RankTitleDomestic Gross (Weekend)Worldwide Gross (Cume)Week #Percentage ChangeBudget1Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse$35,400,000$56,400,0001N/A$90M2The Mule$17,210,000$17,210,0001N/A$50M3Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018)$11,580,000$372,688,7106-23.0%$75M4Ralph Breaks the Internet$9,589,000$285,164,8784-41.0%$175M5Mortal Engines$7,501,000$42,301,0001N/A$100MNotable Box Office StoriesSpider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse - I think it's safe to say even if you were excited about this movie, the amount of critical love for an animated Spider-Man movie from the studio that brought you The Emoji Movie is kind of surprising. And while that surprise didn't blow open the box office it did deliver a solid $35.4M debut at #1. That is actually the best animated film debut in December, topping the film Sing. So in classic December fashion, we in the long game now. It seems that despite the reviews caution was the name of the game as the film did not have that usual bump up in attendance often coming with superhero films while the audience was still classic superhero crowd, with 63% male and 41% over 25. However the good news is while many audiences dipped their toes into the Spiderverse their reports back seem to be universally excellent as the film scored a perfect A+ rating on Cinemascore. In comparison, Sing scored an A on Cinemascore and turned its $34M opening into a $250M domestic run so Spiderverse could have a long way to go. It should also be noted this is the first time since 1989 that six films have scored the A+ rating, the other five this year being Black Panther, Incredibles 2, Green Book, The Hate U Give, and I Can Only Imagine. Spiderverse is a good example of a studio taking a massive risk in terms of how they present a classic hero and the style of animation they employed. The risk paid off with critics but now we'll see if word of mouth can carry it to box office success.The Mule - I swear I saw the trailer for this film before every single film I've seen in theaters for the last two months. If I have to hear about pecans one more time...I'll be fine because I love Clint saying pe-cans. That intense media blitz did not translate as well into box office success as the supposed final acting performance from Eastwood opened to an okay #2 with $17.1M. That's a better opening for Clint than his other film this year, 15:17 to Paris (admit it, you forgot that came out this year) at $12M but nowhere near the possible heights of Sully or American Sniper. The good news is like Spiderverse The Mule has its crowds of mostly older people (almost 90% of the audience was over 25) and it scored an A- on Cinemascore from that crowd. The film should hold fine through the Oscar season though it will suffer now that the reviews are finally out a give it a solid "sure, whatever, fine" rather than a rapturous love fest, so don't be expecting the classic late entry Clint Oscar spoiler.Mortal Engines - You know someone I was talking to on Reddit said "well soon we'll see the biggest bomb of the year with Mortal Engines." And I said, "well it will be hard to top Robin Hood which opened to $9.1M on a $100M budget which is coincidentally the same budget as Mortal Engines." Well, Peter Jackson and Christian Rivers, those madlads actually did it as Mortal Engines snuck in at the last minute to be the biggest bomb of the year opening at #5 with a measly $7.5M. Ouch. The film directed by Rivers but produced and spearheaded by Jackson was based on a wild YA novel about giant cities on wheels eating each other. If that sounds like an unmarketable premise well...yeah it kind of was. This film just had no idea how to sell itself with most of its imagery focusing around a young girl with a red kerchief mask over her face...EXCITING! Internationally the film is not fairing much better, scoring less that $1M openings in many countries. The only film going for it seems to be Russia which has at least given it $4.8M. But as of now Universal is expected to lose $100M on this film. This is just a complete disaster of a film on every possible box office metric.Once Upon a Deadpool - It seems that not everything Deadpool is a guaranteed box office success as the PG-13 recutting of Deadpool 2 (with some additional scenes) called Once Upon a Deadpool did not generate really any interest at all as it opened to a terrible #11 with $2.6M and just $3.8M for the film's five day haul. Even for a limited run film in 1,500 theaters that's a pretty pathetic figure. A lot of concern abounded that the marketing and title of the film made it seem like a Christmas themed Deadpool film and not a PG-13 recut which would cause audience backlash when they discovered what it was. However, it