Each week on Atom Insider, we break down the box office numbers for all of the biggest films opening in theaters. Unless you count April as a summer month, the latest Pixar film managed to win the summer in terms of domestic opening weekend with an out-of-the-box sequel and some seriously good reviews.

This Week’s Top Earner – ‘Toy Story 4’

Disney and Pixar’s latest Toy Story film didn’t make more than Toy Story 3 when adjusted for inflation, but Toy Story 4 did manage to gross the third highest opening weekend of the year domestically with $118 million, behind two other Disney films: Avengers: Endgame and Captain Marvel. Worldwide, the movie has already made $238 million, making this one of the few surefire hits of the summer so far.

This is also the third highest grossing opening weekend for a Pixar movie ever (not adjusting for inflation), but it’s not all that close. Finding Dory made $135 million in 2016, and Incredibles 2 did even better with $182.6 million just last year. And this is despite Toy Story 4 having the widest release for a Pixar film ever (4,575 theaters).

Second Place  – ‘Child’s Play’

The 2019 reboot of Child’s Play (Orion) debuted at #2 this week with just $14 million, one of the widest gaps between #1 and #2 we’ve seen all year. But thanks to a low reported budget of $10 million, Orion Pictures and MGM can rest easy…for now. 

But this isn’t the best news for theatrical slashers that aren’t called Halloween. Child’s Play made less than I Know What You Did Last Summer from 22 years ago, not adjusting for inflation. It barely made more than the opening weekend for Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare from 1991 and A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master in 1988.

And Third  – ‘Aladdin’

Disney’s latest live-action remake of Aladdin held on to the #3 spot for the third week in a row, proving this flying carpet ride really has legs. It brought in another $12.2 million in its fifth week at the box office. And it’s been bringing in good numbers during the week as well, pushing its worldwide total to $810.1 million off of a reported $183 million budget. A sequel akin to the upcoming Maleficent: Mistress of Evil is almost certainly a guarantee at this point.

Rounding Out The Rest Of The Box Office

Men in Black: International (Sony) fell all the way to #4 in its second week with just $10.7 million domestically in over 4,200 theaters. By comparison, Child’s Play made more than that in 1,200 fewer theaters. The MIB sequel is doing considerably better overseas, however, earning $182 million overall off of a $110 million reported budget.

Similarly, The Secret Life of Pets 2 (Illumination) dropped three spots to #5 in its third week, making $10.2 million domestically in over 3,800 theaters. Rocketman (Paramount) dropped just two spots to #6 with $5.6 million. After a month at the box office, the R-rated musical biopic has earned an impressive $153.4 million worldwide off a reported budget of $40 million.

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (Lionsgate) actually rose a spot this week, reaching #7 with $4 million in its sixth week. But Godzilla: King of the Monsters (Warner Bros) took the fall by inversely dropping to #8 with $3.7 million in its fourth week.

Dark Phoenix (Fox) is tied for the sharpest drop in the rankings: four spots to #9 in its third week with $3.6 million in over 2,000 theaters. It’s flaming out at $233 million worldwide, with the vast majority of that total being overseas ticket sales.

Last, we have Shaft (Warner Bros) at #10 in just its second week, also dropping four spots. It made just $3.55 million domestically in over 2,900 theaters (almost 1,000 more than Dark Phoenix). It looks like Shaft will be another flop for the summer, as it’s only made $15 million so far off an estimated budget ranging between $30-35 million.

And They’re Out

Despite opening in wide release (over 2,100 theaters), Luc Besson’s Anna (Lionsgate) debuted outside an already low-earning Top 10 with just $3.5 million domestically. That makes it the fourth worst opening weekend for a wide release in 2019 behind Replicas, The Sun Is Also a Star, and Captive State.  

In just its second week of wide release, Late Night (Amazon Studios) fell out of the Top 10 with just $2.5 million in over 2,100 theaters, a drop of three spots to #12. And Ma (Universal) dropped three spots to #14 in its fourth week, making just $1.2 million (less than Avengers: Endgame in its ninth week).

Check back with Atom Insider later this week as we preview all the new releases hitting theaters this Friday.