“Alien: RomulusThe latest installment in the 45-year-old franchise opened at No. 1 at the North American box office. The 20th Century Studios release grossed an estimated $41.5 million in its opening weekend, playing at 3,885 locations in the United States and Canada.
Including $66.7 million from international screenings in 49 markets, “Alien: Romulus” earned a global debut of $108.2 million. Walt Disney Co., which owns 20th Century Studios, took the top two spots on the charts, along with Marvel’s “The Last Jedi.”Deadpool and WolverineNow in its fourth weekend, it’s in second place with $29 million. The company was responsible for an estimated 42 percent of the summer’s box office, including hits like “Inside Out 2” and “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.”
August is often a slow month for the movie industry, or at least, a place to dump the trash. But while 2024 has generally been a late start for the movie industry, a recent string of blockbusters including “Deadpool & Wolverine,” “The Last Hope,” and “The Dark Knight Rises” have been a hit. We end up “This surge in momentum at the end of August helped drive sales up 30% over the same weekend last year. Sales were also up 10% over August 2019.”
“The summer started out pretty bleak, but it ended really strong,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at ComScore. “We thought we were going to have an easy ride through August, but now we’re going strong through August toward a much better summer box office total than we expected.”
Fede Alvarez directed “Alien: Romulus, Set in the time of the Alien and Aliens films, the film features a cast of up-and-coming twentysomethings, including Cailee Spaeny, David Johnson, and Isabela Merced. The sci-fi thriller builds on Alvarez’s penchant for all things horror, best known for his films Evil Dead and Don’t Breathe, and embraces the franchise’s horror roots.
Reviews were mixed, but mostly positive, with the film holding an 81% on Rotten Tomatoes and a B+ on CinemaScore.
romantic drama We end up He came in third with $24 million, down just 52% from Victorious openingThe Sony film, starring Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, who also directed it, has grossed $97.8 million so far. It cost only $25 million to produce.
The film is adapted from Colleen Hoover’s best-selling novel of the same name and follows Lively as Lily Bloom, a woman at a crossroads when a past love upends her current relationship with Ryle Kincaid, played by Baldoni.
Rumors about the film’s behind-the-scenes drama continue to dominate social media discourse and tabloid headlines — but “Don’t Worry, Honey” also taught us that rumors and gossip don’t always translate into box office revenue.
“Twisters” finished fourth in its fifth weekend with $9.8 million from 3,483 theaters. The Universal film has grossed more than $238.4 million domestically.
Rounding out the top five was the re-release of “Coraline,” which Fathom Events brought to more than 1,500 screens for its 15th anniversary, earning $11.3 million over four days and $8.6 million Friday through Sunday. The stop-motion animated film, based on a novella by Neil Gaiman and written and directed by Henry Selick, was the first “Laika” film to be released. The film will remain in theaters through Aug. 22.
The video game adaptation of “Borderlands” starring Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart and Jamie Lee Curtis took in $2.4 million in its second weekend, bringing its box office total to $13.5 million against its reported budget of $120 million.
Ticket sales were estimated Friday through Sunday in U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic numbers will be released Monday.
1. “Alien: Romulus” $41.5 million.
2. “Deadpool & Wolverine” grossed $29 million.
3. “It Ends With Us” grossed $24 million.
4. “Twisters” $9.8 million.
5. “Coraline” $8.6 million.
6. “Despicable Me 4” grossed $6 million.
7. “Trap” $3.4 million.
8. Inside Out 2 grossed $3.2 million.
9. Borderlands $2.4 million.
10. “Stree 2,” $2.2 million.