Universal was the Good Boxoffice studio this weekend, as the company had the top two movies in America.
Good Boys, the raunchy, Seth Rogan-produced comedy with tweens saying things tweens shouldn't be saying (but definitely do) and doing things they shouldn't be doing, had a surprisingly muscular debut at #1, taking in $21.4 million. It becomes the first non-sequel/remake to top the chart since The Curse of La Llorona hit the top in April. It's also the first R-rated broad comedy to hit #1 since the largely forgotten Melissa McCarthy vehicle The Boss topped the chart nearly three and a half years ago (that said, there have been R-rated chart-toppers since then with strong comedic elements like The Hitman's Bodyguard and Kingsmen: The Golden Circle). If Good Boys proves to be especially good, it has an outside chance of making $100 million, but is much more likely to end up somewhere between $50 and $80 million.
Driving down to second is Universal's other current wide release film, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, which earned another $14.2 million to bring its total to $133.8 million. The buddy actioner is going to run out of steam before $200 million, but seems likely to make it to at least $175 million.
The last time that Disney didn't have a film in the Top 3 was the weekend of April 19, the week before Avengers: Endgame came out (that was also the weekend that The Curse of La Llorona topped the charts). This could be the final weekend of that streak, as the next movie from the Mouse, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, doesn't open until October. But it was a very nice run for the studio, as they continue to ask if you can feel the profits tonight, as The Lion King takes in another $12.3 million to bring its total to $496.5 million. By this time next weekend, it should be both well past $500 million and well past the final gross of Beauty and the Beast'17.
Opening in 4th is The Angry Birds Movie 2. This is one of those sequels that you have to wonder exactly who was clamoring for it. The first Angry Birds made $107.5 million back in 2016--not bad, but still an underperformance given how immensely popular the game had been a few years before. Plus, no one much liked the film. So its somewhat of a mystery as to why Sony greenlit a Part 2, which predictably face-planted with $10.3 million earned over the weekend and $16.1 million earned since its Tuesday opening. Don't expect The Angry Birds Movie 3--at least in theaters.
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark faded like a typical horror movie, losing half its business from last weekend. That's still good enough for $10 million and a 10-day gross of $40.2 million. The film is probably looking at a final gross in the neighborhood of $60 million, and a probable sequel in a couple of years. After all, there are three books worth of stories to adapt.
Dora and the Lost City of Gold also lost half its business from last weekend, taking in $8.6 million for a ten-day total of $34 million. At this rate, Dora will be lucky to break $50 million.
Opening in 7th is 47 Meters Down: Uncaged, with $8.4 million. That's not too far off what the first 47 Meters Down opened to two years ago, and that one had Mandy Moore, as opposed to this cast of famous people's daughters. However, does anyone really think Uncaged is going to have anywhere near the legs of the first film, which impressively quadrupled its opening weekend gross?
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood continues to impress, taking in $7.8 million to bring its gross to $114.4 million. It should pass Inglourious Basterds in the next week to be Tarantino's second-highest-grossing film. The sixth movie in the Top 10 to have a title with at least 5 words, narrating dog movie The Art of Racing in the Rain at least held up better than fellow long titled Scary Stories and Dora, earning $4.6 million for a ten-day total of $17.1 million.
Rounding out the Top 10 is boy-and-his-Springsteen-obsession dramady Blinded By the Light, which got lost despite good reviews, opening to $4.3 million. Expect it to become a bigger cult hit once it hits home viewing. Failing to make the Top 10 is the only star vehicle of the weekend, Cate Blanchett's Where'd You Go, Bernadette, which opened to a dismal $3.5 million. Given the generally dismissive reviews, expect this one to join Oscar and Lucinda, Charlotte Gray, and Veronica Guerin in the list of movies named after her character that no one remembers.
After two straight weeks with five releases, this feels like a bit of a breather with only three titles going wide this weekend. Out already is the horror comedy Ready or Not, about a woman who discovers her new in-laws have decidedly different ideas of how she should spend her wedding night than she does. This opened to good reviews, but don't expect overwhelming box office. Opening tomorrow is Angel Has Fallen, the latest in the seemingly never-ending Has Fallen series, with Gerard Butler's intrepid Secret Service Agent has to go on the run after being accused of trying to assassinate the president himself. Aaron Eckhart, who played the president the last two times, isn't here this time around, but for some reason Morgan Freeman still is, and this one actually adds some interesting cast members like Jada Pinkett Smith, Tim Blake Nelson, and Nick Nolte. Finally, Overcomer is a Christian film from the director of such out-of-nowhere Christian hits as Facing the Giants, Fireproof, and War Room. I'm sure it is terrible, but the guy does seem to have a knack for knowing what Christian audiences will pay for, so don't be surprised if this does substantially better than expectations this weekend. Will any of these be able to top the box office, or will Boys do Good again? We'll find out this weekend.
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