The box office news continues to be all about Avengers: Endgame as it easily dominated the domestic box office for the second weekend in a row and left the newcomers this weekend in the dust. The real story continues to be its worldwide presence at the box office and it’s creeping up on Avatar to challenge it for its crown as the highest grossing worldwide release of all-time.
Endgame grossed $147.3 million over the weekend, down 58.7% from its opening weekend. The gross is a tad under the record-breaking second weekend of The Force Awakens which came in at $149.2 million. Before you look at that drop and wonder if it’s too high, let’s put some things into perspective. The massive $357 million opening for Endgame was unprecedented so even dropping over half weekend to weekend isn’t a detriment because the opening was so high, to begin with. You also have to take into consideration that Endgame pulled in $116 million during the week last week and did that without the benefit of a holiday period to boost grosses. Endgame has $621.2 million at the domestic box office, after only two weeks of release and it becomes the fastest film to the $600 million club and ranks as the ninth highest grossing film of all time at the domestic box office after only ten days of release.
If the domestic performance wasn’t reason enough to celebrate, its global success continued to shine this weekend. Internationally, Endgame added over $282 million for an overseas total that now stands at $1.569 billion and a global gross reaching $2.188 billion. It’s not the second largest global release of all time, surpassing Titanic, and is about $600 million away from Avatar’s global take. Can it overthrow Avatar and take its place as the biggest global release of all-time? It’s really looking like a possibility.
Studios decided to release films during the second weekend of the Endgame behemoth and the results for all three of the new wide releases saw them coming in below their box office tracking. Leading the way is The Intruder, with $10.8 million. The film was tracking in the $14 million range so the opening is a tad disappointing but it’ll be in decent shape because it only cost $8 million to make. The film earned a “B-” CinemaScore which isn’t too encouraging and I’d imagine this will see a pretty steep decline this weekend. Good thing they kept the budget low on this one.
Our next new release lands in third with Long Shot taking in $9.7 million. The film was tracking in the $10-11 million range so this is another release that missed the mark. The encouraging factor for the film heading into the weekend was that it was the best-reviewed films of the new wide releases (83% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) but it didn’t really translate into butts in the seats at the theater. The film earned a so-so “B” CinemaScore and there may not be enough room for it to gain traction due to word of mouth but perhaps it has some cult status headed its way because critics did find something to like. This may just be a case of the film simply coming out on the wrong weekend.
Ugly Dolls also picked the wrong weekend to come out as it pulled in a mere $8.6 million to place fourth. The film didn’t win over critics (33% rotten on Rotten Tomatoes) but the target audience found something to like, gracing it with a “B+” CinemaScore. The film carries a $45 million budget and the $8.6 million start will make that near impossible to match by the end of its run.
Rounding out the top five is Captain Marvel with $4.2 million. The film dropped 48.5% but it’s still hanging out in the top five after 9 weeks of release. It’s definitely the Endgame halo effect and it just proves how potent the Marvel brand is. The film has grossed $420.7 million at the domestic box office and it also added another $1.2 million internationally as its global total climbs to $1.12 billion.
Check out the full top ten results below:
| Film | Total | % Change | Gross to Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onward | $10,601,952 | -72.9% | $60.3 |
| Bloodshot | $9,176,695 | NEW | $9.17 |
| I Still Believe | $9,103,614 | NEW | $9.10 |
| The Invisible Man | $5,890,805 | -61.1% | $64.3 |
| The Hunt | $5,304,455 | NEW | $5.3 |
| Sonic the Hedgehog | $2,522,584 | -67.3% | $145.7 |
| The Way Back | $2,356,115 | -71.2% | $13.3 |
| The Call of the Wild | $2,226,720 | -67.1% | $62 |
| Emma. | $1,295,215 | -73% | $9.9 |
| Bad Boys for Life | $1,102,208 | -63.5% | $204.2 |
