This Memorial Day Weekend isn't on fire at the movies. Nobody much cares about Baywatch (which is neither exciting like an action movie or funny like a comedy, but can still be amply defined as an "action comedy") and a new Pirates of the Caribbean is getting only the usual flock of lemming moviegoers for an established franchise and no one else. This is, by a very wide margin, the worst opening for a Pirates sequels. Elsewhere in sequel land the news isn't much better. Alien Covenant is the least popular Alien film yet if you adjust for inflation (and dont count those Predator crossovers because why would you?). Will Wonder Woman turn things around next week for audience interest or is counterprogramming that Big Hollywood rarely does anymore what they actually needed to do this very summer?
In limited release, slightly better news. Two unconventional romcoms are performing pretty well: Israel's 'wedding without a groom' film The Wedding Plan and the unfaithful ole marrieds of The Lovers are still expanding to decent business.
| Weekend Box Office (May 26-28) | |
| W I D E | L I M I T E D |
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| 1.🔺 PIRATES (5) $62.1 NEW |
1. 🔺 THE LOVERS $665K (cum. $1.3) (443 screens) REVIEW |
| 2. GUARDIANS (2) $19.8 (cum. $333.2) REVIEW |
2. LOWRIDERS $539K (cum. $5.1) (334 screens) |
| 3.🔺 BAYWATCH $18.1 NEW (cum. $22.7) |
3. NORMAN $503k (cum. $3.0) (324 screens) |
| 4. ALIEN (6) $10.5 (cum. $57.3) REVIEW | FRANCHISE |
4.🔺 PARIS CAN WAIT $456k (cum. $860k) (70 screens) |
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5. EVERYTHING EVERYTHING $6.1 |
5.🔺 THE WEDDING PLAN $311k (cum. $595K | 91 screens) |
| 🔺 = new or added screens numbers from box office mojo |
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What did you see this weekend?