RankTitleDomestic Gross (Weekend)Worldwide Gross (Cume)Week #Percentage ChangeBudget1Shazam!$53,450,000$158,775,0001N/A$100M2Pet Sematary (2019)$25,000,000$42,300,0001N/A$21M3Dumbo (2019)$18,224,000$213,771,4892-60.4%$170M4Us$13,813,000$216,595,9953-58.4%$20M5Captain Marvel$12,682,000$1,037,633,5635-38.6%$152MNotable Box Office StoriesShazam! - The latest from what I am just going to call New DC opened at #1 this week with a solid if franchise low opening of $53.4M at #1. We are definitely at a fascinating moment in superhero films, as we approach the culmination of the decade that was defined by the MCU, while the once big boys of the industry DC struggle to figure out what their identity even is. Shazam is an odd duck, a $100M lower stakes family friendly fun superhero who still is kinda sort of part of the same dark and grim universe of BvS and Justice League. This could explain the odd mismatch of a very well reviewed superhero film opening lower than I'd imagine WB would like. Still this isn't a bad opening, far above the potential $40M it looked like it could hit going into the weekend which spoke in many ways to the positive word of mouth of the film exemplified by the fantastic A rating on Cinemascore the film got. Shazam has a good three weekends of runway before Endgame chews up the box office and poops out $100M weekends for the next month. Which is promising for Shazam because internationally things are not so hot.Shazam! (cont.) - The film opened to $100M worldwide which is solid but nowhere near the level of a big tentpole superhero film needs to be at. In many places the film has suffered from just a general lack of interest, especially a very disappointing $30M debut in China. So again what we are looking at is that good ol' box office term, legs. In China the film seems already done, getting pretty weak reviews from the local audience. But elsewhere it's harder to say and it seems that domestic is the best chance for a Shazam 2: Shazamaloo. The $100M budget is an odd one, not small stakes enough like Joker (the next experiment from New DC) or big enough to justify a huge worldwide roll-out. But it also means comparisons are hard. The closest parallel might be Ant-Man and if that's the case a $400M final total for the film could be enough, especially if a large portion of that is domestic which goes more towards the studios than foreign gross. And again WB has a well liked film that is connecting with an audience with sequel potential. So if the interest is there all they have to do is quickly make a sequel that is just as good and enjoyable as the original. No pressure /u/dauid!Pet Sematary (2019) - The Return of the (Stephen) King has been an interesting one to follow and now we have a possible dip in that resurgence, as the reboot of the 1989 cult classic and one of King's most notorious novels opened this weekend to a good but not great $25M at #2. Now in classic horror movie fashion this already covers the $21M budget for the film, but is a far shot from the insane $123.4M opening of the last King theatrical release, It. As we approach the release of the much anticipated follow-up to that film and following the release of the Kingaverse show Castle Rock you'd think that King fever had swept the nation, but it seems such reports were a bit exaggerated. The funny thing is until about 5 years ago when horror openings just exploded this opening would have been viewed as a big success. But now Us opens to almost 3x this and isn't based on a popular King novel so it feels a little underwhelming. There's also the matter of the fascinating track of reviews for the film. Out of SXSW the film was hailed as a fresh update but since then then Metascore has dropped from 76 to 58. Audiences were definitely not fond of the film, slapping it with a C+ on Cinemascore, so expect a big ol drop next weekend. So yes for Paramount this isn't terrible but it's not the next It and one now wonders if even It: Chapter 2 is the next It. The new horror landscape is one that is increasingly favoring original IPs like Us and A Quiet Place, and perhaps remakes of stories we already know aren't scaring us as much any more. Too bad because the post credit scene where Jack Torrance invites the zombie cat into the Tommyknockers Initiative was really exciting, but I guess that may not happen now.Dumbo (2019) - Last Monday fell on April 1st so I made this post a parody of myself ("but I thought that was just how you always are huehuehue") so I figured I'd owe you a semi more serious take on the big release of last week. Dumbo opened to a pretty underwhelming $45.9M last weekend, the 3rd worst opening of the current Disney remake trend (only ahead of Pete's Dragon and Alice through the Looking Glass) and is faltering worldwide, just now passing $200M. This weekend was even harsher to the little elephant with Tim Burton spooky clown makeup as it dropped a massive 60.4% to end up at #3 with $18.2M. This is really bad news for Disney...if Disney wasn't planning on making a shit ton of money in the coming year. Still this could end up being a $100M+ loss for the company and proof that just because it's a Disney live action remake doesn't mean it will assuredly print cash. Unless it's called The Lion King.Captain Marvel - The little $152M movie that could just passed $1B worldwide as Captain Marvel became the 7th MCU film to pass that milestone. Hell let's just point out this is the 7th MCU to pass that milestone this decade and the 3rd in just two years with a certain fourth coming in less than a month. Also worth noting that Captain Marvel is only the third superhero origin film to pass $1B and the first where the protagonist did not appear in a previous film (both Aquaman and Black Panther appeared in previous films before their $1B debut film). It's a very impressive turnout for the first time appearance of a character and proof that MCU's grip on global market is insanely high as they approach Endgame. This decade has been insanely good to Marvel and it's still not even over yet. But hey, good start right?The Best of Enemies - Oh STX god bless ya, you're trying. The studio attempt to get in on that sweet sweet Green Book money did not go so well as the biopic opened to a fairly low $4.5M at #6. While the film was in less than 2,000 theaters it still had a pretty weak $2,639 per theater average. The film tells the true story of Ann Atwater, a civil rights leader, and C. P. Ellis, a KKK leader, working together in an unlikely you get the rest. The film was clearly a wanna-be Oscar play but after the festivals went gaga for Viggo eating folded pizza the film just fell by the wayside and ended up in April, a pretty common dumping ground for Oscar players that went nowhere. As expected it didn't find much purchase, which is too bad as it did score an A on Cinemascore which showed the same audience that pushed Green Book past $80M domestic may have liked this too. But alas little interest does not a good box office run make. However don't think Hollywood is done, especially after Green Book's win. Seriously if you have some inspiring story about a black and white person getting along in the old days, you better sell the shit out of that story right now. That stock is hot hot hot.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 #Bohemian Rhapsody$116,441$216,141,246$899,510,942$52M23Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse$246,879$190,241,310$374,130,437$90M17The Wandering Earth$10,136$5,874,519$699,759,805$50M10Alita: Battle Angel$739,993$85,316,502$401,709,822$170M8Notable Film ClosingsTitleDomestic Gross (Cume)Worldwide Gross (Cume)BudgetA Star is Born (2018)$215,288,866$433,888,866$36MAquaman$335,061,807$1,147,161,807$200MAs 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: http://bit.ly/2rSmMyn via /r/movies http://bit.ly/2D3kItj
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