Memorial Day box office numbers: ‘Furiosa’ and ‘Garfield’ flop

The summer box office season continued its slow start over Memorial Day weekend, hitting its lowest level in nearly 30 years due to poor performances from headliners “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” and “The Garfield Movie” with the voice of Chris Pratt.

“Garfield” finished with $31.1 million over the four-day weekend, according to Comscore estimate Monday, while “Furiosa” raked in $32 million — earning the latter the dubious distinction of lowest opening for a No. 1 Memorial Day movie in 29 years, excluding 2020, when theaters were closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. (In 1995, “Casper” opened with a holiday weekend gross of $22 million, not adjusted for inflation, in its first four days.) Final numbers will be released later this week.