{"id":8758,"date":"2019-06-24T18:30:12","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T01:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog-proxy.atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/?p=8758"},"modified":"2019-06-24T18:30:12","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T01:30:12","slug":"box-office-insider-toy-story-4-scores-highest-domestic-opening-weekend-of-the-summer-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/box-office-insider-toy-story-4-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Box Office Insider: \u2018Toy Story 4\u2019 Scores Highest Domestic Opening Weekend Of The Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Each week on <\/span>Atom Insider<\/span>, 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.<\/span><\/p>\n

This Week\u2019s Top Earner \u2013 \u2018Toy Story 4\u2019<\/span><\/h2>\n

Disney and Pixar\u2019s latest <\/span>Toy Story <\/span><\/i>film didn\u2019t make more than <\/span>Toy Story 3<\/span><\/i> when adjusted for inflation, but <\/span>Toy Story 4 <\/span><\/i>did manage to gross the third highest opening weekend of the year domestically with $118 million, behind two other Disney films: <\/span>Avengers: Endgame <\/span><\/i>and <\/span>Captain Marvel<\/span><\/i>. Worldwide, the movie has already made $238 million, making this one of the few surefire hits of the summer so far.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is also the third highest grossing opening weekend for a Pixar movie ever (not adjusting for inflation), but it\u2019s not all that close. <\/span>Finding Dory <\/span><\/i>made $135 million in 2016, and <\/span>Incredibles 2<\/span><\/i> did even better with $182.6 million just last year. And this is despite <\/span>Toy Story 4<\/span><\/i> having the widest release for a Pixar film ever (4,575 theaters).<\/span><\/p>\n

Second Place\u00a0 \u2013 \u2018Child\u2019s Play\u2019<\/span><\/h2>\n

The 2019 reboot of <\/span>Child\u2019s Play <\/span><\/i>(Orion) debuted at #2 this week with just $14 million, one of the widest gaps between #1 and #2 we\u2019ve seen all year. But thanks to a low reported budget of $10 million, Orion Pictures and MGM can rest easy…for now.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But this isn\u2019t the best news for theatrical slashers that aren\u2019t called <\/span>Halloween<\/span><\/i>. <\/span>Child\u2019s Play <\/span><\/i>made less than <\/span>I Know What You Did Last Summer <\/span><\/i>from 22 years ago, not adjusting for inflation. It barely made more than the opening weekend for <\/span>Freddy\u2019s Dead: The Final Nightmare <\/span><\/i>from 1991 and <\/span>A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master <\/span><\/i>in 1988.<\/span><\/p>\n

And Third\u00a0 \u2013 \u2018Aladdin\u2019<\/span><\/h2>\n

Disney\u2019s latest live-action remake of Aladdin<\/em> 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\u2019s 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 <\/span>Maleficent: Mistress of Evil <\/span><\/i>is almost certainly a guarantee at this point.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rounding Out The Rest Of The Box Office<\/span><\/h2>\n

Men in Black: International <\/span><\/i>(Sony) fell all the way to #4 in its second week with just $10.7 million domestically in over 4,200 theaters. By comparison, <\/span>Child\u2019s Play <\/span><\/i>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.<\/span><\/p>\n

Similarly, <\/span>The Secret Life of Pets 2 <\/span><\/i>(Illumination) dropped three spots to #5 in its third week, making $10.2 million domestically in over 3,800 theaters. <\/span>Rocketman <\/span><\/i>(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.<\/span><\/p>\n

John Wick: Chapter 3 \u2013 Parabellum<\/span><\/i> (Lionsgate) actually rose a spot this week, reaching #7 with $4 million in its sixth week. But <\/span>Godzilla: King of the Monsters<\/span><\/i> (Warner Bros) took the fall by inversely dropping to #8 with $3.7 million in its fourth week.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dark Phoenix <\/span><\/i>(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\u2019s flaming out at $233 million worldwide, with the vast majority of that total being overseas ticket sales.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last, we have <\/span>Shaft <\/span><\/i>(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 <\/span>Dark Phoenix<\/span><\/i>). It looks like <\/span>Shaft <\/span><\/i>will be another flop for the summer, as it\u2019s only made $15 million so far off an estimated budget ranging between $30-35 million.<\/span><\/p>\n

And They\u2019re Out<\/span><\/h2>\n

Despite opening in wide release (over 2,100 theaters), Luc Besson\u2019s <\/span>Anna <\/span><\/i>(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 <\/span>Replicas<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>The Sun Is Also a Star<\/span><\/i>, and <\/span>Captive State<\/span><\/i>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In just its second week of wide release, <\/span>Late Night <\/span><\/i>(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 <\/span>Ma <\/span><\/i>(Universal) dropped three spots to #14 in its fourth week, making just $1.2 million (less than <\/span>Avengers: Endgame <\/span><\/i>in its ninth week).<\/span><\/p>\n

Check back with Atom Insider later this week as we preview all the new releases hitting theaters this Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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