by Nathaniel R
Despite a steep drop in sales Thor Love and Thunder held the top spot over the weekend; A nearly 70% drop from mountains of gold still means you're raking it in! Thor was also the only wide release to hold on to all of its theaters since the studios actually released new movies this weekend (GASP) with Where the Crawdads Sing (which did well), Mrs Harris Goes to Paris, and Paws of Fury all arriving in wide release and aiming for different audiences. With Elvis, Minions, and Top Gun still attracting moviegoers, there was really something for everyone at the multiplexes. We need more lineups like that if moviegoing is ever going to be healthy again, regardless of the wildly varying quality of the 10 films in wide release.
| Weekend Box Office July 15th-17th 🔺 = new or expanding / ★ = Recommended links if we've written about it |
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| WIDE (OVER 800 SCREENS) | PLATFORM RELEASES |
 WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING |
 FIRE OF LOVE |
| 1 THOR: LOVE & THUNDER $46.6 (cum. $233.9) |
1 🔺 MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON $567k (cum. $1.6) |
| 2 MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU $26.8 (cum. $263.4) |
2 ★ EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE $147k (cum. $67.9) |
| 3 🔺 WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING $17.2 *NEW* |
3 🔺 GONE IN THE NIGHT $123k *NEW* |
| 4 ★ TOP GUN MAVERICK $12.2 (cum. $618.2) | 4 🔺 GABBY GIFFORDS WON'T BACK DOWN [DOC] $75k * NEW* |
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5 ★ ELVIS $8 (cum. $106.6) |
5 🔺★ FIRE OF LOVE [DOC] $64k (cum. $118k) |
| 6 PAWS OF FURY $6.3 *NEW* |
6 🔺THE KILLER (South Korea) $49k (cum. $71k) |
| 7 THE BLACKPHONE $5.3 (cum. $72.1) |
7 FIRE / BOTH SIDES OF THE BLADE (France) $40k (cum. $71k) |
| 8 JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION $5.1 (cum. $359.9) | 8 HALLELUJAH LEONARD COHEN... [DOC] $36k (cum. $136k) |
| 9 🔺★ MRS HARRIS GOES TO PARIS $1.9 *NEW* | 9 ★ OFFICIAL COMPETITION (Spain) $27k (cum. $530k) |
| 10 LIGHTYEAR $1.4 (cum. $115.5) | 10 PHANTOM OF THE OPEN (UK) $13k (cum. $689k) |
Elvis passed the $100 million mark which is a praise-worthy feat in this era of all superheros all the time. If you don't adjust for inflation, it just passed the final global gross of Moulin Rouge! this weekend, too. It's earned $186 million globally thus far. Baz Lurhmann's top grosser is The Great Gatbsy with a final global gross of $353 million)
LIMITED RELEASE
A24's Marcel The Shell With Shoes On has been expanding slowly but it's still doing quite well so expect more theaters soon. The acclaimed documentary Fire of Love about married volcanologists was up 182% in its second weekend thanks to new theaters, solid per screen averages, and, no doubt, strong word of mouth. A new thriller starring Winona Ryder called Gone in the Night opened on 136 screens and though it didn't pack houses that was enough to place it higher up the chart. The Penélope Cruz / Antonio Banderas comedy Official Competition finally ran out of steam, losing a bunch of theaters but it had quite a solid month of popularity at arthouses, which it deserved.
NEXT WEEKEND
The only new wide release this Friday will be Jordan Peele's sci-fi horror film Nope. The huge budgeted action flick The Gray Man hits Netflix on the same day hoping to entice people to stay home.
What did you see this past weekend?