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Box Office Weekend: Wonder Woman Commands Respect

Mike Tyrkus
Box Office Weekend

Yet again, a blockbuster that everyone predicts will champion the weekend comes in and does just that as Wonder Woman, directed by Patty Jenkins and starring Gal Gadot, easily assumed the top spot at the box office this weekend. Amassing an impressive $100.5 million, the first solo film story of everyone’s favorite Amazon princess finished well ahead of the pack and set the standard for the rest of this summer’s blockbuster hopefuls. In fact, it can also boast the sixteenth largest opening weekend for a comic book adaptation, and the sixth highest if you don’t count sequels.

Last week’s top two finishers, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, dropped to third- and fourth-place respectively earning $21.6 million and $9.7. Meanwhile, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie managed to overtake Captain Jack and finish with $23.5 million, which was good enough for a second-place finish. Meanwhile, the beach-epic Baywatch pulled in $8.5 million landing it firmly in fifth place.

The latest Alien film, Alien: Covenant brought in an additional $4 million to bring its total to a less-than-stellar $67.3 million during its three-week run. Everything, Everything continues to do solid, if not spectacular, business earning an additional $3.3 million to bring its total to a respectable $28.3 million. The Goldie Hawn/Amy Schumer comedy, Snatched, lost only one spot in the top ten, falling from seventh to eighth place with $1.3 million.

The final two spots in the top ten were taken by Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul and King Arthur: Legend of the Sword which both brought in around $1.2 million each. Beauty and the Beast fell out of the top ten, but has still earned over $500 million. Next week continues the summer blockbuster bonanza with the Tom Cruise-led horror/action film The Mummy which will undoubtedly aim to knock Wonder Woman from the top spot.

Weekend Box Office (June 2nd – June 4th)
  1. Wonder Woman…$100.5 Million
  2. Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie…$23.5 Million
  3. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales…$21.6 Million
  4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2…$9.7 Million
  5. Baywatch…$8.5 Million
  6. Alien: Covenant…$4 Million
  7. Everything, Everything…$3.3 Million
  8. Snatched…$1.3 Million
  9. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul…$1.2 Million
  10. King Arthur: Legend of the Sword…$1.2 Million

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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