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 Disney and Lucasfilm's latest brought in $29.3 million from
4,381 locations over the three-day period. With a 65 percent
decline from its $84 million three-day launch, "Solo's" second
weekend fell short of its predecessors. The first "Star Wars"
anthology film, "Rogue One," made $64 million in its second
weekend in 2016, while 2017's "The Last Jedi" earned $71 million
in its sophomore weekend.
Its second-weekend total brings "Solo's" domestic tally to
$149.5 million. "Solo" made $60 million this weekend, including
$30.3 million overseas. Its cumulative total is now $264
million. The Han Solo origin story earned a disappointing $103
million in North America over its four-day holiday opening
weekend and stalled out with $68.2 million overseas.
While that was enough to win "Solo" the weekend, the third frame
of "Deadpool 2" didn't fall too far behind. The 20th Century Fox
tentpole continued to fend off the competition, landing in
second place with $23.8 million from 4,161 screens. To date, the
Ryan Reynolds-led sequel has made $255 million in North America.
Meanwhile, "Adrift" was able to narrowly edge out "Avengers:
Infinity War" for third place. STX's "Adrift," starring Shailene
Woodley and Sam Claflin, anchored in $11.5 million when it
expanded to 3,015 locations this weekend. The drama is currently
averaging a 71 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes, as well as a B
CinemaScore.
"Infinity War" secured $10.5 million from 3,570 screens during
its sixth outing, bringing its domestic tally up to $643
million. Internationally, the Marvel and Disney film brought in
another $24.3 million this weekend. That brings its worldwide
tally up to $1.96 billion, making it the fourth biggest release
of all time.
"Book Club" rounded out the top five, earning $6.6 million from
3,169 screens during its third weekend. Paramount Pictures'
comedy starring Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, and
Mary Steenburgen has made $47 million at the North American box
office.
BH Tilt's "Upgrade" debuted on par with estimates. The R-rated
thriller bowed with $4.5 million on 1,457 screens. It currently
boasts an 85 percent critics score on Rotten Tomatoes, along
with a 91 percent audience rating.
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The final wide release of the weekend was Johnny Knoxville's "Action
Point," which landed with $2.2 million in 2,032 locations. The
comedy is not faring well critically either, holding a 17 percent
Rotten Tomatoes average and C+ CinemaScore.
In 10th place, MGM and Lionsgate-Pantelion's "Overboard" notched $2
million at 1,228 locations. With $45.5 million in five weeks, the
Eugenio Derbez and Anna Faris-starrer is now Pantelion's highest
grossing film to date, surpassing 2013's "Instructions Not
Included."
At the specialty box office, "RBG" -- the documentary centered on
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg -- had another strong
weekend with a haul of $1.1 million in 432 locations. With its
domestic tally at $7.8 million, "RBG" surpassed "I Am Not Your
Negro" ($7.1 million) to become Magnolia's highest grossing film.
Elsewhere, MoviePass co-opened its first feature with Orchard. Bart
Layton's "American Animals" premiered with $140,633 on just four
locations for a strong per screen average of $35,158.
The year-to-date box office is up 6.2 percent, crossing $5 billion
in 2018, according to comScore. The same weekend last year, "Wonder
Woman" launched with $103 million and went on to become the top
grossing film of the summer at the domestic box office. Due
partially to a number of holdovers, the weekend to date box office
is down 43.3 percent.
"This dip in box office slows the momentum for the industry, but the
good news is that a host of big titles are on the way to help erase
the memory of this gloomy June box office frame," said Paul
Dergarabedian, a senior analyst at comScore.
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