As expected, Toy Story 4 maintained the top spot for the second weekend in a row at the box office as we wait for Spider-Man: Far From Home to give the box office the boost it needs.
Toy Story 4 grossed $59.7 million over the weekend, representing a drop of 50.6%. The figure this weekend is perfectly fine but numerous outlets have pointed out a few flaws in its second-weekend performance. The gross is behind the second-weekend outings of Incredibles 2 ($80.3 million) & Finding Dory ($73 million). It was also barely over the second weekend of Toy Story 3 which grossed $59.3 million. Despite the nitpicking, Toy Story 4 is running about 4% ahead of Toy Story 3 at the same point and that film went on to gross $415 million at the domestic box office so this film is in pretty good shape. Sadly this summer has made the performances of high-profile films come under some scrutiny so if something underperforms, even a little bit, that becomes the narrative. Toy Story 4 has grossed $238.6 million at the domestic box office and internationally the film added another $80.6 million to its overseas take which has the film just shy of $500 million worldwide.
Annabelle Comes Home takes the second spot with $20.2 million and $31.1 million since opening last Wednesday. This is a solid opening for a film that cost $27 million to make but I think the studio made a mistake opening this film midweek. I understand why they did (they wanted to hit the ground running before Spider-Man: Far From Home was released) but I think the move cost them an opening weekend that could’ve been better. The first two films cleared $30 million in just three days while this film took five to do so and I’m expecting the film to fall off a bit once the holiday is over. The good news is that Annabelle Comes Home looked like it was going to come in under $30 million in five days but there was a little bit of a surge over the weekend and allowed the film to pretty much stay in line with tracking. We don’t get a Conjuring universe film until The Conjuring 3 in 16 months and maybe this longer gap is necessary to let the universe breathe a bit. We got The Nun back in September and The Curse of La Llorona back in April so a little break might come in handy with building up some renewed interest for the third Conjuring film. Internationally, the film scared up $45 million from 63 markets for a global start at $76.2 million. The latest in the doll series is tracking ahead of Annabelle (+6%) and The Conjuring (+55%) in like-for-likes so Warner Bros. is still very happy with its performance, despite a release strategy that may have cost it some bucks on opening weekend. Annabelle Comes Home received a “B-” CinemaScore which is decent for horror but below the “B” earned by the first two films.
Debuting in third is Yesterday which exceeded box office tracking to the tune of $17 million. The film was tracking at $10-14 million and I predicted an $11 million start so this overperformance is certainly a surprise. The appeal of The Beatles music catalog and an appealing original romantic comedy is what got moviegoers to see this one and it proves that original ideas aren’t dead at the box office. The film scored an “A-” CinemaScore and I can see this turning into a modest hit based on solid word of mouth. The film cost $26 million to make so it’s off to a pretty healthy start. Internationally, Yesterday got started in 30 foreign markets with $7.7 million for a global take of $24.7 million.
Showing staying power in fourth is Aladdin, which grossed $10.1 million. The film dropped a slim 23.6% and it continues to be a true crowdpleaser that has definitely connected with moviegoers. The film became the highest-grossing film of Will Smith’s career heading into the weekend and the fact that it’s still going to be in play when the live-action The Lion King opens in two weeks, is a true testament of its staying power. Aladdin has grossed $306.6 million at the domestic box office and $876.7 million worldwide.
Rounding out the top five is The Secret Life of Pets 2 which grossed $7.3 million. The film had its smallest decline since it was released (28.7%) but it needed drops like this earlier in its release schedule. It’s hard to call the film a flop since it cost only $80 million to make and has grossed $131.4 million at the domestic box office but it’s not going to come anywhere near the $368.3 million earned by the first film. Like I’ve said before, Universal can live with what the film has made but I honestly think talks of a third film died soon after its opening weekend.
In other box office news, the Avengers: Endgame re-release added $6.1 million to its box office gross, which now stands at $841.8 million at the domestic box office. The film surged 207.3% from last weekend but it’s still behind Avatar and it looks like it will need another re-release to move it ahead or some major fanboy prep for Spider-Man: Far From Home (Captain Marvel experienced an extra boost in cash ($17.4 million global) in the wake of Endgame’s opening. The film is about $25 million behind the worldwide gross of Avatar and it’s going to need a true Disney miracle to pull ahead. Endgame has grossed $2.764 billion while Avatar ended with $2.787 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 |
