Box-Office Weekend: Argylle Claws to the Top

A new film claimed the top of the box-office weekend as Argylle debuted $12.0 million ahead of the closest competition.

In its first weekend of release, the Universal Pictures International release Argylle brought in $18.0 million to finish in first place of the weekend box office. Meanwhile, the Fathom Event release, The Chosen: Season 4, Episodes 1-3 took second place with $6.0 million over the weekend (and an overall total of $7.5 million). This activity pushed last weekend’s top film, The Beekeeper to a third place finish this weekend, where it brought in $5.3 million in its fourth weekend of release, giving the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film a cumulative total of $49.4 million. Wonka fell only one spot to finish in fourth this weekend, where it added $4.8 million to lift its eight-week total to $201.1 million for Warner Bros. films. Last weekend’s fourth-place film, Migration, fell to fifth where it brought in $4.1 million for Universal Pictures, giving it a seven-week total of $106.2 million.

Falling four spots to land in sixth this weekend was Mean Girls with $4.0 million. This gives the Paramount Pictures product a four-week total of $66.4 million. Dropping only two spots this weekend to finish in seventh place was Anyone But You with $3.5 million. This gives the Columbia Pictures release a seven-week tally of $76.3 million. Losing one spot since last weekend and landing in eighth-place was Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s American Fiction with $2.3 million. This brings the film’s eight-week total to $15.0 million. Falling three places to finish in ninth was Searchlight Pictures’ Poor Things with $2.1 million. The film now sports a nine-week total of $28.2 million. Finally, dropping two spots to claim tenth place this weekend, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom added $2.0 million to bring the Warner Bros. product’s seven-week tally to $120.8 million.

Two films saw their time amongst the other films in the top ten come to an end this weekend as both Godzilla Minus One and The Boys in the Boat both all dropped from the weekend box office. After nine weeks, Godzilla Minus One leaves $56.4 million richer. Meanwhile, The Boys in the Boat enjoyed an overall six-week total of $49.6 million.

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Mike Tyrkus

Editor in Chief at CinemaNerdz.com

An independent filmmaker, co-writer and director of over a dozen short films, the Editor in Chief of CinemaNerdz.com has spent much of the last three decades as a writer and editor specializing in biographical and critical reference sources in literature and the cinema, beginning in February 1991 reviewing films for his college newspaper. He was a member of the Detroit Film Critics Society, as well as the group's webmaster and one-time President for over a decade until the group ceased to exist. His contributions to film criticism can be found in Magill's Cinema Annual, VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever (of which he was the editor for nearly a decade until it too ceased to exist), the International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, and the St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia (on which he collaborated with editor Andrew Sarris). He has also appeared on the television program Critic LEE Speaking alongside Lee Thomas of FOX2 and Adam Graham, of The Detroit News. He currently lives in the Detroit area with his wife and their dogs.

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