Weekend box office results: Furiosa edges out Garfield in worst Memorial Day weekend in decades

The justifications flew this month for the poor start to the summer box office. For The guy who falls just in time we were blamed for a weak and forgotten IP address and upcoming streaming. THE Monkeys The film had a little trouble matching – or even breaking – records. John Krasinski’s family film IF was no Super Mario Or Harry Potter but was among the best live-action PG-rated original openings of all time. So how will the apologies for Furiosa? We fear the modern implications of only including Mad Max as a titular reminder and how it plays out on the Internet. But maybe nine years of cementing Fury Road because one of the best action shows of all time wasn’t enough, or maybe some theaters are just too expensive and people are staying home waiting for those PVOD prices. Whatever the answer, the truth is that you’re all missing out.

King of the harvest: Furiosa Edges out Garfield on the worst Memorial Day weekend in decades

There is something strangely appropriate about Furiosa: A Mad Max saga having the lowest 3-day Memorial Day weekend ($26.3 million) for a #1 movie since 1989 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ($29.3 million), a film that began with an original prologue with its own character Praetorian Jack. If you’ve seen the movie, you know that. More Furiosa’The 4-day holiday weekend, worth $32 million, is the lowest since 1984. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom ($33.9 million), which was in effect a prequel and, at the time, was the highest opening weekend ever, surpassing 1983’s. Return of the Jedi. Furiosa thus puts itself in league with one of the best prequels of all time in two ways. (This lets you know if you want to chat.) Furiosa’Its 90% also makes it the second highest rated film of the year in terms of release in over 3,000 theaters, behind only the other desert-based sci-fi sequel, Dune, part two (92%), which is also the highest-grossing film of the year.

Any other number would be a consolation prize for George Miller’s film, which reportedly cost $168 million. This is a little higher than in 2015 Mad Max: Road to Fury ($150 million) which opened to $45.4 million the week before Memorial Day (finishing second behind Perfect location 2) and went on to gross $153 million domestically and $376 million worldwide. Even that was a slight disappointment considering its budget, but its legacy was further strengthened with 10 Academy Award nominations and six wins (missing Best Picture for Projector and Best Director at The ghost). These figures are even more disappointing. No film since Notting Hill in 1999, opening under $30 million over that 3-day weekend or even under $33 million over the 4-day Memorial Day holiday grossed over $100 million domestically. Ask Tomorrowland, Sex and the city 2, Prince of PersiaAnd Alice Through the Looking Glass how they did it.

People asked why anyone would think of a new Mad Max the film might not do well, given its presumably limited appeal and fan base over the years. Well, with inflation, Miller’s 1981 sequel Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior would equate to nearly $77 million gross. This led three years later to Mad Max beyond Thunderdome swelling to $105 million gross. 20 years later, Fury Road earned $153.6 million. Today, that would be more than $203 million. In many ways, these numbers have only increased over time, and Furiosa This is the first time they’ve shrunk. The hope was certainly that Fury Road brought more things instead of complying with the usual law of diminishing returns for franchise entries. Internationally, the film added another $33 million over the weekend, and if global markets plateau Saga Plus, it will be difficult to prevent this from becoming one of the biggest financial disappointments of 2024.

The Top 10 and beyond: Garfield take the second, IF Falls to third position

In second place, but not by far, comes Sony. The Garfield Movie. The animated film opened to $24 million this weekend and to an estimated $31.1 million over the holidays. With 38% reviews, it is the lowest rated animated release since 2021. The Addams Family 2 (28%), but not as bad as the live-action Garfield films of 2004 (14%) and 2006 (12%). As the animated releases of the month of May progress, The Garfield Movie ranks between Epic ($33.5 million) and Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron ($17.7 million). In other words, Garfield it’s no angry Birdswhich opened even higher with $38.1 million and finished almost identical to Epic’s $107.5 million. It’s not the worst opening for a $60 million production, and even if the film fails to reach $100 million domestically, it could still turn a profit, as both action films real Garfield grossed over $242 million in total internationally. The animated film grossed an additional $66 million overseas.

Last week’s #1 family film fell to third place this week. That of John Krasinski IF fell 50% to $16.1 million over the weekend and about $21 million over the holidays, for an 11-day total of $63.5 million. These numbers are slightly better than Brad Bird’s Tomorrowland, another live-action PG film about an older stranger guiding a young girl on a fantasy adventure in a secret world. This film grossed $64.9 million after its 11th day, however IF’The second three-day weekend is better than “The country of tomorrow”s $14.3 million. Therefore, the trend is north of $95 million and may just break the $100 million line. A small drop next week would certainly help, but perhaps not enough to turn a profit for Paramount, since its worldwide production for the $110 million production stands at $103 million.

In fourth place is the biggest success – or least disappointment – ​​of the summer season so far. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes dropped 47% to $13.4 million over the weekend, giving it a 17-day total of $122.9 million. Add another $3.7 million to the vacation and you get $126.6 million. The film is now closely linked to John Wick: Chapter 3, which had $125.7 million after 17 days following an $11 million third weekend. This puts Monkeys on track to gross around $170-175 million domestically, leaving international audiences to make up the roughly $225 million it would need to get out of the red, like most films this summer. Currently, its international gross stands at $172 million. This franchise clearly had no problem sticking around for seven years, even after the lowest grossing of the previous trilogy. Kingdom will exceed War in the next two weeks, while Furiosa will end up with less Fury Road. In related news, Godzilla x Kong: The New Kingdom fell out of the top 10 this week, grossing less than a million and grossing around $196 million domestically. Kung Fu Panda 4 made less than half a million and exceeded $193 million.

Fifth place is an illustration of the disappointment of the season, The guy who falls just in time, which debuted on PVOD last Tuesday while still in the top five at the box office. It added nearly $6 million over the weekend and $7.6 million throughout the weekend, for a 25-day total of $73.9 million domestically and $145 million dollars in the world. It’s a fourth weekend similar to Prince of Persia ($5.56 million), which had $80.8 million after 24 days. The guy who falls just in time is about $7 million shy of that pace, suggesting a final gross of between $80 million and $85 million domestically.

Dropping three places to sixth place goes to Renny Harlin The Strangers: Chapter 1. At $5.5 million for the weekend and an estimated $6.9 million for the holiday, the first installment of the trilogy has grossed $22.6 million to date. That takes good care of its $8.5 million production tag. This is also more than $2.5 million ahead of the planned amount. Night swimming It was day eleven, and it’s still the highest-grossing horror film of the year.

In seventh place is the latest release from Angel Studios, View, with Greg Kinnear and Terry Chen. It grossed $2.8 million over the weekend and around $3.6 million over the holidays. Challengers earned another $1.42 million over the weekend and is nearing $47 million over the holidays. The $55 million production grossed nearly $82 million worldwide. It’s better than the other film about toxic relationships in the top 10. The Amy Winehouse biopic Back to black only grossed a million more and has earned just $5.2 million to date. He earned another $38.7 million overseas.

Neon expanded Pamela Adlon’s pregnancy comedy Girls in 590 theaters this weekend, and that was enough to land it in the top 10 with $1.32 million. That’s about the same amount as Sony Classics’ expansion Bad little letters in 1,002 theaters in its second weekend ($1.34 million). This film has grossed $4.85 million to date. During the holidays, Girls amounts to $1.8 million. Jan Schönbrun I saw the TV glow grossed about $514,000 over the weekend and $642,000 over the holidays, bringing its total to about $2.8 million. Love lies, bleedingalso distributed by A24, remains the year’s highest-grossing film in limited release with $8.3 million.

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