The Fast franchise scored another number one finish over the weekend with its spinoff, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw.
Matching most of its box office tracking, the film opened to $60 million over the weekend. While this doesn’t touch the heights of the last film in the main franchise, The Fate of the Furious ($98 million opening), it really wasn’t expected to. This is pretty much what Universal expected and now it’s all about legs moving forward. The film cost $200 million to make, a figure it won’t see domestically but its “A-” CinemaScore is encouraging for the potential word of mouth. Hobbs & Shaw is also a worldwide player and the film got off to a promising start at the international box office. The film launched in 63 overseas markets this weekend with an estimated $120 million, securing a $180 million global debut. Hobbs & Shaw will open in Belgium, France, and Italy later this week followed by launches in Korea on August 14 and finally, a debut in China on August 23. China is where this franchise really thrives so the film has more overseas potential that should ensure a new franchise is born.
Dropping to second is The Lion King with $38.5 million. That’s a drop of 49.7% which is a bit lighter than the second-weekend drop. The Lion King started huge with $191.7 million and has seen some truly stellar weekday numbers so these sizable weekend to weekend drops are to be expected. The film’s domestic total now stands at $431.1 million and internationally the film added to its massive global gross with an additional $72 million, pushing its overseas total to $765 million for a global tally topping $1.195 billion.
Falling to third is Once Upon a Time in Hollywood which grossed $20 million. The film dropped 51.3% and honestly, I thought it was going to slide more due to the more recent polarizing response to the film. The good news is that its domestic take of $78.8 million is ahead of the $73 million that Inglourious Basterds had earned at the same point of its release. Hollywood cost $90 million to make but I heard a lot of extra money was spent on marketing so it’s hard to tell where the film needs to land to turn a profit but I think it will be ok in the end.
Spider-Man: Far From Home stays in the top five for the fifth week in a row with a gross of $7.9 million. The film dropped 36.5% which represents one of its best holds since opening five weeks ago. The domestic tally is now at $360.4 million while internationally the film added another $9.5 million for a global total that now stands at $1.08 billion.
Rounding out the top five is Toy Story 4 with $7.3 million. The film dropped 29.7% and continues to see solid holds since opening 7 weeks ago. The domestic tally of $410.2 million gets it just over the $410 million final gross of Toy Story 3 and the film still has some life in it to further that gap. Internationally, the animated feature brought in another $10.2 million for an overseas total that is now just shy of $550 million for a global tally topping $959 million.
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 |
