Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Disney and Marvel Studios’ superhero sequel debuted with $114.0 million. That’s in the middle of Boxoffice PRO’s preliminary projection, which was between $105 and $125 million.
This is +20% compared to 2014 guardians of the galaxy ($94.3M), but -22% less than the 2017 sequel Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 ($146.5 million).
Flight. 3 wins opening weekend #58 all-time.
It’s also the #17 opening of all time in the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) – ranking in the bottom half of the MCU on that metric.
The estimated audience demographics were 60% male and 52% aged 25+. These figures are both comparable to those of February Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (61% men and 53% aged 25 and over).
Abroad
Flight. 3 opened at $168.1 million overseas and $282.1 million worldwide, led by $28.1 million in China.
A comparison with Flight. 2 would not be accurate, as this film had a staggered opening in international markets starting in late April 2017.
The movie Super Mario Bros.
Weekend
After four consecutive frames at the top, Universal’s animated video game adaptation finally drops to second place, down -54% to $18.6 million and second place.
The performance was strong enough to earn him the fifth weekend #17 all-time. mario also earns the fifth No. 3 Anime Weekend all-time.
Domestic total
With $518.1 million to date in the domestic market, mario ranks as the 17th greatest film of all time.
Among animated films in particular, it ranks third all-time nationally, behind only:
- 2018 Incredibles 2 ($608.5M)
- 2019 The Lion King ($543.6M)
Among post-pandemic films, it ranks #4 nationally, behind only:
- 2021 Spider-Man: No Coming Home ($814.1M)
- 2022 Top Gun: Maverick ($718.7M)
- 2022 Avatar: The Way of the Water ($683.8M)
Overseas / world total
mario earned $637.1 million overseas and $1.15 billion worldwide.
mario currently ranks 25th among films of all time worldwide.
It’s also the #6 anime title of all time worldwide, behind only:
- 2019 The Lion King ($1.66 billion)
- 2019 Frozen II ($1.45 billion)
- 2013 Frozen ($1.28 billion)
- 2018 Incredibles 2 ($1.24 billion)
- 2015 Minions ($1.15 billion)
Among post-pandemic films, it ranks 4th in the world, behind only:
- 2022 Avatar: The Way of the Water ($2.31 billion)
- 2021 Spider-Man: No Coming Home ($1.92 billion)
- 2022 Top Gun: Maverick ($1.49 billion)
Evil Dead Rise
Warner Bros.’ horror sequel debuted -5% below 2013 evil Deadbut fared better, first overtaking its predecessor at the same exit point from their respective sixth days.
Now in its third weekend, the film is down -53% to $5.7M and in third place.
With $54.1 million, Increase is +11% ahead of its predecessor at the same point ($48.4 million).
Increase earned $60.7 million overseas and $114.8 million worldwide, surpassing the 2013 worldwide total of $99.0 million evil Dead.
Are you there God? It’s me, Margaret.
Last weekend, Lionsgate’s coming-of-age comedy opened to $6.7 million in third place.
It was below PRO ticket officewhich was in the range of 9 to 17 million dollars.
This weekend, it fell -49% to $3.3M and fourth place.
That’s steeper than the -38% sophomore drop for the similar 2016 teen theme. The edge of seventeenalso written and directed by Kelly Fremon Craig.
Sisu
Last weekend, Lionsgate’s R-rated action thriller debuted with $3.3 million in tenth place. Sisu was only playing in 1,006 theaters, less than a third of the widest releases on the market.
Now in its second-year frame, it’s down -67% to $1.0 million.
Compared to other R-rated action thrillers of the year or two, this is steeper than sophomore drops for:
- 2022 violent night (-35%)
- 2021 The Eternal Purge (-43%)
- 2022 The man from the north (-48%)
- FEBRUARY cocaine bear (-52%)
- 2022 High-speed train (-55%)
- 2022 Beast (-58%)
- Of March John Wick: Chapter 4 (-62%)
Big George Foreman
Last weekend, Sony Pictures’ faith-based boxing biopic wasn’t exactly a knockout, with a $2.9 million debut at number 11.
This weekend, it drops -73% to $800,000.
