Box-Office Weekend: Dumbo Soars at Box Office

The latest beloved animated film turned live-action spectacle, Dumbo, debuted at the of the box-office weekend countdown with an impressive $46 million opening. Despite the solid opening, the film still came up short of many industry expectations. But, perhaps, like those that didn’t believe in the adorable pachyderm’s ability to fly, the industry will be surprised by the little guy’s staying power in the top ten over the next few weeks.

The horror film Us added $33.2 million to its coffers over the weekend to give Jordan Peele’s film an eye-popping two-week total of $127.8 million. Third place over the past weekend belonged definitively to Brie Larson and Captain Marvel which took in $20.7 million to give the latest film from Marvel a four-week tally of $354 million, making it the eighth largest domestic release within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

The anti-abortion drama Unplanned made just enough, $6.4 million, during its opening weekend, to pass three-week veteran and fifth-place finisher Five Feet Apart, which took in $6.2 million (giving it a current total of $35.8 million). The animated Wonder Park added an another $5 million to lift it’s receipts to $38 million throughout its first three weeks of release, which was good enough for the sixth spot over the weekend.

Meanwhile, Universal and DreamWorks’ How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World brought in another $4.4 million to give the film a six-week total of $153.1 million. In stark contrast to that crowd favorite’s subject matter is eight-place finisher Hotel Mumbai, which made $3.2 million over the weekend, giving it a two-week total of $3.3 million as it enjoyed the benefits of a wider release over the weekend.

Closing out this week’s top ten is Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral in ninth place with $2.7 million. This gives the latest Madea film a five-week total of $70 million. Finally, the stoner comedy, The Beach Bum starring Matthew McConaughey, Snoop Dogg, and Isla Fisher debuted this weekend in the tenth spot earning just $1.8 million despite a decent wide-release.

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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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