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Box-Office Weekend: Incredibles 2 Astonishes

Mike Tyrkus
Box Office Weekend

Another group of super heroes reclaimed the top spot atop the weekend box office. With an, ahem, incredible opening weekend, the long-awaited sequel, Incredibles 2, opened with a $180 million weekend, overshadowing last-weekend’s top grosser, Ocean’s Eight, which only brought in $19.6 million. Clearly moviegoers were keen for some super heroes this weekend.

But all was not lost for the all-female “Ocean’s” film at it brought its two-week total up to $79.2 million. The comedy Tag also debuted this weekend and finished with $14.6 million, which landed it firmly in third place, well ahead of fourth-place finisher Solo: A Star Wars Story, which landed another $9.1 million to bring its four-week total to $192.8 million.

Meanwhile, Deadpool 2 dropped a couple spots to fifth with an $8.8 million intake this weekend. This gives the film a five-week grand total of $294.7 million. Falling slightly, from fourth to sixth, is A24’s horror/mystery Hereditary, which added $7 million to give it a two-week total of $27.2 million.

The third newcomer to the top ten, Superfly, finished in seventh place with respectable $6.3 million for its first weekend. Meanwhile, Avengers: Infinity War added $5.3 million to raise its eight-week total to an amazing $664.2 million as it continues to conquer box-office records.

In just its third week of release, the Shailene Woodley survival tale, Adrift, added another $2.1 to bring its three-week total to $26.8 million as it looks as though it will sail away from the top ten next weekend. Finally, the comedy, Book Club, brought in $1.9 million to give it a five-week take of $62 million. Finally, the weekend box-office looks to shake up next week when Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom arrives with an anticipated opening weekend performance somewhere in the neighborhood of $130 million.

Weekend Box Office (June 15th – June 17th)

  1. Incredible 2…$180.0 Million
  2. Ocean’s 8…$19.6 Million
  3. Tag…$14.6 Million
  4. Solo: A Star Wars Story…$9.1 Million
  5. Deadpool 2…$8.8 Million
  6. Hereditary…$7.0 Million
  7. Superfly…$6.3 Million
  8. Avengers: Infinity War…$5.3 Million
  9. Adrift…$2.1 Million
  10. Book Club…$1.9 Million

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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