Box-Office Weekend: “Wakanda Forever” Claims Throne

Even though Black Panther: Wakanda Forever debuted with an astounding $180.0 million domestic opening over the box-office weekend, it failed to match the $202 million that Black Panther brought in during its opening weekend back in 2018. Still, it eclipsed the weekend’s second-place film by $173.2 million.

The latest entry to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever enjoyed an opening in first place with a commanding $181.3 million. In a very distant second place, Black Adam brought in $8.1 million in its fourth weekend in release. Despite being pushed from the top spot, the film still lays claim to an overall tally of $150.6 million. Holding steady in third place over the weekend was the Julia Roberts/George Clooney film Ticket to Paradise which added $5.9 million to bring its four-week total to $56.3 million. Climbing a few spots to finish in fourth place after claiming sixth last weekend, Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile brought in $3.2 million, lifting its six-week total to $40.8 million. Falling a spot to land in fifth place was the horror film Smile with $2.3 million. This gives the film a seven-week total of $102.8 million.

Dropping from fifth to sixth over the weekend, the horror film Prey for the Devil added $1.9 million to bring its three-week total to $16.9 million. After debuting in the top ten last weekend, The Banshees of Inisherin held its ground in seventh place with $1.7 million. This gives the film a four-week total of $5.7 million to boast about. Meanwhile, last weekend’s second-place film, One Piece Film: Red plummeted all the way to finish in eighth-place this weekend. The film added $1.4 million over the weekend to raise its two-week total to $12.8 million. This activity pushed Till down a spot to a ninth-place finish with $608,000 over the weekend. The film now has a five-week total of $8.0 million. Finally, after being pushed from the top ten two weeks ago, Tár returns to land in tenth place with $383,00 over the weekend, bring its overall total to $4.6 million.

Two films were again forced out of the box-office weekend top ten as both ninth- and tenth-place films were dispatched. Halloween Ends exits the top ten with a five-week total of $64.0 million. Meanwhile, after six-weeks amassing $10.1 million, Terrifier 2 also takes its leave of the 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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