‘Captain Marvel’ took a relatively average and boring second weekend drop. It was neither a super drop or a big drop, and despite the $69M second weekend falling below some expectations, this is just fine for the Brie Larson film.
The film dropped 55.1% for a $68.9M second weekend. This is near identical to ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.2’, which opened to $146.5M and dropped 55.5% in its second weekend. After ten days, the film stood at $248.6M, and ‘Captain Marvel’ is currently standing higher with $266M after ten days. The Marvel epic, which ‘only’ cost $152M to make, is already making a profit, and should top $400M in the United States barring a huge third weekend drop.
The question will be whether it finishes around where ‘Civil War’, ‘Iron Man 3’ and ‘Wonder Woman’ finished at $410M, or will it be able to chase down films like ‘Age Of Ultron at $459M. It all depends on how badly the triple whammy of ‘Us, ‘Dumbo’ and ‘Shazam’ will hurts its longevity stateside.
However internationally the film is still superseeding expectations. It past $750M worldwide in ten days and is almost a dead-certain $1BN+ grosser. In fact it is playing rather similarly to ‘Civil War’, which finished with $410M in the US and $1.15BN worldwide. Make no mistake, ‘Captain Marvel’ is seriously helping both the MCU and ‘Avengers: Endgame’ right now.
We had three wide releases this weekend, and though none impressed, there were some admirable performances.
In second place is ‘Wonder Park’. The film from Paramount had a budget of $100M and is unlikely to make a profit, and after critics slammed the film with a 26% Rotten Tomatoes, score, people thought that this would be another bomb, however credit where credits due, Paramount have still managed to get a relatively decent $16.7M debut from the film. Considering it has two weeks to make some money as the sole animated film on the market until ‘Dumbo’, it could still break even.
However out of the new wide releases, CBS’s ‘Five Feet Apart’ impressed the most. The romantic-drama was welcomed with mixed reviews, but a $13.3M opening weekend is not bad at all for a film that only cost $15M to make. This one is looking to turn a nifty profit for CBS.
The big disappointment was ‘Captive State’. The film from Focus Features is actually pretty good and might garner a cult-following after the film hits digital markets, but a $3.2M opening weekend is still dismal.
In other holdover news, ‘How To Train Your Dragon 3’ is still flying high, and took a great drop of 36% in its fourth week of release to take $9.3M. The film is now standing at $136M and will probably final around the $160M. Worldwide the film should pass $500M worldwide around Tuesday as it cements the franchise as a great success for Dreamworks.
‘A Madea Family Funeral’ is proving to be a great success for the struggling studio that is Lionsgate. It dropped just 34% in its third weekend for a $8.2M three-day, now just shy of $60M in the United States. The film will final around $80M, which would make it the second highest grossing film in the nine-film franchise.
Here are the weekend estimates below:
1. ‘Captain Marvel’ – $68.9M
2. ‘Wonder Park’ – $16.7M
3. ‘Five Feet Apart’ – $13.3M
4. ‘How To Train Your Dragon 3 – $9.3M
5. ‘A Madea Family Funeral’ – $8.2M
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