Box Office Round-Up ~ 3/18/24

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In a repeat of last weekend, Kung Fu Panda 4 managed to just barely beat out Dune: Part Two to win the St. Patrick’s Day weekend box office. The DreamWorks Animation sequel cleared the $100 million mark with a sophomore weekend total of $30.1 million. On a similar note, Dune: Part Two cleared $200 million overall, grossing $28.5 million in its third weekend.

Arthur the King the biggest new release of the weekend, taking third place with a somewhat disappointing $7.6 million. And in their mutual second weekend in theaters, Imaginary and Cabrini took fourth and fifth place with a respective $5.5 million and $2.8 million.

Next weekend sees two notable new releases. Sydney Sweeney-led horror title Immaculate could push Imaginary from the top five, while Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire hopes to win the weekend overall. Following that, March goes out like a kaiju with the 3/29 release of Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.

1. Kung Fu Panda 4 ($30.1 MM)
Director: Mike Mitchell (UTA), Stephanie Stine (Fourth Wall)
Writers: Jonathan Aibel (UTA), Glenn Berger (UTA), Darren Lemke (UTA), David Lindsay-Abaire (WME), Lillian Yu (UTA)
Cast: Jack Black (Ocean Avenue)
         Awkwafina (UTA)
         Viola Davis (CAA)

2.  Dune: Part Two ($28.5 MM)
Director: Denis Villeneuve (CAA)
Writers: Denis Villeneuve (CAA), Jon Spaihts (CAA)
Cast: Timothée Chalamet (UTA)
        Zendaya (CAA)
       Rebecca Ferguson (CAA)

3.  Arthur the King ($7.6 MM)
Director: Simon Cellan Jones (Gersh)
Writers: Michael Brandt (CAA)
Cast: Mark Wahlberg (WME)
        Simu Liu (CAA)
        Juliet Rylance (Gersh)

4. Imaginary ($5.5 MM)
Director: Jeff Wadlow (UTA)
Writers: Greg Erb (Verve), Jason Oremland (Verve), Jeff Wadlow (UTA)
Cast: DeWanda Wise (CAA)
         Taegen Burns (LBI Entertainment)
         Pyper Braun (Dream Talent Management)

5.  Cabrini ($2.8 MM)
Director: Alejandro Monteverde
Writers: Alejandro Monteverde, Rod Barr
Cast: Cristiana Dell’Anna (Odenkirk Provissiero)
        John Lithgow (UTA)
        David Morse (Gersh)

Source: Box Office Mojo, The Numbers