Kathy Bates comedy Roadside Attractions Summer Camp; and the father-son drama of Bleecker Street EzraHowever, no one managed to make it to the top five.
Disney also received good reviews young woman and the seastarring Daisy Ridley as the first woman to swim the English Channel, but ticket sales were not reported. Similarly, Richard Linklater’s Hitman The film is currently playing in select theaters nationwide and will begin streaming next week, but Netflix has not released box office figures.
Paramount got second place Ifwith $10.8 million in its third weekend. John Krasinski’s imaginary friend fantasy starring Ryan Reynolds and Cailey Fleming has now grossed $80.4 million domestically and over $138 million worldwide. Disney/20th Century Studios Empire of the Planet of the Apes It dropped to fourth place in its fourth weekend with $8.8 million. To date, it has grossed $140 million domestically and $337.1 million globally.
and the action-comedy starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt The Fall Guywhich is currently available to buy at home, rounded out the top five with $4.2 million, bringing its domestic total to $80.3 million. Globally, the Universal release has earned $157.9 million.
Haikyuu!! Dumpster FightThe film, based on a Japanese high school volleyball series, grossed an estimated $3.5 million from 1,119 locations. violent in nature debuted with $2.2 million from 1,426 locations (a big release for IFC Films and Shudder). And, EzraThe film, about a stand-up comedian (Bobby Canwell) and his autistic son, grossed $1.2 million from 1,320 screens.
According to data from Comscore, the 2024 box office is struggling compared to last year (a 23.9% drop) and pre-pandemic standards (42.2% drop from 2019 and 46.4% from 2018). Over the same weekend last year, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse opened with $120.7 million while the little Mermaid The film continued its second weekend earning over $41.4 million. So far this year, no film has grossed over $100 million domestically.
Whereas barbie And Oppenheimer Several films that made a splash in theaters had not been released by this time last year, including Super Mario Bros. Movie ($1.36 billion global total), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 ($845.5 million) and Fast X ($704.7 million).
“Given the nature of this year’s progress, it’s no surprise we’re so far behind,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at Comscore. “I understand why people are concerned about where this year is heading, but it’s never too late to get things back on track.”
“This is a dynamic business,” he said. “Right now the focus is on what will be the big movie that will get the summer going in the right direction.”
That big summer movie could come in this form inside out 2which could gross more than $85 million, according to early estimates, and also lead to other majors i am despicable 4 (3 July) and deadpool and wolverine (26 July)
Dergarabedian also said that in the absence of big superhero movies, family films have been the most popular lately. They may not make the most money, but as popular as the films are, they are not making much money. If And The Garfield Movie He has proven he has staying power.
It remains the highest grossing film of the year Dune: Part TwoThe film, which Warner Bros. released in early March, has grossed over $711 million worldwide. Its domestic cume of $282.1 million is 10.5% of the total box office for 2024.
Dune Filmmaker Denis Villeneuve said he was “disappointed it’s still number one” while accepting an award at the Canadian Screen Awards in Toronto over the weekend.
“I hope to have other box office successes soon,” Villeneuve said, reports Yahoo. “I hope sooner or later the box office will be much better this summer.”
According to Comscore, ticket sales are estimated at theaters in the US and Canada from Friday through Sunday. Final domestic figures will be released on Monday.
1. The Garfield Movie14 million dollars.
2. If$10.8 million.
3. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga$10.8 million.
4. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes$8.8 million.
5. The Fall Guy$4.2 million.
6. The Stranger: Chapter 1$3.6 million.
7. Haikyuu!! The Dumpster Battle3.5 million dollars.
8. Violent in nature$2.1 million.
9. Ezra$1.2 million.
10. Vision$1.1 million.
