Box-Office Weekend: TOY STORY 5 is #1

Box Office Weekend

Yet again, a new film pushed the week’s previous champion out of first place to claim the top spot of the box-office weekend. This weekend, however, saw an absolute annihilation of the previous weekend’s champion as Toy Story 5 took over first place, unseating Disclosure Day by a margin of $143 million.

“Toy Story 5” posterWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures enjoyed a dominant opening weekend for the sequel Toy Story 5 as the film debuted atop the box-office weekend top ten with $160 million. This pushed last weekend’s top film, Disclosure Day, to second place where it brought in $17 million, giving the film a two-week total of $78.3 million for Universal Picture. Meanwhile, Focus Features saw its release Obsession drop a spot to third where it took in $14.2 million, lifting the film’s six-week tally to $215.8 million. Holding steady in fourth place, the A24 release Backrooms made $7.3 million for the studio while bringing its four-week total to $175.2 million. Dropping two spots, Paramount Pictures’ Scary Movie landed in fifth place with $6.7 million taken in over the weekend. This gives the film a three-week total of $97.6 million.

After landing in fifth place last weekend, Masters of the Universe fell to sixth place this weekend where it took in $5.6 million, bringing the Amazon MGM Studios product’s three-week total to $56.9 million. Similarly, Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu fell from sixth to seventh place as the film brought in $3.9 million for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures over the weekend. This brings the film’s five-week total to $171.8 million. Neon, enjoyed an eighth-place debut for Leviticus as the film brought in $2.7 million during its debut weekend. Meanwhile, A24 saw its The Death of Robin Hood debut in ninth place with $2.6 million Finally, the Lionsgate release, Michaael dropped three spots to claim tenth place this weekend. The film took in $2.2 million for Lionsgate, while bringing the film’s nine-week total to $367.9 million.

Again, three films found themselves forced from the box-office weekend top ten list over the last three days. After bringing in $5.3 million for Lionsgate over the last two weeks, The Furious couldn’t maintain its momentum and fell out of the this weekend’s top ten. With a two-week total of $3.3 million, Stop! That! Train! dropped from the top ten this weekend as well. Finally, after four weeks in release amassing a total of $19.3 million for Sony Pictures Releasing, The Breadwinner also fell out of this weekend’s the top ten.

Weekend Box Office
(June 19th – June 21st)

    1. Toy Story 5…$160.0 Million
    2. Disclosure Day…$17.0 Million
    3. Obsession…$14.2 Million
    4. Backrooms…$7.3 Million
    5. Scary Movie…$6.7 Million
    6. Masters of the Universe…$5.6 Million
    7. Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu…$3.9 Million
    8. Leviticus…$2.7 Million
    9. The Death of Robin Hood…$2.6 Million
    10. Michael…$2.2 Million
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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