Weekend Box Office Report (June 29th - July 1st)

Weekend Box Office Report (June 29th - July 1st)

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. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom ($60.00 Million): While Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom remains atop the box office list, it did take a massive 60 percent drop from weekend to weekend, the largest in franchise history. While the raw number may not reflect that, still making 60 million dollars, if this film continues down that downward trajectory, then it may have to solely rely on their international numbers to pull them past the billion dollar mark and beyond. Luckily, it seems that their international friends are helping out in a big way. 

2. Incredibles 2 ($45.55 Million): Continuing to chug right along, it's impressive that Incredibles 2 can keep pace with Jurassic World 2 and be a week ahead of it. The film made another 45 million, making it already one of the most lucrative films for Pixar to date, and well-deserved as this film is masterful in almost every way. At 600 million, it remains to be seen whether or not it can hit a billion, but one thing is for sure; it's going to get close. 

3. Sicario: Day of the Soldado ($19.02 Million): A rather disappointing debut for the sequel to the Oscar-caliber first film starring Josh Brolin and Benicio del Toro. From all accounts, this film flopped critically and had not even half the appeal that the first one had, leading to its lackluster, languid debut. While the first film only made around 80 million dollars, the sequel may not even be able to surpass that. 

4. Uncle Drew ($15.50 Million): A weird, niche kind of film in Uncle Drew did well to stick itself in the number four spot with a solid 15.5 million. To me, this film looked like it had absolutely no appeal, but with a 2/3 majority (67 percent on Rotten Tomatoes), enough people went out to go see it. Will they next week? Doubtful.

5. Ocean's 8 ($8.06 Million): Finally, rounding out the list is Ocean's 8, dropping form number 3 to number 5, though it's still surpassing all expectations. With this kind of money, it won't be long before Warner Bros. green-lights a sequel because this movie is making bank for them at 210 million dollars worldwide on a 70 million dollar budget.