Infinity War’s second weekend total of $112.4 million was nearly $100 million more than this week’s number 2 film, and the multi-hero mashup continued to dominate overseas as well where it earned $162.6 million for an overseas total of $713 million and a global haul of $1.164 billion—and Infinity War doesn’t open in China, the world’s second biggest market, until May 11. While Infinity War did register the second biggest week-to-week drop in ticket revenue in domestic market history (trailing only The Last Jedi), the film’s 56% drop-off has to be considered a win in the light of the film’s record-setting $257.7 million opening.
Overseas sales currently account for 61.3% of Infinity War’s massive global total, which reached the $1 billion mark in just 11 days, one day earlier than The Force Awakens. So far only 34 films have topped the $1 billion mark. Infinity War is the sixth Marvel Studios’ film to do so, and the 17th from The Walt Disney Company.
Domestically, Infinity War’s second weekend total is the second best ever, trailing only The Force Awakens’ Christmas Season-aided $149 million, though if you adjust for inflation Infinity War’s sophomore session total slips to fifth all-time behind Spider-Man (2002, $112.6 million adjusted), The Avengers (2012, $116.25 million adjusted), Jurassic World (2015, $118.35 million adjusted), and The Force Awakens ($157 million adjusted).
Second place went to the comedy Overboard, a remake of the 1987 Kurt Russell/Goldie Hawn vehicle starring Anna Faris and Mexican comedian Eugenio Derbez. Overboard earned an estimated $14.75 million from just 1,623 theaters with a solid $9088 average. Overboard, which benefited from advertising campaigns in both English and Spanish, got a solid “A-“ CinemaScore from opening weekend audiences, which skewed female (61%) and older (83% over 25).
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Weekend Box Office (Studio Estimates): May 4-6, 2018 |
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Film |
Weekend Gross |
Screens |
Avg./Screen |
Total Gross |
Wk# |
|
|
1 |
Avengers: Infinity War |
$112,474,000 |
4,474 |
$25,139 |
$450,806,540 |
2 |
|
2 |
Overboard |
$14,750,000 |
1,623 |
$9,088 |
$14,750,000 |
1 |
|
3 |
A Quiet Place |
$7,600,000 |
3,413 |
$2,227 |
$159,894,386 |
5 |
|
4 |
I Feel Pretty |
$4,900,000 |
3,232 |
$1,516 |
$37,798,283 |
3 |
|
5 |
Rampage |
$4,620,000 |
3,151 |
$1,466 |
$84,793,100 |
4 |
|
6 |
Tully (2018) |
$3,186,000 |
1,353 |
$2,355 |
$3,186,000 |
1 |
|
7 |
Black Panther |
$3,146,000 |
1,641 |
$1,917 |
$693,126,615 |
12 |
|
8 |
Truth or Dare |
$1,885,000 |
1,904 |
$990 |
$38,236,360 |
4 |
|
9 |
Super Troopers 2 |
$1,815,000 |
2,118 |
$857 |
$25,445,701 |
3 |
|
10 |
Bad Samaritan |
$1,758,000 |
2,007 |
$876 |
$1,758,000 |
1 |
John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place kept up its remarkable run, dropping just 31% as it added $7.6 million to bring its domestic total to $160 million. A Quiet Place has already passed Get Out’s global total and will pass the Jordan Peele socially-conscious horror film’s domestic total in the next few weeks.
Amy Schumer’s comedy/drama I Feel Pretty dropped just 40%, but also earned just $4.9 million. Similar small drops from small totals were realized by Rampage (-36%, but earning just $4.6 million), Truth or Dare (-42.3%, but just $1.9 million), and Super Troopers 2 (-51%, but just $1.8 million).
Marvel Studios’ Black Panther has been getting a bit of a boost from Infinity War. In its 12th weekend, the highest-grossing solo superhero film in the history of the domestic market earned an additional $3.15 million to bring its total to $693.1 million. Expect Disney to keep Black Panther in theaters long enough to reach $700 million mark, a feat that only 2 other films have accomplished so far (The Force Awakens and Avatar).
Jason Reitman’s slice-of-life, post-partum drama Tully starring Charlize Theron is the kind of well-reviewed (88% positive on Rotten Tomatoes), adult-skewing fare that one might expect would do well in the face of competition from slam-bang, action-packed superhero slugfests, but in this “Netflix and Chill” era, as the old song says, “it ain’t necessarily so.” Debuting in 1,353 theaters Tully earned just $3.2 million. As might be expected audiences for Tully skewed female (60%) and older (67% over 30).
Far worse was the debut of Dean Devlin’s thriller Bad Samaritan, which earned just $1.76 million from over 2,000 theaters, the tenth worst opening all time for films that opened in over2,000 locations.
One bright note in the limited release category was the documentary RBG, about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, which earned $560K from 34 theaters for a $16.471 average.
Be sure to check back here next week to find out what happens when the Melissa McCarthy comedy Life of the Party debuts in around 3,500 theaters, while the urban thriller Breaking In, which stars Gabrielle Union bows in about 2,500 venues.
