by Nathaniel R
The two most exciting platform releases of the moment are the French films Petite Maman (on 224 screens) and Venice Golden Lion winner Happening (opening on just 4). Go see them and support your local arthouses. Everyone was at Doctor Strange 2 which grossed a massive $187.4 in its first frame though CinemaScore grades suggest it will have a bigger drop than usual for Marvel films next week. The Sandra Bullock/Channing Tatum rom-com-adventure The Lost City is hanging on pretty well in theaters but it just debuted on Paramount+ which will likely cut its theatrical run short preventing it from reaching the $100 million mark (pity since it was an original comedy and it almost got there). More after the jump...
| Weekend Box Office May 6th-8th 🔺 = new or expanding / ★ = Recommended links if we've written about it |
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| WIDE (OVER 800 SCREENS) | PLATFORM RELEASES |
 MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS |
 PETITE MAMAN |
| 1 🔺 DOCTOR STRANGE IN... $187.4 *NEW* |
1 🔺 THE DUKE $371k *new* |
| 2 THE BAD GUYS $9.5 (cum. $57.3) | 2 PETITE MAMAN $206k (cum. $362k) |
| 3 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 $6 (cum. $169.7) |
3 Y COMO ES EL? $74k (cum. $1.2) |
| 4 FANTASTIC BEASTS 3 $4.2 (cum. $86.3) | 4 🔺★ HAPPENING $33k *NEW* |
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5 ★ EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE $3.5 (cum. $41.7) |
5 VORTEX $27k (cum. $49k) |
| 6 ★ THE NORTHMAN $2.8 (cum. $28.1) |
6 ★ FIREBIRD $17K (cum. $103k) |
| 7 ★ THE LOST CITY $2.7 (cum. $94.6) |
7 🔺 REMEMBERING HEAVEN $12k *new* |
| 8 UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT $1.5 (cum. $16.4) |
8 HIT THE ROAD $10k (cum. $74k) |
| 9 MEMORY $1.3 (cum. $5.6) | 9 🔺 iN FRONT OF YOUR FACE $9k *new* |
| 10 FATHER STU $875k (cum. $19.3) | 10 LUX AETERNA $8k *new* |
The biggest drop this week was the horror film Hatching which was the third highest grossing limited release last week. In only its second weekend it lost most of its screens and dropped 94%.
What have you been watching? I took in a critics screening of Top Gun Maverick (review soon) and stayed in (trying to cram in all these last minute Emmy hopefuls) but also screened Happy Togeher (1997) in preparation for HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT. Boy is that a tough one. Every image is breathtaking! It's streaming on HBOMax and Criterion Channel so watch it and play along. It's a great Wong Kar Wai movie.