Box Office Weekend: Ocean’s 8 Overtakes Solo

The all-female reboot of the “Ocean’s” franchise, starring Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett, Ocean’s 8, debuted in the top spot with an impressive $41.5 million showing over the weekend. This easily bested the $15.2 million that second-place finisher Solo: A Star Wars Story brought during its third weekend of release. This gives the Star Wars film a to-date total of $176.1 million, which must be a bit disappointing to Disney, given the hype surrounding the title, and the franchise.

Falling one spot to third place was Deadpool 2 which brought in $13.7 million, giving the film a four-week total of $278.7 million. And, making its debut appearance in the top ten this week, in fourth place no less, was the new horror mystery from A24, Hereditary, which made $13.0 million in its first week of release.

Avengers: Infinity War fell from fourth to fifth this week, but still added $6.8 million to its seven-week total, which now stands at a staggering $654.7 million. Dropping from third all the way to sixth place in its second week of release is the Shailene Woodley-starring survival tale Adrift, which earned $5.1, giving it a two-week total of $21.7 million.

Another film falling a few spots in top ten and ultimately finishing in seventh place, is the Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen starring comedy Book Club, which added $4.2 million to its domestic haul, giving it a four-week total of $56.9 million. The action, crime, thriller Hotel Artemis from writer/director Drew Pearce debuted in the eighth spot with $3.2 million for its opening weekend. The action/horror/sci-fi hybrid Upgrade dropped from sixth to ninth place, bringing in $2.2 million this weekend, giving it a two-week tally of $9.2 million.

Finally, the Melissa McCarthy-led Life of the Party fell from the seventh to the final spot of this week’s top ten adding just $2.1 million, giving the comedy a five-week total of $50.3 million. Elsewhere, three films made departed the top ten this week: Breaking In, Action Point, and Overboard. Furthermore, despite the turnover at the box office this weekend, next weekend looks to provide an even bigger jumble as the Pixar sequel Incredibles 2 debuts along with the new comedy Tag, one of which will certainly knock another stalwart from the current top ten.

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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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