Box-Office Weekend: Barbarian On Top

Two new films stood atop of the box-office weekend over the last three days as Barbarian debuted with a $10.0 million weekend to best the second-place film, Brahmastra Part One: Shiva by $5.6 million.

As Barbarian brought in $10.0 million over the weekend, it easily beat Brahmastra Part One: Shiva‘s opening weekend tally of $4.4 million. However, climbing one spot to finish in third place in its fourth weekend of release was Bullet Train which brought in $3.3 million over the weekend to lift its overall total to $92.5 million. Dropping from second to land in fourth place over the weekend was the Tom Cruise vehicle Top Gun: Maverick which still brought in $3.2 million and raised its sixteen-week total to a staggering $705.7 million, as it passed Black Panther to take over fifth place on the list of top lifetime grosses. DC League of Super-Pets fell from third to fifth place as it added $2.8 million over the weekend to lift its seven-week total to $85.4 million.

Meanwhile, The Invitation dropped a spot to finish in sixth-place this weekend with $2.6 million. The film now has a three-week total of $18.8 million. Seventh place went to newcomer Lifemark which amassed $2.2 million in its first weekend of release. Dropping two spots to land in eighth place over the weekend was Beast which took in $1.8 million in its fourth weekend of release to lift its overall total to $29.4 million. Falling two spots to land in ninth-place was the animated Minion: The Rise of Gru with $1.7 million. This gives the animated sequel an eleven-week tally of $362.3 million. Finally, last weekend’s top film, the re-release of Spider-Man: No Way Home dropped to the tenth spot with $1.3 million in its second week of re-release, sporting a grand total of $8.6 million.

For the first time in what seems like an eternity, more that two films were dispatched from the top ten this weekend. The eighth-, ninth-, and tenth-place films from last weekend all departed this weekend’s list. The Marvel hit, Thor: Love and Thunder leaves with a ten-week tally of $342.3 million. Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero (Doragon boru supa supa hiro) takes a three-week total of $34.9 million as it bids adieu to the top ten. Finally, the re-release of Jaws swims away from the box-office weekend with a two-week netting of $2.7 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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