Box Office Round-Up ~ 8/28/24

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As the summer movie season draws to a better-than-expected close, Marvel’s favorite Canadians (sorry Alpha Flight) retook the top of the box office with $18.3 million in their fifth weekend. Deadpool & Wolverine has grossed $578 million overall domestically so far, locking it in for now as the second highest grossing movie of the year, well ahead of the rest of the top ten.

Alien: Romulus moved to second place in its second weekend with $16.3 million. It’s on the cusp of $75 million overall, with a good chance to hold strong through the end of August before any major competition arrives in September (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice on 9/6, for example). In third place, It Ends With Us continued its successful theatrical run, grossing $11.6 million in its third weekend for an overall domestic total of $120 million so far.

Two new releases rounded out the top five. Thriller Blink Twice, directed and co-written by Zoë Kravitz, debuted in fourth place with a solid $7.3 million. And in fifth place, faith-based drama The Forge opened with $6.6 million.

Also of note, well outside the top five, was The Crow. Like Borderlands before it, the long-gestating remake emerged from development hell to a disappointing $4.6 million debut. It’s obviously not the outcome Lionsgate was hoping for, but considering it was beaten by the re-release of Coraline perhaps it would have been wiser (and cheaper) to simply put the cult classic original in theaters instead.

1. Deadpool & Wolverine ($18.3 MM)
Director: Shawn Levy (WME)
Writers: Ryan Reynolds (WME), Rhett Reese (WME), Paul Wernick (WME), Zeb Wells (Verve), Shawn Levy (WME)
Cast: Ryan Reynolds (WME)
        Hugh Jackman (WME)
      Emma Corrin (Circle Management)

2.  Alien: Romulus ($16.3 MM)
Director: Fede Alvarez (WME)
Writers: Fede Alvarez (WME), Rodo Sayagues (WME)
Cast: Cailee Spaeny (WME)
        David Jonsson (CAA)
        Archie Renaux (Luber Roklin)

3.  It Ends With Us ($11.6 MM)
Director: Justin Baldoni (WME)
Writers: Christy Hall (CAA)
Cast: Blake Lively (WME)
        Justin Baldoni (WME)
        Jenny Slate (CAA)

4.  Blink Twice ($7.3 MM)
Director: Zoë Kravitz (CAA)
Writers: Zoë Kravitz (CAA), E.T. Feigenbaum (RAIN)
Cast: Naomi Ackie (CAA)
        Channing Tatum (CAA)
        Alia Shawkat (UTA)

5.  The Forge ($6.6 MM)
Director: Alex Kendrick
Writers: Alex Kendrick, Stephen Kendrick
Cast: Aspen Kennedy (J Pervis Talent Agency)
        Cameron Arnett
        Karen Abercrombie (J Pervis Talent Agency)

Source: Box Office Mojo, The Numbers