- The Devil Wears Prada 2 (review)- $77M
Disney easily stole the crown from the King of Pop with The Devil Wears Prada 2’s $77M domestic opening. The long-awaited sequel, reuniting stars Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci, and Emily Blunt, strutted down the runway with triple the box office debut of its 2006 predecessor, and scored a massive $233M worldwide. It makes sense for the film to be a huge winner internationally, where much of the fashion world is focused. At this rate, it should easily surpass the $326M haul of the first movie, perhaps in the next few days.
2. Michael– $54M/$183.8M
Michael dropped 44% in its second week for $54M and a $183M domestic total. Globally, the Jackson biopic has $464M and still a long way to go if it hopes to pass Bohemian Rhapsody‘s $903M.
3. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie– $12.1M/$402.6M
4. Project Hail Mary– $8.5M/$318.3M
5. Hokum– $6.4M
Cracking the top 5 was the Adam Scott horror flick, Hokum, from Oddity director Damian McCarthy. NEON opened the buzzy film in 1,885 theaters and earned $6.4M. I’ve been hearing good things about this one for months, but they didn’t screen it for us here so I’ll catch up with it later. The RT score is in the 80s from both critics and audiences, which is a good sign.
6. Animal Farm (review)- $3.4M
Andy Serkis’ animated adaptation of George Orwell’s dystopian novel Animal Farm opened with $3.4M. The Angel Studios release was marred by poor reviews from critics, with it sitting at just 25% on RT. I didn’t care much for this dumbed down take on Orwell’s complex political allegory, even I see what Serkis was trying to do.
7. Lee Cronin’s The Mummy– $2.2M/$27.4M
8. Deep Water (review)- $2.1M
Renny Harlin followed his trilogy of The Strangers with a different kind of horror, Deep Water. The film returns the Deep Blue Sea director back into the realm of shark thrillers, earning $2.1M for Magenta Light Studios in the process. Aaron Eckhart, Ben Kingsley, and Molly Belle Wright lead the cast. Reviews have been pretty good, with critics holding it at 76% on RT and audiences at 79%.
9. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea– $1M
10. The Drama– $908K/$46.9M
Also…Rapper/director RZA released his fourth directorial effort, the grindhouse revenge film One Spoon of Chocolate (review), into 636 theaters and earned $636K. The film stars Shameik Moore as a military vet and ex-con who returns home to find his town overrun by a murderous gang that preys on Black men. Reviews have been pretty woeful, with just 36% of critics digging it on RT.
