Although a new film debuted atop the box-office weekend top ten again this week, it was a bit of a disappointment given the success of its predecessors. The latest film in the “Men in Black” series, Men in Black: International, debuted on top of the weekend box office bringing in $28.5 million domestically. Unfortunately, this was the lowest opening of all the previous films in the franchise. This less-than-stellar opening and the film’s somewhat lackluster reviews suggest that it may not survive long in the top ten, nor may the series itself last that much longer either.
The weekend’s other debut, the sequel (of sorts), Shaft, debuted in the sixth spot earning $8.3 million. Another precipitous drop in the top ten befell Godzilla: King of the Monsters, which fell from the fourth spot last week to the seventh this week, bringing in $8.1 million giving the film a three-week domestic total of $93.7 million. Meanwhile, John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, dropped only one spot, from seventh to eighth place in its fifth week of release, bringing in $6.1 million over the weekend to give it a grand total to $148.6 million.
The Amazon Studios comedy, Late Night, starring Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling debuted on the top ten in the ninth spot with $5.1 million after expanding to an additional 2,216 locations over the weekend, giving it a two-week tally of $5.4 million. Finally, the horror film Ma managed to earn $3.6 million during its third weekend in release to giving it a grand total of $40.3 million domestically as it seemingly looks poised to depart the top ten next week.
As happened last week, three films took leave of the top ten this box-office weekend. Booksmart checked out after a brief stay in with a domestic total to date of $19.7 million since being released on May 24th. Pokémon Detective Pikachu also disappeared from the top ten with domestic total of $140.8 million since its release over a month ago on May 10th. Finally, Avengers: Endgame fell from the top ten after a lengthy and dominant stay with a domestic total of $830.5 million since being released way back on April 26th (though it could easily find its way back into the top ten in the future).
Next weekend will see the arrival of a couple sequels that will undoubtedly shake up the weekend box-office yet again when Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story 4 prepares to slug it out along with the latest horror film remake Child’s Play from UA Releasing for a spot on the box-office weekend.
Weekend Box Office (June 14th – June 16th)
- Men in Black: International…$28.5 Million
- The Secret Life of Pets…$23.8 Million
- Aladdin…$16.7 Million
- Dark Phoenix…$9 Million
- Rocketman…$8.8 Million
- Shaft…$8.3 Million
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters…$8.1 Million
- John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum…$6.1 Million
- Late Night…$5.1 Million
- Ma…$3.6 Million
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