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Box Office Weekend: Blade Runner 2049 Takes Over Box Office

Mike Tyrkus
Box Office Weekend

Although it debuted with over $32 million and held the top spot for the weekend box office, the thirty-five years in the making sequel Blade Runner 2049, fell south of the film’s $45-$55 million expectations. Despite mostly positive reviews, the film may have a long climb to ensure that it’s a domestic hit.

The survival epic The Mountain Between Us, starring Kate Winslet and Idris Elba finished in second-place with $10.1 million, just edging out the Stephen King adaptation It, which brought in another $10 million in its fifth week of release, to bring its domestic total to $305.2 million. The animated My Little Pony: The Movie debuted with $8.8 million. Elsewhere, Kingsman: The Golden Circle added another $8.1 million to its three-week total of $80 million to close out this week’s top film.

The Tom Cruise-led American Made brought in considerably less in it’s second-week of release, $8.1 million this week compared to $22.3 million last week. But, that’s still decent business. Elsewhere, The LEGO Ninjago Movie added $7 million to bring its three-week total to $44.1 million. The film that everyone seems to love, Victoria and Abdul took in $4.1 million in its third week of release. While the Flatliners remake brought in a paltry $3.8 million in its second week as it dances precipitously close to falling out of the top ten this coming week.

Finally, everyone’s favorite movie about tennis continues to be Battle of the Sexes, which added $2.4 million to bring its three-week domestic total to $7.7 million.

Weekend Box Office (October 6th – October 8th)

  1. Blade Runner 2049…$32.8 Million
  2. The Mountain Between Us…$10.1 Million
  3. It…$10.0 Million
  4. My Little Pony: The Movie…$8.8 Million
  5. Kingsman: The Golden Circle…$8.1 Million
  6. American Made…$8.1 Million
  7. The LEGO Ninjago Movie…$7.0 Million
  8. Victoria and Abdul…$4.1 Million
  9. Flatliners…$3.8 Million
  10. Battle of the Sexes…$2.4 Million

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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