No matter how you spin it, the weekend box office was pretty pitiful this weekend but at least The Hitman’s Bodyguard can brag it is number one for the second weekend in a row.
The combined gross of the top twelve failed to total over $50 million, something that hasn’t happened in an August weekend in over 20 years. In fact, the combined $49 million for the top twelve is the worst since the top twelve combined for $43.5 million in late September 2001. Making matters worse, with next weekend seeing no major, new wide releases things aren’t going to improve until It arrives on September 8.
This weekend, The Hitman’s Bodyguard finished in the top spot for a second weekend in a row with an estimated $10 million. The films domestic gross is now at $40 million which is fine considering its modest $30 million price tag.
Second place belongs to WB and New Line’s Annabelle: Creation, which brought in an estimated $7.3 a million and has now grossed $77.88 million domestically. Internationally the film brought in an estimated $21 million from 61 international markets for an overseas cume to date of $137.2 million and a worldwide gross topping $215 million.
Third is where we find the Weinstein’s new release, the animated Leap!, which just managed to bring in an estimated $5 million, a rather disappointing result for a film playing in 2,575 theaters, for a $1,941 per theater average.
The Weinstein’s also finished in fourth with the second expansion of Wind River, which increased its theater count to 2,095 (+1,401). The Weinstein release brought in an estimated $4.4 million bringing the film’s domestic total just shy of $10 million.
Bleecker’s Logan Lucky rounds out the top five with an estimated $4.3 million after dropping 42.5% in its second weekend. The film’s domestic gross now totals $15 million after ten days in release.
Check out the full top ten results below:
- The Hitman’s Bodyguard – $10 million
- Annabelle: Creation – $7.3 million
- Leap! – $5 million
- Wind River – $4.4 million
- Logan Lucky – $4.3 million
- Dunkirk – $3.9 million
- Spider-Man: Homecoming – $2.7 million
- Mayweather vs. McGregor – $2.5 million
- Birth of the Dragon – $2.5 million
- The Emoji Movie – $2.3 million
