This is ResetEra's weekend box office thread. While the OP focuses on the popular weekend tallies, we typically discuss box office throughout the week as well when notable films are playing. New threads are posted each Sunday morning, between 8-10am PST.
DOMESTIC WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE UPDATES
The Lion King - $1.599B
Toy Story 4 - $1.053BB
Hobbs & Shaw - $719.8M
IT Chapter 2 - $185.0M
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'It Chapter Two' Stays Afloat With $92M Opening, Still 2nd Best For Horror & September Release
It Chapter Two having a similar Friday-to-Saturday percent hold as the first film, at -10% with $33.6M yesterday, taking the weekend to an estimated $91M per the studio; still second best start for September and a horror pic, and fourth best for a R-rated pic. Imax and PLF drove 21% of the B.O. Industry estimates see It Chapter Two at $92M.
Per finance sources, even with the higher production cost of Chapter Two over It, $79M to $35M, the sequel is still a terrific piece of business, still likely to be profitable though lower than It's near $300M.
It's funny, you have can have a superhero movie sequel that's 3 hours long do an all-time record amount of business (Endgame at $357.1M) while kids are still in school, but it's different for a R-rated horror sequel. We hear from some exhibitors that the 2 hours 49 minute running time curbed business for them. It's a horror film, so Chapter Two isn't a big matinee show. One East Coast regional exhibitor had Chapter Two on four screens out of nine and could only squeeze out 13 shows. Five of the 13 were evening shows, and he could have had more in the evening if the pic was shorter (note there's the trailer pre-roll, advertising and cleaning between showtimes). But the longer running time meant keeping staff later into the night, and customers getting out at 1AM. All of this said, Warners was fully aware of the long running time, of course, and aimed to be everywhere with the sequel, making it the widest September release ever at 4,570.
There was a dip in exits here for Chapter Two with fans on Thursday providing Screen Engine/Comscore's Post Trak a four star, 80% response with a 62% definite recommend. Once the crossover crowds came out on Friday and into Saturday these dipped to 3 1/2 stars, 76% positive and a 56% definite recommend. This too could have attributed to a bit of the slowdown. Note, the sequel's opening does fall within tracking's range of $90M-$100M (Warners had a bottom floor of $85M for Chapter Two).
DOMESTIC WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE UPDATES
The Lion King - $1.599B
Toy Story 4 - $1.053BB
Hobbs & Shaw - $719.8M
IT Chapter 2 - $185.0M
Weekend Box Office Archive and Appendix
Thread Archive
Web links to box office resources
Explanation of Box Office Terms, Abbreviations, and Concepts