Wonder Woman continued its box office dominance this weekend and put Tom Cruise & The Mummy in their place.
With an estimated $57.1 million, Warner Bros. and DC Comics’ release of Wonder Woman finished atop the weekend box office for a second week in a row as its domestic gross now totals more than $205 million after just ten days in release. The performance resulted in a 45% drop compared to the film’s massive $103 million debut last weekend. Just to put that drop in perspective, recent DC Films saw significantly larger second weekend declines as Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice fell 69% in its second weekend, Suicide Squad dropped 67% and Man of Steel fell 65%.
Internationally, Wonder Woman added $58.1 million from 57 markets, brining its international gross to $230.2 million for a global tally that now tops $435 million. The film debuts in Germany next week followed by Spain (June 23) and Japan in August.
The news was less enthusiastic, at least on the domestic front, for The Mummy. The $125 million film grossed an estimated $32.2 million to land in second and basically matches what it probably cost to hire Tom Cruise in the first place. The opening falls short of the last time Universal Pictures resurrected The Mummy when that film opened to $43.3 million back in 1999. It’s even short of the lackluster third film in the franchise, which brought in $40.4 million in 2008 before barely topping $100 million domestically (the sequel saw the biggest opening with $68.1 million back in 2001), a figure this latest incarnation won’t likely hit as the film was mostly denied by critics while audiences gave it a “B-” CinemaScore.
Of course, it isn’t all about the domestic box office any longer and The Mummy has delivered overseas with an estimated $141.8 million as it became Cruise’s largest worldwide opening ever, topping the $102.5 million international opening for War of the Worlds. It doesn’t hurt that it debuted in 63 international markets, including China where it brought in an estimated $52.2 million. Other openings include record openings for a Cruise-led feature in South Korea ($17.8 million), Russia ($7.6 million), Mexico ($5.1 million) and Brazil ($3.6 million). Overall, the film saw a $174 million global launch, of which a hefty 81.5% was attributed to the international market. The Mummy hits theaters in France next weekend, followed by a release in Japan on July 28. Is this a solid start for Universal’s Dark Universe? I don’t think it’s as dire as some say because the studio did seem to know that the international box office would be more significant but the opening in the States is a bit troubling for a film set to start a brand new extended universe.
Opening outside the top five is the critically acclaimed horror film It Comes At Night which grossed an estimated $6 million. This is a prime example of a horror film that was lauded by critics but may be too prestige for general audiences which gave it a dismal “D” opening day CinemaScore. The film’s budget is $5 million so the film won’t hurt too bad but it’s a shame this one didn’t catch on more because it is quite good.
Check out the full top ten results below:
June 9-11, 2017
- Wonder Woman– $57.1 million
- The Mummy– $32.2 million
- Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie– $12.3 million
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales – $10.7 million
- Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol.2 – $6.2 million
- It Comes At Night – $6 million
- Baywatch– $4.6 million
- Meagan Leavey– $3.7 million
- Alien: Covenant– $1.8 million
- Everything, Everything– $1.6 million
