RankTitleDomestic Gross (Weekend)Worldwide Gross (Cume)Week #Percentage ChangeBudget1Spider-Man: Far from Home$45,300,000$847,029,3052-51.1%$160M2Toy Story 4$20,665,000$771,069,5744-39.0%$200M3Crawl$12,000,000$16,800,0001N/A$13.5M4Stuber$8,043,000$11,043,0001N/A$16M5Yesterday$6,750,000$80,516,5253-32.9%$26MNotable Box Office StoriesSpider-Man: Far From Home - Spider-man seems keen on finally becoming a true billionaire boy as Spider-man: Far From Home held on to #1 with $45.3M domestic this weekend. That's a solid 51.1% drop, far better than Homecoming's second weekend and likely a combo of people more on board with the web-slinger again as well as the supreme disinterest in all things non-Disney this summer. Overseas, Far From Home is doing even better where it's almost grossed $200M in China, though it lost some ground when The Lion King opened to $53M in that country this weekend. That opening shows that Far From Home will likely falter some to the hyper realistic lions in the coming weeks. Still the film has topped $840M+ in just two weeks so it is practically guaranteed to become the first Spider-man film to cross $1B worldwide. Now if you'll excuse me I have to continue to find all the promo stills of Jake G as Mysterio. I need them for...reasons. PM ME JAKE G! (I will regret this)Crawl - It's too bad it's no longer the 70s. I'd have so much more free coke and the trailer for Crawl would definitely end in "Don't run to the theater. CRAWL!". Ahh stupid modern times. Well anyways the "what if The Shallows but gators" premise seemed to be a good choice for folks not into the Disney stuff this weekend as Crawl opened to a pretty solid opening with $12M at #3. While not quite at the same level as the $16.8M opening of The Shallows, it's a good start and a sign that people still find things in water with sharp teeth pretty scary forever. Of course you can open like The Shallows but it doesn't mean you can hold like it, as that film ended with a very good 3.28x multiplier. Crawl scored similar to The Shallows in Cinemascore with a B rating (Shallows has a B+) rating, so it could hold well as a minor creature horror hit for the summer. So now the question is what other spooky aquatic things can one person hide from? I'd be down for Free Willy 4: The Revenge.Stuber - How long do you think the guy who came up with the title "Stuber" patted himself on the back. Like 4 hours? 8? Whatever the length the new film that matches that classic duo of Bautista and Kumail (you know a real B and K picture) opened this weekend to a pretty rough #4 with $8M. Stuber is kind of a relic of a different time in some ways. Okay yes it has two very modern people and the whole thing is about Uber, but the gruff badass matched with the funny comedian is such a staple of 80s and 90s summer comedies. It's what we used to call an "air conditioning movie". You don't go out of your way to see say Red Heat or Another 48 Hrs. You see it cause it exists and it stars people you like and you just want to hang with friends at the Orang Julius after. But now very few are pining to see Stuber or demanding to put up with all the hassles of movie time. Movies have become a hassle and people can watch comedy that's probably a lot more tailored to them for free on YouTube. Of course with the decline of these movies they have to come in very cheap, a measly $16M for this. So Stuber should end up just fine but in a summer of just fines and outright flops, Stuber's performance is a painfully uninteresting one.The Farewell - Well it looks like there's at least one record Endgame will not be keeping, as The Farewell managed to dethrone the space rock film, not in domestic openings but rather in best per theater averages. The film opened in 4 theaters this weekend to $351.3K, giving it a per theater average of $87.8K. That does in fact top the $76.6K per theater average of Endgame's opening weekend. That said in Endgame's favor the wider the opening, the less the average release has in terms of per theater averages so not that crazy. But still it's a very damn good sign for A24 who are really hoping this year gives them their first true no question unparalleled hit. The Farewell is a good contender, beloved by critics but also the kind of family dramedy that used to play pretty well and perhaps might find a hungry market. Of course the Steve Jobs ('15) Effect is still an issue as a great opening in costal cities does not speak for the rest of the country where it could bomb. But with a rising star in the lead with Awkwafina, I can see this play going very well for A24. If only A24 could cash in those sweet Reddit circlejerk upvotes. They'd be so damn rich.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 #Avengers: Endgame$4,745,306$851,200,139$2,780,800,139$356M12Pokémon Detective Pikachu$386,977$143,231,160$429,231,160$150M10John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum$3,176,773$167,538,716$313,867,413$55M9Dark Phoenix$685,049$65,072,366$249,603,366$200M6Notable Film ClosingsTitleDomestic Gross (Cume)Worldwide Gross (Cume)BudgetThe Hustle$35,417,038$90,717,038$21MMissing Link$16,649,539$24,742,382$100MThe Curse of La Llorona$54,733,739$122,033,739$14MAs 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/2JG41qh
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