Box-Office Weekend: Joker Remains On Top

Joaquin Phoenix and Joker finished atop the box-office weekend once again. The film took in $55 million over the weekend, to give it two consecutive weeks at the top of the weekend box office and a cumulative domestic take of $192.7 million.

Finishing in second place was the animated adventure of everyone’s favorite oddball family, The Addams Family, which debuted this weekend to the tune of $30.3 million. The second of three films that debuted in the top ten this weekend, the science fiction action film Gemini Man, starring Will Smith, garnered a $20.5 million opening weekend and finished securely in third place.

Meanwhile, dropping from second place last weekend to fourth this weekend was the animated Abominable, which added $6.2 million, giving the family-oriented film a three-week total of $48.0 million. Similarly, Downton Abbey dropped from third place to fifth with a $4.9 million showing over the weekend. This gives the film adaptation of the popular PBS series a four-week tally of $82.7 million.

The comedy Hustlers only fell one spot, from fifth to sixth, making $3.9 million this weekend. This gives the Jennifer Lopez film a five-week domestic total of $98.0 million. Renée Zellweger and the Judy Garland biopic, aptly titled Judy, remained steady in the seventh spot of the weekend top ten bringing in $3.3 million to give the film a three-week total of $15.0 million. It Chapter Two dropped from the fifth spot last weekend to eighth this week with a $3.2 million take over the weekend. This gives the Stephen King inspired horror sequel a six-week total of #207.1 million, all but ensuring an It Chapter Three is at the very least in discussions.

The comedy Jexi, the weekend’s third debut offering, finished in ninth place with $3.1 million. Finally, the science fiction film starring Brad Pitt, Ad Astra, claimed the tenth spot on this weekend’s countdown with $1.9 million. This gives the film a four-week total of $47.0 million.

Leaving the top ten this weekend were stalwarts, Rambo: Last Blood and Good Boys. The drama War also took leave of the top ten.

Next weekend will see the release of Disney’s Maleficent: Mistress of Evil as well as Zombieland 2: Double Tap from Sony. Also, pardon the pun, on tap are smaller releases such as Jojo Rabbit and The Lighthouse. All of which look as though they should continue to affect the weekend box-office.

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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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