The latest Disney Pixar release is doing just swimmingly (at least, in the United States), as Finding Dory grows ever closer to a $300 million domestic haul with an estimated $73.2 million at the box office this past weekend. Its second week totals overshadowed the release of Independence Day: Resurgence. The panned sequel to the 1996 megahit opened with an estimated $41.6 million, but at a $165 million budget has some ways to go to be
Shark thriller The Shallows did well with critics, and it made a strong bid against its $17 million budget with an opening weekend estimate of $16.7 million. However, Free State of Jones failed to find much purchase even with a fifth-place finish, with an estimated $7.8 million so far against $50 million in costs. The Conjuring 2, with an estimated $7.7 million, has done very good business as it enters its third week, with $86.9 million in domestic gross alone on a $40 million budget.
In the final four spots are critical flops, but only one that could be considered successful. Now You See Me 2 picked up an estimated $5.7 million for $52.1 million in domestic earnings against an unreported budget, while X-Men Apocalypse and an estimated $2.5 million may look disappointing domestically but is still the third highest-grossing film in the series worldwide. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, with an estimated $2.4 million, is not doing well anywhere, having only made $153.9 million worldwide on a $135 million budget. Neither is tenth-place finisher Alice Through the Looking Glass, whose estimated $2.1 million adds up to only $249.1 million worldwide…$90 million less than the first film made in domestic gross alone.
Weekend Box Office (June 24th – June 26th)
- Finding Dory…$73.2 million
- Independence Day: Resurgence…$41.6 million
- Central Intelligence…$18.4 million
- The Shallows…$16.7 million
- Free State of Jones…$7.8 million
- The Conjuring 2…$7.7 million
- Now You See Me 2…$5.7 million
- X-Men: Apocalypse…$2.5 million
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows…$2.4 million
- Alice Through the Looking Glass…$2.1 million
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