Box-Office Weekend: Furiosa Narrowly Defeats Garfield

Yet again, a new film sits atop the box-office weekend top ten as Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga managed to stave off fellow newcomer The Garfield Movie by a mere $0.7 million to take the top spot prior to the holiday.

In its first weekend of release, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga brought in $25.5 million for Warner Bros., allowing it to finish just ahead of Sony Pictures Releasing’s second-place claimant, The Garfield Movie, which brought in $24.8 million during its debut weekend. Meanwhile, this pushed last weekend’s top film IF to third place where it added $16.1 million for Paramount Pictures, bringing its two-week tally to $58.7 million. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes dropped two spots as well, landing in fourth place this weekend with $13.4 million. This gives the 20th Century Studios film a three-week total of $122.8 million. Universal Pictures’ The Fall Guy lost a spot as it fell from fourth to fifth this weekend where it took in $5.9 million. This gives the film a four-week total of $72.2 million.

Dropping three spots to land in sixth place this weekend was The Strangers: Chapter 1 with $5.6 million, giving the Lionsgate Films product a two-week tally of $21.3 million. Angel Studios enjoyed the debut of Sight in seventh place where it brought in $2.8 million for the studio. United Artists Releasing, however, had to watch Challengers drop three spots to claim eighth place this weekend with $1.4 million. Still, the film sports a somewhat respectable five-week total of $46.5 million. Meanwhile, Focus Features’ Back to Black fell three spots to finish in ninth place this weekend with $1.1 million brought in during its second weekend of release, raising its total to $5.0 million. Finally, Babes managed to climb into the ten ten and claim the final spot in its second week of release with $1.06 million as it enjoys a wider release (the film now sports an overall total of $1.3 million).

Last weekend’s bottom four films were thrust from this week’s top ten list as Tarot, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, The Blue Angels, and Unsung Hero all failed to make the cut this weekend. After four weeks, Screen Gems managed to get $17.0 million out of Tarot before seeing it fall from thew top ten. Warner Bros., however, enjoyed nine weeks of strong performing as Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire made the studio $195.5 million. With only one week in release, The Blue Angels, did make $1.4 million for Amazon/MGM. Finally, after five weeks in release, Lionsgate Films is left $19.8 million richer by Unsung Hero.

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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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