By Chris Kavan - 05/06/18 at 09:33 PM CT
As expected, Avengers: Infinity War easily topped the box office for the second weekend in a row, topping its closest competitor by nearly $100 million. In the process, it became the fastest film to hit $1 billion global. It has at least one more weekend of next to no competition before the one-two punch of Deadpool 2 and Solo: A Star Wars Story, so I expect big things to continue. Meanwhile, the remake of Overboard landed in second with a decent debut while the same couldn't be said for Tully (which fell outside the top five) or Bad Samaritan (which, despite looking like a decent thriller, had one of the worst per-theater averages for a film opening on 2000 or more screens). Still, the box office is flying high and looks to keep strong through May.
1) AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR
I finally saw Thanos conquer the Marvel Universe and I have to say, Infinity War definitely live up to expectations. That's why it comes as no surprise the biggest films in the MCU continues to bring in big numbers. With $112.47 million, Infinity War dipped 56.4% over its opening and now has $450.8 million to its name. That total trails only Star Wars: The Force Awakens - which A) had huge, pent-up demand and B) the Christmas-New Year's holiday. It is also one of the few films to drop over $100 million in its second weekend but I don't think that is going to bother anyone - it didn't hurt Star Wars: The Last Jedi in the long run, either. It has already topped the total for The Dark Knight Rises ($445 million) and is about to do the same for Avengers: Age of Ultron ($458 million). As of this time, it looks like Infinity War is on pace for $650 million and could go higher. It also continues to do record business overseas which, for the second week in row, was the top draw in every territory it played in, including its lone new release in Russia where it posted a best-every opening of $17.9 million, which helped it cross $1 billion global in record time - 11 days, one day faster than Star Wars: The Force Awakens. With $1.164 billion, it still has China, which could easily add $200 million on its own. All in all, Infinity War shows little signs of slowing down and even Deadpool 2 may not make that big of dent.
2)
OVERBOARD
Despite some uproar over the gender-swapped remake of Overboard (where Anna Farris plays the put-upon worker and Eugenio Derbez the amnesiac rich jerk), the film opened in second place with $14.75 million. While it was somewhat front-loaded, it still managed a decent 3.07x weekend multiplier and it seems that Derbez, crossing over from his popular Latin America films, was the biggest draw for audiences. That audience was 61% female and 83% over 25 and they awarded the film a fine "A-" Cinemscore. The long-term results for this rom-com are going to be determined by how the Mother's Day crowd adapts to the two new films next weekend. Still, around $30-$35 million is to be expected (about on par with Derbez's previous film How to Be a Latin Lover). For a film budgeted at roughly $12 million, that's a good enough result, especially with the competition involved.
3)
A QUIET PLACE
The stealthy horror film dipped about 31% in its fifth weekend out, adding $7.6 million to its total, which now stands at $159.8 million. With an additional $4.1 million overseas, the film hit $255.3 million, topping the global total for Get Out ($255 million). It is looking like A Quiet Place with wind up with about $180 million total and, barring some terrific fluke, should wind up as the highest-grossing "original" film of 2018. It just goes to show that while everyone else is happy churning out spinoffs, sequels and the like, horror is always happy to offer up something original - and often it pays out in spades.
4)
I FEEL PRETTY
Even with Overboard likely eating into its audience, I Feel Pretty held on, dipping just over 40% to bring in $4.9 million for a new total of $37.79 million. The Amy Schumer comedy, also much like Overboard, has weathered its critics (actual film critics and the more vocal Internet troll variety) to become a tidy little personal film for the star and proves that women are more than happy to support such a project and hopefully we can expect a few more going forward.
5)
RAMPAGE
Rounding out the top five, Dwayne Johnson's monsters-gone-wild film dipped 36% in its fourth weekend for $4.62 million and a new $84.79 million total. The film also passed Angry Birds (globally) with $377 million worldwide to become the second-best video game adaptation of all time behind Warcraft ($433 million). I guess the trick is to retain just enough of a premise to say you're a "video game movie" without trying to follow things so closely to the source material. It's going to be tough for a lot of games, but maybe make a gritty reboot of Pac-Man or an action-adventure Pitfall (starring Dwayne Johnson, maybe?) - it'll make a mint, I tells ya!
Outside the top five: Charlize Theron might want to stick with playing those badass female characters, as Tully landed outside the top five in sixth place with $3.18 million. 60% of said audience was female with 67% coming in age 30 or older. It's a letdown considering the caliber of people both behind and in front of the camera, but it came out at a crowded time and may just have not been able to distinguish itself in the crowd.
Speaking of which, things were just bad for Bad Samaritan. Despite an excellent premise (for a thriller) and an excellent villain (in David Tennant), the film struggled to even reach the top 10, clawing for that tenth spot with $1.758 million. The poor $876 per-theater average lands it in eight place for lowest per-theater average in a film opening on 2000 or more screens. It's too bad, as it really did look intriguing - streaming it shall be!
In milestone news, Ready Player One has somewhat stalled domestically ($1.31 million, 12th place - $133 million total) but on the global front has blasted to $433 million - meaning its $566.7 million worldwide is Steven Spielberg's third best total (behind only Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Jurassic Park) as well as topping the total for Kong: Skull Island ($566.6 million).
Super Troopers 2 continues to fall hard, but still managed to cross $25 million total with a $1.815 million weekend and new $25.44 million total.
Next week Mother's Day brings us Melissa McCarthy in the comedy Life of the Party while Gabrielle Union brings us one badass mother in Breaking In.
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