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Posted May 8, 2023 by Mike Tyrkus in News
 
 

Box-Office Weekend: Guardians Debut On Top


After four weekends, there is a new film stop the box-office weekend top ten as Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 claimed the top spot, pushing The Super Mario Bros. Movie to second place.

"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" posterDebuting with $114.0 million over its opening weekend, the third film in the “Guardians of the Galaxy” series easily took the top spot of the weekend, finishing $95.4 million ahead of second-place finisher The Super Mario Bros. Movie which still brought in $18.6 million, to raise its five-week total to $518.1 million. Evil Dead Rise was relegated to a third-place finish with $5.7 million over the weekend. The film now sports a three-week total of $54.1 million. In its second-weekend of release, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret dropped to fourth place with $3.4 million; this still gives the film an overall total of $12.6 million. Landing in fifth place with $2.4 million over the weekend was John Wick: Chapter 4. This gives the sequel a four-week total of $180.1 million.

Debuting in sixth place this weekend with $2.2 million, was the Love Again. Meanwhile, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves fell a spot to finish in seventh place with $1.5 million over the weekend. The film now lays claim to a six-week total of $92.0 million. Air also dropped a spot to finish in eighth over the weekend with $1.4 million. This gives the film a five-week total of $50.2 million. Meanwhile, Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant again finished in ninth-place with $1.2 million over the weekend, bringing its three-week total to $14.8 million. Finally, holding steady in the tenth spot was Sisu with $1.1 million, giving the film a two-week total of $5.5 million.

Two films that debuted in the top ten last weekend were pushed out this weekend by newcomers as both the re-release of Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi and Ponniyin Selvan: Part Two enjoyed only one weekend in the top ten before departing.

Weekend Box Office (May 5th – May 7th)

  1. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3…$114.0 Million
  2. The Super Mario Bros. Movie…$18.6 Million
  3. Evil Dead Rise…$5.7 Million
  4. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.…$3.4 Million
  5. John Wick: Chapter 4…$2.4 Million
  6. Love Again…$2.2 Million
  7. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves…$1.5 Million
  8. Air…$1.4 Million
  9. Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant…$1.2 Million
  10. Sisu…$1.1 Million
Mike Tyrkus

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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