Box Office: ‘Twisters’ Whirls Its Way To $123M Worldwide

  1. Twisters (review)- $80.5M

It takes a disaster movie to save a disastrous summer box office, and that’s what Twisters has done with an $80.5M debut, whirling its way to $123M worldwide. That’s good for the best opening weekend ever for a disaster movie, and just slightly below what Oppenheimer did on this same weekend last year. This was a true summer event movie, with two hot leads in Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones, plus name recognition for fans of the 1996 classic Twister.

2. Despicable Me 4– $23.8M/$259.4M

Slipping to #2 this week, Despicable Me 4 has earned $574M worldwide, surpassing the  $543M run of Despicable Me in 2010.

3. Inside Out 2– $12.8M/$596.3M

Pixar’s Inside Out 2 has hit $1.44B globally and already sits at #15 on the all-time list.

4. Longlegs– $11.6M/$44.6M

5. A Quiet Place: Day One– $6.1M/$127.6M

6. Fly Me to the Moon– $3.3M/$16.3M

7. Bad Boys: Ride or Die– $2.6M/$189.3M

8. Bad Newz– $1M

9. MaXXXine– $819K/$13.9M

10. The Bikeriders– $701K/$21.2M

[BoxOfficeMojo]

 

 

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.