U.S. Box Office Suffers Its Worst Memorial Day Weekend Since 1999

May 30, 2017 David Gonzalez Reel Box Office, Reel Talk Inc Comments Off on U.S. Box Office Suffers Its Worst Memorial Day Weekend Since 1999

Despite the fact that Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales was the No. 1 movie in America this past weekend, the overall domestic box office receipts were the lowest for a Memorial Day weekend since 1999. Variety reported that the total US box office gross for all movies in the Friday-Monday long holiday weekend came out to $172.3 million, the lowest in 18 years, dating back to Memorial Day weekend 1999 when the haul was $142.5 million.

The opening of the latest installment into the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, Dead Men Tell No Tales was the second-worst in franchise history, only behind the first film ($46.5 million). Another disappointment for the films opening this weekend was Dwayne Johnson’s latest film Baywatch which took in $23 million to finish third, behind Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 ($25.1 million).

  1. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales  $77,044,000 –
  2. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2  $25,153,000
  3. Baywatch  $23,000,000
  4. Alien: Covenant  $13,150,000
  5. Everything, Everything  $7,375,000
  6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul  $5,800,000
  7. Snatched  $4,875,000
  8. King Arthur: Legend of the Sword  $4,145,000
  9. The Boss Baby  $2,300,000
  10. Beauty and the Beast (2017)  $1,931,000

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David Gonzalez is the founder and chief film critic of Reel Talk Inc. and host of the Reel Chronicles and Chop Talk (80s horror) podcasts. As a Cuban American independent film critic, David writes fair and diverse criticism covering movies of all genres and spotlighting minority voices through Reel Talk. David has covered and reviewed films at Tribeca, TIFF, NYFF, Sundance, SXSW, and several other film festivals. He is a Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer-Approved Critic and a member of the Latino Entertainment Journalists Association (LEJA), New York Film Critics Online, Hollywood Film Critics Association, and the North American Film Critic Association. As an avid film collector and awards watcher, David's finger is always on the industry's pulse. David informs and educates with knowledgeable and exciting content and has become a trusted resource for readers and listeners alike. Email him at david@reeltalkinc.com or follow him on Twitter and Instagram @reeltalkinc.
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