F1 took the pole position and had a huge opening weekend, while M3GAN 2.0 malfunctioned and saw a huge drop-off from the original movie.
F1 opened to $57 million domestically and $146.3 million worldwide. It’s Brad Pitt’s biggest global opening ever and his second-largest domestic opening, behind World War Z. It’s director Joseph Kosinski’s second-largest domestic opening, behind the record-shattering opening of Top Gun: Maverick. The movie has fantastic word of mouth, coming off strong reviews and an A Cinemascore, but it’s running right into the teeth of Jurassic World: Rebirth this coming weekend, so we’ll have to see how it holds up to some strong competition.
How to Train Your Dragon dropped to second place with another $19.5 million. It has grossed $200.2 million domestically and $456 million worldwide after three weeks.
Elio dropped 50% from last weekend’s disappointing opening, making $10.4 million. It has $41.9 million domestically and $56 million worldwide. Against Elemental, it’s about $8 million below where that movie was in its second weekend and off about $24 million total compared to Elemental’s total gross.
M3GAN 2.0 was a surprising disappointment, considering the significant hype generated by the first movie. It opened to only $10.2 million, which is over $20 million below the $30.2 million M3GAN earned in 2022. The first movie opened in January and had essentially no new competition, which may explain the bigger opening somewhat. The movie got a B+ Cinemascore, which isn’t terrible, and an 83% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It also didn’t cost that much compared to other summer blockbusters, at only $25 million. So, around $50 million worldwide would put it close to breaking even. It currently has a worldwide gross of $17 million.
28 Years Later rounded out the top 5, dropping a steep 67% from last weekend and making $9.7 million. It currently has a worldwide gross of $103.1 million.
The best per-theater average went to In the Mood for Love, Kar-Wai Wong’s 2001 drama, which was re-released in two theaters and earned $26,000 in each.
