1. Hoppers (review)– $46M
Pixar hopped back into the original animation space with Hoppers, and it seems audiences were eager for them to do so. The film about young girl who hops into the body of a robot beaver to save the natural habitat earned $46M, the best debut for an original animated film since Coco‘s $72M in 2017. It performed equally well overseas where it added another $42M for an $88M opening weekend overall. Critics and audiences also enjoyed the film at the same level, with it holding a 94% on Rotten Tomatoes. So, Disney, when is that Hoppers sequel getting announced?
2. Scream 7– $17.3M/$93.3M
Ouch. Last week Scream 7 slayed the box office, but in week 2 it bled out a whopping 73% for just $17M. Worldwide, the Ghostface killer’s latest stab-a-thon has $149M overall.
3. The Bride! (review)- $7.2M
Maggie Gyllenhaal’s divsive monster flick/romance The Bride! opened below expectations with just $7.2M. Jessie Buckley, a frontrunner to win Best Actress for Hamnet, and Oscar winner Christian Bale star in this gutsy take on Frankenstein lore, focused on female rage, dance numbers, and a Bonnie & Clyde-esque crime spree. It was always going to be a tough sell, especially with the R-rating and the sexual violence. Critics didn’t really care for it, holding it at 59% on RT, while audiences liked it a bit more at 73%. Overseas the numbers weren’t much better with just $6.3M, for a global of just $13.5M. Sadly, the film also broke Warner Bros. incredible streak of nine straight #1 movies.
GOAT– $6.6M/$83.8M
5. Wuthering Heights– $3.7M/$78.7M
6. Crime 101- $2M/$33.6M
7. Send Help– $1.6M/$62.7M
8. I Can Only Imagine 2– $1.525M/$16.2M
9. EPic: Elvis Presley in Concert– $1.523/$10.9M
10. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle– $1.3M
Also…Milla Jojovich-led action thriller Protector (review), about a mother out to rescue her daughter from human traffickers, opened $744K in 1,007 theaters.
