Box-Office Weekend: Civil War Bests Monsters

After two weeks atop the box office, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire was bested by newcomer Civil War by $10.2 million to lose the box-office weekend crown.

In its first weekend of release, the A24 action/thriller Civil War from director Alex Garland debuted in first place with $25.7 million. This pushed two-time champion Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire to second place where it brought in $15.5 million for Warner Bros.. This gives the film a three-week total of $157.9 million. Meanwhile, GhostbustersL Frozen Empire held its ground to remain in third place where it added $5.8 million for Sone Pictures Releasing to lift its four-week total to $97.0 million. Climbing a spot from last weekend to land in fourth place was Kung Fun Panda 4 which took in $5.5 million to bring its six-week total to $173.7 million for Universal Pictures. Also climbing a spot from last weekend was Dune: Part Two which took fifth place with $4.3 million. This gives the Warner Bros. offering a seven-week total of $272.1 million.

Dropping four spots to land in sixth place where it added $4.1 million was Universal Pictures’ Monkey Man, which not sports a two-week total of $17.8 million. Also dropping four spots was The First Omen which landed in seventh place with $3.8 million this weekend. This gives the Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures product a two-week tally of $14.6 million. Closing out the top ten this weekend were three new releases as The Long Game took eighth place with $1.4 million, narrowly beating out the re-release of Shrek 2 which landed in ninth place with $1.35 million. Finally, the concert film SUGA | Agust D TOUR “D-DAY” THE MOVIE finished in tenth-place over the weekend where it brought in $990,881 for Trafalgar Releasing.

Another four films were pushed out of the top ten this box-office weekend as films in slots seven through ten were all displaced. After bringing in $4.9 million over the last two weeks, the Fathom Event Someone Like You dropped out of this weekend’s top ten. After netting Sony Pictures Releasing $2.8 million during the last three weeks, Wicked Little Letters couldn’t crack the top ten this weekend. Meanwhile, Arthur the King failed to fetch another week in the top ten and, instead, settled for a five-week total of $23.6 million for Lionsgate Films. Finally, after a four-week run, Immaculate leaves the top ten $15.3 million richer than when it entered.

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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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