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Posted March 16, 2020 by Mike Tyrkus in News
 
 

Box-Office Weekend: Onward Stays On Top

The last weekend featuring notable new releases for the foreseeable future yielded three new entries to the box-office weekend. But, even though there were new movies available, when people did venture out to multiplexes amidst societal health concerns, Disney/Pixar’s Onward retained the top spot to lead the weekend box office.

The film added $10.5 million over the weekend, and now boasts a two-week tally of $60.3 million. Debuting in second place, just one million shy of Onward, was the religious-themed love story I Still Believe, which made $9.5 million its opening weekend. Meanwhile, Vin Diesel and Bloodshot debuted just behind that with an opening of $9.3 million.

Onward posterBoth new films pushed The Invisible Man to the fourth spot in the countdown with a weekend total of $6.0 million. The film now has a three-week cumulative tally of $64.4 million. The third, and final, debut of the weekend was the horror film The Hunt, which took in $5.3 million over the weekend for an overall opening total of $5.8 million.

Sonic the Hedgehog again fell two spots this weekend, from fourth to sixth with $2.6 million. This film now has a five-week total of $145.8 million it can boast about. In its third week of release, The Way Back, starring Ben Affleck took in $2.4 million to give the drama a disappointing two-week total of $13.4 million. Elsewhere, The Call of the Wild dropped three spots to finish in eighth place in its fourth week of release as it added $2.2 million over the weekend, giving the film a cumulative total of just $62.1 million.

Also dropping three spots this past weekend was the over the Jane Austen adaptation Emma. The film made $1.4 million during its fourth weekend in release and now boasts an overall total of $10.0 million. Finally, Bad Boys for Life fell from seventh place to the final spot in this week’s top ten, finishing with $1.1 million over the weekend. The film can console itself after such a precipitous drop with the knowledge that it has taken in $204.3 million over the last nine weeks.

Three films took flight of the weekend box-office. Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn managed only $555,000 over the weekend and fell from the top ten after finishing in eighth place last week. The film leaves with a six-week total of $84.1 million. Impractical Jokers: The Movie dropped three spots to finish in twelfth place with just $420,000 over the weekend, giving the film a four-week total of $10.2 million. $1.8 million in its third weekend, which gives it a cumulative total of $9.7 million. Finally, trickling down three spots to finish at lucky-number thirteen, was My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising, which made $98,000 over the weekend to raise the film’s three-week tally to $13.3 million.

Next weekend will see no new releases hit theaters next weekend as studios cede revenue in an effort to ensure that moviegoers stay safe. Rest assured though, we’ll keep you abreast of any changes in the box-office weekend as they happen.

Weekend Box Office (March 13th – March 15th)

  1. Onward…$10.5 Million
  2. I Still Believe…$9.5 Million
  3. Bloodshot…$9.3 Million
  4. The Invisible Man…$6.0 Million
  5. The Hunt…$5.3 Million
  6. Sonic the Hedgehog…$2.6 Million
  7. The Way Back…$2.4 Million
  8. The Call of the Wild…$2.2 Million
  9. Emma.…$1.4 Million
  10. Bad Boys for Life…$1.1 Million
Mike Tyrkus

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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