Box Office: ‘Bullet Train’ Leaves The Station With $62M Worldwide, ‘Easter Sunday’ Stumbles With $5M

  1. Bullet Train (review)- $30.1M

The Bullet Train got out of the station with a modest start this weekend. The starry Brad Pitt-led action flick from David Leitch opened with $30.1M domestic, which is…well, it’s alright. Considering the $90M+ price tag and star power it probably should’ve done better. On the plus side, it did add another $32.4M overseas for a grand total of $62.5M.

2. DC League of Super-Pets– $11.2M/$45.1M

Considering all of the shake-ups at Warner Bros. Discovery right now, the numbers for DC League of Super-Pets could lead to more significant changes. The animated superhero film added another $11.2M in its second week, totaling $45M domestic and $83M worldwide. The expectation was for a lot more, however, and we could see a reevaluation of animated movies like this on the big screen.

3. Nope– $8.4M/$97.9M

4. Thor: Love & Thunder– $7.6M/$316M

5. Minions: The Rise of Gru– $7.1M/$334.5M

Cracks the $900M mark worldwide, making Minions: The Rise of Gru the fourth highest-grossing film of 2022. It will probably end up surpassing the $954M of Doctor Strange 2.

6. Top Gun: Maverick– $7M/$662.5M

7. Where the Crawdads Sing– $5.6M/$64.6M

8. Easter Sunday (review)- $5.2M

Comedian Jo Koy’s comedy Easter Sunday opened with just $5.2M. Koy plays basically a version of himself, a comedian and actor who deals with his crazy Filipino family during Easter weekend. The film was largely targeted at Koy’s fanbase and Filipino audiences, but that may have been too niche to be successful.

9. Elvis– $4M/$136.5M

10. The Black Phone– $1.4M/$85.8M

 

Travis Hopson
Travis Hopson has been reviewing movies before he even knew there was such a thing. Having grown up on a combination of bad '80s movies, pro wrestling, comic books, and hip-hop, Travis is uniquely positioned to geek out on just about everything under the sun. A vampire who walks during the day and refuses to sleep, Travis is the co-creator and lead writer for Punch Drunk Critics. He is also a contributor to Good Morning Washington, WBAL Morning News, and WETA Around Town. In the five minutes a day he's not working, Travis is also a voice actor, podcaster, and Twitch gamer. Travis is a voting member of the Critics Choice Association (CCA), Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA), and Late Night programmer for the Lakefront Film Festival.