- Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One has dominated the box office, taking in a franchise-best $80M domestically and $155M internationally for a strong $235M worldwide debut. The movie’s $290 million budget is comparable to Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’s $263 million worldwide during its first three weeks of release. But as is common for the franchise, Dead Reckoning did phenomenally well internationally. Fallout, the most recent entry, finally made $791M after bringing in $571M overseas and $220M domestically. Dead Reckoning, which has not yet debuted in Japan, which contributed $42M to Fallout’s worldwide gross, is now running 15% ahead of that movie domestically. On the down side, Fallout fell $181M in China, where Dead Reckoning is behind by 66% in China, as Fallout ticket sales fell by $181M in 2018.
- Dead Reckoning has a strong A CinemaScore, but even if it’s not the huge smash many (including me) were anticipating, it should be alright in the long term. Sound of Freedom, produced by Angel Studios, saw a 37% boost in sales over its second weekend, earning a fantastic $27M to bring its domestic total to $85M. Despite seeing the anticipated 60% horror decline in its second frame, Insidious: The Red Door nevertheless made $58M domestically, more than four times its production budget.
- A strong, cheerful comedy that sticks out among the dated Transformers and Indiana Jones offerings, Barbie could be the summer’s biggest smash. With its problematic 3-hour duration and R-rating, Oppenheimer is the wild card in this situation. The movie has to receive excellent reviews and word-of-mouth to dominate the competition.
- Box Office Results:
- Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (Par) 4,327 theaters, Fri $16.7M, Sat $21.4M Sun $18.1M 3-day $56.2M, 5-day $80M/Wk 1
- Sound of Freedom (Angel) 3,265 (+413) theaters, Fri $7.4M, Sat $10.2M Sun $9.2M 3-day $27M (+37%), Total $85.4M/Wk 2
- Insidous: The Red Door (Sony/Blum) 3,188 theaters Fri $4.15M Sat $5M Sun $3.78M 3-day $13M (-60%)/Total $58M/Wk 2
- Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (Dis) 3,865 (-735) theaters, Fri $3.3M Sat $4.9M Sun $3.8M 3-day $12M (-56%)/Total $145.3M/Wk 3
- Elemental (Dis) 3,235 (-205) theaters, Fri $2.6M Sat $3.5M Sun $2.6M 3-day $8.7M (-13%), Total $125.2M/Wk 5
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony) 2,577 (-446) theaters, Fri $1.72M Sat $2.3M Sun $1.95M 3-day $6.05M (-25%) Total $368.7M /Wk 7
- Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (Par) 2,041 (-434) theaters, Fri $940K Sat $1.38M Sun $1.1M 3-day $3.42M (-33%) Total $152.7M/Wk 6
- No Hard Feelings (Sony) 2,053 (-633) theaters, Fri $1M Sat $1.3M Sun $960K 3-day $3.3M (-39%), Total $46.5M /Wk 4
- Joy Ride (LG) 2,820 theaters, Fri $771K Sat $1M Sun $751K 3-day $2.57M(-56%)/Total $10.6M/Wk 2
- The Little Mermaid (Dis) 1,615 (-465) theaters, Fri $675K Sat $950K Sun $725K 3-day $2.35M (-36%) Total $293.9M/ Wk 8