That’s steeper than some other post-pandemic faith-based sports titles:
- 2021 American Underdog (-33%)
- 2022 Father Stu (-38%)
- 2016 Bleed for it (-61%)
Read PRO ticket officeinterview with Big George Foreman director George Tillman Jr. here:
https://www.boxofficepro.com/heart-of-a-champion-interview-with-big-george-foreman-director-george-tillman-jr/
Weekend comparisons
The total box office this weekend was around $155.2 million, or:
|
Weekend |
Total |
This weekend is: |
Chief |
|
Last weekend |
$100.0 million |
+55% |
The movie Super Mario Bros.fourth image ($40.8M) |
|
Same weekend in 2022 |
$222.3M |
-30% |
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ($187.4M) |
|
Same weekend in 2019 |
$199.8 million |
-22% |
Avengers: Endgamesecond image ($147.3M) |
Year-to-date comparisons
The year-to-date box office is around $2.77 billion, or:
|
Year |
Cumulative total since the beginning of the year |
Since the beginning of 2023: |
2023 YTD after last weekend: |
Orientation |
|
2022 |
$2.05 billion |
+35.1% |
+37.0% |
Down |
|
2019 |
$3.70 billion |
-25.0% |
-23.6% |
Down |
Top distributors
Grouped by parent company, the YTD leaders are:
- Universal + Focus Features: $892.3M
- Disney + 20th Century + Projector + Star: $644.6 million
- Lions Gate: $288.9 million
- Primordial: $258.1 million
- MGM + United Artists + Amazon Studios: $228.7 million
- Sony Pictures + Sony Classics + Crunchyroll: $180.4 million
- Warner Bros.: $151.1M
Disney looks set to regain the lead in May or June, thanks to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 And The little Mermaid.
Sunday Studio Weekend Estimates:
| Title | Estimated weekend | % change | Pitches | Change of location | Mean | Total | Weekend | Distributer |
| Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 | $114,000,000 | 4,450 | $25,618 | $114,000,000 | 1 | disney | ||
| The movie Super Mario Bros. | $18,600,000 | -54% | 3,909 | -295 | $4,758 | $518,128,000 | 5 | Universal |
| Evil Dead Rise | $5,730,000 | -53% | 3,036 | -381 | $1,887 | $54,101,000 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| Are you there God? It’s me, Margaret. | $3,380,000 | -50% | 3,343 | $1,011 | $12,647,414 | 2 | Lions Gate | |
| love one more time | $2,425,000 | 2,703 | $897 | $2,425,000 | 1 | Sony Pictures | ||
| John Wick: Chapter 4 | $2,359,000 | -52% | 1,658 | -823 | $1,423 | $180,056,266 | 7 | Lions Gate |
| Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Thieves | $1,515,000 | -64% | 1,751 | -958 | $865 | $90,937,000 | 6 | Primordial |
| AIR | $1,396,169 | -65% | 1,632 | -770 | $855 | $50,247,000 | 5 | Amazon Studios |
| Guy Ritchie’s Pact | $1,222,129 | -66% | 1,807 | -824 | $676 | $14,780,000 | 3 | MGM [Amazon] |
| Sisu | $1,083,000 | -67% | 1,006 | $1,077 | $5,548,199 | 2 | Lions Gate | |
| Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania | $808,000 | 6839% | 185 | 145 | $4,368 | $213,791,187 | 12 | disney |
| Big George Foreman | $800,000 | -73% | 3,054 | $262 | $4,606,000 | 2 | Sony Pictures | |
| The Pope’s Exorcist | $425,000 | -76% | 606 | -1,344 | $701 | $19,001,000 | 4 | Sony Pictures |
| Infamous | $375,000 | -34% | 268 | -65 | $1,399 | $4,040,815 | 4 | SDGs |
| handsome is scared | $333,543 | -78% | 510 | -1,615 | $654 | $6,743,300 | 4 | A24 |
| Polite society | $216,000 | -74% | 702 | -225 | $308 | $1,333,000 | 2 | Focus characteristics [Universal] |
| susume | $205,000 | -63% | 116 | -324 | $1,767 | $10,249,000 | 4 | Sony Pictures |
| Renfield | $170,000 | -87% | 380 | -1,520 | $447 | $16,976,000 | 4 | Universal |
| Knight | $82,000 | -87% | 155 | -1,126 | $529 | $3,167,774 | 3 | Projector [Disney] |
| To show up | $44,853 | -43% | 102 | -13 | $440 | $642,105 | 5 | A24 |
| joyland | $30,421 | -13% | 34 | 2 | $895 | $185,430 | 5 | Oscilloscope |
| Avatar: The Way of the Water | $27,000 | -67% | 35 | -75 | $771 | $684,012,847 | 21 | 20th century workshops [Disney] |
| Chile ’76 | $16,038 | 2 | $8,019 | $16,038 | 1 | Kino Lorber | ||
| The Eight Mountains | $16,022 | -52% | 4 | 2 | $4,006 | $57,356 | 2 | Janus Movies |
| The melting goes on forever | $6,250 | 1 | $6,250 | $6,250 | 1 | Greenwich | ||
| Other people’s children | $5,323 | -65% | 8 | 1 | $665 | $48,345 | 3 | music box movies |
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