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 Alicia Vikander's "Tomb Raider" finished second in its opening
weekend in line with expectations with $23.5 million from 3,854
sites for Warner Bros. and MGM. The videogame-based action
adventure score a B grade from moviegoers in CinemaScore exit
polls.
Lionsgate-Roadside Attractions' faith-based drama "I Can Only
Imagine" outperformed forecasts with $17.1 million at 1,629
venues, notching the top per-screen average in the top 10 with
$10,476. The studio plans to expand "I Can Only Imagine," based
on the story behind the hit song of the same name, to more than
2,000 sites next weekend.
Disney's second weekend of time-travel adventure "A Wrinkle in
Time" followed in fourth with $16.6 million at 3,980 locations,
lifting its 10-day total to $61.1 million. "Wrinkle," directed
by Ava DuVernay, declined by exactly half from its opening
weekend.
Fox's launch of gay teen comedy-drama "Love, Simon" took fifth
with $11.5 million at 2,402 venues, amid strong support from
critics with a 91 percent "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
"Simon," starring Nick Robinson as a conflicted high schooler,
notched an A+ CinemaScore with the audience, giving Fox execs
hope for strong word of mouth and extended playability. Females
comprised 58 percent of ticket buyers.
"Black Panther" has become only the seventh title to pass the
$600 million milestone at the North American box office, and is
the second-fastest film to do so. It's the fourth-highest fifth
weekend of all time, and the first time a film has held the top
spot for five weekends in a row since 2009's "Avatar."
"Black Panther" has totaled a stunning $605.4 million in 31
days. It's poised to pass "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" ($619.8
million) for sixth place and "The Avengers" ($623.4 million) for
fifth place on the all-time domestic list by the end of next
weekend. And it's likely to eventually pass "Jurassic World" at
$652.3 million for fourth place and "Titanic" at $659 million
for third place. "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" tops the list at
$936 million followed by "Avatar" at $760 million.
The weekend's overall box office took in about $130 million,
down 50 percent from the same weekend last year when Disney's
"Beauty and the Beast" opened with $174.5 million. Thanks to
"Black Panther," the year-to-date box office is up 2 percent
over the same period a year ago at $2.5 billion, according to
comScore.
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"'Black Panther' continues to astonish as it shows incredible
strength fully five weeks into its amazing run as it takes on
another batch of notable newcomers and comes out on top," said Paul
Degarabedian, senior media analyst with comScore.
"Black Panther" will face competition next weekend from
Universal-Legendary's launch of "Pacific Rim: Uprising" and
Paramount's animated comedy "Sherlock Gnomes." Recent tracking for
the "Pacific Rim" sequel has been in the $20 million to $30 million
range while "Sherlock Gnomes" was in the $13 million to $18 million
range.
Warner Bros.' fourth weekend of R-rated comedy "Game Night" took
sixth place with $5.6 million at 2,686 locations, pushing its 24-day
gross past $54 million. Sony's sixth weekend of family comedy "Peter
Rabbit" followed with $5.2 million at 2,725 sites for a 38-day total
of $102.4 million.
Aviron's second weekend of horror sequel "Strangers: Prey at Night"
finished eighth with $4.8 million at 2,464 venues. Fox's third
weekend of "Red Sparrow" followed in ninth with $4.5 million at
2,583 venues, pushing the Jennifer Lawrence thriller past $39
million.
MGM's third weekend of its "Death Wish" reboot rounded out the top
10 with $3.4 million at 2,676 locations to give the Bruce Willis
vehicle $30 million in 17 days.
Paramount's fourth weekend of "Annihilation" and Sony's 13th weekend
of "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle" tied for 11th place with $1.7
million. "Jumanji," which won its third, fourth, fifth and seventh
weekends, became the 30th film to cross the $400 million mark in
domestic grosses.
Focus Features' opening weekend of the thriller "7 Days in Entebbe"
came in 13th with a modest $1.6 million at 838 locations.
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