Box-Office Weekend: MOANA Takes Control

Box Office Weekend

It turns out that Minions & Monsters was only destined to top the box-office weekend for one week before succumbing to the new release Moana by a $22.5 million difference.

“Moana” posterIn its first weekend of release, the live-action version of Moana topped the box-office weekend top ten with a total of $43.0 million earned for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. This pushed Universal Pictures’ Minions & Monsters to second place where it brought in $20.5 million to raise its two-week total to $108.3 million. Meanwhile, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures also saw Toy Story 5 drop a spot to third place where it added $18.5 million to bring its four-week total to $403.8 million for the studio. In fourth place, Warner Bros. enjoyed a $13.7 million debut for the sequel Evil Dead Burn. Falling from third to fifth place, Angel’s Young Washington made $6.4 million over the weekend, giving the film a two-week total of $33.1 million.

After cracking the top ten last weekend, A24’s The Invite leapt four spots to claim sixth place with $5.7 million earned over the last three days. This brings the film’s three-week total to $7.4 million. This forced the Focus Features release Obsession to seventh place where it added $3.8 million to list its nine-week total to $253.3 million. Plummeting four spots from last weekend, Supergirl landed in eighth place where it brought in $3.6 million for Warner Bros., giving the film a three-week total of $66.0 million. Also dropping four spots was Universal Pictures’ Disclosure Day which claimed ninth place with $3.2 million. That film now sports a five-week total of $111.3 million. Finally, after a seventh-place finish a week ago, Backrooms fell to the tenth spot this weekend where it took in $1.5 million for A24, giving the film seven-week total of $194.2 million.

Two movies fell from this weekend’s top ten as last week’s eighth- and ninth-place films both dropped from this weekend’s list. After bringing in a total of $17.3 million for Paramount Pictures over the last three weeks, Jackass: Best and Last could not repeat its eighth-place finish last week and fell out of this week’s top ten. With a six-week total of $107.5 million, the Paramount Pictures release Scary Movie also fell from this weekend’s top ten after a ninth-place finish a week ago.

Weekend Box Office
(July 10th – July 12th)

    1. Moana…$43.0 Million
    2. Minions & Monsters…$20.5 Million
    3. Toy Story 5…$18.5 Million
    4. Evil Dead Burn…$13.7 Million
    5. Young Washington…$6.4 Million
    6. The Invite…$5.7 Million
    7. Obsession…$3.8 Million
    8. Supergirl…$3.6 Million
    9. Disclosure Day…$3.2 Million
    10. Backrooms…$1.5 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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