Memorial Day Weekend Box Office Report

Memorial Day Weekend Box Office Report (May 26th - May 29th)

Disclaimer: Every Monday, I will post the top five movies that grossed the most money DOMESTICALLY (in the United States), with some brief thoughts about each film. 

1. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales ($62.6 Million): The fifth installment in the franchise is finally here. While reviews have not been overwhelmingly positive, the Pirates films are notorious for grossing a substantial amount of money. While the domestic totals will dip, the international totals will surely continue to rise. The Pirates franchise is far from dead. 

2. Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 2 ($20.6 Million): The sequel to the wildly successful surprise hit continues to bring in money as Disney rules the weekend box office. Almost a month after the film's release, the Chris Pratt-led Marvel film is still in the top two and shows signs that its legs will carry it far into the summer. 

3. Baywatch ($18.6 Million): What a huge disappointment. This film was promised as the quintessential popcorn, summer movie. It even had slow motion shots running down the beach; yet the movie has been critically panned. Due to the negative reviews, this film, which looked to be a box office juggernaut over the summer, looks to be going nowhere but down. 

4. Alien: Covenant ($10.5 Million): The newest installment in the Alien franchise and the follow up to the generally disappointing Prometheus, the film, while not bringing in big money, promises to continue the franchise with the generally positive reviews. 

5.  Everything, Everything ($6.02 Million): A smaller movie that nobody really saw coming; this film has enough intrigue to bring it in the top five this weekend, but does not appear to be in here for long.