A new release claimed the top spot of the box-office weekend top ten as The Mandalorian and Grogu debuted in first place $59.6 million ahead of the second-place film, which proved enough to give the latest film in the Star Wars series dominion over the weekend box office prior to the holiday.
In its first weekend of release, Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu took control of the box-office weekend top ten, finishing in first place while bringing in a total of $82.0 million for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Meanwhile, Focus Features enjoyed a jump for Obsession as the film leapt from third to second place where it took in $22.4 million for the studio, lifting its two-week total to $52.8 million. After reclaiming first place week ago, Lionsgate’s Michael dropped to fourth place where it made $20.0 million for the studio to lift the film’s five-week total to $314.2 million. Falling three spots to a fifth place finish this weekend, The Devil Wears Prada 2 brought in $12.6 million for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, giving the film an overall total of $196.1 million over its first four weeks in release. Holding steady in fifth place, The Sheep Detectives took in $9.0 million to bring the film’s three-week total to $43.5 for Amazon MGM Studios.
Debuting on the top ten in seventh place, Paramount Pictures’ Passenger managed $8.7 million over the course of its first week in release. Warner Bros. saw its Mortal Kombat II fall from fourth to seventh place this weekend where the film managed $6.2 million over the weekend, to bring its three-weekend total of $72.8 million for the studio. Meanwhile, Neon enjoyed an eighth-place debut of $3.7 million for I Love Boosters. After a seventh-place finish last weekend, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie fell two spots to claim ninth place with $3.2 million, bringing the film’s total to $423.6 million for Universal Pictures. Finally, Project Hail Mary fell three spots to land in tenth place this weekend where it brought in $2.7 million for Amazon MGM Studios, lifting the film’s ten-week total to $339.6 million.
Three films fell from the box-office weekend top ten prior to the holiday as last week’s bottom three finishers all failed to crack this weekend’s list. After a two week release and an eighth-place finish last weekend, the fortieth anniversary re-release of Top Gun and Top Gun: Maverick brought in a total of $6.4 million for Paramount Pictures. Following its one week in release and a ninth-place finish, In The Grey departs the top ten with a total of $2.9 million under its belt. Finally, the Amazon MGM Studios release of Is God Is managed to bring a total of $4.1 million during its two weeks in release before dropping out of the top ten altogether.
Weekend Box Office
(May 22nd – May 24th)
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- Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu…$82.0 Million
- Obsession…$22.4 Million
- Michael…$20.0 Million
- The Devil Wears Prada 2…$12.6 Million
- The Sheep Detectives…$9.0 Million
- Passenger…$8.7 Million
- Mortal Kombat II…$6.2 Million
- I Love Boosters…$3.7 Million
- The Super Mario Galaxy Movie…$3.2 Million
- Project Hail Mary…$2.7 Million
