RankTitleDomestic Gross (Weekend)Worldwide Gross (Cume)Week #Percentage ChangeBudget1Avengers: Endgame$63,054,000$2,485,499,7393-57.2%$356M2Pokemon: Detective Pikachu$58,000,000$170,400,0001N/A$150M3The Hustle$13,536,298$27,236,2981N/A$27M4The Intruder (2019)$6,600,000$21,318,0592-39.2%$8M5Long Shot$6,125,000$22,935,2422-37.1%$40MNotable Box Office StoriesAvengers: Endgame - I'm not sure if the fact that Detective Pikachu is the biggest video game opening of all time and it still didn't beat Endgame's second weekend is a sign of just how strong Endgame opened or how weak most video game movies are at the box office, but whatever the case Endgame beat the competition to come in #1 for third weekend in a row with $63M. That puts it's domestic total at a massive $723.4M, the third biggest of all time behind only Avatar ($760M) and The Force Awakens ($936M). However it's pretty much certain that while the film will capture the #2 spot, that domestic record is completely done for as the film dropped big again this weekend with 57%. In fact it's just $1M higher than what Infinity War made on its third weekend and that film opened $100M lower than Endgame. As for worldwide the record to beat Avatar is still in play but it seems like things are a lot less probable than before. The film is $300M away from the Avatar number, and while that seems like a pittance compared to the $2.4B it's made so far, let's not forget that $300M is no easy feat for most films and while Endgame is certainly not like most is is slowing down with such big hits as Detective Pikachu and Detective Conan (both real films) cutting into worldwide, though it does stand at a massive $1.7B. So it will be close, damn close but maybe the Russos and Marvel need to prepare for the possibility Endgame will only be the second biggest film domestic and worldwide. What a terrible tragedy. RIP Disney.Pokemon: Detective Pikachu - Whether it was the extreme devotion to the most successful media franchise of all time or because of that goddamn lil hat but whatever the case Detective Pikachu became the winner of the not very competitive video game movie race with the biggest opening ever for a film based on vidya opening at #2 with $58M. Interestingly that's actually under some of the more intense predictions for the film which had it over $100M (a hype I can't deny I bought into as well). It's certainly not the best opening for a major budgeted film of $150M, but it's not dire either. Just...okay. The film based on the recent video game of the same name was a rather strange choice for the first rendition of the Pokemon universe since the game wasn't even out in the US when it was first announced. But early trailers seemed promising with the Pokemon looking accurate to their original designs versus the hideous god trash that is Sanic the Hergehead. And it holds another title, the best reviewed video game movie on Rotten Tomatoes which is saying a lot for how dire the video game movie landscape is that a 63% is the new high bar.Pokemon: Detective Pikachu (cont.) - So with all that working for it why wasn't this opening higher? Well for one, just because you like a Pokemon thing, it doesn't mean you like Pokemon in general. Yes 1 billion (!) people downloaded Pokemon Go but doesn't mean you want to spend two hours with your favorite app characters (mmm I can feel the angry comments flowing in). And there's just the fact this is DETECTIVE PIKACHU. No Ash, no Team Rocket, no Red and Blue, no Pokemon pinball, nothing. It asks a lot of the audience to be invested in the world of an okay video game hit. However, there's some good news for the lil guy in the liler hat, the film scored a very good A- on Cinemascore so it could hold very well in the coming weeks, especially being the only major kids movie choice until Aladdin two weeks from now. Overseas the film grossed a solid $100M+, more than Endgame this weekend, mostly lead by a very good $41M debut in China. Japan has seen solid returns but nothing spectacular at $10M so far. So that's where we are at culturally, talking about Pikachu in a little hat. I dunno y'all want climate change to move a little faster or you hyped for Lil Hat 2: The Lilest Hat?The Hustle - And thus begins the round-up of the three films where you go "wait that's a movie?" or "wait that came out already?". First up we have The Hustle, the all female remake (reddit's favorite genre!) of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (itself a remake), which opened this weekend to a pretty underwhelming #3 with $13.5M. The film starring Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson seemed to be on shaky ground going into the weekend when the embargo for reviews didn't lift until the day of release and predictably when reviews came in the film was savaged, earning a pitiful 15% on RT. With a budget of $27M the film seems to be squeezing enough juice just out of the cast alone as worldwide it's crossed $27M, but don't expect it to stick around long with those kind of reviews. Perhaps the biggest Hustle of all was getting money out of the people who saw it?? Honestly, y'all it's been a long week and I could care less about this film. Next.Poms - Now here's something really strange. Not an STX film being a giant bomb, that's about as expected as a sunrise. No a film with this many famous people in it that just...doesn't exist. I mean it might but did anyone really seem Poms, which did in fact open to #6 with $5.1M? Apparently it stars Diane Keaton, Jacki Weaver, Rhea Perlman, and Pam Grier which would be crazy if it were true. Definitely seems like what STX was going for here was some of that sweet sweet Book Club magic but a film about old people being cheerleaders (apparently that's the premise, shrug) is not as marketable as old people getting horned up by Fifty Shades books. At least I guess that's the case because I haven't seen a single piece of marketing anywhere in the last six months. At least the film got twice as good of reviews as The Hustle which means it only got a 30% on RT. STX what are you doing? First UglyDolls then this? You...you all don't exist right? Like you're just the nightmare that other studios dream about, but somehow you're real? STX are you the Freddie Krueger of movie studios?Tolkien - The third film in the Nicholas Hoult Biopic Cinematic Universe (but only the second to see full release) opened this week in 1,500 theaters to a pretty bad #9 at $2.1M. The film about the legendary author of that hippie song Leonard Nimoy sang was originally planning a wide release but interest in the film's marketing on social media convinced the studio to not only put the film in wide release but also do a Fathom events 2 days before opening with a Q&A hosted by major Tolkien nerd and sometime late night host Stephen Colbert. The results of all of this (Fathom's earnings are included in the final number but only amount to around $200K) was a pretty poor showing and a good example that internet interest does not equal actual ticket sales. Of course this wouldn't have happened if you cowards had just released the Weinstein Cut of The Current War. Finish the NHBCU trilogy!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 #Captain Marvel$5,472,061$423,777,079$1,123,169,767$152M10Us$731,690$174,405,380$253,505,380$20M8Hellboy$104,462$21,876,956$40,024,314$50M5Notable Film ClosingsTitleDomestic Gross (Cume)Worldwide Gross (Cume)BudgetAlita: Battle Angel$85,710,210$404,780,321$170MThe LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part$105,806,508$190,906,508$100MThey Shall Not Grow Old$17,956,913$19,855,810UNKWonder Park$45,216,793$115,416,793$100MAs 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/2HnRzKN
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