By Nathaniel R
The weekend looked, at first glance, exactly like the first weekend in June as Across the Spider-Verse and Past Lives topped the box office charts for wide and limited release. That shows both films excellent word of mouth and staying power. On the other hand, it's a horrible sign for what Hollywood is offering up each weekend that audiences aren't being distracted by the shiny newer films...
| Weekend Box Office (actuals) June 23rd-25th 🔺 = new or expanding / ★ = Recommended |
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| WIDE (Over 800 Screens) | LIMITED / PLATFORM |
 ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE |
 PAST LIVES |
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1 ★ SPIDER-MAN ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE $19 (cum. $316,7) 3785 screens |
1 🔺 PAST LIVES $1.1 (cum. $3.5) 296 screens |
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2 ★ ELEMENTAL $18 (cum. $65,4) 4035 screens |
2 THE LAST RIDER [doc] $57k *NEW* 105 screens |
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3 THE FLASH $15.1 (cum. $87.5) 4256 screens
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3 THE ROUND UP: NO WAY OUT (South Korea) $56k (cum. $778k) 14 screens |
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4 🔺 NO HARD FEELINGS $15 *NEW* 3,208 screens |
4 IT AIN'T OVER [doc] $26K (cum. $630k) 64 screens |
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5 TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS $11.7 (cum. $123.1) 3,523 screens |
5 ★ BLUE JEAN (UK) $16k (cum. $57k) 35 screens |
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6 ★🔺 ASTEROID CITY $9 *EXPANDED* (cum. $10.2) 1675 screens |
6 ★ SOMEWHERE IN QUEENS $9k (cum. $1.7) 55 screens |
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7 THE LITTLE MERMAID $8.5 (cum. $270.1) 3275 screens |
7★ DESPERATE SOULS, DARK CITY, AND MIDNIGHT COWBOYS [doc] $8k *NEW* 3 screens |
 ASTEROID CITY |
 DESPERATE SOULS, DARK CITY... |
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8 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL 3 $3.4 (cum. $351) 2010 screens |
7 CLOSE TO VERMEER [doc] $8k (cum. $92k) 14 screens |
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9 THE BLACKENING $3 (cum. $12.2) 1775 screens |
8 LOREN & ROSE $10k (cum. $135k) 18 screens |
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10 THE BOOGEYMAN $2.5 (cum. $37.7) 1640 screens |
9 ★ REVOIR PARIS (France) $9k (cum. $72k) 17 screens |
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11 FAST X $1.0 (cum. $144.5) 1063 screens |
10★ SCARLET (Italy) $7k (cum. $48k) 9 screens |
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only 11 movies in wide release |
11 SQUARING THE CIRCLE [doc] $7k (cum. $67k) 21 screens |
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12 BLACKBERRY $5k (cum. $1.4) 21 screens |
The Flash had a disastrous second weekend plummeting 72%. Meanwhile the new Jennifer Lawrence comedy No Hard Feelings opened to a solid 15 million while Wes Anderson's all star comedy Asteroid City expanded well earning the weekend's highest per screen average for wide or limited releases.
Next weekend - Indiana Jones returns Friday with Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. The other wide release is the animated film Ruby Gilman, Teenage Kraken.
What did you watch this past week? - I've been trying to cram in 2023 releases in time for some 'halfway mark' posts including Are You There God It's Me Margaret, Other People's Children, and Asteroid City (all excellent examples of their genres of coming of age, character study, and auteur comedy). I also caught Pixar's solid but far from top tier Elemental (solid).