Weekend Box Office Round-Up for Jul 20-22

Good afternoon Disney friends,

Disney was part of another record weekend. For the first time ever 8 of the top 10 films for the weekend were sequels. In fact, the top 5 were all sequels-only the second time ever-the first was 2 weeks ago. (That could be top 6 depending on how Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and Skyscraper finally end up-right now they are separated by $45k.)  Also, there was a shocker at the top spot--Equalizer 2 overperformed by over $10 mil compared to projections going into the weekend to beat out Mama Mia: Here We Go Again, $35.8 mil to $34.4 mil. 

Now to Disney--Ant Man and the Wasp and Incredibles 2 were numbers 4 and 5 for the weekend. Ant-Man was able to add over $16 mil for a running total of over $164.6 mil. That total is only about $16 mil short of what the first film was able to pull in during its entire run in 2015. The film added over $21 mil from international markets for a total worldwide gross of $353 mil--it still has 44% of the international markets to go.

Incredibles 2 pulled in an estimated $11.5 mil stateside for a running tally of $557 mil. It also opened in South Korea this weekend with over $10 mil, which is the largest opening for a Disney animated film or a Pixar. The current worldwide tally is coming in at $940 mil and still has 25% of the international markets to go. Once this film finishes its run, it will become the 36th film to cross the $1 bil mark. That would also be Disney's third film to hit that mark this year alone.

Avengers: Infinity War added over $400k for a running tally of $676.8 mil. Solo: A Star Wars Story added $221k for a current total of $212 mil. Lastly, Disney added theaters for Black Panther to help the film add an estimated $25k, which puts the film at $699,931,862 domestically.

Next weekend sees Tom Cruise return to the Mission Impossible series which will probably have cause a larger than normal drop for Equalizer 2 due to pulling in similar crowds. This will have somewhat of an effect on Ant-Man and the Wasp, but Disney's film is more family fare. Teen Titans Go! To the Movies will probably eat into both A-M and Incredibles 2.

I hope you have a magical week and if you need help book a Disney vacation (parks, resorts, or cruises,) please email me at brian.herndon@mousemadesimple.com.