“Box Office Battle” is The Fly’s weekly roundup of what movies topped the weekend’s box office.
Paramount’s (PARA) “Smile 2” won this weekend at the North American box office with a $23M debut from 3,619 locations. Overseas, the film grossed an estimated $23M as well. “Smile 2” sports a B CinemaScore from audiences, versus the B- the first movie received.
BOX OFFICE RUNNER-UPS: DreamWorks Animation and Comcast (CMCSA) subsidiary Universal’s “The Wild Robot” stayed at number 2 with another $10.1M in its fourth weekend as it crossed the $100M mark domestically. Behind it was Cineverse and Icon Events’ “Terrifier 3” with $9.3M for a domestic cume of $36M. Warner Bros.’ (WBD) “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” placed number 4 with $5M. Rounding out the top five, “We Live in Time” grossed an estimated $4.2M from 985 theaters.
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:
- “Smile 2” – $423M
- “The Wild Robot” – $10.1M
- “Terrifier 3” – $9.3M
- “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” – $5M
- “We Live in Time” – $4.2M
Other publicly traded companies in filmmaking include Disney (DIS), Lionsgate’s (LGF.B), Sony (SONY), Apple (AAPL), and Amazon (AMZN).
