Box Office Round-Up ~ 5/15/24

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For a franchise that’s older than Star Wars, The Fast and the Furious or the MCU, Planet of the Apes showed no signs of slowing down this past weekend as its tenth installment, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes debuted atop the box office with an impressive $58.4 million. It’s the third-best opening weekend in franchise history (behind 2014’s Dawn and the 2001 standalone remake), and a welcome boost for movie theaters heading into the final weekends of May.

Similarly, The Fall Guy had a solid hold in its sophomore weekend, grossing $13.6 million. It’ll have a tough time recouping its weak debut, but solid legs are a sign of good word-of-mouth. In third place, Challengers grossed $4.3 million for a domestic total of $37 million thus far. Tarot took fourth place with $3.4 million to pass $10 million overall.

Bookending a simian-centric weekend at the box office, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire rounded out the top five with $2.6 million. It has grossed $191 million overall domestically, and may yet make the $200 million mark. Either way, it’s now the second-highest grossing movie of the year after Dune: Part Two.

1.  Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes ($58.4 MM)
Director: Wes Ball (WME)
Writers: Josh Friedman (CAA)
Cast: Owen Teague (CAA)
        Freya Allan (CAA)
        Kevin Durand (IAG)

2.  The Fall Guy ($13.6 MM)
Director: David Leitch (CAA)
Writers: Drew Pearce (WME)
Cast: Ryan Gosling (CAA)
        Emily Blunt (CAA)
        Aaron Taylor-Johnson (WME)

3. Challengers ($4.3 MM)
Director: Luca Guadagnino (CAA)
Writers: Justin Kuritzkes (CAA)
Cast: Zendaya (CAA)
         Mike Faist (WME)
         Josh O’Connor (CAA)

4. Tarot ($3.4 MM)
Director: Spenser Cohen (CAA), Anna Halberg (CAA)
Writers: Spenser Cohen (CAA), Anna Halberg (CAA)
Cast: Avantika (Greene Talent)
        Jacob Batalon (IAG)
      Olwen Fouéré (United Agents)

5.  Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire ($2.6 MM)
Director: Adam Wingard (CAA)
Writers: Terry Rossio (CAA), Simon Barrett (Novo Entertainment), Jeremy Slater (UTA), Adam Wingard (CAA)
Cast: Rebecca Hall (WME)
        Brian Tyree Henry (CAA)
        Dan Stevens (CAA)

Source: Box Office Mojo, The Numbers