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Posted March 12, 2023 by Mike Tyrkus in News
 
 

Box-Office Weekend: Scream VI Beats Creed III


For the second weekend in a row, a new film sits atop the box-office weekend as Scream VI debuted with a showing $27.3 million higher than the film in second place.

"Scream VI" posterOver its debut weekend, Scream VI managed to earn $54.5 million, easily besting second-place Creed III which brought in $27.2 million in its second weekend. Despite the fall, it was far from a knock out for the film as it has still made $101.4 million in its first two weeks of release. Debuting in third place was 65 with $12.3 million over the weekend. All of this pushed Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania down two spots to a fourth-place finish with $7.0 million. Still, the film has made $198.0 million over its first four weeks in release. Falling to fifth place was Cocaine Bear which added $6.2 million over the weekend to raise its three-week total to $51.7 million.

Dropping one spot was Jesus Revolution which finished in sixth place with $5.17 million over the weekend, giving it a three-week total of $39.5 million. This was just enough to best seventh-place debut Champions which brought in $5.15 million in its opening weekend. Meanwhile, Avatar: The Way of Water dropped two spots to finish in eighth-place with $2.7 million over the weekend. The film now sports a thirteen-week total of $674.7 million. Falling a spot to finish in ninth-place, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish added $1.7 million this weekend to raise its twelve-week total to $179.6 million. Finally, Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre dropped three spots to tenth over the weekend with $1.3 million, giving the film a two-week total of $5.6 million.

Again, three films were ushered out of the top ten this weekend. After just one week, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – To the Swordsmith Village took leave of the weekend box office after bringing in $10.1 million in its first week of release. After four weeks, Magic Mike’s Last Dance departed the top ten with a total of $25.3 million. Finally, after six weeks, 80 for Brady drops out of the top ten with an overall take away of $39.1 million.

Weekend Box Office (March 10th – March 12th)

  1. Scream VI…$54.5 Million
  2. Creed III…$27.2 Million
  3. 65…$12.3 Million
  4. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania…$7.0 Million
  5. Cocaine Bear…$6.2 Million
  6. Jesus Revolution…$5.17 Million
  7. Champions…$5.15 Million
  8. Avatar: The Way of Water…$2.7 Million
  9. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish…$1.7 Million
  10. Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre…$1.3 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.