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"Solo" is the exception to the rule as the sequels continue to dominate a robust summer season.
"Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" (Universal) shows that there is a lot of life in the dinosaur franchise, which has also raised the box office around the world. This weekend may notch peak numbers for the summer season. This is the fourth in a series of $ 150 million openings since the end of April: the spring-summer 2018 marks a beautiful period.
After the Disney / Pixar performance for "Incredibles 2" (Disney) last weekend, the poor performance of "Solo: A Star Wars Story" (Disney) is not heralding the fatigue of the sequel and of the franchise.
This is how impressive the last few weeks have been: Cumulative numbers are up almost nine per cent, the largest increase since the beginning of the year. More impressive, the overall total of $ 280 million is exactly double the same weekend late last year. 2017 over the same period saw only $ 140 million – thanks to weak domestic suites of Pixar ("Cars 3") and Paramount ("Transformers: The Last Knight"). This time, the films are proving strong abroad and in the country.
If the gross amount of $ 150 million is retained (final figures Monday), it will be the first time that two consecutive openers of the week reported this figure. (Adjust the 2018 ticket prices and the achievement took place once before in 2007: "Shrek the Third" and "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" had a similar draw two weekend.)
The opening of the "fallen Kingdom" is down 35% compared to "Jurassic World" three years ago (adjusted), itself the fourth largest. However, this date was wide open, as the second largest film was the second week of "Spy", much lower than "Incredibles 2." Overall, it ranks third best for Universal ("Furious 7" adjusted $ 156 million).
The fifth film "Jurassic" has already taken (with two weeks of international opening) 561 million dollars in the rest of the world. With a pre-marketing budget of at least $ 170 million, this represents a total of more than $ 1 billion in the process of making significant profits.
"The Incredibles 2"
Pixar
The only slightly painful note of the weekend is linked to two massive openings one on the other. The "Incredibles 2" lost about 56% (with a total of 81 million dollars). That's a lot more than the second weekend drop for Pixar's "Finding Dory" exactly two years ago. But it happened when his main competition was an action VFX 3D opener ("Independence Day: Resurgence") that did not even reach 50 million dollars for the weekend. And even with the biggest drop, "Incredibles 2" managed to get rid of "Dory". So no need for sympathy for Disney and Pixar.
"Dory" with a small opening, but better restraint yielded just under 60 percent of his national gross total after ten days. At this rate, the "Incredibles" should not exceed $ 600 million. It is still too early for the final total to exceed that. If so, it will be the third film this year to reach that number after two Marvel titles, "Black Panther" and "Avengers: Infinity Wars."
This has already been done with "The Sound of Music" of 1965, "Dr. Zhivago", and "Thunderball", although most of their totals come the following year, but there is never had three films as dominant in the first half as in 2018. "Deadpool 2" (20th Century Fox) also spent $ 300 million, and "Fallen Kingdom" will join it before the end of its run.
"Incredibles 2" is likely to rank as the largest domestic version of Pixar (adjusted to $ 516 million). It's bigger than expected. Add to that strong foreign numbers (China has this weekend Pixar's best opening) when the studio has not been as big abroad as other animated brands. This is good news all around.
"Oceans 8"
Barry Wetcher
Although not at the same level of gross (but also not in cost), "Ocean's 8" (Warner Bros.) broke the $ 100 million mark in third place this week. -end. It has only dropped by 39 percent and is expected to reach $ 125 million inside the country and perhaps around this amount abroad (where its all-female distribution does not go anywhere). is not so important). It would be a notable achievement at any time, but moving to the heart of the summer makes it more meaningful.
The second weekends for "Tag" (Warner Bros./- 45%) and "Superfly" (Sony / – 51%) are enough to support most of their dates for another week (which rides on the day of the day). 39; Independence). Both were fairly inexpensive as with future earnings, they could reach the break-even point.
"Deadpool 2" jumped on the opening "Solo" later this weekend. A fall of 39% for the first against 60% for the first flop "Star Wars" (more than 200 million domestic dollars with its expenses and its lower attractiveness causing the loss) explains the change of position.
"Hereditary"
A24
"Hereditary" (A24) continues to challenge its horrible Cinemascore with a respectable grip in seventh place. Its 44% drop, minor for a low-budget horror film, brings it to $ 35 million, with a much better than expected total of $ 40 million. This will be the second time – after "Ladybird" – that the distributor will have passed this mark.
The sensational "Will not be my neighbor" (Focus) has entered the Top Ten with nearly $ 1.9 million on just 348 theaters. More documentaries from Mr. Rogers and other specialized films here:
The Top Ten
1. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (Universal) NEW – Cinemascore: A-; Metacritic: 51; East. budget: 170 million dollars
$ 150,001,000 in 4,475 theaters; PTA (average per theater): $ 33,520; Cumulative: $ 150,001,000
2. The Incredibles 2 (Disney) Week 2; Last weekend # 1
$ 80,928,000 (-56%) in 4,410 theaters (no change); ATP: $ 18,351; Cumulative: $ 350,375,000
3. Ocean 8 (Warner Bros.) Week 3; Last weekend # 2
$ 11,650,000 (-39%) in 3,656 movie theaters (-489); ATP: $ 3,187; Cumulative: $ 100,386,000
4. Mark (Warner Bros.) Week 2; The last weekend # 3
$ 8,200,000 (-45%) in 3,382 cinemas (unchanged); ATP: $ 2,425; Cumulative: $ 30,368,000
5. Deadpool 2 (20th Century Fox) Week 6; Last weekend # 5
$ 5,250,000 (-39%) in 2,420 theaters (-792); ATP: $ 2,169; Cumulative: $ 304,150,000
6. Solo: a story of Star Wars (Disney) Week 5; Last weekend # 4
$ 4,050,000 (-60%) in 2,338 theaters (-844); ATP: $ 1,730; Cumulative: $ 202,177,000
7. Hereditary (A24) Week 3; The last weekend # 7
$ 3,809,000 (-44%) in 2,002 theaters (-996); ATP: $ 1,903; Cumulative: $ 35,001,000
8. Superfly (Sony) Week 2; The last weekend # 6
$ 3,350,000 (-51%) in 2,220 cinemas (unchanged); ATP: $ 1,509; Cumulative: $ 15,266,000
9. Avengers: War with Infinity (Disney) Week 9; The last weekend # 8
$ 2,482,000 (-54%) in 1,456 theaters (-708); ATP: $ 1,705; Cumulative: $ 669,466,000
10. Will not you be my neighbor? (Focus) Week 3; Last weekend # 15
$ 1,875,000 (+ 87%) in 348 theaters (+252); ATP: $ 5,388; Cumulative: $ 4,130,000
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