seems the bigger concern should have been people caring at all. Despite some solid marketing push this recut just did not excite audiences at all who either stayed away due to confusion, not knowing it came out, or just general disinterest in paying full price to see a film they've seen before. Overseas the film is doing even worse where it's scored only $1M so far. The film still has one major test left if it does get a release in China where neither Deadpool film has been allowed to screen. That may be the recut's saving grace but in places where they have seen Deadpool 2 already the resounding response is, who forking cares?Aquaman - We are still one week away before Aquaman begins to take down all the corruption in Washington, institute a global initiative to reverse climate change, and throw all the nuclear weapons into the sun but until it reaches the US shores to do that first its conquering the rest of the world. The film opened first in China last weekend where it opened to a Warner Bros' best of $94M. So far the film has stayed the course in the country where it's now earned $189.2M, making it the highest grossing WB film ever in the country and the fourth highest grossing comic book film in the country. Elsewhere the film has earned an additional $70M+ for a total worldwide gross of $261.3M before the hottest fishman since Shape of Water reaches our shores. I for one welcome Jason Momoa as our sexy beardy overlord.Oscar Movie Round-Up - It wasn't just wide releases flooding the marketing as the indie scene saw a few major expansions and new releases as Oscar season really heats up. First is The Favourite the little crazy royal movie that could which continued to expand well to 439 theaters where it $2.5M for the weekend. Despite or because of the film's much more unique take on the typical royal affair film it's gained huge Oscar buzz with major nominations in front runners like the Golden Globes with five nominations and the SAG awards where it got nominations for all three major female lead roles. The more traditional royal affair period piece this season is not fairing as well as Mary Queen of Scots which opened last weekend in 4 theaters but expanded to 66 this weekend for a $700K haul. That gives it a pretty good per theater of $10,606 but it will struggle as the oxygen for the film feels like it's been taken up by The Favourite with lead actress Margot Robbie being the only one to score any precursor love with a SAG nomination. Speaking of not getting attention Vox Lux has quietly become one of the most contentious films of the year. The Natalie Portman starring film that is notably soundtracked by megahit artist Sia has been either adored or absolutely hated by many critics and has not gotten any attention pre-Oscar. It should not be too surprising then that the film had an an awful expansion this week as it went to 325 theater for $244K, a per theater average of just $751. Meanwhile the best debut of the week was the much anticipated follow-up to Moonlight for director Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk, which opened in 4 theaters to $219K, a per theater average of $54,794. That's a great debut but Beale Street has struggled despite the great critical reviews. The only position it felt like a front runner is was Best Supporting Actress with Regina Hall but she surprisingly got snubbed at SAG so that category too might fall apart, and there could be worry Beale Street is just out too late with too little Oscar buzz.Films Reddit Wants to FollowThis is a segment where we keep a weekly tally of currently showing films that aren't in the Top 5 that fellow redditors want updates on. If you'd like me to add a film to this chart, make a comment in this thread.TitleDomestic Gross (Weekly)Domestic Gross (Cume)Worldwide Gross (Cume)BudgetWeek #Crazy Rich Asians$31,605$173,994,561$237,994,561$30M18Venom$423,810$212,834,976$852,745,407$100M11A Star is Born (2018)$3,549,477$199,160,074$376,260,074$36M11First Man$86,960$44,803,035$100,503,035$59M10Bohemian Rhapsody$8,729,030$180,423,200$635,932,745$52M7Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald$9,600,886$151,653,410$595,853,410$200M5Notable Film ClosingsTitleDomestic Gross (Cume)Worldwide Gross (Cume)BudgetIncredibles 2$608,581,744$1,241,442,670$200MBad Times At The El Royale$17,839,115$31,554,626$32MHotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation$167,510,016$527,068,455$80MAs always r/boxoffice is a great place to share links and other conversations about box office news.Also you can see the archive of all Box Office Week posts at r/moviesboxoffice (which have recently been updated).My Letterboxd: https://ift.tt/2Q79jjT via /r/movies https://ift.tt/2QYu41p
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