The unbelievable has happened, that is, a film in the DC Extended Universe has proven both critically and commercially popular. Shazam! performed above expectations, delivering a debut opening weekend of $53.5 million. The film, starring Zachary Levi, did well internationally as well, generating approximately $102 million to give it a worldwide opening weekend somewhere south of $160 million.
The second super hero—well, super heroine that is—Captain Marvel, raised its five-week total to $374.1 million with $12.7 million over the weekend for the Brie Larson led film. Sixth place belonged to the Taraji P. Henson and Sam Rockwell drama The Best of Enemies, which took in $4.5 million in its first week of release. Five Feet Apart dropped a few spots to seventh place with $3.7 million over the weekend to raise its four-week cumulative total to $41.6 million.
Falling to the eight spot this week was last week’s fourth-place finisher, the anti-abortion themed drama Unplanned, which added $3.2 million to raise its total to $12.5 million. The animated family comedy Wonder Park brought its four-week total to $42 million adding $2 million over the weekend. Finally, Universal and DreamWorks’ How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World brought in $2 million to give the film a seven-week total of $156.7 million as it looks poised to depart from the top ten in the very near future.
Looking forward, next week will see the release of a new Laika animated film, Missing Link as well as the reboot of Hellboy. For those more interested in the comedic, there is the age-swapping comedy Little.
Weekend Box Office (April 5th – April 7th)
- Shazam!…$53.5 Million
- Pet Sematary…$25 Million
- Dumbo…$18.2 Million
- Us…$13.8 Million
- Captain Marvel…$12.7 Million
- The Best of Enemies…$4.5 Million
- Five Feet Apart…$3.7 Million
- Unplanned…$3.2 Million
- Wonder Park…$2 Million
- How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World…$2 Million
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