“Hobbs and Shaw” continues to lead the way as it clinged onto top-spot of the weekend box-office, much like its star Dwayne-Johnson clung onto that helicopter during one of the films main set pieces.
With a 51% drop and a domestic total of $25.4M and an international haul of $60.8M, which included debuts in the likes of Italy and France, the ninth film in the ‘Fast and Furious’ franchise now sits at a healthy $332M worldwide. And Universal will wait eagerly as the film still has to open in China, a market in which the films eighth entry ‘The Fate of the Furious’ raked in over $350M.
Leading the chasing pack was a newcomer in the shape of Lionsgate’s Guillermo Del Toro produced, “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark,” which delivered around $20.8M off a relatively modest $25M production budget.
In the weekly Disney news, they still maintained their place in the top three as “The Lion King” dug its claws into the third spot, with $20M domestic and $9.3M in new territory Japan, moving it past the likes of “Frozen” and “Beauty and the Beast” in its total box-office, now standing at $1.334B.
Much like Lionsgate, paramount also saw a decent newcomer this week, in the shape of their live-action Dora the Explorer feature, “Dora: and The Lost City of Gold,” which bowed to the tone of $17M domestic and $2.5M worldwide. Whilst Sony and Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood’ saw a healthy $11.6M take in its third week of release, which took its domestic total past the $100M mark, making it the first film of the summer not based of pre-existing material to do so. Expect a boost in the coming week for Sony’s prize picture as it opens across the world from August 14-26.
Elsewhere, Fox’s canine led, Milo Ventimiglia starring “The Art Of Racing In The Rain” opened in over 2500 theatres to the sound of $8.1M, whilst Warner-Bros comedy, thriller, “The Kitchen,” boasting the star power of Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, and Elizabeth Moss, would have hoped to have done miles better than just $5.5M.
This week also saw a Korean battle to round out the top ten, as ‘BTS: The Movie’ (a doc on the K-Pop group) beat out A24’s Lulu Wang’s overachieving ‘The Farewell’, and Bleecker’s Brian Banks clocked in with $2.1 M from just over 1000 locations.
Next week sees Sony’s animated “Angry Birds” sequel sling into over 3000 locations, whilst supporting arrivals of Entertainment Studios “47 metres Down: Uncaged,” UAR’s ‘“Where’d You Go Bernadette” and ‘Blinded By the Light’ are joined by Universal’s “Good Boys’”
1. Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw – $25.4M ($108.5M Overall)
2. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark – $21M (Debut)
3. The Lion King – $20M ($473M)
4. Dora and the Lost City of Gold – $17M (Debut)
5. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – $11.6M ($100M)
6. The Art of Racing in the Rain – $8.1M (Debut)
7. The Kitchen – $5.5M (Debut)
8. Spider-Man: Far From Home – $5.3M ($371M)
9. Toy Story 4 – $4.4M ($420M)
10. Bring the Soul: The Movie – $2.3M ($4.4M)
As expected, Snyder's latest is being torn apart by TIFF attendees. No mercy given. The film, which had its world premiere this evening, is being called by some one of the worst movies to ever premiere at the festival.