With the exception of one switcheroo, we have the same Top 10 placements from Friday after the weekend box office totals have been tallied. James Wan's The Conjuring 2 remains solidly on top with $40.4 million, nearly twice the total of the closest competitor. The bonafide horror hit is the best opening for a movie in this genre since Wan's 2013 original film, which introduced Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson as the real-life-inspired Lorraine and Ed Warren. Positive reviews from critics and moviegoers alike helped boost the scary sequel into an easy first-place victory.
And while another newcomer, Duncan Jones' Warcraft, has taken an unexpected second place, its domestic totals for the weekend are closer to original estimates than the $27 million that Friday's numbers suggested was possible. Some have pointed to the fact that Warcraft earned less than the spectacular opening-weekend failure of John Carter, but Disney's bomb had a budget of almost an additional $100 million more. Plus, that film didn't have the huge benefit of China's box office, where Warcraft has now pillaged over $150 million in less than a week:
Elsewhere, Jon M. Chu's Now You See Me 2 conjured up a third spot, making the debuts go three for three. That's more than $6 million less than the magical franchise's first installment three years ago. Other notable achievements include The Angry Birds Movie, which has flown past $300 million globally thanks to strong international ticket sales. Disney fills out the Top 10 with Alice Through the Looking Glass, Captain America: Civil War, and The Jungle Book. The latter two films are 2016's first and third-biggest films of the year, with Disney's Zootopia taking second in that category. Not a bad year for the Mouse House, who still has a lot of movies in the hopper.
Here's a look at the Top 10 from this weekend's box office (via Box Office Mojo):
Title |
Weekend |
Total |
|
1. |
The Conjuring 2 |
$40,350,000 |
$40.4 |
2. |
Warcraft |
$24,356,000 |
$24.4 |
3. |
Now You See Me 2 |
$23,025,000 |
$23.0 |
4. |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows |
$14,800,000 |
$61.0 |
5. |
X-Men: Apocalypse |
$10,000,000 |
$136.4 |
6. |
Me Before You |
$9,210,000 |
$36.8 |
7. |
Angry Birds |
$6,700,000 |
$98.2 |
8. |
Alice Through the Looking Glass |
$5,544,821 |
$62.4 |
9. |
Captain America: Civil War |
$4,300,195 |
$396.9 |
10. |
The Jungle Book |
$2,721,250 |
$352.6 |