In a moonwalk for the box office history books, director Antoine Fuqua’s record-breaking Michael Jackson biopic returns to No. 1 for its fourth weekend with $27 million domestically, just days after passing the $600 million mark globally. Last weekend, it became the highest-grossing music biopic of all time Bohemian Rhapsodyy in North America, not adjusted for inflation.
Michaelfrom Lionsgate and producer Graham King, capitalizes on the failure of video game adaptations Mortal Kombat II To become a crowd pleaser outside of the core fan base.
Last weekend, almost all of Imax’s screens moved to New Line’s Mortal Kombatbut the martial arts sequel underwhelmed and gave up much of its Imax footprint Michael And celebrating Tom Cruise’s 40th anniversary Top Gun A franchise that includes the first and most recent film screenings Top Gun: Maverick (The double bill is expected to earn an estimated $2.6 million.)
David Frankel The devil wears prada 2 It also continues to dominate even as it cedes first place Michael locally. On Friday, the 20th Century and Disney sequel crossed the $500 million mark globally to become the highest-grossing female-fueled film since. Barbieunmodified.
Prada 2 It’s expected to gross another $20 million or so domestically in its third outing to bring its North American total to about $178 million through Sunday (although it has access to a number of premium large-format screens, it has never been remastered for play in IMAX). But the Disney movie empire will soon rule all the large-format halls when Memorial Day rolls around Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu Opens worldwide this week.
Another title performing well in the previous lull Grogu: A supernatural horror film from emerging director Cary Parker maniawhich is headed to third place this weekend with $15 million after costing just $750,000 to produce. This is significantly higher than the $10 million to $12 million initially expected for the debut. mania It has won praise from critics and audiences alike, holding a 94 percent rating between the two categories on Rotten Tomatoes as of midday Saturday.
Parker, 26, has spent the past few years amassing a passionate YouTube fanbase through his comedy channel, This is a bad idea. He then made the $800 Serial Killer Found feature Milk and serialwhich spread quickly. Almost overnight, everyone in town was trying to woo him; He eventually signed with UTA.
maniawhich Focus Features acquired from TIFF for approximately $15 million, stars Michael Johnston As a young man, he has been in love with his long-time girlfriend, Nikki (played by Indi Navarrete), and hopes that one day she will feel the same way. But disastrous consequences occur when he purchases the One Wish Willow, which promises its users that it will grant one wish when split in half, and wishes that his friend will love him. Cooper Tomlinson, Megan Lawless and Andy Richter also star.
Mortal Kombat II It could fall as much as 67 percent for a domestic gross of between $12 million and $13 million after opening to $38 million last weekend.
Amazon MGM family-friendly film Sheep investigationsalso a critical and audience favorite, is expected to round out the top five with $10 million in its sophomore outing. The mystery comedy revolves around a flock of talking sheep who are determined to solve the suspicious death of their beloved shepherd, played by Hugh Jackman, who reads them detective novels on a regular basis despite them having no idea they can understand him. Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, 2026’s Box Office Directors Hail Mary projectis among the film’s executive producers.
