A new film took control of the box-office weekend top ten as Backrooms debuted in first place $55.1 million ahead of its closest competition.
In its first weekend of release, the A24 picture Backrooms managed to bring in $81.5 million while claiming the top spot of the box-office weekend top ten. This proved more than enough to best second-place finisher Obsession which held its ground from last weekend with $26.4 million, bringing the film’s three-week total to $104.8 million for Focus Features. Meanwhile, Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu dropped to third place where it took in only $25.0 million – $57 million less than it brought in last weekend – to bring its two-week total to $137.4 million. Lionsgate saw Michael fall to fourth place as it pulled in $11.7 million to give the film a six-week total of $339.9 million. Sony Pictures Releasing enjoyed a fifth-place debut for The Breadwinner with $7.5 million.
The Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures release The Devil Wears Prada 2 fell from fifth to sixth place this weekend where it added $5.9 million to lift its five-week total to $209.4 million. In seventh place, Focus Features enjoyed a $5.8 million debut from Pressure. Dropping three spots to claim eighth place this weekend, The Sheep Detectives made $4.6 million for Amazon MGM Studios as the film’s four-week total rose to $54.5 million. In its second week of release, the Paramount Pictures product Passenger also fell three spots to land in ninth place where it added $2.6 million, bringing its two-week total to $15.3 million for the studio. Finally, after a finish in seventh place a week ago, Mortal Kombat II dropped to tenth place this weekend with $2.0 million in its fourth week of release, giving the Warner Bros. product an overall total of $77.8 million.
Three films were once again forced from the box-office weekend top ten as last week’s eighth- through tenth-place finishers all failed to recapture a spot on this weekend’s list. After an eighth-place debut last weekend, Neon’s I Love Boosters falls out of the top ten with a two-week total of $7.3 million. Meanwhile, the Universal Pictures release, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie managed to bring in a total of $427.1 million for the studio before falling out of the top ten this weekend after a ninth-place finish a week ago. Finally, with $341.3 million earned for Amazon MGM Studios over the last eleven weeks, Project Hail Mary dropped out of the top ten after a tenth place finish seven days earlier.
Weekend Box Office
(May 29th – May 31st)
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- Backrooms…$81.5 Million
- Obsession…$26.4 Million
- Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu…$25.0 Million
- Michael…$11.7 Million
- The Breadwinner…$7.5 Million
- The Devil Wears Prada 2…$5.9 Million
- Pressure…$5.8 Million
- The Sheep Detectives…$4.6 Million
- Passenger…$2.6 Million
- Mortal Kombat II…$2.0 Million
