As I mentioned last week, Labor Day is the only three-day weekend of the year that is not a big movie-going weekend. Indeed, the studios usually treat it as a dumping ground, if they bother to release anything at all. Labor Day 2019 lived up to the holiday's reputation and then some.
Angel Has Fallen repeated at #1, despite plunging nearly half from its total last weekend, at least during the Friday-Sunday part of the weekend. The thriller took in $11.8 million through Sunday, and had a relatively big Labor Day, boosting its 4-day total to $15.4 million. It's 11-day total stands at $44.5 million, ahead of where London Has Fallen was at the same point in its run. Assuming that Gerard Butler wants to do another one of these (and given that he doesn't have much else going on, he'll want to do another one of these), expect Something Else Has Fallen around 2022.
Good Boys continues to be a late summer sleeper, earning $9.5 million through Sunday and $12.2 million through Monday. At the end of the 4-day, these boys' very bad behavior had racked up $59.2 million, suggesting a final total north of $80 million.
The Lion King jumped back into the Top 3, as the summer's highest-grossing film (if you consider the April release Avengers: Endgame a spring title) made another $9.4 million through Monday. All in all, the circle of cash the movie has earned so far is up to $523.6 million.
Another late summer hit, Fast & Furious Presents Hobbs & Shaw, made $8.4 million through Monday. It finished Labor Day with $159.2 million in the bank.
Over the Friday-Sunday portion of the weekend, horror-comedy Ready or Not came in 5th, while Christian drama Overcomer came in 6th. With Monday's totals included, however, Overcomer overcame Ready to take the 5th slot. The drama made $7.8 million over the four-day weekend, for a 11-day total of $19.3 million. Meanwhile, Ready or Not lost a bit of steam on Monday, finishing the four-day with $7.5 million. Still, like the equally cheap Overcomer, Ready will be nicely profitable, as its total is up to $22 million. Another cheap horror film (though not nearly as cheap as Ready), Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark also did well,frightening audiences out of $6.3 million over the four-day weekend, for a total of $58.9 million.
Pressed together with less than $0.5 million separating them were The Angry Birds Movie 2, Dora and the Lost City of Gold, Spider-Man: Far From Home, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. From Friday through Sunday, Spidey was ahead of the Birds, and Hollywood was ahead of Dora. By Monday, however, family audiences pushed the two PG-rated films ahead of Spider-Man, which was re-released with additional footage, and Hollywood. Through the 4-day, Angry Bids mad, er made $6 million, Dora took in $5.8 million, Spidey $5.7 million, and Hollywood $5.5 million. Total for all for is, respectively, $35.7 million, $51.3 million, $386.1 million, and $131.1 million.
After passing The Peanut Butter Falcon, Toy Story 4, and 47 Meters: Uncaged, we come to the highest newcomer on the chart, Don't Let Go, which made $2.9 million on only 922 screens. Meanwhile, foreign language newcomers Saaho, Tod@s Caen, and Ne Zha, all on fewer screens, crushed the week's widest release, Bennett's War, which could only scrape up $0.6 million over the long weekend.
The box office doldrums will definitely end this weekend with the arrival if It: Chapter Two. Two years ago, the first It opened to $123.4 million. There's no reason to think this one won't open in the same neighborhood. How high will It fly? We'll find out next weekend.
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