A huge opening for THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS this weekend with a $125 million debut from 4,125 theatres for Marvel/Disney. Not only this, it gets stellar reviews at 88% on the Tomatometer. This easily bests its previous franchise record of a $58 million opening back in 2007 with RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER. It’s clobbering time, indeed!
Second goes to SUPERMAN with $24.5 million in its third weekend out, taking it to $289 million for Warner Bros. domestically.
Up for third is JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH with $13 million in its fourth weekend out for Universal Pictures. To date it has grossed $301 million.
Fourth is F1 with $6.3 million for Sony Pictures, a two week run of $165 million.
Rounding things out is SMURFS with $5.6 million, a two week tally of $23 million for Paramount Pictures.
SUPERMAN continues to fly high with a second weekend of $55 million from 4,275 theatres at the Box Office. This takes it already to $232.7 million in North America for Warner Bros.
JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH takes second with $21 million, bringing it ro $271.2 million for Universal Pictures in its third weekend.
I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER debuts in third with $15 million from 3,206 theatres for Sony Pictures, coming it with 38% on the Tomatometer. This actually performs similarly to the Film’s predecessors which opened in the late ’90s to similar numbers.
Fourth is SMURFS, opeming with $12 million from 3,504 theatres. It gets 21% on the Tomatometer for Paramount Pictures. Best franchise opening goes to 2011’s THE SMURFS with $35 million.
F1 rounds it out with $6.4 million for Warner Bros., a domestic run of $153.4 million.
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