It was a great weekend for Warner Bros. which has bragging rights for the first and second place spots at the box office. Despite the good news, the box office is still trailing last year’s numbers by 12%.
With an estimated $35 million Annabelle: Creation opened at the top of the weekend box office, delivering nearly $24 million more than the weekend runner-up. This is the fourth feature in the Conjuring franchise which continues to deliver each time out as it builds a universe that I don’t think anyone saw coming. Carrying a budget of just $15 million this is also a great outing for director David F. Sandberg whose Lights Out performed very well for Warner Bros. just last year, bringing in $67.2 million on a $5 million budget, and coming up he’s rumored to be directing Shazam! for Warner Bros. and New Line.
Internationally the film brought in an estimated $35 million from 39 markets for an overseas gross totaling $36.7 million. Highlights include a $6.6 million in South Korea, France saw a $2.9 million opening, $2.6 million debut in the UK, Russia opened with $2.3 million, and $1.8 million in Australia. Looking ahead, the film opens in Brazil and Mexico next week followed by Germany a week later and Spain and Japan in October. The original film was a huge hit overseas and I think the sequel will find similar success.
Warner Bros. occupied the second place spot as well with Dunkirk continuing to perform well with an estimated $11.4 million bringing the film’s domestic total to $153.7 million after 24 days in release. Internationally the film added an estimated $14.5 million bringing its overseas total to $210 million for a global gross that now stands at $363.6 million. The film has still yet to hit theaters in Italy, China and Japan.
Finishing in third with a subpar $8.9 million is Open Road’s The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature (points for a clever title however). Playing in 4,003 theaters this is the worst opening for a film playing in over 4,000 theaters by almost $16 million. It was only a couple weekends ago where The Emoji Movie held the record with $24.5 million from 4,075 theaters and before that it was The Mummy with a $31.7 million debut from 4,035 theaters. These are hardly the kinds of records any film wants to be setting.
Sony’s The Dark Tower tumbled down to the fourth position in its second weekend, falling 59% and bringing in an estimated $7.87 million for a domestic gross that now totals $34.3 million. Internationally the film added $7.9 million for an overseas total of $19.3 million and a global gross of $53.6 million. It’s going to need a little bit more of a push to recoup the $60 million budget and marketing costs.
Rounding out the top five is the aforementioned Emoji Movie, which dipped 45% this weekend for an estimated $6.6 million. The film’s domestic total now stands at $63.5 million after 17 days in release. Internationally the film brought in an estimated $14.1 million this weekend from 42 markets for an international gross of $33.6 million. Upcoming markets include Russia next weekend followed by Brazil in late August, Australia, Italy and France.
Check out the full top ten results below:
- Annabelle: Creation – $35 million
- Dunkirk – $11.4 million
- The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature – $8.9 million
- The Dark Tower – $7.8 million
- The Emoji Movie – $6.6 million
- Girls Trip – $6.5 million
- Spider-Man: Homecoming – $6.1 million
- Kidnap – $5.2 million
- The Glass Castle – $4.8 million
- Atomic Blonde – $4.5 million
