The Hitman’s Bodyguard Secures The Number One Spot

The Hitman’s Bodyguard had a decent opening at the box office while the critically acclaimed Logan Lucky had an unlucky weekend.

Lionsgate’s release of The Hitman’s Bodyguard finished #1 at the box office with an estimated $21.of million. Heading into the weekend reviews weren’t exactly glowing for the film, which received a score of 50 on Metacritic, but audiences mostly took to the Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson starrer, giving it a “B+” CinemaScore. The film was tracking $18-20M so it came in slightly above the high end of tracking.

Finishing in second is last weekend’s champ, WB and New Line’s Annabelle: Creation, which dropped 56% in its second weekend and finished with an estimated $15.4 million for a domestic gross just shy of $65 million. Internationally, the film added an estimated $42 million this weekend from 56 markets for an overseas total of $96.7 million with the film set to open next week in Germany followed by October releases in Spain and Japan. With the success of this film, The Conjuring franchise has now grossed $1 billion worldwide.

In third, Bleecker’s release of Steven Soderbergh’s Logan Lucky was a bit unlucky, finishing with an estimated $8 million from 3,031 locations. Strong reviews accompanied the film heading into the weekend, but a marketing plan, of which Soderbergh oversaw, that focused on a later push rather than getting advanced word out seems to have had an effect, especially when you consider the fact it shared a lot of the same audience as Hitman’s Bodyguard. This is Soderbergh’s lowest opening since the $6.7 million launch of Solaris in 2002.

Dunkirk finished in fourth place with an estimated $6.7 million bringing its domestic total to $165.5 million. Internationally, Dunkirk added an estimated $8.4 million from 61 markets bringing the film’s overseas gross to $227.2 million for a global tally of $392.7 million, topping the $372.7 million worldwide gross for Batman Begins making Dunkirk Nolan’s fifth largest worldwide release.

Rounding out the top five is Open Road’s The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature, which dropped 38.7% in its sophomore session for a $5.1 million weekend and a domestic total that currently stands at $17.7 million.

Check out the full top ten results below:

1. The Hitman’s Bodyguard – $21.6 million

2. Annabelle:Creation – $15.5 million

3. Logan Lucky – $8 million

4. Dunkirk – $6.7 million

5. The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature – $5.1 million

6. The Emoji Movie – $4.3 million

7. Spider-Man:Homecoming – $4.2 million

8. Girls Trip – $3.8 million

9. The Dark Tower – $3.2 million

10. Wind River – $3 million


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