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Box Office Weekend: Latest Alien Film Takes Top Spot from Guardians

Mike Tyrkus
Box Office Weekend

Alien: Covenant barely got past Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 to lay claim the number one spot at the box office for at least one weekend. The latest installment in the long-running Alien franchise brought in $36 million, which was just a bit over the week three total for Guardians of $35.1 million.

Coming in at number three was the new romantic drama Everything, Everything, which made $12 million. Meanwhile, the Amy Schumer vehicle Snatched brought in $10 less than it did next week which allowed to drop all the way down to fourth place.

The latest entry in the surprisingly lucrative Diary of a Wimpy Kid franchise, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul brought in $7.6 million in its opening weekend that almost allowed it to finished ahead of Snatched. Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur: Legend of the Sword continued to underwhelm bringing in another $6.9 million to bring the film’s total to around $27 million.

The juggernaut The Fate of the Furious took in an additional $3.2 million, bringing its total to just under $220 million. The Boss Baby robbed unsuspecting moviegoers of $2.8 million while Beauty and the Beast added to its impressive totals ($497.8 million) with another $2.4 million.

While Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Alien: Covenant should continue to do well in coming weeks (especially Guardians), the new Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, starring Johnny Depp should make a strong play for the top box office spot next week.

Weekend Box Office (May 19th – May 21st)
  1. Alien: Covenant…$36 Million
  2. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2…$35.1 Million
  3. Everything, Everything…$12 Million
  4. Snatched…$7.6 Million
  5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul…$7.2 Million
  6. King Arthur: Legend of the Sword…$6.9 Million
  7. The Fate of the Furious…$3.2 Million
  8. The Boss Baby…$2.8 Million
  9. Beauty and the Beast…$2.4 Million
  10. How to Be a Latin Lover…$2.2 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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