Box-Office Weekend: Monsters Defeat Ghosts

Once again, a new film has debuted atop the box-office weekend as Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire easily defeated second-place Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire by a margin of $64.3 million.

In its first weekend of release, the Warner Bros.’ product, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, brought in $80.0 million, handily claiming the number one spot of this weekend’s top ten. In a distant second place was last weekend’s top film, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire with $15.7 million in its second weekend of release. This gives the Sony Pictures Releasing film an overall total of $73.4 million. Also dropping a spot this weekend was Dune: Part Two which landed in third place with $11.1 million over the last three days. This gives the Warner Bros. film a five-week tally of $252.4 million. Finishing in fourth place was Kung Fu Panda 4 which brought in $10.2 million over the weekend despite losing a spot in the top ten since last weekend. The film now claims a four-week total of $151.7 million for Universal Pictures. Dropping to fifth place was Immaculate where it took in $3.3 million over the weekend, bringing its two-week tally to $11.1 million.

After claiming fifth place last weekend, Arthur the King fell to sixth this weekend, where it added $2.4 million to lift its three-week total to $19.1 million for Lionsgate Films. Despite dropping to seventh place, Late Night with the Devil still managed to take in $2.2 million in its second week of release to brings its overall total to $6.3 million for IFC Films. Debuting in eighth- and ninth-place respectively were the Indian dramatic comedies, Tillu Square and Crew. Tillu Square claimed eighth place with $1.9 million to show for its debuted weekend while Crew finished in ninth with $1.5 million. Finally, after a seventh-place finish last weekend, Imaginary fell to tenth place where it brought in $1.4 million for Lionsgate Films, lifting its four-week total to $26.2 million.

Again, the final three films of last weekend’s top ten were forced from this week’s list. After four weeks, A24’s Love Lies Bleeding leaves the top ten with $7.2 million in pocket. Over the course of its release, Cabrini managed to garner a total of $18.1 million for Angel Studios. Finally, after seven weeks, Bob Marley: One Love exits the top ten leaving Paramount Pictures $96.3 million richer.

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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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