"The Predator" claimed the top spot in its opening weekend, but 20th Century Fox has little to celebrate as the film delivered a pretty weak debut. Meanwhile Lionsgate's "A Simple Favor" performed very well. Pure Flix's "Unbroken: Path to Redemption", however, underperformed.
Find out more about the weekend box-office after the jump.
"The Predator", the fourth film in the Predator series, topped the charts with $24 million against an $88 million production budget, the worst opening for a movie debuting in over 4,000 theaters. The infamous record was previously held by "The Mummy" with $31.6 million. The previous installment in the sci-fi horror franchise, 2010's "Predators" opened with $24.76 million from just 2,669 theaters. Marred by controversy and poor reviews (34% on Rotten Tomatoes and 49 on Metacritic), the film will probably fall short of $50 million domestically It also doesn't help that moviegoers seemed to agree with the critics, as CinemaScore reports a "C+" grade from their opening night polls. Overseas, the film brought in $30.7 million from 72 markets.
Warner Bros' "The Nun" dropped 66% from last weekend's spectacular debut and finished in second place with $18.2 million this weekend. This is the Conjuring franchise's worst second weekend drop. The spinoff has grossed a total of $85 million domestically and another $143.6 million overseas.
In third place we have another new release, Paul Feig's stylish thriller "A Simple Favor" starring Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively, which opened with a solid $16 million from 3,102 theaters, a decent start for the R-rated movie, which only cost a reported $20 million to produce. The film was well-liked by both critics (82% on Rotten Tomatoes and 68 on Metacritic) and audiences ("B+" from CinemaScore).
The fact-based crime drama "White Boy Rick" opened in fourth place with $8.8 million from 2,504 theaters, which is good, but not great. The film received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics (63% on Rotten Tomatoes and 60 on Metacritic), and CinemaScore reported an okay "B" grade from its polls.
The Top 5 is rounded out by the romantic comedy "Crazy Rich Asians" which continues to perform well. The film dropped just 33.8% in its fourth weekend and brought in 8.7 million, bringing its domestic total to $149.5 million. Overseas the film has raked in $37.9 million.
Pure Flix's biopic "Unbroken: Path to Redemption" fell short of expectations and opened in ninth place with $2.3 million from 1,620 theaters. The film was expected to gross around $5 million in its opening weekend. On the plus side, it only cost $6 million to produce.
In other news, "Mission: Impossible - Fallout" just became the highest grossing film in the "Mission: Impossible" franchise. The film rounded out the Top 10 this weekend with $2.3 million, bringing its domestic tally to $216.1 million. "Mission: Impossible II" previously dominated the franchise with $215.4 million in 2000.
New Wide Releases: "The Predator", "A Simple Favor", "White Boy Rick", "Unbroken: Path to Redemption".
Biggest Drop : "The Nun" (-66.2%)
Smallest Drop : "Searching" (-30%)
Warner Bros' "The Nun" dropped 66% from last weekend's spectacular debut and finished in second place with $18.2 million this weekend. This is the Conjuring franchise's worst second weekend drop. The spinoff has grossed a total of $85 million domestically and another $143.6 million overseas.
In third place we have another new release, Paul Feig's stylish thriller "A Simple Favor" starring Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively, which opened with a solid $16 million from 3,102 theaters, a decent start for the R-rated movie, which only cost a reported $20 million to produce. The film was well-liked by both critics (82% on Rotten Tomatoes and 68 on Metacritic) and audiences ("B+" from CinemaScore).
The fact-based crime drama "White Boy Rick" opened in fourth place with $8.8 million from 2,504 theaters, which is good, but not great. The film received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics (63% on Rotten Tomatoes and 60 on Metacritic), and CinemaScore reported an okay "B" grade from its polls.
The Top 5 is rounded out by the romantic comedy "Crazy Rich Asians" which continues to perform well. The film dropped just 33.8% in its fourth weekend and brought in 8.7 million, bringing its domestic total to $149.5 million. Overseas the film has raked in $37.9 million.
Pure Flix's biopic "Unbroken: Path to Redemption" fell short of expectations and opened in ninth place with $2.3 million from 1,620 theaters. The film was expected to gross around $5 million in its opening weekend. On the plus side, it only cost $6 million to produce.
In other news, "Mission: Impossible - Fallout" just became the highest grossing film in the "Mission: Impossible" franchise. The film rounded out the Top 10 this weekend with $2.3 million, bringing its domestic tally to $216.1 million. "Mission: Impossible II" previously dominated the franchise with $215.4 million in 2000.
New Wide Releases: "The Predator", "A Simple Favor", "White Boy Rick", "Unbroken: Path to Redemption".
Biggest Drop : "The Nun" (-66.2%)
Smallest Drop : "Searching" (-30%)
| Rank | Title | Weekend Gross | Domestic Total | Foreign Total | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Predator | $24M | $24M | $30.7M | $88M |
| 2 | The Nun | $18.2M | $85M | $143.6M | $22M |
| 3 | A Simple Favor | $16M | $16M | $3.5M | $20M |
| 4 | White Boy Rick | $8.8M | $8.8M | N/A | $29M |
| 5 | Crazy Rich Asians | $8.7M | $149.5M | $37.9M | $30M |
| 6 | Peppermint | $6M | $24.2M | $1.4M | $25M |
| 7 | The Meg | $3.8M | $137M | $368.2M | $130M |
| 8 | Searching | $3.2M | $19.6M | $26.2M | N/A |
| 9 | Unbroken: Path to Redemption | $2.3M | $2.3M | N/A | $6M |
| 10 | Mission: Impossible - Fallout | $2.3M | $216.1M | $544.8M | $178M |
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