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Posted May 1, 2022 by Mike Tyrkus in News
 
 

Box-Office Weekend: The Bad Guys Stays on Top


The Bad Guys maintained its place on top of the box-office weekend by once again finishing ahead of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 this week by $4.7 million.

"The Bad Guys" posterIn its second week of release, the animated The Bad Guys held onto the top spot over the weekend as it took in $16.1 million, raising its total to $44.4 million. Just behind that, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 similarly held onto second-place adding $11.4 million over the weekend. The sequel now sports a four-week tally of $160.9 million. Meanwhile, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore remained ensconced in third place with $8.3 million over the weekend. That film now boasts a three-week total of $79.6 million. Robert Eggers’ The Northman stood its ground in fourth place, adding $6.3 million over the weekend to raise its two-week tally to $22.8 million. Climbing one spot to finish in fifth place with $5.5 million was Everything Everywhere All at Once, this gives the film a six-week total of $35.5 million.

Also climbing one spot to land in sixth place, was The Lost City. The Sandra Bullock film added $3.9 million over the weekend to bring its six-week total to $90.8 million. Dropping two spots to finish in seventh place in its second week of release, was the Nicolas Cage vehicle The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent which added $3.9 million over the weekend to lift its two-week total to $13.5 million. The weekend’s sole debut this weekend was the Liam Neeson starring Memory which brought in $3.1 million over the weekend and finished in eighth place. This knocked last week’s eight-place finisher down to the ninth spot as the film managed $2.2 million over the weekend to lift its three-week total to $17.6 million. Finally, after finishing in ninth place last weekend, the non-Marvel Marvel movie Morbius dropped to the tenth spot with $1.5 million over the weekend. This gives the film a five-week total of $71.5 million.

For the first time in awhile, only one film was pushed from the box-office weekend top ten as Ambulance drove off into the sunset with a four-week total of $21.1 million.

Weekend Box Office (April 29th – May 1st)

  1. The Bad Guys…$16.1 Million
  2. Sonic the Hedgehog 2…$11.4 Million
  3. Fantastic Beats: The Secrets of Dumbledore…$8.3 Million
  4. The Northman…$6.3 Million
  5. Everything Everywhere All at Once…$5.5 Million
  6. The Lost City…$3.9 Million
  7. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent…$3.9 Million
  8. Memory…$3.1 Million
  9. Father Stu…$2.2 Million
  10. Morbius…$1.5 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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