1. Project Hail Mary– $54.5M/$164.3M
Boosted by strong critical and audience word of mouth, Amazon MGM’s Project Hail Mary is the year’s first legit blockbuster. Holding strong in its second week, the feel-good sci-fi film dropped just 32% and earned another $54M for $164M domestically. Globally, the film has just crossed the $300M mark, as well. And that’s why you’re already starting to hear rumblings of a sequel.
2. Hoppers– $12.2M/$138.5M
After four weeks, Disney/Pixar’s Hoppers continues to be a powerhouse, and now has $138M domestically, $297M worldwide. This should all come to an end this week with the arrival of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie which is projected to have a huge $100M+ weekend.
3. They Will Kill You (review)- $5M
As we discussed on the recent Cinema Royale episode, the timing was just awful for Warner Bros. to drop They Will Kill You into theaters. The Zazie Beetz-led action flick bore striking similarities to last week’s Ready or Not 2, which itself has struggled. So it’s no surprise this weak $5M opening weekend, to go along with just 66% from crtics on Rotten Tomatoes, and 79% from audiences. The marketing strategy for this, featuring a bunch of moviegoers, influencers, and even a few film critics hyping up the film immediately after screenings
4. Dhurandhar the Revenge– $4.74M/$22.7M
5. Reminders of Him– $4.7M/$41M
6. Ready or Not 2: Here I Come– $4M/$16.2M
7. Scream 7– $2.6M/$118.6M
8. GOAT– $2.2M/$100.8M
Continuing what has already been an excellent year for family-friendly animation, Sony Pictures’ Roarball comedy GOAT has crossed $100M domestically, and has $180M globally. Not bad for an original, sports-themed film with Steph Curry as the biggest attached name.
9. undertone– $1.6M/$18.4M
10. Forbidden Fruits (review)- $1.1M
Sneaking into the top 10 was the witchy horror comedy Forbidden Fruits from IFC and Shudder, earning $1.1M from 1,525 locations. Lili Reinhart, Lola Tung, Victoria Pedretti, and Alexandra Shipp lead the film about a coven operating out of a shopping mall basement. While I found the film disapponting, reviews have been decent critically with 77% on RT. Audiences felt differently with just 68%.
